Chance a rising senior for Tufts, WashU, Lehigh and other competitive schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>General info:
Jewish male
Attends extremely competitive, rigorous and challenging high school in southwest Connecticut
Within best 300 public high schools in nation
2015 graduation</p>

<p>Ranking:
Somewhere in 10%, not sure though</p>

<p>Unwieghted gpa:
3.75 out of 4.00 (AP’s and honors aren’t weighted any more than honors are)</p>

<p>Classes: All A’s and A-‘s except 1 B+ and 1 B junior year
All high regular classes until junior, except accelerated science soph. year
honors english (junior and senior)
honors spanish (junior)
AP Environmental Science (junior)
AP Physics C (senior)
AP Calculus AB (senior): taking online pre-calculus over summer to be able to take calc AB as senior
AP Spanish language (senior)</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT-1870 –looking for 2000, messed up on some things first time around and will take at least once more
CR-600
Math-680
Writing-590, should’ve been at least 650, that’s what I’d been getting on practice exams
Essay-8
SAT II’s (not yet taken)
Math 2
Chemistry </p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:
Hockey (3 years jv, 1 year v)
Tennis (3 years jv, 1 year v)
Organic garden club
2 years volunteering at CT NOFA conference (30 hours)
Hebrew school teacher aid-payed
Various temple service projects (100 hours)
Establishment of BBYO chapter in local area(leadership role junior/senior year)
This took a lot of work and now we are really part of the Connecticut Jewish community
Cello (assistant principle stand junior/senior year)
Select orchestra
Service trip to Yellowstone/Grand Teton national park with leadership training (60 hours)
President’s Award for community service
NHS
Babysitting (payed)</p>

<p>Essays: I am a pretty good writer so they should be pretty good</p>

<p>Recommendations: ? probably APES teacher</p>

<p>Major: Somewhere in engineering, sciences, mathematics or economics, most likely</p>

<p>Schools I’m considering to apply to (in order of wanting to attend):</p>

<ol>
<li> Tufts-(dad went there: legacy)</li>
<li> WashU</li>
<li> Johns Hopkins</li>
<li> Vanderbilt</li>
<li> Lehigh</li>
<li> UMiami</li>
<li> Lafayette </li>
<li> Union</li>
<li> URochester</li>
<li>UConn-in state</li>
<li>Tulane</li>
<li>Trinity</li>
<li>Case Western</li>
</ol>

<p>Also, if you guys have any suggestions or advice to help me raise my chances at getting in at any of these great schools, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<ol>
<li>Tufts-(dad went there: legacy) Low reach

<ol>
<li>WashU Reach</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins Reach</li>
<li>Vanderbilt Reach</li>
<li>Lehigh High match</li>
<li>UMiami High match</li>
</ol></li>
<li>Lafayette High match

<ol>
<li>Union ???</li>
<li>URochester low reach</li>
</ol></li>
<li>UConn-in state Match/safety

<ol>
<li>Tulane High match</li>
<li>Trinity ???</li>
<li>Case Western Low reach</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

<p>

Everyone on CC does.</p>

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<p>I can speak for Trinity because my brother was accepted and is going there now. He got in with about the same GPA, but maybe one or two more AP classes, an SAT score about the same and a 29 ACT. He also had about 100 volunteer hours and was a three year varsity athlete and editor of the school newspaper and in NHS. Your EC’s look pretty comparable plus you are a musician so I would say Trinity is a match for you. Just remember to come in strong your senior year and produce some good 1st semester grades, especially with that tough schedule. He was also accepted to Lehigh.</p>

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<p>You will <em>not</em> get into any top-tier STEM program with a 680 on the math SAT.</p>

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<p>All I can really speak for is Lehigh and Lafeyette, because I’m from the area and have a lot of friends who go to each! I’d say you’re probably in at Lafayette and have a very good chance at Lehigh. Best of luck!! :)</p>