Chance a normal & emotionally stable senior-to-be?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Bio:
•<em>Full Chinese w/ immigrant parents
•</em>Only child
•<em>Tiny Catholic private school in HI, doesn't rank
•</em>Pretax family income is within the 100k to 150k range, but my folks have mortgage and car payments (Understandably, no one cares about these circumstances)
•<em>Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English (First language was Chinese)
•</em>Areas of Study: Prelaw, Psychology/Intl Relations double major
•*Recs bound to be shining, essays will probably be some creative, passionate spewage
• Kicking myself repeatedly for not being able to interview in person, since I'm quite the talker and statwise, I'm near worthless</p>

<p>GPA/Scores:
Freshman: 3.1 (Due to serious family health issues that would be explained in the app, I made an earlier thread about this)
Sophomore: 3.5
Junior: 3.4
Senior: 3.9 (Considering my interesting senior classes, this is more of a possibility than some may think. Also, I plan on pushing myself harder... But of course, not everything works out all the time.)
SAT: 1940 (WR610/M610/CR730... Debating whether or not I should take it a third time, lol)
SAT Subject US History: 630
SAT Subject Lit: 730
Planning to take Japanese subject test in Nov.</p>

<p>Notable Coursework:
Honors English 2 years (Couldn't fit it into my schedule during freshman year)
Honors Geometry & Alg II/Trig (Math wouldn't fit in my senior schedule)
Japanese 3 years (Wouldn't fit in my senior schedule, story of my life)
AP US History (Got a 5, only AP offered in junior year)
AP English senior year
AP US Gov senior year
AP Psych senior year (Self study)
US Political System at a local university during summer of sophomore year</p>

<p>ECs (In order of most important):
Speech/Debate team captain, senior year
High school student council corresponding secretary, senior year
Policy Debate (State competitor), 2 years
Yearbook editor, senior year
Speech (Impromptu), 2 years
Interact Club member, 3 years
Model UN member, senior year
Drama Club secretary, 1 year
JV Bowling team, 1 season (Feeble attempt at doing a sport)
NFL member, 2 years
National Society of High School Scholars member (*** is this, I got a fancy certificate)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:
Student tutor at school, 1 year
School library assistant, 1 year
Unpaid internship in Taiwan at international business law firm, summer of 2010 (Could be elaborated on)
Unpaid internship at local Hawaiian museum, 1 year (Very unique experience...)
Boys & Girls' Club ESL instructor, 1 year (Taught English to a group of children 4 to 8 years of age)
Academy of Art volunteer, 2 years (Helping with art classes for children on Saturday mornings)
Total should be 250+ hours of volunteer work</p>

<p>Schools:
Boston U
NYU
College of William and Mary
American U (Currently top choice)
George Mason U
USF
Howard U
Syracuse U
U of Mary Washington
U of Washington</p>

<p>I have a pretty good idea of which are my safeties/reaches, but I'm more ambivalent about the matches. Any opinion is much appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Hmmm. Naturally, those with Ivy dreams are favored more than those without.</p>

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<p>lol maybe they all are just too busy to post?</p>

<p>I don’t know anything specific about the schools, but from what you have shown so far, you seem to be in the right direction. You have a good amount of ECs, and I think as long as you talk about your lack of opportunities at your school, that will help (I know that’s what I’m planning on doing). </p>

<p>I would look into the stats for each individual school, to see how they feel about GPAs and SAT scores. Your scores aren’t absolutely amazing, but I wouldn’t be too worried about that, because they are still pretty good. </p>

<p>You’re ECs are kind of laundry-list, so maybe don’t list all of them on the app, or try to at least show consistency in the way that you portray them (if that makes sense). Colleges love consistency. </p>

<p>Are you planning on applying for financial aid?</p>

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<p>Haha, I was kidding… I needed 10 characters+ to reply :P</p>

<p>Thanks for the input! Yeah, there is really very little I can do in my school… Which is mostly why I’ll try to emphasize my internships and volunteer work. </p>

<p>I forgot to include that I’m thinking of applying to Fordham, but a bit on the fence about it.</p>

<p>And yes, I do plan on applying for financial aid. I understand that I’m unlikely to get much, but that’s a hurdle that my family and I are planning to tackle soon.</p>

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<p>:) This makes 10 characters.</p>

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<p>I think you’d get in to American, BU and Syracuse (it’s cold there, my Hawaiian friend:) with no problem. NyU is a bit of a reach, but not unreachable.I don’t know about the others, but good luck.</p>

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<p>Really, schmohawk? Thanks for your input! And I’m dreading an East Coast winter! The only time I’ve been there was in March…</p>

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<p>Yeah I would say you have a good shot at most of these. Howard and George Mason are definite ins, I would think. American, Boston are matches, so is Syracuse, unless your applying for journalism it’s more difficult to get in but I think you would still have a great chance. I would agree that NYU is a little bit more of a reach but there’s a definite possibility. Don’t know all that much about the other schools. Good luck, my fellow rising senior!</p>

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<p>You’re Asian interested in Howard University? That’s quite uncommon.</p>

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<p>House of London: Well. That’s embarrassing. My mom actually added that there and I just copy and pasted. I promptly took it off my official list, but it remains here.</p>

<p>Anyways, in a last ditch attempt to reanimate this thread, here is my (hopefully) FINAL list:</p>

<p>Boston U
NYU
American U
Fordham U
George Mason U (Safety)
Northeastern U
Temple U (Safety)
U of Virginia</p>