Chance me for Pomona, Columbia, Bowdoin, Cornell, etc.?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please give me a realistic view!</p>

<p>SAT II: 780 Math 2, 790 Chemistry
ACT: 35 composite
Weighted GPA: 4.22 (as of the end of Junior year)
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 ish
Class Rank: my school doesn't rank but I am unofficially 2/34
Good private school in Northeastern Ohio</p>

<p>Current Courses:
Advanced College Literature (Post-AP course offered by school)
Multivariable Calc
AP European History
AP French
Honors World Literature
AP Physics C</p>

<p>Past AP courses (Schools does not have a huge variety and also limits it to 3-4 a year and only junior/senior year):
AP Chemistry
AP English
AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Work experience:
Parents own a small restaurant where I work at weekly since 6th grade.
Lawn care service with a friend over the summer</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
Thespian Society (Taken 2 shows to States), inducted end of sophomore year.
Captain of Varsity Tennis Team, 3 Years Varsity and 1 year JV
1 Year of Varsity soccer
2 years JV Golf
Captain of my House (Harry Potter system for my school except each house is led by a senior elected through popular vote)
Humanitarian Aid Society
4 years of Mock Trial
3 years Model United Nations
3 Years of Student Senate
2 Years of Academic Challenge
3 years of JETS (engineering club)
Private Violin lessons
2 Years of Club Med</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Not too much, Holiday Project each year at my school and we together bring in over 15,000 cans. It is also a small high school with 160 kids.
Worked at my tennis club with my coach to help teach little kids how to play tennis
3 Kings Dinner each year that I help my school prepare for.
Yearly Teeter totter marathon to raise money for a charity organization.
Volunteer usher during the summer for local Theater
Lots of other minor one time volunteering opportunities, nothing that i did for an extended period of time.</p>

<p>Parent History and my background:
First generation chinese american, not super high income.
Parents did not graduate high school and came to USA when they were 18.
Born in NYC, American citizen.</p>

<p>Letters of Rec will be from chemistry and English teacher. I assumed they would be amazing since I had a good relationship with them. </p>

<p>Major: Chemistry
2nd Interest: French</p>

<p>Chance me for:
Pomona ED2 and RD
Columbia
Cornell
Bowdoin
Haverford
University of Rochester
Yale
Stanford</p>

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<p>All Ivies, Stanford, Pomona: reaches due to selectivity, but you are a strong candidate. </p>

<p>U or Rochester: match~high match</p>

<p>Bowdoin: high match. low reach</p>

<p>How much can you pay per year? You needs some safeties in case you get rejected by all schools. Not sure about U of Rochester, but all the other schools are very hard to call them as perfect matches. </p>

<p>What do you mean by “Taken 2 shows to States”? </p>

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<p>Each year, a show is screened and determined whether it is good enough for the annual State Thespian Conference and we have taken 2 shows I have participated in. As for the safeties, I didn’t put them because my counselor already told me I would get into them</p>

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<p>TBH, I can see little, if anything, msising in your application. Maybe the volunteer work, but most colleges don’t place that much importance on that. I don’t know why you wouldn’t get in any school, but selectivity can kill anyone. Just some thoughts:</p>

<p>Columbia, Yale, Stanford: reach
Pomona, Cornell: Low Reaches
Haverford: Match, just because they place some importance on community service.
Bowdoin: Low Match
University of Rochester: Safe</p>

<p>Again, This is just my opnion based on the selectivity of each college. Persnoally, I think you won’t get rejected to more than two, if any. </p>

<p>I hope this is helpful!!</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Assuming average acceptance-level essays, your application is fairly great, but you’re lacking something that definitively gets you into the highest tier schools.</p>

<p>Stanford, Columbia : Reach
Yale, Pomona : Low Reach
Cornell : Match – you should expect to get in.</p>

<p>I know not enough about the other schools to have a valid opinion, but assuming they’re a tier down from Cornell I would say low match / safe.</p>

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<p>Bump!</p>

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<p>I’ve seen a few people underestimate Bowdoin here. Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Pomona, and Bowdoin are all reaches. Cornell perhaps a little easier, but don’t estimate it either. It certainly is NOT a match. Haverford is a low reach, and Rochester is a low match (meaning easier than a match – counter-intuitive).</p>

<p>You’re a great candidate and have as good a chance as any other applicant at the top schools. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>