CHANCE ME (dartmouth, vanderbilt, washu, tufts etc.)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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UW GPA: 3.72/4.0 (strong upwards trend – near straight A’s after freshman year)
W GPA: 4.53
Rank: N/A
School: strong magnet school
SAT I: 1550
SAT II: Bio: 730 Math2: 720 (didn’t send to most schools)

Race: Asian
Gender: Female
State: Maryland
Major: Biology and Philosophy

Essays:
Common app: wrote about sharing my writing for the first time – talked about not being afraid to fail and not needing to be the best – 7/10

ECs:
Club Lacrosse captain (have been playing for 5 years)
Editor of school literary magazine
Create illustrations and sell them online
Volunteer work @ farm that gives jobs to people with disabilities – (200+ hours)
Volunteer @ therapeutic horse riding place (100+ hours)
Started non-profit for the organizations i volunteer at (raised 5k+)
Summer research intern at NIH (2 summers)
Shadowing ER doctor

Colleges:
Duke ED (deferred)
Brown
Tufts
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
Washu in St.Louis
Emory
Case Western
Cornell
Boston College
Northeastern
University of Maryland - College Park

THANKS A BUNCH FOR ANY REPLIES!

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UMd is a great school. Since you are in-state with strong stats your chances there should be excellent. You probably know better than I whether it counts as a safety, but assuming that it does then it makes sense for the rest of your list to be even more selective.

If “Shadowing ER doctor” means that you are premed, then you shouldn’t go into debt for any school on your list (assuming that your in-state flagship is possible without any debt). As such being deferred from Duke might be a blessing, since it will give you the opportunity to compare offers from multiple schools before deciding.

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Most of the schools will be reaches just because of the acceptance rate. GPA is slightly low but not that bad. ECs are OK.

SAT Subject scores are mediocre, especially for your demographic (Asian STEM major with premed interest). Most Asian kids will have scored 800 on Math 2 and be around 780 for Science subject tests.

Any AP tests taken?

Your matches/low reaches are BC, Case, and Northeastern. Maryland should be a safety.

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@DadTwoGirls I have been thinking about premed. Thank you for the input!

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@Hamurtle I have taken AP NSL(3), us history (3), compsci(4), bc calc (5), stat(4), bio(5), lang (5)

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@snaffy18
Duke ED (deferred)- High Reach
Brown- Reach/ High Reach
Tufts- Low Reach
Dartmouth- Reach
Vanderbilt- Reach
Washu in St.Louis- Low Reach/ Reach
Emory- Low Reach
Case Western- Match/ High Match
Cornell- Low Reach/ Reach
Boston College- Match
Northeastern- High Match
University of Maryland - College Park- Safety/ Low Match
Vandy, Emory, and Tufts have ED2. That could give you a boost.

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@VANDEMORY1342 I heard that ED2 doesn’t actually give you much of a better chance of getting in (at least at vanderbilt)… is this true?

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@snaffy18
No it helps, the admit rates are higher.

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Would you consider Rice as a target school? Also I would remove BC from the list as it’s not as science oriented. Replace it with BU.

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@Hamurtle i think rice would be a reach

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@snaffy18 you have Vandy on your list so why not Rice?

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You have a good chance, if you live in Maryland then I doubt UMD would not accept

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@Hamurtle i visited and did not really like the vibe i got

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Your stats and ECs make you competitive for all of these schools. With great essays I could see you getting accepted into any of them