Chance a rising junior please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: zam614
Gender: M
Ethinicity: Hispanic
Location: Miami, Florida
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.70
GPA - Weighted: 5.26
Class Rank: top 10% (at least - actual class rank not given until senior year)</p>

<p>Will take 13 AP's by graduation
-AP World History (4)
-AP European History (3) "/
-AP Spanish Language (5)
-AP English Language & Composition
-AP Calculus AB
-AP Environmental Science
-AP United States History
-AP English Literature and Composition
-AP Calculus BC
-AP Physics C
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP U.S. Gov't & Politics
-AP Psychology
(maybe AP Art History)</p>

<p>Scores: </p>

<p>SAT I:
CR: 660
MA: 710
WR: 710
^ def. taking again</p>

<p>SAT II:
-Math II
-USH
^ will take both in June
-3rd will prob. be Lit., Span., or Fren.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-Mock Trial (10-12)
-National Honor Society (10-12)
-English Honor Society (9-12)
-Science Honor Society (10-12)
-Social Studies Honor Society (10-12)
-Junior State of America - a student-run, non-partisan political awareness club
-Independently studying French
-Environmental Debate at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
-Editor of school newspaper.</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
-Founder/President of Junior State of America chapter at my school
-Historian for English Honor Society (11), President of English Honor Society (12) (member since 9th grade)
-Vice President of Book Club (10), President of Book Club (11/12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-Internship for the State Representative of my district (11/12)
-Volunteer at local hospital - donate and read books to Pediatrics
-Several beach cleanups and fundraisers for cancer research (10-12).
-Volunteer at school library during lunch (9-12)
-Tutor after school in different subjects (10-12).</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
-I participated in the preeminent law competition, "We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution". We were state champions of Florida in 2007-2008 and represented the state of Florida at the national competition in Washington, D.C. I am the mentor for this year's team.
-National "I Dare You" Leadership Award</p>

<p><em>Does skipping a grade count for anything?</em></p>

<p>Colleges of Interest (in order):</p>

<p>1- Harvard College *
2- Columbia University *
3- Duke University
4- Yale University
5- University of Pennsylvania
6- Georgetown University
7- Princeton University
8- Washington University in St. Louis
9- Boston College
10- University of Florida
11- University of Miami</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast, Southeast
Importance of cost: Important</p>

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<p>URM status will help you a lot
If you raise your SAT to 2200+ and rank in top 5%
You are pretty much in at all of them</p>

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<p>you have some decent EC’s. Though realy tops schools liek ahrvard will have plenty of kids apllying who have started clubs or taken TONS of APs. How will you stand out? Good news, you may be in for affirmative action since you are Hispanic (like Latin American?). Bad news, your EC’s are not solid enough to stand out completely, therefore it is up to your SATs to show your brilliance to top colleges. Up your SATs to 2200+ as mentioned by wenger and you are GOOD.
Good luck :)</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<ul>
<li>and thanks to everyone that responded, btw! :)</li>
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<p>2100 on SAT’s and youre in.</p>

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<p>You’re in because of your URM status.</p>

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<p>Not to be racist, but being Hispanic certainly helps :]
You’re in. Just get a 2250 SAT score!
Yeah, retake those SATs! :P</p>

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<p>I think you’re a rising senior lol. Good chances btw.</p>

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<p>Good job, from what I can tell you should work on raising your SAT score and your gpa (a little bit)</p>

<p>could you chance me as well? :slight_smile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/724375-please-chance-me-brown-jhu-stanford-columbia.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/724375-please-chance-me-brown-jhu-stanford-columbia.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

<p>btw, thanks to Black’s Law too… lol my mistake: I am a rising senior</p>

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<p>Good ECs and leadership positions, but its always a crapshoot at top colleges.</p>