Any help would be awesome--Thanks

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys. Well, I need some help. I'm not sure where i want to go for college, and i just wanted to kinda see if i had any chance, which is why your help is needed. Um...here's my stats. The schools i was thinkin of applying to were:</p>

<p>Yale (dream school....still wondering if i have a chance at all)
Brown
Georgetown
George Washington
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego
Carleton
Swarthmore</p>

<p>SAT I: CR - 630, M - 650, W - 770, combined: 2050
retaking it in October, aiming for over 2200. </p>

<p>SAT II: Bio - 770, Math IIc - 750, US History - 750, Chemistry - 740</p>

<p>ACT: 32 combined score</p>

<p>GPA: unweighted: 3.98, weighted: not so sure, but probably around 4.4, mabye less, maybe more</p>

<p>Rank: 1/200ish</p>

<p>Classes:
9th
H ICS (core science class) A/A
Geometry A/A
H English A/A
Spanish 1 A/A</p>

<p>10th
AP Bio A/A (5)
H English A/A
Spanish 2 A/A
H World History A/A
Algebra 2 A/A</p>

<p>11th
AP English Lang B/A (4)
AP Calculus AB A/A (5)
AP Chemistry A/A (4)
AP US History A/A (5)
Spanish 3 A/A</p>

<p>12th (as of now)
AP English Lit; H Econ/AP Gov; AP Enviromental Science; Academic Decathalon; Physics; Statistics; Calculus II; Spanish 4</p>

<p>I also have 4 years of Hebrew, all A's.</p>

<p>ECs
Vice-Pres Interact Club (President next year) community service club- 9, 10, 11, (12)
Vice-Pres. California Scholarship Federation (President next year) grade based comunity service club - 9, 10, 11, (12)
Vice-Pres. Speech and Debate (President next year) - 9, 10, 11, (12)
Vice-Pres. Moderm Music Master's (honor music society) - 10, 11, (12)
1st Chair Trombone in both Concert Band and Jazz Band at my school (will be fourth year in both next year)
Literary Editor Pegasus (literary Magazine)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
-attended 2004 and 2005 California State Speech and Debate Championships
-won Rotary Youth Leadership Award and attended RYLA camp
-won spot in the 2005 Who Wants to be a Mathematician contest</p>

<p>Work Experience
-currently working at an Ebay store (don't ask, its complicated) and have been there for almost a year</p>

<p>Summer
-Last summer I attended a program at Cornell where i took a political theory class there and got an A- in the class
-This summer i took a program through Junior Statesmen of America (JSA) where i take an AP Comparative Government class and Speech class at Princeton. I recieved A's in both classes.</p>

<p>um, thats about all the info i can think of. If you think that there are any other alternatives that you think i shoudl look at, i would REALLY appreciate. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Which schools are you considering your safeties?</p>

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<p>Might look at Trinity(Hartford) or Holy Cross-1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>more safeties.</p>

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<p>batman7:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match
UCB: Match
UCSD: Safe Match</p>

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<p>UCLA is a match with ur most recent SAT score
UCB is looking good for you but since they have such competetive applicants that 2200 would really boost your chances (as of now UCB is a match but a 2200 would almost seal the deal)</p>

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<p>as safties, i was thinking ucsd and maybe ucla. also george washington.</p>

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<p>I think you have a shot at Yale (not very high, but that can be basically said about the majority who apply there), but you HAVE to raise that SAT I score up and give them something unique on the essays. Just apply and see what happens; you never know; your dreams and ambition may take you up to compete for a spot in admission. Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>Yale and Brown are highly unlikely with your scores. You need another 100 points in each of cr and math to be a reasonable candidate at Yale and 75 points higher on each for Brown.</p>

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<p>thanks. i know i need to raise my sat scores, thats what im really working on for the october sat. the vote of confidence is really appreciated. is there anything else you think i should try to do better or make more of on my resume besides test scores? well, anything i can do between now and december.</p>

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<p>For Yale, I strongly reccomend you retake the SAT.</p>

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<p>The SAT score would be a little on the lower end for Georgetown, as they will not be accepting the writing score.</p>

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<p>Yale - Reach
Brown - Reach
Georgetown - Reach
George Washington - Safety
UCLA - Match
UC Berkeley - Match
UC San Diego - Safety
Carleton - Match
Swarthmore - Match (they'll look more for personality, so make sure your essays are insightful)</p>