chance me at ivies, top tier schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Please let me know if any of these are too far reaches, basically ones that aren’t even worth applying too because its so out of my range.

Tufts–probably gonna apply ed
BC
Georgetown
Cornell
UPenn
Emory
Georgia Tech
Johns Hopkins
UNC

Just for context for my gpa I go to a pretty competitive school, its blue ribbon, top ten in my state. I took a pretty challenging courseload. I took all honors/AP every single year of high school. I will graduate having taken 8 AP’s.
I took AP gov sophomore year got a five. Junior year, I took two ap’s, don’t have results back from Lang and History.

GPA UW: 3.9
GPA W: 4.89
Class rank: Top five percent
Sat Scores: 1490, (750 on math, 740 on reading, 6 on essay)
Subject Tests: Havent gotten results back, took math 1,2 and history
Letter of rec: both are very good
Essay: one of stronger points of application

Academic Awards, Honors, Recognition
National Honor Society: Grade 11,12
National Science Honor Society: Grade 11,12
National Foreign Language Society: Grade 12
All Conference Academic team: Grade 10,11
High Honor Roll: Grade 9,10,11
Student selected to attend athletic leadership conference

School Activities
Pep Band: Grade 9,10,11
Concert Band: Grade 9,10,11
Medical Club: Grade 11,12
Secretary: Grade 11,12
Science Club: Grade 10
Alzheimer’s association club: Grade 11,12 (worked with memorycare patients at a nursing home: talked to them, did math, tried to counter effects of alzheimers)
Social Media Lead Officer: Grade 12

Athletic Participation
Girls Soccer
Freshman Team: Grade 9
Junior Varsity: Grade 10
Girls Cross Country, Captain
Varsity: Grade 11,12
Girls Indoor Track, Captain
Junior Varsity: Grade 9
Varsity: Grade 10,11,12
Girls Outdoor Track, Captain
Junior Varsity: Grade 9
Varsity: Grade 10,11,12

Community Activities
Volunteer Teacher Aid at Summer School: Grade 11,12
Volunteer at Retirement Center: Grade 11,12

Employment:
Seasonal Waitress at local restaurant: Grade 12
Cashier at Big Y: Grade 12

Hobbies/ Unique Interests:
Girl Scout Juliette: Grade 9,10
Flute: Grade 9,10,11,12

Travel
Philadelphia, Music Trip: Grade 10

Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Income: More than 100k
Hooks: First Generation American, is this a hook? parents from eastern europe

Majoring in either engineering or business

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You’re doing great. Yes, all of those schools are reaches, but someone with your stats can realistically aspire to those kinds of school. BUT you also can not count on getting into any reach school—simply because they turn down more qualified applicants than they accept. The competition is fierce. So, don’t give up on your “reach” schools, but spend just as much time and effort finding match and safety schools that you would be happy with. Given my daughter’s experience, sometimes finding schools that love you as much as you love them can be very liberating. (She was offered a good merit scholarship at an excellent “match” school…and didn’t even apply to the long list of “reaches” that had caught her eye earlier in the process.).

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My stats are very similar to yours and the colleges im applying to are also very similar (almost exact matches). That being said, I think those are excellent reaches, and in fact, a few of them (like BC, UNC) could be considered matches.

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You’re in a really good place! It think that you have a pretty fair chance at all the schools you’re applying for! Just make sure not to let anyone doubt yourself. You are a very qualified applicant! Just make sure you spend a lot of time on your essays to ensure that your chances remain high.

Good Luck!

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@cuberbun I would not consider UNC a match unless the OP is in-state, and even then I would be hesitant. UNC is very selective with OOS applicants.

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@PureShores I’m not in state. I live in connecticut. None of the schools I put down on this list were to be considered as matches, I realize that they are reaches, some more than others. I was just asking if it’s even worth applying to some of these super selective schools with my stats.

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@hopperdeee


Tufts- High Match ( since your applying ED)


BC- High Match


Georgetown- Reach


Cornell- Reach


UPenn- High Reach


Emory- Reach


Georgia Tech- Reach/ High Reach ( public school and you’re OOS)


Johns Hopkins- High Reach


UNC- High Reach ( public school and you’re OOS)





Your probably have better time at Emory ED or ED2 because of your ethnicity/ 2nd generation American status.

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@VANDEMORY1342
If I’m applying for the business school for BC and Emory I don’t really understand why BC is a high match and Emory is a reach. The acceptance rates for both business schools are similar, I visited BC and for the business school the acceptance rate was 22 percent. I also I am under the assumption that the business school at BC is ranked above Emory’s. Not trying to be cocky and saying I could easily get into emory I just disagree that it’s a reach. My guidance counselor wrote that down as a match for me. I would just like to know why you think that’s a reach because I really don’t wanna use my early decision on a school I could get in with just regular admission. I’m using one of my ed’s on tufts because I don’t think I would get in regular and I really like the school.

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I would retake the SAT and get a 1500+. Schools like Cornell and Penn pretty much expect that from applicants. Good Luck!

Chance Back? talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1994591-chances-at-penn-dream-school-advice.html#latest

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@collegeboundprogrammer
I was thinking of retaking the sat and my score has gone up each time I have taken it. But I already taken it three times. I’m pretty confident my score will go up. But is it worth it?

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@hopperdeee Tell your guidance counselor exactly what I said. It’s uninformed counselors like him/her that negatively affect US news with uninformed biases. No department at BC is ranked Higher than Emory’s corresponding department. Goizueta BBA is ranked 15 this year. And although your stats are high, there not high enough to be a match at most of these schools.




Emory- 1475




Cornell- 1480




I really think you should use ED on Hopkins or Cornell and ED2 at Emory. You shouldn’t just look at acceptance rate look at avg SAT for the class before.

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If you have taken it three times, then taking it a fourth time will not help.