Can you take a minute to chance me? Applying to: NU, UChicago, Yale, Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am applying through the Questbridge Program and will be completely ecstatic if I get into any of these universities.</p>

<p>GPA (weighted): 4.6
GPA (unweighted): 3.8
Rank : 7 out of ~700
ACT : 34 english, 34 math, 32 reading, 30 science, 8 writing, 32 composite
AP: Euro History 5, English lang 5, APUSH 4, will take 6 more by the end of this year</p>

<p>EC:
- Math Team
- Freshman Mentor
- NHS</p>

<p>Work Experience:
- Assistant and interpreter at a Bankruptcy and foreclosure Law firm
- Worked in valet parking</p>

<p>Awards:
- State Honors in National French Exam
- Questbridge Finalist</p>

<p>Recommendations:
- Teacher 1: Great
- Teacher 2: Same
- Counselor: Terrific as well</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
- Major - Economics
- Go to an underachieving, heavily underfunded school just outside chicago
- Family makes under 60k but soon to be much less
- Ethnicity: Hispanic
- fluent in spanish
- grew up in south america (moved to US when I was 8)
- first generation college student</p>

<p>Thank you I appreciate it!</p>

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<p>nice job on the ACT, but as everyone tells you these schools are highly selective. Your scores are decent, but I’d personally say you’d need to write an amazing essay to get accepted to these schools. Do you have any community service- your ECs are lacking.</p>

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<p>No I do not, I am the only English speaker in my family so a lot of my time has been spent handling our affairs but I know its still not an excuse. I was hoping my Hispanic background would at least make up some ground for it.</p>

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<p>Do you have a safety?</p>

<p>For UChicago, pay attention to your essays.</p>

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<p>You have a decent profile and I also think your lack of community service may not affect you admission if you make it clear in your app that you spent time for so and so family affairs as you are the only English speaker in your family. That covers the community development. Tell them that, for example, you watch over emails for you dad kinda things.</p>

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<p>Those ACT section scores should add up to a 33 composite? I hope you didn’t add that up yourself if you got a 34 on math</p>

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<p>sorry SAT120 i was just putting my highest score from the two times i took them, I got 32 compostite both times, though you are right my breakdown score would be 33</p>

<p>Catria: I am not applying to safety schools through questbridge because it is a binding scholarship. I will probably apply to Wisconsin-Madison or Michigan through RD if I am not accepted in any of these.</p>

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<p>Lol ‘SAT120’. I saw what you did there. Np I probably should have realized that they were the highest section scores</p>

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<p>Bump: Thanks for chancing! Anyone else? it will be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>another shameless bump</p>

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<p>Being hispanic might help a bit, but it won’t get you in outright. </p>

<p>Your EC’s are seriously lacking, and they play a huge role in these schools. If you can get more EC you’d have a much better chance.</p>

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<p>I would disagree with the poster above me. I think, because of your pretty good ACT score, high school environment, and Hispanic Background, you have a pretty good shot. Yes, it would be nice to have better ECs, but your work experience is pretty good, and you can explain your situation in your essays. </p>

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<p>Submitted my application Thursday! :D. My essays aren’t the best(writing isnt my strong point) but I am still very happy with them. They really show who I am and I did explain my situation through one of them. </p>

<p>Anyone else care to chance?</p>

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<p>you have really achieved a lot being first-gen and of hispanic background. your ECs are lacking, but i honestly don’t think this will be too much of a detriment due to your unique situation.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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