Chance maii for some top schools that I'll never get into yah!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey guys I was just wondering if you could say whether these colleges below are MATCHES, REACH, LIKELY.</p>

<p>Boston University, Drew U., NYU, Cornell- Human Ecology, Stevens Inst. of tech, Dartmouth, occidental, williams and mary, GWU, uchic., SUNY new paltz, suny purchase, cuny hunter</p>

<p>thank you!!</p>

<p>STATS</p>

<p>GPA- 88.67% in competitive nyc high school (my average may seem like a joke since I'm applying to top schools ...but here it goes- my freshman year i had a lot of trouble adjusting and I had a lot of negative influences my averages were like low 70s and such...however working in my lab and my mentor really influenced me (i plan to write about it in my essays)..and after freshman year my averages were all above 90</p>

<p>RANK (horrible)- 290/900- 32% due to my grade situation- transcript was hard to get up</p>

<p>Act comp- 34
Sat- 750 math-- 700 reading-- 750 writing- total:2200</p>

<p>SAT II's- BIO- 800 math 2- 800</p>

<p>Ap's=horrible. not reporting.</p>

<p>Awards- honor society senior year...</p>

<p>Low income family
1st generation college student</p>

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<p>Extracurriculars / volunteer </p>

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<li>Volunteered at the American Cancer society since freshman year, had an unpaid internship with them for two summers...reaching out to cancer patients...recruiting people...help organize the big walks</li>
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<p>-- I work in a pathology lab working with pancreatic carcinoma. I've been there my soph and junior year and plan to be there next year..I work there up to 30 hrs/week during the school year and summer. I've written many papers, one of them along with other MD and PhD students which has been published</p>

<p>-- Volunteer at Hospital-- assist nurses, help out patients when ever they need me for something</p>

<p>-- School newspaper- reporter for three years, appointed Editor-In-Chief...my articles were published in different student websites and newsletters. I also freelance for a non profit organization, writing reviews weekly for their newsletter</p>

<p>-- Model U.N - v/president...self explanatory what you do there</p>

<p>--Tutor disadvantaged students in my old public elementary school during the summer- 6 years</p>

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<p>Your GPA isn’t that great(which you are aware of), but your EC’s and SAT I & IIs are amazing.
BU-match
NYU-match
Cornell-match
Dartmouth-reach
W&M-reach
GWU-match
chance back?</p>

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<p>You have lots of good aspects to your profile…1st gen is great, working w/ mentor a real plus, the lab work is fabulous</p>

<p>my thoughts: the collleges themselves are so vastly different. Be sure to study those college books and talk to lots of folks. i.e. Wm & mary: very conservative, NYU liberal. ( can tell ur a new yorker) SUNY Purchase: very artsy. UChic: intellectual. GW: lots of poly sci and gov. Consider Brown or Bard Dartmouth: very snowy and rural</p>

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<p>You’re an unusual candidate due to the disparity in your gpa and SAT scores. You should certainly apply to the schools you like and see what happens.</p>

<p>You are definitely in at SUNY Purchase, SUNY New Paltz and CUNY Hunter.</p>

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<p>You say you go to a competitive NYC high school. Naturally I don’t know which one, but I suspect you’re better off than you think you are. Not all Bs are created equal. There is a world of difference between a B average at a high school like TJHSST and Stuyvesant and a B average at an average town high school that takes every resident. Your SAT scores will probably help you. Colleges tend to use SAT scores to raise flags. A low SAT score with a high GPA will raise red flags about the school’s difficulty, while a high SAT score with a relatively low GPA will indicate an extenuating circumstance like yours, unusual difficulty of the high school, or laziness. Since you go to a competitive school and you’re explaining the circumstances, I think you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>It’s impossible to chance those schools, IMO, because each school will look at your circumstances differently. NYU may look at your freshman grades and throw your app. out while Dartmouth may look at the difficulties you overcame and put your app on a plaque. You will get into atleast one top school. Your SAT’s are AWESOME, so don’t worry at all. You’ll do well. Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>thank you guys?</p>

<p>anyone else ? :)</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>