ch-ch-ch-CHANCE ME!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Female
Race: Asian
State: NY
School: Extremely competitive, one of the top HS in NYC, sends 25% of senior class to Ivies </p>

<p>GPA: 95.6UW (would that be a 4.0?), school doesn’t rank
SAT I: 2380 (800CR, 780M, 800WR)
SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 770 USH, expecting 750+ Bio or French
Recs: Counselor: probably mediocre (i’m getting a new counselor starting September and he hasn’t had any experience AT ALL), Teachers: one will probably be amazing, the other pretty good
Supplements: some art, photo, or writing pieces - not omgwowzaAMAZING, but pretty good (no formal training)</p>

<p>ECs ~ not so hot:</p>

<p>In-school:

  • Fundraising Club (10-12, President 11-12)
  • Grade Student Government (10-12)
  • School Newspaper (staff writer 10-12, photo editor 11-12)
  • Culture Magazine (fashion editor 10-12)
  • Big Sib (mentor for younger students, selective)</p>

<p>Outside:

  • Volunteer tutor at elementary school (10-12)
  • Volunteer work at YMCA (10-12)
  • Swimming Instructor (10-12)
  • Local swim team (10-12)
  • Internship at American Museum of Natural History - summer 2006
  • Conservation work with the SCA - summer 2007
  • Internship at some company/publication - senior year
  • Piano ~ 10ish years</p>

<p>total volunteer hours: 300+</p>

<p>Other:
Semifinalist at USABO (Biology Olympiad)</p>

<p>Okay, please chance me (hi/lo - reach/match, etc) at:</p>

<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
</ol>

<p>Also, can you guys give me some recommendations for match/safety schools that that I should look into based on my 8 choices up there? </p>

<p>Thank you! :)</p>

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<p>Honest to god, you're like half the other people who post on this chance board. Great academics, poor EC's, want to know their position at nearly all the Ivies. Look at other chance threads will similar stats like you. </p>

<p>If you're too lazy to do that....the answer is that you probably will get waitlisted/rejected unless you write great essays or get great reccomendations.</p>

<p><em>sigh</em></p>