Chance at UCLA,USC,NYU,TUFTS,WashU,BU,ETC.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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First off thank you for chancing me , these are the colleges I’m applying to -
UCB,UCLA, UCSD, UCI, USC,NYU, WashU St Louis, GWU, Skidmore, Tufts, Emory, UNC chapel hill(EA),BU, Claremont McKenna

I study in India but I’m a permanent resident

Major- International Relations/Political Science
Stats- Sat score - 1500
SAT II Math Level 2 - 800
Class 10 Indian board marks - 94.2/100
Class 12 predicted board marks - 90/100(98 in main subject history)

ECs- 1. Varsity Soccer (4 years), Northwest regional winner ( India) , Captain of House soccer team(think Harry Potter if you don’t get house), Ranked top 8 in the state in 2015, won personal accolades like best goalkeeper
2. Head of the Quiz Club in school , organised meetings , held discussions, led society to best ever year and appeared on national television after coming in the top 27 out of 600 teams in a quiz competitiom
3. Theatre - Came third nationally in a street play competition , part of the street play team for two years
4. Was part of the heritage society in school for two years
5. Volunteered as a part of the organising team for managing a couple of school events
6. Guitar - Played guitar for the last two years, performed in a concert in front of a 100 people and was awarded
7. Social work- Started initiative called football for All , taught underprivileged kids football and held a drive in school to collect unused sports equipment , made a YouTube video for it
8. Internship- Interned at a public relations agency where I learnt key communication skills and interviewed media personnel
9. Have taken two online courses related to my major
10.Used to write for a sports website with a following of over 25000

Essays - Personal essay is good but is kinda cliched so 7.5/10
Supplements of most colleges are great -9/10
Recommendations - Two of my favourite teachers I’d say both are 10/10
Also took an interview at an interviewing agency which I’ve sent to some of the colleges which I’d say was a 8/10

What do you guys think?

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Match for NYU, WashU, Skidmore, GWU, probably a couple of those UCs (you’re in-state, right?). low match for BU, low-mid reach for Tufts, Emory, Claremont McKenna, high reach for UNC but who isn’t lol. Good luck!

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Maybe irrelevant but, in New England, Wash U is typically more difficult to get into than Tufts

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I dont know if ill be in state but im a permanent resident from California but I didnt attend high school there. Also what do you think about USC? P.S- I thought WashU was basically unattainable for me.

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@drummergirl no idea where you get that idea from. One can only assume that since Tufts’ acceptance rate of 14% is lower that WashU’s 16%, Tufts is more difficult to get into. I don’t believe either schools publish statistics of admittance per region.

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I shouldn’t comment here at all as I have a major issue with the whole chancing exercise (I think Naviance is misleading as well). And there’s plenty of info that suggests reported acceptance rates are often not much more than marketing strategies. I think the focus on statistics - whether the student’s or the school’s - is flawed. But, in my limited experience with public high schools in Massachusetts, Wash U is more difficult to get into than Tufts.

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@drummergirl I have heard the same about WashU, also what do you think about my chances at USC and the other colleges?