Chance me for Amherst, Brown, Hamilton, ect.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I posted a couple of days ago in the college search forum and got some great help with picking out some really good financial safeties for me. I was hoping to get some third party, unbiased speculation on my chances to a few schools. Be aware I tried to include as much information as possible so this is a really long post.</p>

<p>Academics:
102 WGPA/ 96 UW at a public school in NY, we aren't a bad school by any means but we are not know for sending kids to ivies. We had one student this past year go to Brown and one to Cornell. I have taken the most rigorous coursework available.
36 ACT with a 9 essay, 2270 SAT with a 10 essay(800 CR 760 M 710 W). My writing is not bad, but the reason for the relatively low essay scores is my atrocious handwriting.
230 PSAT, which I hope almost guarantees NMSF status
5-AP Chem, 5-AP USH, 5-AP Lit</p>

<p>EC's:
Over a year of working about 7 hours a week to pay off a car.
Past 3 years a Taekwondo instructor(2nd degree black belt) in charge of instructing both children and adult students. Volunteering for 2 hours a week through this.
Same timeframe, part of a leadership group within this organization who conducted fundraisers for local nonprofits. I will go more in depth into this program in my apps, but we raised $2000+ 6 or 7 times for organizations in our community like the ambulance corp and the lions' club. Part of this involved the teaching of basic self defense to underprivileged children in our town. Over 200 community service hours from this specific EC.
JV soccer 2 years and Varsity soccer for 2 years, goalkeeper
Travel soccer, 3 years.
Selected for the Rotary Youth leadership award seminar
Nominated for HOBY (a different leadership seminar)
Selected for NY Boys' State, a leadership/government participation seminar run by the Merican Legion and in part by the Marines. I plan to write my common app essay about this experience.
Mu Alpha Theta member
NHS member
Usher at my (Lutheran) church for the past two years.
I am currently completing an unpaid internship at Pfizer working with mass spectrometers and analytical chemistry. This is for credit through a program run by SUNY Albany.
Boy Scout for my whole high school career, just finishing up my requirements for Eagle Scout, will have completed this by the time I send out my applications.
Assorted other community service hours for various organizations, including the USO.
Total community service hours of 400+. </p>

<p>I would love to be chanced for Hamilton, Brown, JHU, Amherst, Northeastern, SUNY Binghamton, Princeton, U of Delaware, Fordham, and Pitt. Thanks everyone, and I'd be more than willing to help anyone else out to the extent of my (limited) abilities.</p>

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<p>Number 3 in a class of about 375 also</p>

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<p>I’m not familiar with all of those schools that you listed but you have excellent credentials. Brown, Amherst and Princeton will be reaches as they are for anyone. Fordham and northeastern look like safeties.</p>

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<p>Oh and match for JHU!</p>

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<p>Brown and Princeton will be reaches. I think you have a decent shot at amherst… Fordham is a safety for you. You have excellent ECs. What are you looking to major in? Good luck :slight_smile: chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529081-chance-uri-unh-uconn-nyu-bu-cornell-brown-upenn.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529081-chance-uri-unh-uconn-nyu-bu-cornell-brown-upenn.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Neuroscience/economics and premed</p>

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<p>I think you’ll have a great chance everywhere, but Princeton will be hard to get into no matter what!</p>

<p>Hello everyone, I’m an incoming senior and need some college advice. I want to double major in English and Political Science. My family makes around 100K a year and I’m the first one to attend college in the U.S. from my family.</p>

<p>Academics:
3.8 Unweighted 4.3 Weighted
ACT Score 34
Straight 5s on AP Tests
4APs Next Year and Full Honors Course Load the Other 3 Years
Top 15% of Class</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate Club Officer 4 Years
Speech and Debate Club VP
Winning Varsity Debater
Two Years on County Finalist Mock Trial Team
DECA State Level Finalist (Top 8)
International Career Development Conference - Leadership Academy Graduate
California Scholarship Federation Treasurer
Spanish Club Fundraising Commissioner
Founder/President of Young Politicians of America Chapter
Trained in Classical Indian Violin
Graduate of Nation’s first Telugu Sschool (Telugu is an Indian Language)
Local Rotary Club Speech 3rd Place (2 Years)</p>

<p>Jobs/Internships:
Assistant Telugu Teacher
Assistant Teacher at Summer School for Disabled Children
Intern for Ro Khanna - Congressional Candidate for CA District
Elementary School Speech Student Teacher</p>

<p>Colleges in Mind:
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, LA
University of Virginia
University of Chicago
University of Washington in St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania
Carleton College
NYU
Carnegie Mellon
Emory
Princeton
Brown</p>

<p>Please chance me! If you have any suggestions of things I could do over summer to improve my application, please share. Overall, tell me if I’m overshooting and if I am can you suggest any safety schools? Thanks a ton :)</p>

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<p>I’m not really familiar with a lot of those colleges, but UPenn and UChicago are high matches/low reaches. NYU and Emory are matches, you shouldn’t have much of a problem with getting in(except NYU is expensive as hell). Brown is a reach that you have a decent chance of getting into, and as you told me, Princeton is hard for just about everyone.</p>