Chance an Alaskan?!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:
race: white
gender: female
state: alaska
school: public, terrible 30% drop out
hooks: none?</p>

<p>SAT: 2250 (690CR, 770 math, 790 writing) one time</p>

<p>SATII:
MathII: 800
Physics: 800
Bio: 770</p>

<p>Classes & grades:</p>

<p>Freshman:
Frosh seminar/health (req) : A+/A+
Fit. Concepts/yoga (PE): A+/A+
Honors into to lit: A-/A
Honors alg2/trig: A/A
Honors physical science: A/A+
french 1: A/A
Honors world history: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors biology: A/A+
AP Stat: A/A-
Honors survey/world lit: A/A
Honors precalc: A-/A
EMT certification: A/A+
Chemistry: A-/A
French 2: A/A-</p>

<p>Junior:
French 3: A/A
Honors USH: A/A
AP Language: A-/A
AP Calc BC: B+/A-
AP Chem: A-/B+
AP Physics: A/A</p>

<p>GPA: uw: 3.95 w: 4.45 (AP = +1, honors = +.5)</p>

<p>Senior:
AP French
Medical terminology/psych
AP Lit
yoga/Alaska history (req)
AP Bio
AP Gov
Online: Linear Algebra</p>

<p>I took the most rigorous courses available. The only AP's I didn't take were AP Studio art and AP Calc AB(I skipped it) oh and medical terminology and EMT were both dual enrollment w/ a local college (and weighted as AP's)</p>

<p>EC's:
NHS Pres (12) member 10-12</p>

<p>Founder&President science tutoring club (2hr/wk) (10-12)</p>

<p>Class president (9-12)</p>

<p>EMT: (11-12) 6 hr/wk</p>

<p>Hospital volunteer: (9-12) 4hr/wk</p>

<p>Intern at Alaska ice fields: (9-11) summer-dec, 40/wk in summer, 4 hr/wk in school yr</p>

<p>Summers:
After 8: CTY biology and online honors java programming*
After 9: intern at Alaska ice fields (40hr/wk), online AP Comp Sci
After 10: intern at Alaska ice fields (40 hr/wk), online APES
After 11: intern at UCD in environmental science (7 wks)</p>

<p>Awards:
Regional science fair: 2nd (10), 1st (11)
Salutatorian
Honor roll 9-12 (graduating in honors program)
Congressional award silver
NMSF</p>

<p>So I think that's about it. Chances for:</p>

<p>HYPS
Northwestern
Pomona college
Columbia
Brown
UWSTL</p>

<p>Any other suggestions? Am I aiming too high? Oh and my intended major is environmental science with the possibility of premed. I am open to applying ED/EA but I'm just not sure that I have a top choice.</p>

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<p>Under normal circumstances, HYPS, Brown, and Columbia would be high reaches and the rest would be Low Reaches/High matches. But top schools always want to add geographic diversity (they want to be able to claim that the student body represents all 50 states) and so, it confers you a pretty big advantage. Academics are decent and ECs are ok and with the hook, you’d be a viable candidate for HYP.</p>

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<p>probably in at Northwestern, Pomona, and WUSTL. HYPSBC are all going to be reaches. Being from Alaska will help. Good luck!</p>