Chance me for Berkeley, Swarthmore, Cornell! Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone! I am a junior hoping to get into one either Berkeley, Swarthmore, or Cornell. Of course these are reach schools (as they are for most people).</p>

<p>I attend one of the top 100 high schools in the country. It is very competitive.</p>

<p>My Credentials:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.92 ( The reason its not 4.0 is b/c of some middle school classes that count for HS. I have a 4.0 in high school... maybe colleges wont care about those middle school grades????)
Weighted GPA: 4.63 (including those middle school classes)
4.7 (Only High school classes)</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 10%.... ( within the top 40 of 520 kids)</p>

<p>SAT 2210 (770 W, 730 R, 710 M)
SAT Biology 770
SAT Math II 780</p>

<p>Great Teacher Recs (They have wrote great recs for internships)</p>

<p>Number of AP Courses by Graduation-8</p>

<p>AP Classes: AP US Gov't, Bio, English Language, World History
AP Classes for senior Year: AP Chem, Psych, English Lit, BC Calc
The rest of my classes are honors level</p>

<p>AP scores (I'm predicting this years scores, im pretty sure what i got):
Gov't-5
World-5
Bio-5
English Lang-4</p>

<p>ECs/Honors/Clubs:</p>

<p>Research Internship at National Childrens Hospital
Internship at a Business. Held an accountant position
Howard Hughes Award- Award given to the top 4 science students in each high school
Community Service Award - I have 400+ hours of service</p>

<p>National Honors Society (The general/ all-around society)
NHS of science
NHS of English
NHS of Spanish</p>

<p>I manage a fund on kiva.org to micro finance entrepreneurs in Africa. I give money for their business, they return the money with interest, then I give them more, and the cycle continues. Its charity- only better.</p>

<p>Volunteer Positions:
Hospital as a pharmacy technician
Hospital as a patient care volunteer
Volunteer at Children's Hospital
Tutor for local elementary students
Public Library</p>

<p>Clubs:
President/ Founder/ Charter of a charity organization- 4 years
Debate Team- 4 years
Bio Team- 3 years
Business Club - 3 years
American Red Cross- 2 years</p>

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<p>Listing writing first will not make the lower scores go away. Has anyone else noticed how many list scores? The proper order is CR, M, W.</p>

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<p>ridiculous…ur in .</p>

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<p>@redroses…i just did the scores from highest to lowest, i wasnt aware of any order</p>

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<p>o and thank you nickgennuso</p>

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<p>Hi everyone! I am a junior hoping to get into one either Berkeley, Swarthmore, or Cornell. Of course these are reach schools (as they are for most people).</p>

<p>I attend one of the top 100 high schools in the country. It is very competitive.</p>

<p>My Credentials:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.92 ( The reason its not 4.0 is b/c of some middle school classes that count for HS. I have a 4.0 in high school… maybe colleges wont care about those middle school grades???)
Weighted GPA: 4.63 (including those middle school classes)
4.7 (Only High school classes)</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 10%… ( within the top 40 of 520 kids)</p>

<p>SAT 2210 (770 W, 730 R, 710 M)
SAT Biology 770
SAT Math II 780</p>

<p>Great Teacher Recs (They have wrote great recs for internships)</p>

<p>Number of AP Courses by Graduation-8</p>

<p>AP Classes: AP US Gov’t, Bio, English Language, World History
AP Classes for senior Year: AP Chem, Psych, English Lit, BC Calc
The rest of my classes are honors level</p>

<p>AP scores (I’m predicting this years scores, im pretty sure what i got):
Gov’t-5
World-5
Bio-5
English Lang-4</p>

<p>ECs/Honors/Clubs:</p>

<p>Research Internship at National Childrens Hospital
Internship at a Business. Held an accountant position
Howard Hughes Award- Award given to the top 4 science students in each high school
Community Service Award - I have 400+ hours of service</p>

<p>National Honors Society (The general/ all-around society)
NHS of science
NHS of English
NHS of Spanish</p>

<p>I manage a fund on kiva.org to micro finance entrepreneurs in Africa. I give money for their business, they return the money with interest, then I give them more, and the cycle continues. Its charity- only better.</p>

<p>Volunteer Positions:
Hospital as a pharmacy technician
Hospital as a patient care volunteer
Volunteer at Children’s Hospital
Tutor for local elementary students
Public Library</p>

<p>Clubs:
President/ Founder/ Charter of a charity organization- 4 years
Debate Team- 4 years
Bio Team- 3 years
Business Club - 3 years
American Red Cross- 3 years</p>

<p>can i get into oxford medical school</p>

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<p>i dont know what the person above me is doing … but i need more chances</p>

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<p>lol @ the person ^^. I think you can get into all three of those colleges (Berkeley>Swarthmore>Cornell), but you never know with ivies, there’s always a chance that you won’t get in. Being IS for Berkeley will help your chances greatly as well.</p>

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<p>thanks… anyone else have any comments/ suggestions how to improve</p>

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<p>If you chance me i will give you candy…</p>

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<p>I think that you are fine for both Swarthmore and Berkley, but Cornell may be a reach for you. Overall good application I think. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/898730-chances-duke-penn-cornell.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/898730-chances-duke-penn-cornell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Gracias, will chance back</p>

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<p>I think you’re pretty much a low to mid match for Berkeley (idk much about Swarthmore :/) because about 60 people from my school matriculate to Berkeley each year (I know, ridiculous) and you have better stats than they do. I would say low reach for Cornell</p>

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<p>thanks for the chance</p>

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<p>Your stats are very strong but no one is a shoe in for any of these schools. Their admission rates go from 22 to 16%. Admission is highly competitive and many kids with incredible stats get rejected and waitlisted evey year. For Swarthmore it will make a great deal of difference if you can show them that you are a good ‘fit’. Visit, tour, interview, meet with faculty if at all possible. Saying “I want to go to Swarthmore because it is a highly ranked LAC” will not get you in. My son was admitted to swat with stats similar to yours. I’ll never know for certain but I think it was his essays that got him in. Make sure you have some safety schools to fall back on, both financial and academic. And good luck!</p>

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<p>Kteh238:</p>

<p>Your probably good a berkely, Swathmore is likely and I don’t know about Ivies, their a bit wierd, but you appear to be at least a strong candidate.</p>

<p>Well done</p>

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<p>thanks both of you…if anyone needs a chance back just post a link…
nursekay, i know what your saying. I want to go to Swarthmore and Berkeley for more than just the name. Berkeley b/c of the political dynamic and swarthmore because of the opportunities and relationships with teachers</p>

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<p>You seem pretty strong, but be warned about Swarthmore, I’ve heard horror stories about the difficulty of that place :)</p>

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<p>great stats! you should get into berkeley easily. I don’t know much about Swarthmore but Cornell will be a reach</p>

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<p>I think right now, your GPA is excellent. Your SAT it wouldn’t hurt to retake, it may be pulling you down just a bit. </p>

<p>AS for your ECs, I think it lacks a focus that will jump out, which these days means that it’ll won’t help you which means it’ll probably hurt you a bit. Can you reorganize your ECs, add awards and clump subjects together as to have a clear focus? </p>

<p>Chance back pls :slight_smile:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/935985-how-my-safeties-matches-how-many-reach-schools-out-10-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/935985-how-my-safeties-matches-how-many-reach-schools-out-10-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>cornell, berkeley = high match, low reach</p>

<p>swarthmore – mid high match (since your GPA fits with their high GPA requirement) but your SAT scores…</p>