chance me for Bates/Macalester/NYU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.4 UW (yeah, I know)
Class Rank: top 7% of my class
Academic rigor: all Honors math/science/english/history freshman and sophomore year (no APs available, no honors foreign language available); AP US History and Honors math/science/English/French in junior year (I opted for Honors math/science, but there's no AP English for juniors at my school), AP Statistics/English, AP Psychology, Honors Foreign Policy (no AP available), AP French in senior year. I'm also a year ahead in math, so I took Algebra 2 freshman year, Precalc sophomore year, and Calculus junior year.
AP History Exam: 4</p>

<p>SAT: 800 CR/670 M/700W (2170 total), retaking in October
ACT: 31, retaking tomorrow</p>

<p>ECs:
President of my school's chapter of a national non-profit organizaton, resulting in TONS of community service hours
Editor-in-chief of my school's literary magazine
President/Founder of a reasonably successful Gay/Straight Alliance
Treasurer of National Honor Society
Facilitator of a youth conference through the local Rotary district
Link Crew leader
Private tutor for a struggling student
member of French Club, Volunteer Club, and SADD
- I took Chinese through a high-school program hosted at Yale during my sophomore year, and am currently taking Russian for a semester at a nearby community college.</p>

<p>Awards:
- Academic Achievement Award
- Excellence in Creative Writing
- Excellence in English
- National Merit Commended
- Community Service Activist</p>

<p>I'm pretty confident in my essay-writing abilities, but still nervous...the other schools I'm applying to are UChicago (my super reach), Bard, UConn, and UVM.</p>

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<p>You know, the 3.4 makes your app look bad, but if you’re in the top 10% of your class, I don’t think it’ll be as detrimental to your app as it initially appears.</p>

<p>Chicago - Reach
Bard - Match
UConn - In
UVM - In</p>

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<p>yeah, that’s my biggest fear. I stand to do really well this year, though, even if it won’t make a difference.</p>

<p>any ideas about Macalester, Bates, or NYU?</p>

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<p>At its simplest and purest, but not fool-proof: in theory, the SATs are a more standardized way to judge a kid than gpa- because some schools inflate grades, have easier classes, etc, while others are so challenging it’s hard to get an A. What rounds out the picture is the difficuclty of the classes one takes (general math v. calculus; the number of APs/honors, etc.) Then, the ECs and your level of participation in them. Face it, you’re top 7%, so this must be quite a challenging hs. You’re loaded with AP/honors. Good ECs. Very good SATs. I’d say you ave super chances at all three schools- just do well in the interview and essay.</p>

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<p>Also, not sure about Macalester and Bates, but I’d say you have a pretty good shot at NYU. Probably a match.</p>

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<p>DO apply to Bates and Macalester. If you don’t get into those, it’s just the luck of the draw.</p>