Chance a Junior and advice on EA/ED please! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey eveyone! I'm a junior from California, and I want to go into pre-med or similar major and then med school to become a pediatrician</p>

<p>GPA: 4.76W, 4.0UW, 4.6875 UC/CSU GPA
Rank: 11/694
Race: Chinese and Caucasian
Gender: Female
SAT: 2110 (710 CR, 700 M, 700 W); first try
SATII: Taking Math II, Bio, and possibly a history or physics
ACT: 32 (36 E, 30 M, 32 R, 31 S); first try</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman Year:
Pre-IB Bio: A/A
Pre-IB Spanish 1: A/A
Pre-IB Wld History: A/A
Pre-IB English 9: A/A
Algebra 2: A/A
P.E. 1: A/A
Healthful Living: A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
English 10 Honors: A-/A+
Spanish 2 Pre-IB: A/A+
Trig/Pre-Calc: A+/A+
P.E. 2: A-/A-
Chemistry AP (3): A+/A+
U.S. History: A+/A+</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Spanish 3: A
Psych AP (will be taking AP test): A+
English Lang & Composition AP (will be taking test): A
Calculus BC AP (will be taking test): A
Biology IB HL1: A
Physics B AP (will be taking test): A</p>

<p>Senior Year (this is definite):
AP Stats
AP Art History
AP Spanish
IB Bio HL 2
IB English HL 2
AP Gov/Honors Econ</p>

<p>Awards:
Alg 2 & Trig/Pre-Calc Departmental Awards
2011 Girls State second alternate
Principal's List/Honor Roll</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Dance (14+ years)
Soloist with local ballet company
Volunteer assistant/demonstrator at dance studio
Dance Team (12)
California Scholarship Federation (9-12), hopefully officer next year
National Honors Society (10-12), hopefully officer next year
Key Club (10-12)
One Million Ways Club (9-12)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Ballet camps with scholarship
This summer hopefully volunteering at hospital and/or library, lab assistant, dance</p>

<p>Please chance me and classify as reach/match/safety for:
UPenn, Berkeley, Ucla, UCI, UCSD, Stanford, Penn State, Rice, NYU, Dartmouth, Brown
Also, given I would gladly attend any of these schools, please give me advice on where I should apply EA or ED to.
Let me know if there is any other info. you need
Thanks so much! :)</p>

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<p>Any advice? :)</p>

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<p>just out of curiosity, how do you get a 4.0 UW with A-'s? Does the school drop the minuses and pluses?</p>

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<p>Yeah the A-'s and A+'s show up on our transcript, but only the flat letter grade is factored into our GPA</p>

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<p>^don’t most… An A is an A for unweighted, I thought.</p>

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<p>I’m not exactly an expert on how GPA is calculated…
Any responses to my actual question? (:</p>

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<p>I forgot USC and Johns Hopkins on my list
I know some of the schools listed are probably crazy reaches, but I need advice on which ones and if I need more safeties. Thanks again in advance!</p>

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<p>Anyone? Advice of any kind is greatly appreciated! :)</p>

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<p>You are fine. Fantastic transcript and rank, good varied ECs, and nice test scores.
Make your essays unique and personal and you have a shot at all of these schools.</p>

<p>You are almost definately in UCSD, UCI, NYU and Penn State.
The others I would suspect you don’t get into all but certainly at least half of those upper-echelon schools.</p>

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<p>Yeah those tippy top schools are really good. Basically nobody is a lock for those. But you will definitely get in some, and will get in your safeties (PSU etc.) I would NOT apply ED because you will definitely get in some of those schools and you want to leave your options open. Since it sounds like you are open to a variety of schools, I would really stay away from this (unless you decide you absolutely HAVE to go to one). Good luck. Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1055573-i-know-its-early-but-chances-junior.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1055573-i-know-its-early-but-chances-junior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks so much you guys! And yah, I agree it would probably be better to keep my options open :slight_smile:
Any others for chances?</p>

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<p>Buuuuummpppp?? :)</p>

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<p>Pleeeeeeaaaaseeeee (:</p>

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<p>Anyyyyyooneeee??</p>

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<p>Pretty pretty please!!</p>

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<p>Ed to penn!!!</p>

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<p>Before you decide on applying ED anywhere, please talk to your parents about how you’re paying for college. Not many people realize this—you can get out of an ED agreement if your family absolutely can’t make it work financially, but it’s a bit of an inconvenience and you should know what you can and can’t afford in any case.</p>

<p>I’d say match/high match for NYU, USC, UCLA, Johns Hopkins (based on results for me/my school this year). I can’t speak well for most of the others, but I think you know which ones are the reaches.</p>

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<p>Thank you all very much!
I will definitely need some financial aid and I will be applying for scholarships</p>