Chance me for my list of target schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Targets:</p>

<p>Duke
Emory
Cornell
Brown
Berkeley
Carnegie-Mellon
Dartmouth
Bowdoin
Williams
Amherst
Colgate
Johns Hopkins
(Of course, I have several safeties, these are just my targets/reaches)</p>

<p>Early/Regular decision chances?</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>-GPA: 3.61 unweighted, 4.02 weighted
-10 Honors classes taken, 5 AP taken (all 4's and 5's on the tests)
-Will run college track if my times permit (14.91 in 110m hurdles, 41.09 in 300m hurdles), both indoor and outdoor</p>

<p>-Senior class president
-Founder and President of Philosophy Club
-Founder and President of Pyschology/Sociology Club
-President of Politics Club
-Diversity Club member- went on school trip to Canada, and hosted a student from Canada for two weeks
-Debate Club member
-"Friends of the Orphans" Club member- went on week long mission trip to an orphanage in Mexico during spring break</p>

<p>-Went on a mission trip to Tanzania for two weeks over the summer
-Went to study philosophy for two weeks at Oxford over the summer
-225 Hours Community Service will be completed upon graduation (of 125 required for graduation)
-Varsity Track for school (two years JV, two years Varsity)
-Run club track during the summer and off season (Track Athlete Year Round)-
-Went to the USATF Junior Olympics Nationals for 110m hurdles-- Got 20th in the nation for my age group
-Very, very good recommendations
-Graduating Summa Cum Laude from a prep school in Arizona
-School does not rank, but about 25 out of around 200 usually graduate Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>-SAT: Math 710, Writing 780, CR 730, Total: 2220</p>

<p>-Wrote a very personal essay about my father's alcoholism, and how he took his own life when I was eight years old.</p>

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<p>Weak GPA and ECs, but your test scores are solid. I wouldn’t necessarily say that the schools you mentioned are targets; Duke, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Williams and Amherst are all reaches. You’ll have a good shot at the others.</p>

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<p>Your GPA could be higher, but your test scores are pretty good. Do you have a hook? Ex: URM, First Generation? (oh, and bee tee dubs, your hurdles time is insane. I did hurdles for a year and my time is feeble in comparison.) </p>

<p>Here’s what my opinion is…
Duke: low reach
Emory: match
Cornell: low reach
Brown: reach
Berkeley: match
Carnegie-Mellon: match
Dartmouth: low-mid reach (not sure whether this is a real ranking, but whatever.)
Bowdoin: reach
Williams: reach
Amherst: reach
Colgate: match
John Hopkins: match</p>

<p>Again, the reaches still doable, but they aren’t guaranteed for anyone.</p>

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<p>Test scores and GPA are not solid for ivies and top LACs unless you are recruited.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for your input</p>

<p>I don’t understand why my EC’s are considered weak? I’m one of the most involved people in my entire school.</p>

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<p>Your record is really good and I agree that your ECs are good and not weak. You will probably not get in to all the schools on your list but you are a lock to gain admission to a very good school.</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance for all the schools you mentioned.</p>

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<p>Might also look at LAC’s like Holy Cross and Bucknell-very good schools but easier to get into than Amherst and Williams. HC and Bucknell are very similar to Colgate.</p>