Chance me for top/mid tier schools - I'll chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Total list of colleges applying to are (in order of interest) - UC Berkeley, Columbia (reach ik), UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Brown, Boston University, University of Michigan, Barnard, Twin Cities, Occidental, Wesleyan and U of I as my safety.

Personal: 18 year old, upper middle class female. lesbian and living in the North Shore. biracial - white father and pashtun/tajik mother, both Jewish. i’m a first generation kid of immigrants and will be the first in my immediate family to attend college. my income is around 90-100k in a four person, one working parent household, i will need a bit of aid aid.

High School: typical public hs, nothing special about it - most kids go to state. I’m ranked in the top 10% of the class.

Standardized Testing:
Regular SAT: 1575

ACT: 35

SAT subject tests:
Literature - 800
US History - 800
French - 780
World History - 780
Math Level 2 - 780
Psychics - 770
Chemistry - 750

Academics: 3.75 unweighted my freshmen year, 4.0 every other year. weighted, my gpa was a 4.5 my freshman year, 4.86 my sophomore year, and a 5.0 my junior year - shooting for a 5.0 @ the end of this semester as well.

i was in all honors except math for frosh + soph year, junior and senior year i was in all AP/academy (advanced humanities program at my school) classes. all a’s except for two b’s my freshmen year in geometry + honors bio.

AP Tests - Highest to Lowest Scores - I’m taking Calc BC, Comparative Gov + Politics, Psychics, Psychology, and Macro this year, pretty confident about Calc but not much else lol

AP Literature - 5
AP Lang + Comp - 5
AP US History - 5
AP World - 5
AP Euro - 5
AP French - 4
AP Calc AB - 4

In School ECs:

  • Speech/National Forensics at Varsity Level - Chaired Poetry Reading this year - made it to nationals multiple times, placed decently (10th was my highest) - 4 years
  • Theatre. I'm VP of theatre board, got inducted into our thespian troupe my freshman year, been in pretty much every major production working my way up from ensemble to supporting/lead roles in musicals and leads in plays.
  • Newspaper - school's newspaper is nationally recognized, and i was a columnist my sophomore year, opinions editor my junior, and this year i'm managing editor.
  • Student Council - have been on class boards for all four years, am one of six senior elected reps.
  • Choir - Soprano/Alto vocal and dance group for 4 years, all female a capella group and advanced mix choral performance group for 2.
  • School Dance Company - 4 years, VP of the senior board
  • Scholastic Bowl - 4 years, co captain
  • Member of National Honor Society, Tri-M, and World Languages Honor Society
  • Feminism Club - 4 years, president
  • After School All-Stars - 4 years, president of my school's chapter.
  • Future Educators of America - 4 years, secretary of my school's chapter
  • Key Club - 4 years, board member of my school's chapter
  • GSA, 4 years, board member
  • Global Citizens Club - 4 years
  • Kids for the Cure - 4 years, board member
  • Relay for Life - participated in it for four years, was on committee for three, and chaired/chairing the event last year + this year.
  • Peer Group / Senior Leader this year

Outside of School EC’s:

  • 10+ years of dance training in contemporary, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap styles. I am part of various youth dance companies.
  • 10+ years of local (all north shore area) theatre with various levels of roles
  • 5+ years of professional vocal training, 4 years of show choir, both in and out of school.

Work/Volunteering:

  • 200+ volunteer hours over four years, idk the exact amount - mainly through key club/after school all-stars but some other stuff here and there, most prominent being habitat for humanity last summer
  • part time job in retail for two years, 100+ hours working there

Awards/Other:

  • numerous local writing awards, pieces featured in local publications
  • placement in highly selective humanities program for the past four years
  • national merit semifinalist

Essays: Very good imo, but who can say!

Teacher Recs: 10/10 for both, one from my English teacher who adores me (she’s sponsor of feminism club and gsa), and one from my Calc teacher who i’ve been close with since freshman year, she sponsors the school dance company.

I’ll chance back!

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Regular SAT: 1575

Is this out of 2400 or 1600(I suspect 1600 because you seem to be a very good student, but you are 18 so just checking)?

upper middle class… i will need a bit of aid

If you are considered upper middle class its not going to be easy to qualify for financial aid.

Your GPA and other standardized tests seem ok. Just curious, how could you have a 4.5 GPA in freshman and 5.0 in Junior year if you didn’t have all honors in freshman year and didn’t have all AP in junior year? Is it off a different scale (I am assuming regs-4 honors-4.5 AP-5)?

EC’s in school and outside of school seem to be very good. 200 hours volunteering isn’t excessive considering EC’s.

Overall, you seem to have decent chances(at getting in), especially considering your EC’s. However, I doubt your chances for financial aid are very good.

Can you please specify more on your class ranking? You say that you are top 10% but looking at your GPA shouldn’t you be more top 1-3%(if you go to a typical HS)?

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I agree with the person above, because of your kickass ACT score, I think you have a good shot at anywhere. Not only are your grades good, you also have amazing EC’s. I have a good feeling for you at all of these places. Especially Boston University or Brown!

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I think getting in is easy for her, just not getting financial aid since she says she is Upper Middle Class.

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Little to No FA from UCB and UCLA for OOS students so expect to pay $55K+/year.
Look look like a competitive applicant so you have a good chance at the UC’s as long as they are affordable.

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@RMM wrt to my gpa APs/Honors/Academy courses are weighted the same (5 points) at my school and I had all a’s every year except for 2 b’s freshman year, one of which was an honors class - and I mean typical hs in which most students stay in state, kids are actually v involved in things like band and choir (about 1/6 of the students were in the school choir program in a school of 2000) and generally get rlly good grades w/ a decent amount of kids in the honors/AP track

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Seems like Berkeley, Columbia and Brown are probably going to be reaches for you (and everybody else), but the rest are probably low reach/match. You shouldn’t have a problem getting into most of those schools with your test scores and extracurriculars

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Very, very strong candidate. Scores are darn near perfect, you show strong commitment to all your EC’s. You’re extremely involved in writing, athletics, music, volunteering. You have a great shot at all of these.
Chance me?
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Your profile is very impressive. I think you will get in everywhere. Chance me back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1943951-chance-me-i-will-chance-back.html#latest

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my gpa APs/Honors/Academy courses are weighted the same (5 points) at my school

If they are weighted the same then whats the difference between that and your unweighted GPA (like theres really no point then).

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@RMNiMiTz weighted the same meaning all high level courses have the same kind of weighting, regular level courses are weighted 4 points each.

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I agree with everyone, your credentials are amazing & your list is definitely manageable. Best of luck!

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Berkeley-accepted
Columbia-waitlist (lack of awards and ivies are unpredictable)
UCLA-accepted
Carnegie Mellon-accepted
NYU-accepted
Brown-waitlist/accepted
Boston-accepted
UM-accepted

nice job! solid app.
Chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/1945063-nyu-stern-ed1-international.html#latest

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How do you get a 1575 on the SAT? That’s all I’m wondering. You have a good chance though for all you mentioned.

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I think you have a very good chance at all of these school, but I don’t think you’ll get financial aid anywhere. You may be able to get merit aid at some of the not as elite schools on your list.

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What is your intended major

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I think you should definitely get accepted to most of these schools. The only one that’s really a reach is Columbia, but that’s just because they receive a lot of really qualified applicants. Good luck!

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@tigerman333 double major in journalism/teaching

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Berkeley- accepted
Columbia- let’s just say accepted
UCLA- accepted
Carnegie Mellon- accepted
NYU- accepted
Brown- waitlist
Boston- accepted
UM- accepted

Chance me back please?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/1945422-uc-chances.html#latest

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How do you get a 1575? Doesn’t the SAT go by 10s? Also what state are you in (or what are your in-state schools)? Anyways, here are my thoughts:

Almost definitely accepted:
U of I - Not sure which UI this is - Iowa? Illinois? Indiana?
Twin cities? Is this U of Minnesota?
Occidental
Wesleyan
Boston U
NYU

Probably accepted (Depends on state residency):
UC Berkeley
UCLA
U Mich

Toss up:
Barnard
Carnegie Mellon

Unlikely accepted (but still have great app for):
Columbia
Brown