Chance for a few schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>So this is my first post and I'm not entirely sure how it works / what's expected, but I'll give it my best shot. </p>

<p>Personal Info:
-Caucasian
-Middle class
-From Massachusetts
-I attend a very large and competitive Catholic high school with 1,000+ attendees.
-It does not rank, but my guidance counselor placed me around the top 20%</p>

<p>I have a weighted GPA of 3.97
-3.79 freshman year, 4.0 sophomore year, 4.25 senior year. </p>

<p>Current SAT is a 2110
SAT IIs: US History = 680, self studied if that makes a difference. </p>

<p>Courses:
-Freshman year: no honors or APs, but this is to be expected for a student at my school.
-Sophomore year: 4 honors courses:
English II Honors (A-), Geometry Honors (A-), Greek I Honors (A), Chemistry Honors (B+ / only B). No APs, but once again that was to be expected.
-Junior Year: 3 Honors & 2 APs:
Algebra II Honors (A-), Greek II Honors (A-), Physics Honors (B / only B). English Lit/Comp AP (A- and 4), European History AP (A- and 4)
-Senior Year: 2 Honors & 4 APs:
Greek III Honors, Arabic I Honors. Calc AB AP, Econ AP (macro/micro), Government AP, English Lang/Comp AP. </p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Over 200 hours through the following organizations:
-Massachusetts General Hospital
-South Shore Educational Collaborative
-Appalachian Institute </p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Massachusetts State House
-American Eagle
-Boston Municipal Court</p>

<p>Sports:
-JV Rower (9), Varsity Rower (10-12)
-Varsity Wrestler (9-10), Wrestling Manager (11-12)
-JV Track (11-12)</p>

<p>ECs:
-President and founder of Students for Bipartisanship; we have hosted speakers and events.
-President of the STAND Club for genocide awareness.
-Vice President of Community Club which engages in community service.
-Editor and Writer for my school's newspaper.
-Editor for my school's literary publication which deals with creative writing.
-Member of Young Americans, a political discussion group. Through this I've worked on several political campaigns.
-Member of the St. Louis Project, a small group which offers food to the needy in Boston Common once a week.
-Member of our local Key Society
-National Honor Society Member</p>

<p>Honors / Awards
-Selected to be a "Senior Mentor" (pretty selective)
-Underclassman award in Algebra, Upperclassman award in Euro History</p>

<p>Ok, now here are the schools: feel free to do all or just a few. I plan on majoring in International Relations, and these are in no particular order. </p>

<p>-Georgetown University
-University of Miami
-NYU
-Claremont McKenna
-University of San Diego
-UCLA
-UCAL Berkeley
-UT Austin</p>

<p>I have some safeties too, I was just curious as to what you all think of some of these tougher ones. It's late and I'm exhausted so I hope there weren't too many typos or anything. </p>

<p>Thanks! </p>

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<p>You should be fine for USD, Georgetown, Miami, and NYU. Claremont McKenna is a bit of a reach, but I would still apply. UCLA and UC, Berkeley are both going to be shots in the dark. Your GPA and SAT are within their range of accepted applicants, but because they get so many well-qualified applicants, they have to turn many of them down. UT is tough to say. They have limited space for out-of-staters and they place the most emphasis on your class rank. Since your school doesn’t rank, they’ll determine approximately where you would be ranked based on information about your school. Being in the top quarter of your class will help, as well as your high SAT score, but like UC, it’ll be a shot in the dark. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Bump!</p>

<p>Also: update on the class rank. I’m ranked in the top 10%, NOT the top 20%. </p>

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<p>You have a good chance at all of those.</p>

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<p>Where is your junior GPA?</p>

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<p>everything looks good except the rigor of your schedule</p>