Chance me for Princeton, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT: 670R, 730M, 720W, 2120
GPA: 3.6 UW, 4.2W (Top 10% of class of 495) (My UW is low b/c I've never gotten an A in math, I do well in every other subject)</p>

<p>--ECs--
Okay I'll keep it brief to avoid a ramble--</p>

<p>--2200+ Volunteer hours--
-First "Team Leader" (i.e president) of local hospital volunteer program (720 hours)
-Big Brothers and Big Sisters (3 hours a week)
-11 years classical piano
-Co-founder of a local cat program that fixes ~1000 stray cats a year for free (didn't count this as volunteer work)
-Generic school clubs, band, marching band, etc.</p>

<p>Awards: Steinway scholarship recipient (4 years), a lot of piano awards, academic team (WQ) 3rd place state (11th grade), National economics award (12th grade) </p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic (born in Mexico, U.S Dual citizen)
State: CA
Hooks: URM, First-generation, overcame adversity
Income: Middle class, $90k~$100k (but more than 50% spent on medical bills)</p>

<p>Essays: My main common app one I spent 4 months working on (wrote about cat program)
Supplemental essays: Rotated between writing about dad's alcoholism or writing about my recent heart surgery (included with Marfan syndrome)</p>

<p>Teacher rec: 1 was amazing, 1 was generic
Counselor rec: Actually pretty good
I also submitted an extra rec from the chairperson of the hospital program I worked with- I really liked this one </p>

<p>I know my GPA is a wreck >.<</p>

<p>Any chances are appreciated! For the schools listed or just any in the top 10/20 Thanks! I can chance back too~</p>

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<p>Princeton, Duke, Johns Hopkins: all reaches, but URM status and all that volunteering will help.</p>

<p>For Georgetown, they “strongly recommend” SAT subject tests. What scores did you get?</p>

<p>Since you live in CA, have you considered applying to UCs?</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I was proud of my subject tests but from what I understand everyone else gets higher like all the time here on CC lol
Math 2: 760
Literature: 720
US History: 700 (only took for the schools that "strongly recommended 3)</p>

<p>Yeah, I applied to 4 UC schools :)</p>

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<p>Georgetown is the most likely, but still a reach. What major are you applying as?</p>

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<p>I’m applying for International Relations, but at JHU I’m applying for Public Health. Will my major make a difference? My ‘academic’ ECs (not listed) are geared towards current events and public policy</p>

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<p>Yeah I think Georgetown is a reach too, but you have a chance.</p>

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<p>Alright cool, thanks. What about a school like Vassar or Swarthmore? I went to the discovery program and really loved it there!</p>

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<p>No idea, sorry.</p>

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<p>If only you could substitute switch your volunteer hours for your SAT score and you have a good shot at all of them, except princeton. Princeton is High reach for everyone. They deferred the probably the smartest kid I have met in my life. 2400 SAT, 4.0 UW, I mean perfect. Won science competitions, he was devastated, but he went to MIT so no biggie.</p>