Chance a Junior please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 4.0
UWGPA: ~4.67
I already took 3 APs and 4 AP exams, all were 5s
I'm currently taking 5 APs and next year will take about 4 or 5
SAT: 2170 (I will probably try to get at least 2200 in May)
I'm probably in the top 5 of my class (my school doesn't do ranking)</p>

<p>ECs are nothing special:
National Honors Society, Math Honors, Science Honors
Volunteer in Club that helps the homeless
President of Club that raises money for children in Africa
Volunteer at a Home for the Elderly
Going to volunteer at a hospital
Teach language at an international school (get about 150 SSL a year)
Expecting to make National AP Scholar by the end of junior year
Secretary of Environmental Club
Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society
Varsity Tennis since freshman year
Tutor Elementary School Students
I've done internships at Georgetown University the past two years during the summer and I'm applying to another one this summer</p>

<p>I know my ECs are pretty weak =(</p>

<p>Chance me for...</p>

<p>Duke
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins (preference)
UP
Brown
Emory
Georgetown
UVA
Columbia
Berkley
Carnegie Mellon
WashU</p>

<p>Any ideas at safeties?
Oh and I would like to go into science, probably to med school later on</p>

<p>Thank you so much =)</p>

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<p>And I also have about 250 SSL if that matters… Probably will go up to 300 by the end of the summer</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I don’t think you can predict anything about the schools you listed. You seem like you take school seriously and do very well in it, but those are all VERY competitive schools. Just continue doing your best :slight_smile: Once you get into college you will realize that it is not useful to spend so much time analyzing your “chances” because in the end, the decisions may be totally unexpected. For example I know people who got into Berkeley but not Hopkins, Hopkins Biomedical Engineering (top program of its kind) but not Columbia, Columbia but not Wash U, and the list goes on.</p>

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<p>What kind of internships? I’m thinking you should emphasize those. You don’t need ten thousand ECs, but you should be focused and interesting, which internships can demonstrate.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all replies!</p>

<p>Basically, to cut it short, the two internships focused on different aspects in molecular biology. More specifically, one focused one the changes of intracellular localization of recombinant protein in response to activation of tyrosine kinases, while in the other I studied protein post-translational modification and microtubulin stability in ATM positive and negative cells using Mass Spectrometry and immunofluorescence … If that helps? =P</p>