Chance me for the local Community College!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>And a few others! </p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>Gender: M
URM: NO
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 96.30 (4.0 on a 4.0 scale)
GPA - Weighted: 98.60
Class Rank: 12/180 (7%, will try to get into 5%)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT- 33 composite (might retake for a 34)
Will not take SAT: reasoning
Will take SATIIs this June</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Student Senate all 3yrs (Treas. Soph. ,VP Junior, will run for Pres.)
MUN all 3yrs (have won minor awards at some conferences)
Peer Leadership all 3yrs
Band all 3yrs (all county band on french horn)
Musical Theater since the beginning of time (have had many lead roles)
President of Drama Club Junior yr.
Principal Advisory Council soph and junior
Building Planning team 11th (one of only two students selected to participate)
Interned at the county legislature
Was recently inducted into NHS
Have won a few essay contests
JV Soccer fresh. and soph.
Varsity indoor track junior (won a NYS scholar athlete award)
Worked at a camp summer between soph-junior yrs
Was a delegate to the National association of student councils fresh yr
Will be attending Boy's State!!! Yay!
Will also get another summer job this summer
Have been very active in my church (alter server, lector and eucheristic minister)
Have done <em>some</em> community service through the church youth group
Will do (a lot) more community service this summer</p>

<p>A few explanations:</p>

<p>Class Rank: Would be much higher but I've taken a lot of UW extra courses which severely lowered my GPA. Our Val takes like 5 courses in a 9per day, no extras. If only core academic classes figured in I would defiantly be in the top 5. </p>

<p>Course Load: Our school doesn't offer AP/IB. Instead, all of our upper level courses are dual enrollment through the local community college. I have or will have taken all available upper level courses except for Calculus (due to scheduling) and Spanish (because I take French). This means that when I graduate I will have about 8 or 9 college credits (if they transfer!). I have taken the most demanding course load possible. We have a nine period day and I have 8 credits a year plus a required gym (no sh or lunch period). I have taken all possible honors and lots of electives. </p>

<p>Essays: Should be great, I've already started working on a few, lol.</p>

<p>Recs: Also should be great, I've had my principal write me a rec. before and he writes a really good one!</p>

<p>So chances for my local community college (of which I am technically already a student at due to dual enrollment) and a few other schools:</p>

<p>Reaches:
University of Chicago (1st choice)
Princeton (yeah right)
Georgetown
Swarthmore
Columbia</p>

<p>Safeties/Matches (I hope!)
SUNY Geneseo (in state)
American University
University of Rochester</p>

<p>Also, any suggestions would be great! Looking for a school in/near a city, smallish enrollment, core curriculum and strong academics, in the midwest or northeast, and a good International Relations Program.</p>

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<p>Have you looked into Oberlin? And Chicago isn't that much of a reach, I don't think. Good luck!</p>

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<p>community college? is this supposed to be a joke?</p>

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<p>Don't diss community colleges. I love mine.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the Oberlin tip, frrrph!</p>

<p>DeltaRoyale: Not a really a joke, its just meant to grab your attention!</p>

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<p>you are hilarious. ha.</p>

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<p>you seem to be a stellar applicant! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks! Anyone Else?</p>

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<p>ur retarded, i dont think u'll get into your local community college.
...</p>

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<p>A rich boy incapable of proper syntax and spelling? Well I'd never!</p>

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<p>Syntax is fine, spelling is atrocious.</p>

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<p>Sorry if I offended anyone... any more opinions though?</p>

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<p>awww, c'mon please!!!</p>

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<p>Community college should be fine for you, the rest are huge reaches. Don't even bother applying.</p>

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<p>Why is everyone so hostile on CC? If you don't have productive chances to post then don't post at all... its pretty basic.</p>

<p>This said, Let this thread die. I reposed my stats with a different title and hope people wont be such jerks.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance at all colleges on your list, including Princeton. I'm not implying that you have good chances as in that you will get in, but that you are a competent applicant. </p>

<p>Community college chances are a little harder to determine, as they judge rather by your picture than anything else.</p>

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<p>With Princeton and the like you might want to buy into the "hook" hype kids on these fora believe in (realistically speaking, it's probably something the adcoms DO take into consideration). Some passion or quirk that is unique to you, and would make you an interesting person to be part of the top college mix.</p>