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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok. So most people who come onto the "Chancing Section" are rising Seniors. I'm an incoming Sophomore and I want to know what my chances (as of now) are into some top colleges. And what I can do to improve my chances of getting into them.</p>

<p>So here are my Freshman year stats:</p>

<p>WGPA: 4.12
UWGPA: 3.62 =,( (Gym brought my grade down. Yeah. Hated the teacher)</p>

<p>English Honors 9 B,B (I did not read the assigned reading books so my grades were affected by the quizzes we took on the books)
Geography Honors A,A
Biology Honors A,B
Algebra 1 ( I know, I slacked off during 8th grade Algebra 1 and they made me retake it.) A,A
Spanish 2 A,A</p>

<p>I messed up really bad during the second semester because of my procrastination. Which I've fixed already. =)</p>

<p>EC's
* Model UN - Frosh Advisor
* Spanish Honor Society
* California Scholarship Federation</p>

<p>Awards
*Couple of MUN awards received at local conferences.
* Academic Achievement in World Studies for my high school. (This award is usually only given to graduating Seniors.) </p>

<p>This is my schedule for Sophomore year:</p>

<p>AP World History
AP Spanish 4
English Honors 10
Chemistry Honors
Geometry ( Because of budget cuts I was unable to take Geometry at summer school and the local CC doesn't offer Geometry. Will be taking Algebra 2/Trig at local CC during the summer though.)
Business Information Technology.</p>

<p>I'm also joining the National Honor Society and my school's Journalism Club and was accepted to my high school's FBLA Program. I have already started reviewing for the PSAT, which I'm taking this October. I will be volunteering at the library in the low income neighborhood in my city and signed up to tutor elementary-aged kids after school. I also told myself that if I get no more than 1 B this year I will sign up for the IB Program. </p>

<p>These are the schools that I'm hoping to apply to (In three years lol):
UChicago
Northwestern
Columbia
UPenn
Berkeley
UCLA
NYU Stern</p>

<p>I have looked at the admissions websites for all of these colleges and have gotten an invite from Berkeley to visit their campus.</p>

<p>Can you suggest anything that I can do to differentiate myself from other applicants?</p>

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<p>Sounds like you are off to a good start. your GPA could be raised, but if you get straight As for the rest of high school, or close to that, you will have a very nice average. Get involved with clubs, and look for oppurtunities to make yourself stand out. If you are already this excited about the college process, it might make sense to start your SAT prep early :D. You are on the right track, but a quick warning: if you want to have a competitive GPA, I would REALLY focus on getting straight As. A single B is nothing to fret about, nor is 3 Bs like you have. but if you get three Bs every school year, you"re looking at 12 Bs, and that might get you into NYU, but not much else on that list(going by GPA only). best of luck to you throughout your high school career. If you feel like taking a look at my stats, here they are, but dont feel obligated to chance me. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736144-chance-upcoming-senior-my-school-picks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736144-chance-upcoming-senior-my-school-picks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You are way ahead, but on track for any of the colleges you have listed. Try hard to get A’s, make sure you have good test scores, and continue to pursue your EC’s and you should be fine =)
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<p>Bump</p>

<p>10 Char</p>

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<p>its great u are even thinking about college right no
what itself shows u are ahead of the curve
my advice to you is KEEP IMPROVING UR GPA
the admissions officers love seeing a upward trend because it shows potential</p>

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<p>Colleges will recalculate your GPA and I’m sure they will factor out your gym grade, so you probably don’t need to be overly concerned in that respect.</p>

<p>Keep up your grades, follow your passions in terms of ECs, and you will end up at a place where you fit.</p>

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<p>Yes, increase your GPA greately and study REALLY WELL for your SATS. Make sure that you read a lot. Something reallly helpfull would be an international volunteer, or girl/boy scouts, etc. it sounds cheesy, but REALLY puts you a stretch. i’m telling you, international projects are so helpful! good luck! anyone willing to read mine?</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the responses guys.</p>

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<p>Improve your GPA, hope for a great score SAT wise, and you’re basically in the running for all of your schools. You’re already incredibly ahead of the game!</p>

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<p>since freshman year dosn’t count and you seemed to have learned your lesson, do everything possible to avoid B’s as they kill GPA. keep your strong EC’s and you will for sure be accepted to a top school…long way to go in Highschool, enjoy it.</p>

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<p>you’re on the clock</p>

<p>11:43</p>

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<p>Pinkslip…</p>

<p>I meant chance threads but whatever. I’ll post on other threads too just post a link.</p>

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<p>Sounds like you’re off to a good start.
MAKE SURE YOU STUDY for your SATS. That’s my problem. I’m retaking them again to break 2000.
Take subject tests early if you can, maybe the World History one after the AP test, when the information is stuck in your head still :)</p>

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<p>Your stats seem ok so far and it sounds like you have ambition and focus, but it’s really hard to chance you if you haven’t taken AP, IB, or the SAT, ACT, or even the PSAT. If you keep working at your current rate you should be able to get into the schools you put. As i’m sure you already know, all of them are extremely selective and if you were to limit yourself and just say something like what are my chances at getting into. . .NYU (just picked it randomly) I would say your chances are ok but since you have a fairly large list of tolerable schools and good stats I would be schocked if you didn’t get into at least a few of them. Good luck- Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/753440-chances-any-all-ivies-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/753440-chances-any-all-ivies-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys, please give me more advice if you can guys.</p>

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<p>Bump, anyone else?</p>

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<p>its way to early to tell, but i think ur off to a good start</p>

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