CHANCE ME! Columbia, Brown, JHU, Emory, U of Chicago...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Female, MA, small private school, no financial aid needed</p>

<p>Grades:
Freshman Year: 3.7
Sophomore Year: 4.0
Junior Year: 3.7
Cumulative--3.8
my school doesn't do weighted GPAs
and we don't rank but i know i'm in the top 10 percent anyway</p>

<p>PSAT:
Math: 70
Critical Reading: 66
Writing: 69
(205)</p>

<p>ACT: 32 first time, is this a good score? i don't know much about the test
I didnt take SAT I/II yet, but I'm taking Math II, Chem, and US History in May</p>

<p>Classes (of interest):
i've always taken the most challenging courses available like algebra 2 accelerated, spanish 3 accelerated (which is 3 and 4 combined) and now APs</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: AP European History (4)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Chemistry
AP US History
AP Spanish Language
AP English Language
Precalculus</p>

<p>Senior Year: (I plan on taking...)
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Spanish Literature
AP English Lit
Anatmony and Physiology Elective
US Since 1945 Elective</p>

<p>I also took Photography 1 and 2</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity Soccer (4 years)
Varsity Lacrosse (4 years)
Volunteering with mentally handicapped children <a href="4%20years">on weekends</a>
Outing and Science Club (4 years, leader 3 years)
Organized Blood Drive (2 years)
Yearbook (3 years, Managing Editor 2 years)
Amnesty International (3 years)
Youth Microcrediting International Club (3 years, trip to Guatemala to see where our small loans go and the impact a small amount of money can have on an impoverished society)
Girl Talk Mentoring Program (2 year)
Violin (been playing since third grade)</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
Bermuda Island Ecology Course (.5 Credit)
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
This Summer--- possible internship in cancer cell research and job at CVS or a grocery store </p>

<p>Honors:
Spanish National Honors Society
High Honors (9,10,11 so far...)
Cum Laude Society (6 people in my grade where chosen out of 65)</p>

<p>Chance Me For:
Columbia
Barnard
Brown
U of Chicago (even though i heard its where fun goes to die)
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Vanderbilt
WU at St. Louis
Emory</p>

<p>THANKS</p>

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<p>Chances are okay at all of the above, but you need a safety school, because kids with your stats could get rejected everywhere.</p>

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<p>columbia - rejected
barnard - not sure
brown - rejected
u of chicago - match
northwestern - waitlisted
johns hopkins - rejected
vanderbilt - match
WashU - match
Emory - waitlisted</p>

<p>Yeah, consider a safety and you'll be okay!</p>

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<p>thanks, of course im gonna have safety schools and i didnt list them because they are, infact, known safetys.</p>

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<p>anyone else? i'd really appreciate it</p>

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<p>bumppp.....</p>

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<p>Are these "national youth leadership" things really all that impressive? Anyone can nominate yourself, and you have to pay thousands of dolllars... sounds like a money-making scheme to me.</p>

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<p>Also, have you had any leadership positions in those ECs?</p>

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<p>^Agree with both posts on top</p>

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<p>yes i have run the outing and science club for the past two years and will again next year, i was a managing editor for the yearbook this year and will either be business or managing editor next year. and i will probably be a head of the volunteering project i'm apart of (with the mentally handicapped children) and possibly the leader of the teen mentoring program</p>

<p>about NYLF programs, they offer experiences you otherwise would not be able to have. In addition to making really close friends, you can participate in activities with a diverse group of people while learning new things in a unique setting. Also, I was able to shadow several doctors at different hospitals and have tours of various facilities in the boston area that aren't open to the general public. yes they do cost a lot of money, but its a great opportunity, regardless of how easy it is to participate</p>

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<p>bump.. please?</p>

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<p>uhm, i'm pretty sure you can't apply to both barnard and columbia, barnard is slightly easier to get into but the the experience and education are very much the same. if you're not looking to go into some kind of engineering (and therefore apply to SEAS) i'd apply to barnard.</p>

<p>PSAT is a tad weak, and yeah definitely need to get safeties, and a couple of matches, you could realistically go 0 for 9 with that list.</p>

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<p>^ you can most definitely apply to both columbia and barnard. they are separate entities, though affiliated.</p>