Chance me for top colleges- Will chance back! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have applied to Cornell CAS Early Decision, UChicago Early Action, and UM Early Action as well. Some schools I'm planning on applying to:</p>

<ol>
<li>Wash U in St Louis</li>
<li>Emory</li>
<li>UF- safety. Should I apply to FSU just to be safe?</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
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<p>Major: Business Administration/Economics/International Business</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>3 Year Graduate (I took enough online classes to skip 11th grade, I'm kinda sure this will hurt me, let me know if I'm wrong)</p>

<p>Hooks: Asian, 1st generation college student, under 20k income, living with a disabled single mother</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0/4.0 and 5.03/6.0 (I took a lot of extra language classes and other courses, that's why my weighted is kinda low) My rank is in the top 5%- my school doesn't rank precisely</p>

<p>SAT: 2010- 660 R 670 M 680 W Kinda low, I know :(</p>

<p>ACT: 30- 34 E 28 M 27 R 30 S 11 Essay (34 combined writing and essay) but also a 32 superscore (29 E 32 M 30 R 25 S 10 Essay on my third test) with a 34 E 32 M 30 R 30 S 11 Essay in total- this would apply for Tufts</p>

<p>AP: World History 4 (9th grade) European History 5 (10th grade) Human Geography 5 (10th grade)</p>

<p>Currently taking AP Stats, AP Bio, AP US History, AP English Literature</p>

<p>Sports:
Wrestling- 9th grade JV, 10th grade varsity, 12th grade varsity and captain
Golf- 10th grade varsity, 12th grade varsity
Badminton- 10th grade varsity, 12th grade varsity (season starts in spring so I haven't started playing yet)</p>

<p>Clubs:
Co-founded Young Democrats Club (organized events, collaborated with county young democrats' club) 10th and 12th grade
DECA- state qualifier, business management and administration, 10th and 12th grade
Speech/Debate- member, 10th and 12th grade
Model UN- member, 10th and 12th grade
NHS- since spring of 10th grade
Scholars' Academy- since 9th grade</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar Award (regular one, got it last month)
Book Award- Brandeis, 10th grade
County Geography Bee Participant Award- 10th grade
Varsity Letter- Wrestling, 10th grade
Award for the Young Democrats' Club I founded
eMission Scholarship Winner</p>

<p>Volunteer Service/Internships: Over 1238 Hours
Political Campaign Company Internship- 256 Hours, summer of 2012 (canvassed and phonebanked to gain support for the 2012 primaries for a state representative and other small figures)
Volunteer Counselor/Sports Director at a Jewish Summer Camp- 152 Hours, summer of 2012 (taught them about Judaism, sports, watched them, normal stuff counselors do)
Intern at Auto Mechanic Shop- 187 Hours, summer of 2011 (helped do small jobs, kept and organized sales records)
Intern at Talent Recruiting Agency- 205 Hours, summer of 2011 (gained sales and traffic, recruited clients internationally)
Interact Club- 400 Hours helped them since 9th grade</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Google- owned two websites in 2011, earned money through ad traffic</p>

<p>I know my standardized test scores are mediocre compared to the average applicants to these universities (around the 20-40 percentile), but can my GPA make up for it? My LORs will be pretty nice, as I'm confident that the two teachers I got to write my letters (human geography and biology) wrote really nice letters. I also have some nice hooks with a whole LOT of ECs and community service. So now that you know all this about me, what do you think? :D</p>

<p>Thank you for your time I greatly appreciate it- WILL CHANCE BACK! :)</p>

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<p>I don’t know if I’d consider “Asian” a hook, but I’m a sucker for a Debater.
Your EC and Volunteer Service are really impressive, I think. It will look nice either way, but especially since your major is somewhat related.
I agree that your test scores may hurt you, but I think that, so long as they’re outweighed by an amazing essay and strong demonstrated fit, you’ll be for the most part fine.</p>

<p>Of the list, I’d consider Dartmouth, NYU, Brown, and UPenn definite reaches. You should be fine @ Wash U and @ UF (although I’m pretty sure you know this.) I couldn’t tell you about Emory or Northwestern.</p>

<p>Chance back?</p>

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<p>thanks- do you really think Wash U is a match?</p>

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<p>From what I know of them, yes. It’s true that your SAT/ACT scores are a bit below their average, but from what I’ve been told (I have a friend who goes there), they look at students holistically. You’re clearly well-rounded, and, like I said before, you’ve shown a very strong interest and you’ve taken the hardest course-load offered by your school.
Don’t get me wrong–your SATs will cost you, but they definitely won’t rule you out. Good essays and recs should definitely help you on that end.</p>

<p>It may be more of a low reach, but I don’t see why any reason why getting in would be impossible.</p>

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<p>Your profile is very impressive I would say WUSTL is a high match and with the other Ivys you have a good shot but of course competition is highly cometitive, if you plan on doing sports in college it could always help out. If I were yo I wouldn’t apply to FSU, your in for your safety and UF is a better school.</p>

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<p>Reach - brown, penn, darthmouth
mid range - nyu
safety - UF
cant decide whether northwestern is a mid range or a reach for you :confused:
dont know about the other :stuck_out_tongue:
chance me back please</p>

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<p>thanks a lot guys- what do you guys think about UM, Cornell CALS, and chicago? keep in mind that chicago superscores act</p>

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<p>bump- will chance back!</p>

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<p>come on- bump!!!</p>

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<p>All of the colleges you have mentioned seem to be pretty realistic. But you are right about applying to a safety school. Probably the most popular state school from your state. A couple of things that could hurt you for Emory, Northwestern and Brown is the fact that you do not have a ton of AP classes prior to your senior year because they seem to look at the grades you got in them. But if Wash U is your top choice, you will probably find yourself very happy when they send out their admission letters. But you should definitely take the SAT or ACT again to increase your chances from above average to very good.</p>

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<p>thanks- I’m retaking my ACT and doing the SAT subject tests (I bombed last subject tests).</p>

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<p>so would you recommend that I apply to fsu? What It think I’ll probably do is base my decision on if I get accepted to UM or not- if I get rejected then I’ll apply to FSU.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Reach - brown, penn, darthmouth
mid range - nyu
safety - UF
CHANCE ME:))
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<p>In at Emory, Florida & NYU. The rest are reaches.</p>

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<p>oh and btw those colleges aren’t in any particular order</p>

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<p>bump- will chance back I promised :)</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>