Chance a NON ivy-league material girl, i never get any help because im not smart =(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: F
Location: DC & Maryland, But Residency in Maryland priority
College Class Year: 2014, So graduating May 2010
High School: Public
URM- Hispanic
High School Type: Up & Coming, Definitely an Urban not well ranked school (teachers very very under trained)
Will apply for financial aid: No, Income > $200,000 .. FULL FREIGHT
Legacy: University of Maryland- Mother
What i want to do: International relations/affairs, Spanish/arabic/hebrew minor
Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: urrrh, school doesn't do this but about.. 3.30 ?
GPA - Weighted: 3.65 (should go up, first semester of Senior year = 4.0 predicted)
Class Rank: top 30%
Class Size: 348
Honors classes- 13 (every single available)
AP- 4
(Spend my 2nd semester abroad in Italy, there fore i didn't 'boost my grades"
Senior grades 1st semester- 3 A's (AP stat, AP Poli sci, Internship) </p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 620
SAT I Critical Reading: 570
SAT I Writing: 620
SAT I Combined: 1810</p>

<p>ACT: 26 (22,26,30,27) ; 27 (24,27,28,27) (October 24th one); TOOK the December one and still never studied =/</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Psychology (4); Lang & Comp + Pol Sci + Stat & Prob (All Pending)</p>

<p>Extrassss:
*Internship-12th grade- 15 hours per week/August 1, 2009-May 31,2010 (Police Department, Learning the Enforcement & Law sides of it and doing research on old cases for them, Training help also 1 of 2 in the county selected)</p>

<p>*Language Tutor- 11th grade- 8 hours per week/12 weeks per year (While leaving in Italy, helped to tutor the Italians in english language & culture</p>

<p><em>Varsity Cheerleading Football & Basketball *want to continue in College IF i can</em> (except 12th grade football due to severely broken hand)- 9 through 12th grade- 10 hours per week/22 weeks per year (11th grade Captain)</p>

<p>*Competition Cheerleading - 9 through 12th grade- 8 hours per week/40 weeks per year (do a lot of community service with them: Were also ranked national and have won many National & State competitions)</p>

<p>*Competitive Figure Skating (hoping to continue in college)- 9 through 12th grade- 10 hours per week/20 weeks per year (Training a the local rink, and have place State & Nation wide)</p>

<p>Community Service:
*Cheerleading Coach- 12th grade- 4 hours per week/35 weeks per year (At the cheerleading gym where I cheer, I coach along side two others a team of 3 to 5 year olds) </p>

<p>*Cheerleading Camps- 9 through 12th grade- 6 hours per camp/5 camps per year Various sponsored camps we helped to run & work for younger kids, and kids coming into high school)</p>

<p>*MS Walks- 9 through 11th grade- 5 hours per walk/2 walks per year (With my cheerleading team, we helped to run them, get people signed in, pass out numbers, and hand out medals and food)</p>

<p>*Soup Kitchen- 9 through 11th grade- 3 hours per week/5 weeks per year (At the local soup kitchen, we helped to prepare and serve food)</p>

<p>*Environmental help, Earth day- 9 through 10th grade- 5 hours per week/1 week per year (on earth day, we would go out and plant trees and flowers in community parks)</p>

<p>Honors and awards:
Honor roll 9-12th grade
Academic letter 9-12th grade
Athletic achievement 9-12th grade
State Scholar 9-12th grade
Graduating with Honors</p>

<p>SCHOOLS I HAVE CONSIDERED BEFORE/MAY CONSIDER (most reaches):
Alabama- Already admitted
Maryland (mother went there),
Pitt,
Wisconsin,
Michigan,
Florida State,
Minnesota,
Colorado-Boulder,
Penn State,
Notre dame,
Oregon,
Oklahoma,
George Washington,
Texas A&M
CAN SOMEONE MAYBE OFFER SOME BETTER SCHOOLS? - I realize there most reaches out of state, and just im not that smart and don't stand out </p>

<p>so yeah help?!
but uhm i guess i should add what i want in a school (which are exceptions at GWU & ND)
*Big time sports
*College town/big city
*10k+
*Colder-ish Weather</p>

<p>--I'm not really a California Person, I'm definitely an East-Coaster/Middle America type</p>

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<p>I would say IN to a majority of those- GW and ND and maybe PSU-CP would be reaches kinda. Don’t say you’re not smart you’re smarter than a lot of people obviously! And your ECs are killer!
Hmmm college towns.
Look at Fordham in the bronx, also look at schools in Burlington, VT. Its a HUGE college town and sports are big, UVM, Champlain are good. Also try U of Delaware and Loyola-Chicago.</p>

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<p>Thanks! haha I’ve looked at tamu and think its a reach too, wisconsin, michigan also but yeah my big reaches are ND and GW lol </p>

<p>i know i know im smart but not compared to this ivy league calliaber of CC because god forbif i didn’t get a friggin like 2360 and going to yale lolll</p>

<p>haha i’ve looked into fordham nad i reallllly don’t like the core cirriculum thingy lol VT may be interesting i could board,<br>
Ill have to look at those two schools
lol my best friends going to U del and seeing as its like 1.5 hours away TOPS haha its not for me im trying to go farther =) ill look into chicago! thanks@</p>

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<p>bump?..</p>

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<p>Match at all except for these reaches: Michigan, Notre Dame, George Washington University, Wisconsin</p>

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<p>Isn’t TAMU a reach too? lol
Yeah i thought they were reaches ND and Michigan are unrealistic except this kid from my school got into michigan with an 1840 SAT and a 3.72 GPA and were not in michigan lol</p>

<p>do you have any other suggestions</p>

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<p>Texas A&M is a really bad school so I don’t know why you would want to go there at all.</p>

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<p>Actually I missed your URM status. The reaches I listed above should become slight reaches.</p>

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<p>does being URM actually help i’ve heard conflicting details?</p>

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<p>It gives you a boost over other applicants because colleges would like to see more hispanics, african-americans, and native americans on their campuses.</p>

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<p>Alabama- in
Maryland - match
Pitt - match
Wisconsin - match
Michigan - match
Florida State - match
Minnesota - match
Colorado-Boulder - match
Penn State - match
Notre dame - reach
Oregon - match
Oklahoma - match
George Washington - reach
Texas A&M - reach</p>

<p>If you think a 4.0 = not smart then your are not smart unless you took the minimum classes.</p>

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<p>I think all those schools are matches except GW and Texas.
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<p>hahaha no no im just not the “CC” smart with like all super ivy leagues</p>

<p>and thanks and except notre dame =))</p>

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<p>you have good stats. how can u say ur not smart?? & good eccs to. youll def stand out. im only gonna chance the schools that i know enough about. Maryland-in FSU-in PSU-in GWU-hmmm, i think so, in but im wouldnt say 90%. & for other schools, you didn’t have too many N.E. schools listed, are u intrested in the northeast or not really? congrats on alabama too :)</p>

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<p>hahah more or less im interested in EVERYWHERE, except i prefer colder weather and i dont like california (maybe its the growing up in Georgetown thing) haha </p>

<p>i think im smart, but by no means the CC levels at least (which i dont believe half the time lol)</p>

<p>and woo! i SHOULD be hearing from PSU soon i applied like a month ago =/ so i dunno</p>

<p>and i HOPE george washington!</p>

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<p>lol, wait how does georgetown & not liking california go together? i’ve never been to california, but i wish i had the guts to go so far because it seems really nice (im from northeast-tri-state area) & i have a few friends that are applying that far. My cousin goes 2 gwu & really likes it btw. & omg i so agree with CC levels, some ppl r insanelyyy genius, i’ll read thier “chance me” posts & I don’t see how they could doubt themselves when they seem to define the ‘perfect applicant’
im currently in the process of submitting my PSU app (i know, missed priority, :frowning: ) but i think i have a good shot still. The only thing I’m not too fond of is the size (student body size) hmm…</p>

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<p>You’re in for most of these… Numbers are ok, but not stellar. But you have awesome EC’s and URM pushes you over the edge.</p>

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<p>collegeboyund- haha i guess i grew up in a way that when i go to california i jsut dont enjoy it, i have a cousin who lives there and ive been to visit like twice and i hated it, maybe just where i live they were all so stuck up it was beyond a belief that i wouldnt wanna be there lol … yeah the distance doesn’t even faze me, i lived in italy last year and yeah so im good with being away, yeah they like omfgg i have a 2380 can i get into like Arizona state omfggzzz hahaa well good luck with PSU!! i love the size haha its a fun place to visit at least lol </p>

<p>oma- yeah i know i retook the ACTs but im not expecting them to come up much, i WISH i could have scored better nd ish but hey whats done is done lol thanks!</p>

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<p>yea fun place but so many ppl! & the italy abroad thing you did sounds so cool</p>

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<p>it wasn’t nearly as cool as it sounds</p>