Chance a Rising Junior! :D

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I'm a Canadian student about to enter junior year, and I was hoping to see how my chances are so far. </p>

<p>I'd really appreciate it if any of you have any advice on things I can do this year that might help my chances, as well :D.</p>

<p>Anyways, without further ado, let's get to it!</p>

<p>Schools I'm thinking of: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, McGill</p>

<p>GPA: 95/100 (school doesn't go by the 4.0 scale)
Rank: school doesn't report ranks to universities apparently...
SAT: Haven't taken yet
Senior course load: Will all be APs except for mandatory spares and planning blocks.. </p>

<p>I'm very interested in visual arts, and have won awards on both regional and national levels. However, I don't want to be an artist as a future profession, and I'm probably going to major in something humanities related instead.</p>

<p>ECs: </p>

<ul>
<li>participate in art fundraisers and sell art for charities</li>
<li>played in my school orchestra's first violin section, but am changing to first horn (we got a gold medal at Kiwanis 2012 and am advancing to Nationals)</li>
<li>Co-captain of my school's yearbook club (Junior year onwards)</li>
<li>Part of track and field team since freshman year, and wins first for discus each year at zones (haha, but not enough to advance to regionals!)</li>
<li>Entered in a national poetry contest and am getting my poem published this coming Jan. </li>
<li>Spearheading an art fundraiser where teens around my city paint artworks that will be auctioned off in Sept. to help raise money for a new water supply in Ecuador (where I did a service trip this spring break to) </li>
<li>member of my city's youth advisory council </li>
<li>regular member of my school's debate and MUN clubs </li>
<li>sings opera for fun lol... I preform from time to time at local venues, but haven't really taken singing seriously until this year. I will be joining my city's choir group this coming Sept. :) </li>
<li>working part-time at a restaurant </li>
<li>loads of internships and volunteer hours at miscellaneous places </li>
</ul>

<p>Summers: travelling! I love to explore new cultures and languages, and have stayed for extended periods of time in China and France</p>

<p>So what do you think are my chances and how can I improve them?</p>

<p>I'm an Asian, if that makes a difference haha, but I guess I stray a bit from the stereotypes. I'm thinking of majoring in philosophy :]</p>

<p>Anyways, all comments are welcome and thanks for any feedback!</p>

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<p>Oh, and also a quick question. </p>

<p>So I don’t really know much about the ACT… do most people take it rather than taking the SAT, or do they take both the ACT and the SAT? </p>

<p>My counsellor said taking the ACT as well as the SAT is preferable, but will this make a big difference?</p>

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<p>take both and then figure out which one you are better at. I personally took both two times and I ended up with an ACT score much higher than my SAT score.</p>

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<p>I took both of them and did significantly better on the ACT, so I recommend at least trying them both.</p>

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<p>Try both the SAT and ACT, it can’t hurt.
Your GPA and rank are good, you also have a decent EC list.
You have a very ambitious list of schools so make sure you score well on the SAT/ACT (practice for them!!) and do your absolute best in junior year, it’s the most important!
Good luck! :D</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the advice! I’ll go check out the ACT. </p>

<p>So I guess my EC list is alright but not extraordinary?
Are there any ways I can build on my current interests that will help improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>