Chance me for Harvard, UChicago, and Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race: Middle-Eastern (Kurdish), U.S. Dual Citizen
Gender: Female
I go to a International School (Private school - very small, 250+ students)
Prospective Majors: Neuroscience</p>

<p>GPA: 4.27</p>

<p>All IB Clases:
(IB Diploma Candidate)</p>

<p>Not going to list 9th and 10th grade classes</p>

<p>Junior year:</p>

<p>HL Chemistry
HL Biology
HL Math
SL Anthropology
SL French A
SL English A</p>

<p>ACT: 32</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:</p>

<p>Bio M: 760
French (reading only): 770
Chem: 710</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<ul>
<li>Active member of the United Way Board of Directors - youth intern (9th-11th), have organized fundraiser around my school for it ($1000+), participated in important board decisions</li>
<li>MUN (9th-11th) (President) - Best Delegate Award and Distinguished Delegate</li>
<li>Timmy Club (9th-11th) (President) - community and service club that raises money for kids in South America - I'm one of the leaders of the club; help to arrange most of the events, very active --> I got to go on a 2 week service to the Dominican Republic to help communities</li>
<li>Technical Director of Crew for 2 musicals and 1 play (9th-10th grade)</li>
<li>VEX Robotics Club (10th -11th) - co-president; we won city championships last year and went to the world competitions</li>
<li>GSA Club (10th -11th grade)</li>
<li>WorldQuest Club (President)</li>
<li>Volunteered and raised money for TEDxIndianapolis and TEDxYouth ($5,000), helped with decision making</li>
<li>Worked in a neurology lab this summer that specializes in panic disorder, and I will work there again this summer. The paper we published is going to be in Nature Medicine, I will be listed in the acknowledgements</li>
<li>I've done a lot of selective summer programs: Nanotechnology Camp at IUPUI, GERI (Gifted Education Resource Institute) Camp at Purdue, EDGE Camp at Purdue (Girls Engineering Camp)</li>
<li>School on Wheels - (10th) Tutoring homeless children</li>
<li>I have over 1,200 hours of community service (for real)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards (excluding the ones I mentioned above)
- Indiana Federation of Music Club Junior Festival 2012 – Regionals for Piano: Superior (Playing Test), Superior (Theory Test)
- Invited to Indiana State Honors Recital 2012 for Piano
- Community and Service Award – 9th grade
- High Honor Roll and High Honor Board 9th-10th-11th grade (each semester)
- Carson Scholarship recipient
- French and Humanities Award at my school</p>

<p>And I'm fluent in 4 languages (French, Spanish, English, Turkish)</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Harvard
Brown
UChicago
Purdue
Northeastern
WashU
Dartmouth
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Pomona
Stanford
BU
IU (already got accepted into honors college there)</p>

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<p>Oh wrong GPA - GPA is 4.3</p>

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<p>Hello?
Anyone?</p>

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<p>Please?</p>

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<p>I will chance back!</p>

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<p>I think you have a fair shot at any of these schools, but in reality it will be an incredible amount of luck. Your course rigor looks great and so do your extracurriculars. Your ACT score is a bit below average but it keeps you in the game. Good Luck and may the odds be ever in your favor :)</p>

<p>btw you will most likely get into Northeastern and Purdue
You have a decent shot at the UCs but being out of state may make it a bit harder
Ivys, WashU, and other selective schools you put will really depend on your essays!</p>

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<p>@oystershelleatme‌ - Is 4.3 your weighted GPA? If so, what’s your unweighted GPA?</p>

<p>I don’t think the 32 ACT will hold you back with the strong subject test scores and the full IB (HL Chem, Bio, and Math should impress anyone, good luck with that)! If your school is well-regarded, I’m sure this will give you a huge boost.</p>

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<p>Harvard
Brown
UChicago
Purdue - in
Northeastern - solid shot
WashU
Dartmouth
UCLA - in
UC Berkeley - in
Pomona
Stanford
BU - in
IU (already got accepted into honors college there) - in, duh</p>

<p>If you’re applying internationally and not requesting financial aid, that really helps your application. The schools I didn’t say anything about will be tough for you, it really boils down to your recommendations and your essays. </p>

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<p>@BldrDad‌ My school doesn’t unweigh GPAs. It’s super weird. Trust me. </p>

<p>Also I forgot to list another award - I won Best Poster at a graduate level science conference and a $100 </p>

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<p>Ivies are hard to predict, but you definitely have the stats and ECs for them, set aside the slightly low ACT. You are a good candidate for all of them! Chance back on my most recent?</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! </p>

<p>Any other chances?</p>