Chance Me for the Schools I'm Applying to?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I thought it wouldn't hurt to find out what you all thought my chances were.</p>

<p>Rising Senior, attending Westfield HS in Fairfax County, Northern VA.
I'm Asian girl applying to the Engineering (Major in Compsci) schools.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 W/3.8 UW
SAT: 2120 (750V, 670M, 700W) Retaking in October to get at least 2200.
SATII: Math II 700, USH 660, Spanish 550....yeah
By the end of high school I will have take 10 APs
My AP Scores include:
5: AP Psych (11)
4: AP USH (11) AP English Lang (11)
3: AP World (10)
2: Spanish Lang (11)</p>

<p>My grades could have been better but I was dealing with depression and other personal stuff at the time. I know it doesn't excuse my grades & I'm not even going to mention it to any of the admissions deans or in any of my essays. But it played a large factor in my grades because freshmen year I got straight A's. Depression hit 10th grade and my grades were...NOT straight A's anymore.</p>

<p>Next year I'm taking:
AP English Lit
AP Government
AP Calc AB
AP Biology
AP Spanish Lit
Advanced Band
Compsci</p>

<p>Extra curriculars include:
1. Girl Scouts since 5th grade so 9, 10, 11, 12
-Earned Bronze & Silver Award.
-My Gold Award is in the process of being approved and on its way.
2. Marching Band 9, 10, 11, 12
-Assistant Section Leader 11
-Section Leader 12
3. Band 9, 10, 11, 12
-Section Leader of Concert Band 10
-Chenille Note 10
-Lettered 11
4. Cheerleading 9, 10
(they got rid of winter cheer my 11th grade year. So I had to choose between Band and Cheer. I chose band)
5. Liberty in North Korea Club 10, 11, 12
-Co President 12
6. Model United Nations 9, 10, 11, 12
7. Fellowship of Christian Athletes 10, 11, 12
8. It's Academic 10, 11, 12
9. Math Honor Society 11, 12
-Treasurer of MHS 12
10. Spanish Honor Society 10, 11, 12
11. Tri-M Music Honor Society 11, 12
-Secretary of Tri-M 12
12. English Honor Society 11, 12
13. History Honor Society 11, 12
14. National Honor Society 11, 12
-Running for Vice President of NHS in the fall (not guaranteed to get it)
15. Volunteered at the Library 9, 10
(The following years I couldn't because they set out the applications during the AP testing season and I just completely forgot to pick one up during my studying)
16. Volunteer at Church every week 9, 10, 11, 12
17. Secretary & Head AV Technician at Church 9, 10, 11, 12
18. My friend & I are planning on making a Quidditch Club</p>

<p>I'm applying:
ED to Columbia
EA to UVA
EA to UMich
EA to UMCP
EA to GA Tech
EA to GMU</p>

<p>And if I don't get into UVA or Columbia early then I'm planning on doing regular for:
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Carnegie Mellon University
Northwestern University
Cornell University
UPenn
Just to have more options.</p>

<p>Thanks! (:</p>

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<p>I hate when people do this but BUMP(:
I’m really scared my GPA will keep me out of my dream schools.
Also I love knitting(knittingbyjasmine.webs.com) and baking (bakingbyjasmine.webs.com) and have portfolios to show at my interviews. I’m baking a three tier cake this week or next week sometime (:</p>

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<p>To be honest I don’t see you getting into Columbia because you are non-hooked and your SATs aren’t quite high enough (same with GPA- just below the average). You seem like an interesting candidate though, so based off your passions they might accept you. I think you could get into your other EA schools, and most of the RD schools minus Upenn, NW, and Cornell</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1191394-will-i-competitive-duke.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1191394-will-i-competitive-duke.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you both for you input. Patriots, I know my GPA and SAT scores aren’t quite Ivy league standard level but I thought my ECs would help me out and not quite outweigh my subpar GPA/SAT but still assuage them. </p>

<p>Newton (I love your username BTW) I am retaking the SAT I in October and then taking Physics or Chemistry and the Math 2 again in November. Because Columbia requires those applying to the eschool to have physics/chem and a math. And I might apply undecided for my major when I apply to Carnegie just because the Compsci admission rate is SOO low and I KNOW I won’t get into for compsci. And you made me feel a lot better so thank you for that (:</p>

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<p>ED to Columbia
EA to UVA
EA to UMich
EA to UMCP
EA to GA Tech
EA to GMU</p>

<p>lol</p>

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<p>Why are the schools I’m applying to “lol”? I’m confused.</p>

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<p>Because if you apply ED at Columbia you can’t apply early anywhere else.</p>

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<p>Yes you can. The other schools I am applying to are Early Action not Early Decision, as in non-restrictive. You just can’t do ED anywhere else if you’re applying ED to one school…or at least that’s what I thought from what I’ve read on CC</p>

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<p>No, early decision means you can only apply to one school early, doesn’t matter if it’s early action or not. </p>

<p>Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1193055-am-i-good-enough.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1193055-am-i-good-enough.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Your math sat score seems a little low for what you intend to major in.</p>

<p>My son got a 700 on his math sat, and he hates math.</p>

<p>Try to get that math sat score up a bit, by studying your basic algebra and geometry by doing practice tests. My son raised his math score from a 660 to a 700, with ZERO studying.</p>

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<p>Well from: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/352580-can-you-apply-early-action-early-decision.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/352580-can-you-apply-early-action-early-decision.html&lt;/a&gt; I read the post that cory123 posted: I just know Columbia ED allows you to apply EA elsewhere. So that’s why I thought you could…</p>

<p>And floridadad55, thanks for your answer. I’ve really been trying to up my math scores. I honestly don’t know why it’s only a 670 because math is my favorite subject, I’m good at it and I know what type of questions to expect on the SAT after going through so many of the problem sets. I got a 640 and then a 670 so maybe I’ll go up another 30 this time? I just want to break the 700 mark on that at least (:</p>

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<p>ah my mistake. According to [Early</a> Decision | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/earlydecision]Early”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/earlydecision) </p>

<p>Columbia will let you apply EA elsewhere</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m pretty sure it depends on the school? But most encourage not to apply EA anywhere else but they don’t keep you from doing it.</p>