Chance Me for Duke, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, USC, WashU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! I’m a rising senior that is interested in a Political science or International Relations major. It would be great if you guys could chance me or recommend some other schools to apply to.

Basic info: I am an Asian female who attends a large and competitive public high school in a upper middle class neighborhood.

APs:
9th - whap 4
10th - human geo 5, chinese 5, psych 5
11th - apes, apush, lang, macro, comp gov
12th - lit, stat, us gov, micro, bio, comp sci principles

GPA: unweighted 4.00, weighted 4. 48

Class rank: ranks haven’t been finalized yet but i’m probably in top 5-10%

ECs:

  1. Speech and debate: team captain, ranked top 10 on nsda online rankings in my event and have reached elimination rounds at yale, harvard, glenbrooks, blue key, TOC, nsda nationals, ncfl nationals
  2. School newspaper: section editor and founding member; now over 30 active journalists
  3. Speech and debate camp founder: i’m currently marketing this so we only have raised a few thousand.
  4. Youth grassroots political organization: co-founder, launched petitions, organized town hall meetings with local politicians
  5. Recruitment leader on local Sunrise Movement: increased membership by 54% under my ‘tenure” (is that what i call it?)
  6. Foreign language school: graduated valedictorian in sophomore year, came back as a teacher assistant
  7. English teacher in Manchuria, China: over 500 volunteering hours
  8. Research intern at nearby university: studied artificial intelligence and virtual reality. worked on an AI moving coloring game
  9. Health occupation students of america: volunteered at local nursing homes

ECs 8 and 9 are unrelated to my major. Is it okay If I still put them on my app?

All of the colleges that I’m applying to offer some kind of merit scholarship. If I don’t get merit scholarships then I have to go to an in-state public university. Additionally, I’m not going to get much need based aid because I’m from the upper middle class.

Please be brutally honest. I really to need to know if I can get scholarships to these schools: JHU, Duke, Vanderbilt, Claremont McKenna, WashU, USC, NYU, Emory, American, George Washington

thanks!

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shoot i forgot my ACT

I got a 33 (math is really dragging me down)

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You will be extremely lucky just to get admitted with your stats to the schools on your list. I certainly would not count on any merit scholarships.

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There are many schools outside of the T20 that engage in “discounting”. They offer scholarships to students whose families don’t qualify for need based aid. This is often done to attract more students who can pay.

Would suggest to broaden your horizon to schools in the T20-100 range. Private schools in particular. You’ll probably end up getting several schools offer you scholarships.

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Thanks! I’ll definitely look into them!

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Wow, that’s honest but I did ask for that! :slight_smile: Thanks for your feedback! ? I also forgot I took that ACT back in early sophomore year. I was meant to have taken the act again this spring but coronavirus kinda messed things up.