Chance Me For Stanford, MIT, Ivies... Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:
SAT I: 2280 (CR: 720 M: 760 W: 800)
ACT: 36 (36s in all)
SAT II: Haven’t taken yet, planning to take Chemistry, Math II, and Literature
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 Unweighted **I’m actually very worried about my GPA because since I was hospitalized during most of junior year I got a couple of Bs :frowning:
Rank: N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), English Language (5), Statistics (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP US History, AP English Literature, Tennis, AP Comp Sci, French I, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOSA Medical Math National Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Marching Band Drumline Member, Regionally Ranked Bassoon Player, Self Taught Piano, Competitive Dance, Varsity Tennis, Student Council Exec, School HOSA President, FIRST Robotics Competitor, Youth Ambassador to Ghana, Church Youth President

Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher, Dance Teacher, Modeling

Volunteer/Community service: Black Girls Code Volunteer, Hospital Volunteer, Tutor for high-risk high school students

Summer Activities: Started free SAT Prep Camp for the teens at my church because their parents are immigrants and couldn’t afford prep for them and got local high school teachers to help for free, Started a small Black Girls Code Summer Program in my area, Microsoft Girls Code Camp, Yale University Summer Engineering Program, Co-directed volunteer trip to my family’s home village in Ghana with hospital staff that I volunteered with

Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’ve been stressing out about those, haven’t finished yet, ugh
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I’m on a first-name basis with all of the teachers that I’m asking lol

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Computer Science and Music
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Switched from public to elite early college program to online school because I was hospitalized a lot :confused: (cancer’s a meanie)
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <65,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Immigrant Parents w/ low income, Woman in CS

please, Please, PLEASE chance me for these schools or even just Stanford:

Stanford (my dream school ;w;)
MIT
Cal Tech
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Duke
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
UChicago
UC Berkeley
UCLA
USC

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Stellar chances because of your test scores combined with your URM status. Just make sure your GC explains any dip in your GPA.

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Great SAT and ACT scores, amazing level of extracurriculars. I would recommend discussing your involvement in these ECs in your essays- maybe pick one that means the most to you and discuss how it shaped you as a person. Your GPA can be explained by discussing your periods of hospitalization. Overall, I think you have a very good chance at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and USC. As for Stanford, your test scores and activities definitely qualify you as a match. However, it’s important that your essays shine, and your teacher recommendations are amazing. They can read the list of your achievements, but they want to hear how these experiences have affected you.

I want to congratulate you on all your achievements- it is quite an impressive list. Good luck in all your endeavors!

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@FiveFactorial, congratulations on your fine achievements. The schools you have listed are never sure things, but you are extremely qualified, and your hooks give you an edge. I would add surviving cancer and overcoming that adversity as another factor, and something to potentially discuss in essays. Your 3.8 GPA should not be a major factor given that context. Your qualifications are all the more impressive given what you have had to overcome. Make sure that your essays are strong and personal - don’t be superficial.

Good luck!