Chance me! (Amherst, Swat, Cornell, others...)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys :)
So yeah...if you couldn't already tell, I like three pretty different schools. I'm not really sure what I want, and I like different aspects about all of them (there are other schools on my list, but these are my top 3).
I'm a junior and am interested in bio, food science, gender studies, and Spanish.</p>

<p>State: NJ
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Hooks: none. parents are immigrants, English is my second language...don't think those really count</p>

<p>SAT: Math 740, CR 770, Writing 710 Total: 2220 (retaking in October)
SAT II: Bio M 800, taking Math II this weekend. Should I take another?
GPA (UW, out of 100): around 97.8
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>I'm an IB diploma candidate.
Courses - Bio HL, Chem HL, English HL, Spanish SL, Math SL, World History SL</p>

<p>By the end of Senior year, I'll have taken 12-13 science courses.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- National Honor Society (officer/leadership position: director of the peer tutoring program)
- FFA (since soph year - helped to revive the club, have an officer position)
- Yearbook (since freshman year. officer/leadership position: Junior Business Manager this year, Senior Business Manager next year)
- Guitar (since freshman year. just something I do for fun)
- > 300 service hours by the end of senior year
- Science fairs: have competed in one every year since the 8th grade. Last year I made it to FFA's national level science fair (Indianapolis). Going to FFA national again this year. Won an award from Swarthmore.
- JHU CTY - this summer will be my fifth (and final) year. Residential program where you choose one course and in 3 weeks you cover about 1 yr of high school material/1 semester of college material (7 hours a day/5 days a week)
- volunteering this summer rebuilding/repairing houses in West Virginia (Appalachia)
- volunteer a bit as a camp counselor for a science camp</p>

<p>Recommendations: One from a research/bio teacher (11th and I'll probably have her again in 12th). She loves me so it should be good. The other recommendation is from my math teacher (who is also the yearbook advisor). She's known me through yearbook since freshman year and has me in class this year. Her rec should be decent.</p>

<p>Other schools on my list:
Brown
Haverford
Wesleyan
UVa
BU
Northeastern
Rutgers
TCNJ</p>

<p>So yeah! If someone could chance me, that'd be awesome! Please be honest :]
Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think you have very good chances at the reachy ones. Excellent chances at UVA, BU, Northeastern, RU and TCNJ. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I think you definitely have a good chance at all of these colleges.
Since you are in NJ and will be applying to Rutgers, you will probably get in easily with your high grades and may get a merit scholarship!
It’s good that not all of your schools are reaches.
You are definitely on the right track to have a chance at being accepted to some really great schools!!</p>

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<p>I would also check if some of the schools you are applying to require SAT IIs before considering taking more as it may be unnecessary…</p>

<p>Other colleges could be University of Maryland - College Park, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon University, Brandeis University, New York University, UMich-Ann Arbor, and USC.</p>

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<p>Thanks!
I actually am looking at Brandeis…I forgot to include it in my list, oops! USC is a little too far away and I wasn’t the biggest fan of NYU when I visited. I’m not sure if CMU is a good fit, either. I do plan on looking at UMD and UMich a little more, though! </p>

<p>I might apply to Princeton and/or Yale just for kicks lol</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

<p>Oh, and what do you think is the minimum Math II score I should get in order to be competitive?</p>

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<p>bump maybe?</p>