Chance Me-Columbia (ED), Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill, UC Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a senior in high school and Columbia, Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill and UC Berkeley are my top choices. I am in the middle of applying to all four schools (Columbia ED) and am curious to hear what my chances might be. I am concerned about my SAT/APs, but I think my GPA/ECs are strong.</p>

<p>Here's the lowdown:</p>

<p>Female, 17
Caucasian
Strong public HS in NJ</p>

<p>SAT-2210
Writing-760
Math-720
Reading-730</p>

<p>Weighted GPA-4.35
Top 10% of class
Majority A's and a few B/B+'s</p>

<p>Honors/APs</p>

<p>Honors/APs that I've taken so far: AP Lang (5), AP Bio (4), Honors PreCalc, Honors Trig, Honors English (soph year), Honors Spanish 5, Honors History, Honors Geometry, Honors Physics</p>

<p>Senior year: AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Enviromental, AP Spanish</p>

<p>Subject tests:
Bio-730
Math I-700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Columbia Science Honors Program (2 years-Neuroscience, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Psychology)
-Took Art Humanities (one of Columbia’s Core courses) over the summer, got an A, submitted a strong recc from my professor, submitting transcript to all schools
-Maintain a personal blog, guest blogger for Huffington Post
-Ran a half marathon
-Interned with a theater company in NY and a record label in Brooklyn<br>
-Organizing a benefit concert for a music education program
-Stage Manager for 3 of my high school's award winning shows
-State youth symphony orchestra (4 years, cello)
-Volunteer with Central Park SummerStage
-Orchestra President, principal cellist in school orchestra, chamber orchestra + quartet</p>

<p>Let me know what you guys think!</p>

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<p>You have a great chance at the schools you are applying to, but be ready to accept a few rejection letters because these are all unpredictable. Also, UCB likes GPA more than SAT, so I am curious as to what your 10th and 11th GPA was, and the unweighted GPA. Don’t get me wrong; SAT scores are still very important, just second to GPA.</p>

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<p>You music will definitely look good for Northwestern!
Of course no one on this site is of actual authority, but I think that Columbia is a low reach (Just because it’s an Ivy.) Northwestern is probably a high target/low reach. Chapel Hill, target (Only because it accepts 18% or so of its students from outside of North Carolina). UC Berkeley, target. I wish you the best of luck!</p>

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<p>Berkeley is at full fees and they like a higher SAT. Can you afford $55K per year.</p>