Chance for top schools for someone with unique circumstances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic
State: MD
School: Mediocre public, only sends to ivies every few years or so
Family Income: Like 120K or so
Major: Either IR or PoliSci</p>

<p>SAT I: 2370 (800CR, 800M, 770W 10E)
SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 800 World History
(Here comes the bad part)
GPA: 3.6 UW, 3.2 Freshman, 3.6 Sophomore, 4.0 Junior, and 4.0 Senior so far
Rank: Top 10% (barely)
AP's taken: World History, Psych, Calc AB, US History, English Lang (All 5's)
AP's Currently taking: Calc BC, US Govt, English Lit, Physics B, Spanish Lang</p>

<p>EC's/Awards: Academic Team Captain, Spanish NHS President, NHS, Varsity Tennis, National Merit SF, National Hispanic Scholar, lots of volunteering etc...</p>

<p>Essays: Very good, but not mind-blowing
Rec's: One great, others good</p>

<p>During my freshman and sophomore years, my father was involved in a legal battle that eventually ended with him going to jail for one year. During this time I was very stressed out and my grades suffered quite a bit. This is explained in one of my essays and my guidance counselor's recommendation.</p>

<p>So now that you've read my whole story, chance me for the following schools
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
UChicago
Georgetown SFS
JHU
NYU
GWU
UMD
American</p>

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<p>The fact that you have a major upward trend in your gpa is good and will be noted by colleges. 4.0 for both years will definitely help. Your test scores are awesome, and I wouldn’t put any school out of reach for you. Good luck with the applications!</p>

<p>Princeton- slight reach (only because it is for everyone)
Columbia- match
Brown- match
UChicago- match
Georgetown SFS- match
JHU- match
NYU- safety
GWU- safety
UMD- safety
American- safety</p>

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<p>Anybody else? I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>nice SAT’s…id say match/safety for all those schools cept columbia, princeton,chicago and brown…they are reaches for everyone…ur ethnicity will really boost ur chances and probably put u in to most of those schools…ur gpa probably wont hurt u much at all…<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839364-chance-me-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839364-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Your URM status will really help</p>

<p>Princeton- High match
Dartmouth- Match
Brown- Match
Middlebury- Probably in
Bowdoin- In
Harvard- Reach
Bates- In
Vassar- In
Cornell- Probably in
Johns Hopkins- Probably in
BC- In
Skidmore- In
UVM- In</p>

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<p>cgb, thanks for the chance but I’m not applying to half those schools that you listed, lol
I don’t know, but I think you guys are being way too easy on my chances…</p>

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<p>shameless bump</p>

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<p>You have insanely good test scores! Translating your freshman experience into an Essay is great because you are showing Admissions soo much about your character. You have good ECs too!</p>

<p>I will chance you on the schools I know,</p>

<p>Princeton- Reach (it is for everyone)
Columbia- Low reach
Brown- Low Reach
UChicago- Low Reach, if not a match
Georgetown SFS- Match
JHU-Match
NYU-Match
GWU-Match
American-In</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>bump again</p>