Chance Me and I'll Chance Back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Rising Senior
Gender: F
Location: Massachusetts
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.98
GPA - Weighted: 4.54
Class Rank: top 10% (could be higher, my high school doesn't rank)
Class Size: 412</p>

<p>SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Writing: 730
SAT II Literature: 740
AP Euro: 5
AP Stat: 5</p>

<p>Have taken all honors courses, and will have taken four APs total: Euro, Stat, Spanish and English. Senior schedule includes honors calculus as well.</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Member of National Honor Society, active member of parish youth group, mentor in program where seniors help freshmen, founded community service club that helps a local soup kitchen, member of a separate youth service group that runs through the same soup kitchen, interned at a magazine subscription fulfillment database company, part-time job as hostess at a restaurant, weekly library volunteer and I take weekly piano lessons. Also in addition to running track, I help work track meets held at home and assist with leading/organizing middle school and elementary school track meets</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Student mentor for incoming transfer students in a club, and founder/leader of my community service club dedicated to a local soup kitchen</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Sprinter for both Winter and Spring Division 1 Track & Field, a mix of running in JV and varsity meets</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteer work through church: assisting/serving at multiple parish events every year and helping out with a local homeless shelter. I also volunteer at a local library weekly, was a former weekly animal shelter volunteer for 6 months, and I volunteer at the soup kitchen my club assists. This year I'm taking a service learning class where we will be doing community service in a neighboring community. Probably have at least 300 hours</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: I've received high honors (unweighted GPA of 3.7) every term every year. I'm a member of the National Honor Society, which has very high standards for membership. Underclassmen awards given to me by my school: excellence in Project Challenge (trust building-based gym class), English (twice), World Civilizations, Physics, Bioethics, and AP Statistics. I also received the "High Five" award twice in gym for outstanding character and sportsmanship </p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>American University
Brandeis University
George Washington University
College of William & Mary
University of Richmond
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Lehigh University
Northeastern University (my top choice right now)*****</p>

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<p>UVA and Vanderbilt are definitely reaches for you and although you have a solid GPA and good scores, your extracurriculars are nothing special. You do have a lot of community service which is good and you are above average for Northeastern but I would still say that it is a mid reach for you.</p>

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<p>Your unweighted GPA is really impressive and your test scores equally so, they almost mirror the breakdown of scores I had when I applied to schools. Anyhow, you have very focused extracurriculars and have a nice choice of schools (Alas, I considered many of the same school when applying) It is a nice, balanced list and you will likely receive some sort of merit at American, Northeastern, or Richmond, but I think it is important for you to add a financial safety such as your state flagship as a guaranteed college you know is affordable.</p>

<p>Last but not least, Vanderbilt would probably be a reach as it is for most people. But I’d consider you as a low reach/high match for schools like UVA and William and Mary (although you should know it can be harder to get in as an out of stater). Most of the other schools I don’t imagine you’d have a problem getting in.</p>

<p>Good luck with your college search and admissions! I notice you have three of my favorite schools on there: Brandeis, W&M, and Northeastern! I currently attend William and Mary, so if you have any questions feel free to send them my way.</p>