<p>Northwestern, uchicago, nyu, madison, u of minnesota
Do i have a good mix of schools here and what are my chances?</p>
<p>Info about myself: Female Asian from Minnesota. Born in Vietnam. Parents never graduated high school. So definitely first generation.</p>
<p>Stats: </p>
<p>GPA: 3.6 UW
Ranking: Top 7% (this is weighted) 50ish/770
ACT: 33 (retaking)
AP Stats: 5
AP us hist: 5
AP world: 4</p>
<p>Senior course load (CIS = college in school. i get credit from u of m for it):</p>
<p>CIS writing
Honors am. lit
AP calc AB
AP Psychology
AP env. science
AP/CIS Gov</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper-editor in chief, columnist for 3 years
Yearbook-senior editor
School Magazine-founder, editor in chief
Writing Center tutor</p>
<p>Those three things are so time consuming, I don't have time for other things</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Teacher aid at elementary school for E.L.L students since 9th grade
Hospital since 8th grade.</p>
<p>Outside of school:
Vietnamese Community of Minnesota volunteer/staff/committee member since I was 10.</p>
<p>Work experience:
Tuxedo shop - 40 hours/week during summer and 20 hours/week during school year.
Tailor shop - 20 hours/week during summer and 15 hours/week during school year.</p>
<p>Letters of recommendation:
Honors Eng/CIS writing teacher
Algebra 2/AP stats teacher</p>
<p>They both know me extremely well.</p>
<p>Notes: I know my GPA is not the greatest and it's definitely holding me back. But my family is really struggling financially. a lot of my income from the tuxedo shop helps in bills and the tailor shop is my uncle's business. we took out a loan from him and i work there to help pay it back. he doesn't do tax forms or anything on it.. so i don't know if i should mention it? Should i address my work situation at all?</p>
<p>and what are my chances?</p>
