big suprise...it's a Chance Me time!

<p>Chance me!!</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Liberal Arts, Psychology major
[ *] SAT:1960 [630CR, 690M, 640W 8 essay]-taking again on Saturday.
[ *] SAT IIs: 650 BioM, 710 Math 1
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] unweighted GPA: 89.8 :(
[ *] Rank: 23/284
[ *] Other stats: taking 3 APs senior year(stats, bio, spanish language), received Middlebury College Book Award junior year.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
ECs: Community Service Trip to New Orleans April Vacation 2008, SADD (grades 9-12, vice prez senior year), Girl Scouts (since kindergarten, earned silver award, working on gold award), Relay for Life (grades 9, 11, 12), powderpuff (grades 10-12), yearbook staff (grade 12), homeroom rep/student council (grades 10, 12), senior sidekicks (grade 12), various volunteer hours around school, town, at local hospital
Special Circumstances: low income? and my dad was sick for most of high school (grades 9-11) til he died so that affected me at times i guess...</p>

<p>[ *] Essays:working on it will be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: great!
[ *] Counselor Rec:great!
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none :(
[ *) Location/Person: massachusetts, on NH border
[ *] State or Country: massachusetts
[ *] School Type: Public, average sized ~1200 students
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness: really low gpa and sat scores(that I'll hopefully improve on Saturday)
[ *] Other Factors/questions: anything i can do to improve my application?! this is my first choice by far, but I can't apply ED b/c of money issues :(</p>

<p>Your SATs are low for Tufts and your GPA is underwhelming. Play up what makes you special irrespective of the "numbers."<br>
Good luck!</p>