Chance for UPenn, Georgetown, UVA, and others *will chance back*

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My top two schools would be UPenn and Georgetown. My other schools include UVA, William and Mary, Columbia, Harvard and George Mason</p>

<p>Thanks for all your help!!</p>

<p>Personal Information</p>

<p>Gender - Male
Race- Asian
First generation American born citizen
Current School district - Fairfax County, Virginia
Class of 2010
Mom never finished high school, dad never finished college</p>

<p>Major - Most likely business management or possibly economics, but nothing is set</p>

<p>GPA -
weighted - 4.26 as of the end of junior year
unweighted - 3.93 as of end of junior year
(Fairfax county has recently changed it's grading scale, the new scale will be a 10-point scale taking effect next year and will not be retroactive, also, AP courses will now receive a 1.0 boost which is retroactive and is counted for in the GPA calculations, honours courses will also receive a .5 boost)</p>

<p>previous scale used-
94-100 - A
90-93 - B+
84-89 - B
80-83 - C+</p>

<p>Test Scores -
SAT - 2200 (730 reading, 740 math, 730 writing)
SAT II – 760 Chemistry, 720 US History, 750 Math 2</p>

<p>Notable Year-by-Year Courses-</p>

<p>Senior Year - 2009-2010
-AP US Government/Comparative Government, AP French(fifth consecutive year), AP English, and Calculus AB
-Finance
-Business and Ad Manager for the school newspaper
-Physics
(first quarter made all "A" honour roll)</p>

<p>Junior Year - 2008-2009
-AP US History, AP Chemistry
-Business Law/Business Management Course
-Current Affairs/Economics Course
-All A's, two B+'s in preclac HN and AP chem</p>

<p>Sophomore Year - 2007-2008
-All Honors Courses
-Gourmet Foods Course
-AP World History
-Straight A's apart from one B+</p>

<p>Freshman Year - 2006-2007
-All honors courses
-Completed 6th consecutive year of orchestra – Violin
-Straight A's for the year</p>

<p>After School Activities-
-Debate Team member (2007-2010)
-Chinese Club (current Co-President)(2008-2010),
-GSA member (2008-2010),<br>
-FBLA member (current Vice President) (2008-2010),
-Student Ambassadors (Public Relations Officer, manages advertisements, announcements and organization) (2008-2010)
-Oakton Crew Team - rower (2008-2010)
-Volunteered as an Election Page during the VA gubernatorial race (2009)</p>

<p>Honor Societies and Awards and Recognitions
-Academic Achievement award (2006-pending)
-Science Honor Society – (2008-2010)
-French Honor Society member(2008-2009) Vice President(2009-2010)
-NHS
-FBLA – 1st place at the FBLA NOVA region 2009 Spring Competition – Management and Decision Making
-Master of Ceremonies - 2008-2009 Oakton Cultural Festival
-Straight A Honor Roll – 5 quarters (2006-2009)</p>

<p>I am a pretty good essay writer</p>

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<p>Personally, Harvard is impossible. UPenn and Columbia are semi-reaches. The rest are all matches, including Georgetown. However, the fact that you are a good essay writer might change my predictions. </p>

<p>Sorry, but not having a 4.0 and being asian is going to hurt you. Also, no 800 SAT IIs and a slightly low SAT for Harvard.</p>

<p>Chance me!
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<p>I beg to differ with Eurasionboy. We sent our valedictorian to Harvard last year and he scored a 660 on an SAT II. Goes to show that they do value more than the objective.</p>

<p>The whole GPA thing- that should be explained to your schools by someone. From here, it sounds very confusing :)</p>

<p>You have very strong SAT scores, good grades and ECs plus being a first generation… you have a great shot. Chancing you at the schools I know,</p>

<p>Harvard- Reach (it is for everyone, regardless)
Columbia and UPenn- Semi Reach
Georgetown- Match
William and Mary- Match</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Good list of schools. Might want to look at Holy Cross-near Boston.</p>

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<p>UPenn - reach
GTown - match
UVA - reach
W&M - match
Columbia - reach
Harvard - reach
George Mason - match</p>

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<p>Mason- safety
Uvirginia- easy match
W&M- match
GTown,columbia,penn,Harvard-reach for everyone. Just based on numbers of apps.</p>

<p>good luck.</p>

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<p>You have a very balanced application - Ivys love the well rounded student. I’d be optimistic. </p>

<p>UPenn - reach, edging on the range.
Georgetown - range, almost safe
UVA - ‘’’
William and Mary- range
Columbia - reach
Harvard - reach but not impossible
George Mason – no clue</p>

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<p>UPenn - Slight reach if Wharton, match if others
Georgetown - Match
UVA - Match
William and Mary - No clue
Columbia - Slight Reach
Harvard - Mid reach
George Mason - No Clue</p>

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<p>UPenn - reach
Georgetown - high match
UVA - match
William and Mary - match
Columbia - reach
Harvard - reach
George Mason - safety/in</p>

<p>Your stats look really good for all the in-state schools you listed. The ivies however could pose to be a problem. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Anyone else care to provide a helping hand?</p>

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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>UPenn - 60% or a little bit less
GTown - 70% - 75%
UVA - 65% - 70%
W&M - 80%
Columbia - 55% or 60%
Harvard - 45%
George Mason - 90%</p>

<p>Why is not Stanford in your list? Pretty “big” school and it has better sport teams. =)
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<p>i wouldnt say your ec’s are out of this world, especially by harvard-ish, ivy league type schools…but your grades are solid enough, and if you write some good essays like you say can…theres always a shot.
harvard=really high reach. i hate to be negative but its just so ridiculous and seemingly random. probably worth applying though just in case…weird things can happen.
columbia=high reach
penn/georgetown=mid reaches. definitely more reasonable, and you have a solid shot. but they’re still ivy and near-ivy level, so its hard to be confident.
UVA/W&M/George Masion=I think you have a really good shot at any of these schools…especially if you can show your enthusiasm for wanting to go there, because that does matter quite a bit.
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