Chance a Generally Average student....no harvard here

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Sex: M
Ethnicity: Brazilian/african/white (tri-racial)
State: MN
Grade: rising senior
Rank: Class no longer ranks due to high competition
High School: One of the top ten in the state, highly competitive
GPA: 3.4
ACT: 29 composite 33 Math 25 English 26 Science 32 reading
SAT: not taken for my schools
EC's:
- 4 years speech team + captain in the hardest district in the country with numerous wins
- 3 years improv club + organizer/leader
-2 years policy debate
-2 years Theatre productions
-2 years breast cancer awareness organization
-1 year soccer
-1 year track</p>

<p>Community Service: My dad is a chaplain and I sometimes help out with service preparation at an old folk's home. I also volunteer with the breast cancer group.</p>

<p>Reccommendations: (will be stellar)
1) Speech Coach
2) AP english teacher
3) AP statistics teacher or Biology teacher</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Vector Marketing for one year selling CUTCO
- working a paid apprenticeship at a medical supply company for two summers in a row.</p>

<p>Essays: talk about my personality change and why I felt the need to get serious about school. sounds cliche but a lot of it is breaking out of stereotypes for the average african amercian, as well as constantly beign branded as a "white black boy"</p>

<p>Financial Aid: will need, but it will never deter me.</p>

<p>Sought after major: Biology/ pre-med</p>

<p>Notes: My GPA shows an upward trend from about halfway through my sophomore year to the end of my junior year that will continue, in other wods consistently 3.5 quarterly or above for six consecutive quarters, expected gpa when I graduate will be 3.6+</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>algebra 1 H
algebra 2 H
pre-calc H
geometry H
Stats AP
Calculus
English 11 AP
Chemistry AP
civics H
physical science H
english 9 H
english 10 H</p>

<p>so a generally rigorous class schedule with academic electives generally.</p>

<p>Schools Applying to.... (in no order)</p>

<p>1) UW-Madison
2) U of M-Twin Cities
3) Iowa State University
4) St.John's Univerity (in MN .....legacy)
5) St.Olaf college
6) Careleton (farthest reach ever)
7)St.Thomas University
8) Drake (iowa)</p>

<p>thanks a bunch and of course I will chance back in a timely fashion. :D</p>

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<p>I’d chance you, but I know nothing of those schools. Not from around there :frowning: But your electives look really well and volunteer work.</p>

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<p>All I know is you have a good chance for Wisconsin. not sure about the others</p>

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<p>1) UW-Madison- low reach
2) U of M-Twin Cities- safety/low reach( i know someone who got into the college of biological sciences here with a 29)
3) Iowa State University- in
4) St.John’s Univerity (in MN …legacy)- in
5) St.Olaf college- reach
6) Careleton (farthest reach ever)- have to agree, it’s a reach
7)St.Thomas University- in
8) Drake (iowa)- don’t know</p>

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<p>“i know someone who got into the college of biological sciences here with a 29”</p>

<p>My sister got in with a 27 last year.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Like many of the others in this thread, I don’t know much of these schools, but I’ll throw in my two cents.</p>

<p>I would say that although your stats are a bit low, your ECs look great.
My advice at this point would be to retake the ACT or SAT and try to get a higher score, and I’d say your in good position</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>This is the first time I’ve ever heard Tri-Racial before… cool, cool, lol.</p>

<p>I live right in Des Moines, Iowa, and I know for sure you’ll get into Iowa State and Drake (you’ll love Drake, by the way. I know several students there and they say it’s a blast–especially during Drake Relays). Your stats look like the stats of most of the people I know who got accepted. I think you’ll get into U of M too.</p>

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<p>also my ACT that Ill be reporting has changed slightly, still a 29 composite, but instead of an 11 writing its a 12.</p>

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<p>Do you have a weighted GPA? Is that it or is the 3.4 unweighted?</p>

<p>You have good ECs and work experiance, and your stats are also pretty good.</p>

<p>1) UW-Madison-Match
2) U of M-Twin Cities-In
3) Iowa State University-Safety
4) St.John’s Univerity (in MN …legacy)-Can’t say
5) St.Olaf college-slight reach
6) Careleton (farthest reach ever)-cant say
7)St.Thomas University-cant say
8) Drake (iowa)-safety</p>

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<p>thank you lenda2533 for the chance. my GPA is my unweighted, my weighted and unweighted really arent all that different due to honros classes notbeing weighted at my school, but APS are by GPA(1.2) so maybe a .02 difference.</p>

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<p>UW-reach
UofM-in
Iowa state-low match/in
St Johns-idk
st olaf-match
carleton-idk
st thomas-idk
drake-in</p>

<p>hope this was helpful</p>

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<p>I don’t know much about the other schools, but I’d say you’re pretty safe for Wisconsin, Iowa State, and Drake.
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