Chance a First-Time Poster

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone! I am currently a Junior going to a pretty good MA public school. I plan on majoring in chemistry and then going to med. school. During my Freshman and Sophomore years I struggled w/ some serious depression. As a result, my grades dropped significantly. </p>

<p>Freshman GPA: 3.2 UW/ 3.3 W
Sophomore GPA: 3.8 UW/ 4.07 W
Junior GPA: 3.94 UW/4.15 W</p>

<p><em>Cumulative GPA: 3.68 UW/ 3.84 W</em></p>

<p>SAT: 1980 (M: 700, CR: 620, W: 660-10 essay)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Interact Club (2 years)
Chess Club (2 years)
VP sophomore year
Spanish Honors Society (1 year)
P.A.W.S. Club (3 years)
Freshman soccer team
Club soccer (14 years)
Captain this year
Indoor soccer (7 years)
Soccer referee (2 years)
Head and assistant referee
Summer work at library (2 years)
~300 hours of volunteer work w/ animal shelter (1 year)
Head of friday night volunteers
Over 100 hours of volunteer work w/ organization that teaches disabled kids how to play sports (3 years)
Leadership position
20 hours of misc. volunteer work
National Honors Society</p>

<p>Course Load:</p>

<p>Honors American Literature
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry I
Honors Chemistry II
Honors Spanish IV
Honors Spanish V
Honors Physics
Honors Expository Writing
Honors American History I
Honors Economics(senior year)
Honors Phycology
AP Physics B (senior year)
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics (senior year)
Honors Calculus (senior year)</p>

<p>Colleges I'm looking at:</p>

<p>NYU (CAS)
University of Scranton
St. Lawrence University
Ohio State
Miami University: Ohio
University of Rochester
University of Richmond
Syracuse University
Indiana University: Bloomington
Penn State: University Park
Boston University
Fordham University
Bucknell University
SUNY University at Buffalo</p>

<p>Thanks in advance and I will chance back!</p>

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<p>Hey saw this. Thought I’d help you out. Your ECs look great and you seem to be very committed to each activity that you do. GPA and SAT are both pretty good (possibly bump up SAT). </p>

<p>I don’t know a lot about some of the schools you mentioned, but of the ones I do:</p>

<p>NYU (CAS) - reach/low match
Ohio State - match
University of Rochester - reach/low match
Syracuse University - match
Penn State: University Park - match
Boston University - decent match
Bucknell University - decent match
SUNY University at Buffalo - match</p>

<p>Of course, its up to the admissions office. Hope that helps though! Chance me back please!</p>

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<p>You look like s match at all schools except Rochester and Richmond. The trend in your grades is good- just make sure you junior year grades are good and see if you can pull up your SAT CR and Writing scores.</p>

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<p>can you get recruited for soccer?</p>

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<p>I am good at soccer, but not that good. I am definitely not DI quality</p>

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<p>Are you full pay at all of these schools? You’ve got OOS publics and schools known for bad aid. You should be fine if you can pay, but if not the list is a problem.</p>

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<p>Financial aid isn’t a problem for me especially with my grandparents paying for most of the expense.</p>

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<p>OK, then I think it’s a good list, you should get into several. If you were my kid I’d focus on privates you can get into rather than spending almost as much for OOS tuition at not so great state schools.</p>

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<p>Your ECs look good. I think you should be able to get in to several of the schools as long as you keep your GPA up and raise your SAT scores. Good luck! Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1296270-chance-me-uc-berkeley-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1296270-chance-me-uc-berkeley-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>I almost forgot. Do I have a chance at University of Washington?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>I just got my new SAT results back today. I received a composite score of 2100 (740 M, 680 W, 680 CR).</p>

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<p>great job on the new SAT scores! I figured I would chance you because I made my first chance me thread today! I think you have a great shot at all of those schools that you mentioned! I hope this doesnt sound to vague or uninformative but its my honest opinion:-)</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>What does bump mean?</p>

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<p>Could you help me out? I’d really appreciate it if you could be gentle if you don’t think I could get in, and tell me why… don’t just say “Forget JHU, you’ll never get in there!” </p>

<p>I want to apply to:
Johns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Carnegie Mellon University
George Washington University
University of Maryland, College Park (the main campus everyone knows about)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Meyerhoff Scholars Program)
Penn State University, University Park (main campus)
American University</p>

<p>Intended Majors:
Biomedical Engineering, Pre-Med <3 (I’m afraid my SAT I math score may hinder me though, especially at Hopkins. Hopefully a good SAT II math score and my 5 on AP Calc, which I worked REALLY hard for, balance it out. What do you think?)
Biology (Back-up)
Chemical Engineering (Back-up) </p>

<p>High school junior! (c/o '13, yeaaaaa!! )</p>

<p>I’m from Maryland and our transcripts include a regular cumulative GPA out of 4.0 and a weighted GPA (called a QPA, or quantitative point average) out of 6.0, depending on whether you’ve taken standard, honors, gifted and talented (G/T), AP/IB courses (listed in order of least to greatest weight. G/T and AP/IB are weighted the same. It is NOT possible to get a perfect 6.0 unless you’ve taken like G/T Physical Education and courses alike, which aren’t offered.)</p>

<p>Ethnicity/Race and gender(this shouldn’t matter, but I heard it could be a deciding factor): African-American female</p>

<p>Lower to Regular Middle Class</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9/4.0
QPA: 5.4/6.0
AP courses: Calculus AB- 5
Biology- 5
English Lang- 4
Chemistry (Senior year)
Calculus BC (Senior year)
English Lit (Senior year)</p>

<p>Never ever gotten a C as a quarter or final grade, and I pride myself in that </p>

<p>Other notable courses:
Pre- IB Physics
College level Physics (at community college)
Pre-IB Chemistry
Anatomy and Physiolocy Honors
AP US HIstory (no AP score; don’t really like history so I didn’t want to take the exam)
4 levels of G/T and IB Spanish
G/T Pre-Calculus
Honors Trigonometry with Analytical Geometry
Honors Application to Robotics and Principles
and others (mostly arts, history, english, and courses needed for graduation from a Maryland public high school)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
1 out of 202</p>

<p>SAT I:
1930
M- 640 CR-600 W-690 Essay- 10</p>

<p>SAT II:
Just took it last week (June 2012). Scores come out in 2 weeks, so I’ll update this post when its out.
Biology M
Math II
Physics (in October, after my college physics course)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (not in any particular order):
Current Student Member of the Maryland State Board of Education
President of the National Honor Society
Leader of the Robotics Team
DECA
Debate Team
It’s Academic! Team
Leader of a Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
Mentoring Program
Pittsburgh Project: Rebuilding houses for the needy in the city of Pittsburgh, PA
A community walk to raise money for water wells in Africa and other developing countries and regions
Girls Track and Field
Girls Varsity Soccer
Bible Club
Cheerleading
Captain of JV Track team (10th grade only)</p>

<p>Jobs:
Founder of Infinite Pride Tutoring (Pretty cool, huh? I actually wrote a business plan and everything.)
Babysitting</p>

<p>Achievements:
DECA Marketing Mathematics Regional Champion 2012
DECA Marketing Management Regional Champion 2012
DECA Marketing Management State Champion 2012
Front page article of community newspaper acknowledging nomination for the student member position of the Maryland State Board of Education
MPSSAA Student-athlete Certificate (Grades 9, 10 and 11)
Academic Honor Roll since the sixth grade
County Champion in the 300m hurdles, runner-up (2nd place) in the 100m hurdles, 2nd place in the 4x200m relay, and 1st in the 4x100m relay
Regional Competitor (5th) in the 300m hurdles in the 10th grade</p>

<p>Strengths:
Although it may not show through my SAT’s, I think I’m a really strong math and science student. I’ve discovered in the past year that I am actually a strong writer, and leader if I may add.</p>

<p>NOTE: NONE OF THIS IS MADE UP!!!</p>

<p>Thanks so much!!</p>