Chance for Columbia + Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a Senior attending a top US high school and I will be applying to HYP, Columbia, Stanford, UChicago, Duke, and a couple of safety schools. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2210
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.93uw, 4.76w
Rank: 2/384
AP's: World History (3), Euro (4), Calculus AB (5), Lang (5), US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: IB/AP Biology, IB/AP Chemistry, IB Math Studies, IB History, IB/AP English, IB/AP Latin, TOK, AP Govt, AP Macro
IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATE</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll,
NHS,
National Merit Semi-Finalist,
Excellentia Award,
Best overall in History award,
IB Diploma candidate,
AP Scholar,
Brain Brawl County Champions 2014</p>

<p>EC's (leadership in parentheses):
Biomedical Organization (President)
Model UN (President)
Brain Brawl Varsity
NHS (President)
Golden Eagle Ambassador
Junior Class (Treasurer)
Senior Council (Vice Pres)
Multi Cultral Organization
Spring/Fall Theatre Play</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Museum of Science and History (254 hours),
Mayo Clinic (70 Hours),
Jacksonville Humane Society (110 Hours),
School (15 Hours),
Special Olympics (36 hours),
tutoring at elementary school (60 hours)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Chemistry Research at the University of North Florida- Electron Microscopy,
Volunteering</p>

<p>Recs:
Teacher recs will be from two teachers that I have known and bonded with for four years, they know me from head to toe.
Additional rec will be either from a Harvard alumni that I am good friends with or the Florida Governor Marco Rubio.</p>

<p>Additional Info:
First in my family to go to college
Immigrated to the US in 2004
Income: less than 45k</p>

<p>Thanks for all the help everyone! </p>

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<p>@IvyLeagueFreak7‌ Florida’s governor is Rick Scott. The junior senator is Marco Rubio. You might not want to make that mistake when asking for a letter of rec.</p>

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<p>Whoops haha my bad right there. @235423‌ </p>

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<p>You have excellent grades and standardized test scores. The list of ECs looks quite good. The biggest plus you have going is the first generation status. This will put you in front of the line for most Ivy league schools.</p>

<p>However I strongly suggest to avoid getting a letter from Marco Rubio or Harvard alumni UNLESS THEY REALLY KNOW YOU WELL in a work environment. These types of nepotism letters rarely impress Adcoms and sometimes annoys them. You should let your accomplishments speak for themselves. Having a big-shot write a short letter because you are well-connected is somewhat meaningless.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice @sgopal2‌. I think I’ll go with your advice!</p>

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<p>I think your Extracurriculars and awards are very impressive and you definitely have many hooks. I would suggest that you retake your SAT since the average SAT for most of these schools is a bit higher and you don’t want to give them a “reason” to reject you. Chance me back?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chance @Hind2015‌. I’m debating right now whether I should retake the SAT or not. But thanks anyways! </p>

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<p>Bumppppp</p>

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did you end up getting in?

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I hope you are considering some matches and safeties as well, since all those schools are reaches for you!

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I’m applying to Stanford & Columbia too, both are my reach schools. My scores are a little higher but my EC’s don’'t show as much leadership as you’res does (my stats: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1837466-stanford-mit-columbia-what-do-you-think.html#latest ). I’d say reach but smaller reach for you.