Chance Me: Boston College, UMich, UW Madison, Tufts, Duke, NYU, UC Berkeley, UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>UW: 3.93
W: 4.91</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (34 E 36 M 33 R 33 S 8 W)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: N/A</p>

<p>APs: Mine weren't good at all so I am not submitting these, if anyone knows how this may be harmful in any way to any school please please PLEASE let me know! I'm most concerned about the UC campus schools.</p>

<p>Common App Essay: 7.5/10
Supplements: 9.5/10</p>

<p>200+ community service hours</p>

<p>High School Girls' Swim Team (5 years- Captain, Section Finalist, Scholar Athlete Award, 5 varsity letters)
City Swim Team (12 years)
Piano (lifetime)
Spanish Club Secretary (2011-2015)
Key Club (2011-2015, varsity letter)
Spartan 300 Leadership Group- helps foster freshman success (2 years)
Columnist for local newspaper
Staff writer/editor for school yearbook and magazine
Worked 2 jobs- at a local fast food restaurant and retail store
National Honor Society (2 years)
Spanish National Honor Society (2 years)
National Spanish Exam (Bronze Medal)
Volunteer at Quarry Hill Nature Center Summer Program
Volunteer at Channel One
Volunteer at Rochester Public Library
Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity</p>

<p>Freshman Year: Honors English, World History (honors not offered), Geometry Honors, Biology Honors, Spanish 1, Gym/Content Reading Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: American Studies Honors, Algebra 2 Honors, Chemistry Honors, Health Honors/Gym, Spanish 2, Naturalist Training (Summer Volunteer Program)</p>

<p>Junior Year: AP Lit/Comp, AP Biology, AP Human Geography, AP Economics, Math Analysis Honors, Physics Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, Speech Honors, Ceramics 1, Chinese 3 Honors (Credit by Assessment)</p>

<p>Senior Year: AP Government, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, Humanities Honors, Journalism 2 Honors, Sociology Honors, Spanish 4 Honors, TA, Ceramics 2 Honors</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations:
Math Teacher: not sure, hopefully at least a 8/10
English Teacher: 9.5/10</p>

<p>Swim Coach: 9/10, but mostly speaks to character, so not sure if this impacts anything specifically </p>

<p>I am interested in a business and international relations major.</p>

<p>Other schools:
University of Iowa (accepted w/ $20K scholarship)
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business (accepted w/ $10K annual scholarship)
University of Pennsylvania ED (rejected)</p>

<p>Thank you everyone! Will chance back, and good luck to all other applicants!</p>

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<p>Boston College - Match
University of Michigan - High Match/Low Reach
UW Madison - Match
Tufts - High Match/Low Reach
Duke - Mid - High Reach
NYU - Match
NYU Stern - Low - Mid Reach
UCB - Low - Mid Reach
UCLA - High Match/Low Reach</p>

<p>I think you should be in at any schools that say “Match.” I’d be surprised if you don’t get into at least one of UM, Tufts, UCB, or UCLA. Do you need financial aid? I think that will significantly impact your chances at those schools. I think that it would be a huge help at Tufts and UM if you don’t need aid, and I don’t think it will matter too much at the UCs (not that they’d give you any aid if you do need it). Duke is really about as much of a coin-flip as it gets. I have two friends who just got accepted there ED, but I also know many competitive applicants who didn’t even get deferred – just flat out rejected.</p>

<p>Tufts is kind of weird with admissions. If your supplements are actually as good as you say they are, I think you will have a good shot there. I just got into Tufts EDI, and my stats were only slightly higher than yours (very comparable overall though). I wish I knew how not submitting APs would affect your application, but I’ve never taken an AP class and have no idea what it would do to your application. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for your help!</p>