Chance me for McGill, Brown, Cornell ED, Berkeley, etc?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I'm a white (Middle Eastern) female from California, planning on majoring in neuroscience.</p>

<p>10th-11th GPA Weighted: 4.2
Total weighted GPA: 4.12
Total unweighted GPA: 3.6</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 / CR 720, Math 710, Writing 770.</p>

<p>I will have taken 13 APs by the end of high school (Chem, Physics B, Physics C, Biology, Calc BC, Gov/Econ, English Lang, English Lit, Art, US History, World History, French, and Psych.)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Speech and Debate; captain, win often (usually placed top 3/4 out of 60-70 students)
-VP of French club
-National Honor Society
-California Scholarship Federation
-Volunteering:
-Key club (community service club)
-Library volunteer (~100 hours)
-Medical office volunteering (~50 hours)
-Hospital intern/volunteer (will end at ~200 hours)
-Founding member of the iGEM team at my school (intense synthetic biology club, both high school and collegiate levels.) Last year, our first year, we won best experimental design at the international competition.
-High-level figure skater
-Editor's choice multiple times on writing websites like TeenInk, so I was published twice in their monthly magazine, finalist for multiple poetry anthology competitions. (Not that impressive, just thought I'd include it for now.)
-Started playing piano about 1.5 years ago, made 4 years' worth of progress in that time</p>

<p>I'm planning on focusing my common app essay on the fact that I like learning new languages. I have taught myself German, Italian, and Spanish to a decent degree, I put significant effort outside of school to reach a high level of fluency in French, I've also taught myself some Icelandic, and I grew up speaking Persian, but taught myself to read/write it. So I now speak about 6 or 7 languages, meaning I can identify as a polyglot. I was thinking of focusing on this because it sounds unique and intellectual. Thoughts?</p>

<p>Can you chance me for Brown University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Georgetown, Cornell early decision, Columbia early decision, NYU, and McGill? I know obviously some of these schools are reaches, but are they possibilities?</p>

<p>Thank you so much in advance. Please be honest but try not to be so brutal, I'm already sick to my stomach over this stuff.</p>

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<p>Brown: Reach
Berkeley: Match
UCLA: Match
JHU: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Georgetown: Reach
Cornell: Reach
Columbia; Reach
NYU: Match </p>

<p>McGill neuroscience can be made into a safety but you still need two SAT2s at 700+ among the following: Math L2, chemistry, physics, biology</p>

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<p>Brown: Reach
Berkeley: Reach
UCLA: Match
JHU: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Georgetown: Reach
Cornell ED: Match
Columbia: Reach
NYU: Match
McGill: Match</p>

<p>Your scores are fine for all those schools except Brown, Berkeley, Upenn, Columbia, and Georgetown. But they’re still competitive, just not amazing. I’ve seen many people get into all those schools with lower scores though. ECs are okay, but you could use some more leadership positions and they’re not incredibly unique. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>