Chance for Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Rice, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, or UChicago?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Ethnicity: Mexican/Pacific Islander
Family Income: ~$200,000
Grade: About to be a Junior

GPA: UW-3.975 W-4.3
Class Rank: Top 10%
ACT: 30 (Going to retake to get 32+)
PSAT: Taking in Fall 2015

Classes Taken:
Freshman-
-Honors Geometry
-Honors Chem/Phys (My school does 1 semester Chemistry, 1 Sem. Physics)
-Advanced Guitar
-Men’s Chorus
-Freshman EnglishGuitar
-Spanish 1-2 (can’t be taken for honors)

Sophomore-
Honors Spanish 3-4
Honors Algebra 3-4
Honors Biology 1-2
Honors Chamber Choir (Zero Hour)

Honors Acapella Choir
Sophomore English
Business Management

Junior-
AP US History
Honors Finite/Brief Calc.
Honors Chemistry
Honors Chamber Choir
Honors Acapella Choir
Honors Spanish 5-6
Junior English

Senior-
AP Calc
AP Gov.
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish Language
Honors Chamber Choir
Honors Acapella Choir
Senior English

Not a big fan of English as you can tell

EC’s:
-Community Chorus at my school (9,10,11,12)
-Stage Crew for Choir (9)
-All-State Show Choir (Audition Choir) (3rd Chair)
-Regional Honor Choir (Audition Choir) (7th Chair)
-Chamber Choir (10,11,12) (Met during Zero Hour)(Performed at places outside of school)
-Music For The Cure Club (10,11,12)
-Choir Council (9,10,11,12) (Men’s Chorus Treasurer, Chamber Choir Treasurer, Head Treasurer, Not sure about Senior Year)
-NHS (11,12)
-Voice Lessons
-Piano Lessons
-Be A Leader Foundation (President/Founder) (11,12)
-Peer Tutoring (9,10,11,12)
-Math Olympiads (Maybe) (11,12)
-USA Biology Olympiads (Maybe) (11,12)

My choir has performed at:
-Churches in and out of state
-Famous pianist William Joseph’s Concert
-Diamondbacks Games
-Caroling during Christmas
-Annual Jazz and Madrigal festival held at Northern Arizona University
-Middle School Concerts (Opened for them)
-Summer Conference for the American Choral Directors Association

Volunteer Work:
-Aloha Festival (Annual)
-Feed My Starving Children
-Senior Living Centers
-Hospitals
(Planning to Volunteer A LOT more during Junior Year)

Summer Programs:
-ASU’s Barrett Summer Scholars
-AZ Ivy League Project
-NSLC Medical Camp at Northwestern
-Summer School

Special Skills:
-Sing
-Dance
-Piano
-Guitar
-Ukulele
-Viola

What are my chances of Getting into Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Rice, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, or UChicago?!

I still have my Junior Year to fix anything: EC’s, Act Score, PSAT, Volunteer Activities, etc…

THANKS! And I can Chance back:)

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You should switch your junior and senior year schedules. Remember, you will be filling out apps in the fall of your senior year and adcoms will see the grades from your junior year and maybe first half of senior year.

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@CaliCash I can’t switch those

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I have to go through honors before I get to AP:/

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Oh. :confused:

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Your ACT score is low for most of the schools you are going to apply. Try to get a 33+ on the ACT. Have you tried the SAT?

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@Jr12317 I only took the ACT 1 time and I’m a sophomore… I’m retaking it in December and April w/ studying and I’ll raise it! I took a practice test 3 months ago and got a 24, so with 3 months of self-studying I raised it 6 points… I’m pretty sure I can raise it more:) And I tried the SAT, but I didn’t do so good haha

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It’s good some students do better on either of the test. You have plenty of time to prepare for it. Try to be involved on EC’s. Also try to keep that GPA. Good luck!

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@Jr12317 What kind of Extracurriculars should I do? I’m really into music as you can tell, but I want to go into Pre-Med and there’s only 3 science-based clubs at my school :confused:

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Do something you will enjoy to do. I don’t know but something that you can be a leader will increase more your chances.