Brown, Johns Hopkins, Upenn, Columbia, Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690CR/740M/780W 11Essay (1430/2210 superscore) taken 3 times</p>

<p>ACT: 31 composite, (31 english/35 math/25 reading/32 science/11 essay) taken twice, (should I not report this?)</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 math2, 780 biology m, 710 chemistry, 680 physics, 580 world history (probably won't report the 680 and 540)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish 96.5/100 uw, 102.3 w</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20-30ish/580 probably, top 5%</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Statistics (5), Biology (5), English language and comp (4), Physics B (3), and US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C, AP English 12, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, Chamber Orchestra </p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really, perfect score on 100 NYSSMA All State audition (All county, All state alternate, waiting for decision on an All state spot), a bunch of school awards (AP World History Principal’s Award (9), Honors Earth Science Principal’s Award (9), Academic Excellence Award for Honors Earth Science (9), Chemistry Principal’s Award (10), Science Research Principal’s Award (10), Spanish 3 Honors Principal’s Award (10)), Long Island Science Congress Honorable Mention. (trying for siemens and intel), AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Foreign Language Honor Society, History Honor Society, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society (Vice President), Class Government, Science Club (Secretary), Debate Team, History Club, Math Team, History Bowl/Quiz Bowl Team, Environthon (Treasurer), Tri-M Music Honor Society, Varsity Volleyball</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: none (is this bad?)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Sachem Library Blood Drive Helper, Good Shepard Church-Family Fiesta Day Station Helper, E Joy CRC-Food Pantry, Nokomis Fall Festival Volunteer, Sachem Library Card/Letter Writing to Veterans, Sachem Library Coat Drive Volunteer, Sachem Library “Game Day” Volunteer (will eventually volunteer at my local hospital)</p>

<p>Summer Activities: S.A.R.A.S. (Science and Research Awareness Series), High School Research Program at BNL, Volleyball leagues and camps, vacation to Philippines, violin recitals for the past 10 years, Baseball from 9th grade back</p>

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<p>All are reaches by nature, I’d definitely try and wow them with essays , etc. much luck! Chance me?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1529662[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1529662&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>bumppppppppppp</p>

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<p>bumpppppp plz?</p>

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<p>Chances:</p>

<p>Brown - High Reach
Johns Hopkins - Low Reach
UPenn - High Reach
Columbia - High Reach
Duke - Match/Low Reach</p>

<p>Top 4 Weakness in your application:</p>

<p>**- Lack of focus in extracurriculars

  • Low AP scores
  • Not sure what your major is going to be
  • Too much of a generalist
    **</p>
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<p>All reaches except duke which is a match. Your ECs aren’t that focused. How many volunteer hours? If 300+ that’ll look really good and if over 1000 then that’ll make you stand out</p>

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<p>Can you answer mine? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1530373-these-extracurriculars.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1530373-these-extracurriculars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As long as you’ve kept yourself busy you don’t mecessarily need job experience</p>

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<p>I’m partially biased, but if Penn and Hopkins are reaches, Duke is a reach too. All of these are reaches. </p>

<p>From most selective to least (2013):
-Columbia
-Brown
-Duke
-Penn (worse if Wharton)
-Hopkins</p>

<p>And I wouldn’t take advice from someone who has 1998 in her name.</p>

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<p>I think your extracurriculars are too all over the place. Colleges like to see more depth in 2 or 3 activities rather than a lot of random stuff. :slight_smile: good luck! im sure you will do well wherever you go!</p>