Chance me: Barnard, Wellesley, Smith, William & Mary, GWU, Michigan

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I’m a junior if that helps :slight_smile:

Academics:
ACT: 30 composite, 35 reading, 30 english, 30 writing, 28 science, 27 math (lol)
SAT: ??? Taking it soon, I got a 1300 PSAT with no sleep the night before if that helps and I’m aiming for at least a 1500 (btw this is the new SAT with scoring out of 1600 again)
Class rank: probably top quarter, we don’t do class ranks besides the valedictorians (which are all of the 4.0ers left if any)
UW/W GPA: 3.82 UW, 4.02W
Coursework: All honors freshman and sophomore year (8 classes per semester too), one IB math class sophomore year, and 6 IB classes both junior and senior year with supplementary classes like French culture and Theory of Knowledge
Awards: Science Olympiad, Tennis, Model UN, Girl Scout Silver, working on Girl Scout Gold, honors choir regional recipient
Extracurriculars:
-2 years Science O (7 years total)
-4 years Model UN (most likely leader as a senior)
-Girl Scouts
-Founder of Civic Engagement Association (basically Amnesty International Club)
-4 years tennis
-French Honor Society
-Debate Club
-(most likely) National Honor Society
-Acapella
-2 years honors choir
-2 musicals

I tutor two boys both with autism, my brothers have autism and play for a baseball team for kids with special needs which I volunteer for, I volunteer for Bernie Sanders’s campaign, I also babysit for many families (especially with special needs children). I enjoy knitting and I am actively involved in the beauty community and I hope to work as a freelance makeup artist and/or Sephora after high school (and even in college?) I love to help others and organized a feminine hygiene drive and a water drive for the Flint Water Crisis which I went to Flint to distribute to families in need. I’m also passionate about France and went on an immersion trip in Rennes and Paris last year.

I feel like my GPA isn’t strong enough but I go to the best public high school in Michigan and usually in the top 10 public schools in the country. We only have one 4.0 in our grade and the only reason her grades are perfect is because she transferred to our school this year from an international school in China. I did test into my school to be able to go to it if that helps? I also took Algebra I and Honors Geometry in 8th grade so I have 7 years worth of high school math on my belt (which I hate lol) and I took 6 years worth of language courses, 4 years French, 1 year French culture, 1 year Mandarin Chinese.
My ACT score is obviously not finalized, and I can most definitely bring it up to a 33 or a 34 as I didn’t really study when I took it. I have not taken the SAT yet but I am in April and probably one more time after that too.

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You have pretty good chances at all these schools. Getting your ACT up to 33 or 34 would help quite a bit. Your ECs sound genuine although they do reek of wealth a bit. Good academic rigor at hat sounds like a very challenging high school. My D had the same unweighted GPA and similar rigor and she got into Smith, GWU, and Willliam & Mary. Good luck

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I would be very surprised if you didn’t get into all of them! Your stats are really good. I would think that you should target Vanderbilt, Brown, Amherst, Dartmouth, Middlebury and Vassar too.

I’m sure you’ll definitely get into many of them!

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Wje9164be it’s funny you should say my ECs reek of wealth when my family is very much lower middle class haha. I work a lot out of school to pay for club trips and summer activities. But thanks so much for the advice! Great to know about your D :slight_smile:

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Komz1304 I was thinking about Amherst (which still seems impossible) but idk about the ivies? I feel like even with my ECs my 3.8 gpa doesn’t really compare to the kind of students who are applying there.

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@yellowrocks75 You could be lucky. But just to be safe, you might want to bring your ACT up to maybe a 32-33! :slight_smile: