Chance me for top schools, and I WILL chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi Everyone! I know this is long but I just wanted to make sure you have adequate information to chance me as accurately as possible. And for taking your time to help me, please PM me your chances thread and I will return the favor.</p>

<p>Gender: F
Ethnicity: mostly Korean
Location: California
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public with about 450~ in my class (sends some grads to top schools, but many are for athletics too)
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank but at least top 10% but probably top 5%
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>ACADEMICS: (10-12 Academic GPA only since that’s what most schools look at)
GPA - Unweighted: 3.93
GPA - Weighted: 4.93
Notable Info:
*Will have taken 12 APs upon graduation and took 6 courses at the local Community College.
*Took approximately 7-11 classes per semester, which is more rigorous than most of the kids at my school.
*Took two foreign languages: Spanish & French (common on CC, not that common at my school)
*courses show a strong emphasis on social sciences, history, govt, English, foreign language, but still took an above average rigorous level of science and math courses</p>

<p>SCORES:
SAT I: M(750), CR(750), W(700) Essay(10) Total: 2200.
Retook in Nov. Nov score won’t be much improvement, but superscore should go up to around 2200-2300.
ACT: E(34), M(33), R(33), S(33), Essay(10) Composite:33
Will retake in December. Expected score range in Dec to be 32-35ish realistically
SAT II: Lit(770), USH(740), MathIIC(640)
Will retake Math IIC in Dec. Expected score range 740+
APs: Soph - EuroHistory(3)
Junior - Envisci (5), English language (5), USHistory (5), Comp govt(5), Human Geo (5)
Senior – Supposed to take English Lit, Spanish Lit, French Lang, US Govt, EconMacro, Calc AB</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
*started my own tutoring company in summer 08 with a friend and have been a private tutor since 7th grade. (600+ hours thus far.)</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
Model United Nations (MUN) - VP
Mock Trial - Co-P/Lead Defense Attorney
French Honor Society - P (12), VP (11)
KIWIN'S - Treasurer (12), Diamond Division Secretary (11)
Volunteer Center Youth Coalition (VCYC) – Chairperson of Make a Difference Day, VP
California Scholarship Federation (CSF) – Activities Manager
Spanish Honor Society – member
ASB Class Council – Junior representative
Tritons for Political Action and Caucus (T-PAC) – Officer of Poll Worker Registration (Nov.4 Electon!)
SoCal Teens 4 Refugees – Publicity Chair</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
*Local Marine Aquarium Summer Docent - Summer 05-Summer 08 (277 hours)
*Panama Service Project [travel to Panama to work at and donate goods to Nutre Hogar, which takes care of malnourished kids of poor families and nurse them to health before returning them to families] – Summer 07 (20 hours)
*Local Art Center Kids Summer Art Camp – (60 hours)
*various other volunteering through CSF, both honor societies, VCYC, etc </p>

<p>HONORS & AWARDS:
*Principal's Honor Roll (9, 10, 11, 12)
*CSF Gold Sealbearer
*AP Scholar with Distinction
*National Merit Commended for PSAT
*PVID (a special diploma awarded to those at my school who show passion and intelligence in international subjects by completing about a dozen classes, requirements, and a Senior thesis based on an international topic)
*various MUN awards, including 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places</p>

<p>MAJOR I will pursue:
*international relations, business, economics, laws, linguistics……undecided but for sure something international that is closer to the social science field.</p>

<p>COLLEGES:
***I would really appreciate it if you listed them as approximate reaches, matches, and safeties! Thank you!
Columbia
U Penn
Yale
Harvard
Stanford
Georgetown
Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
Northwestern
NYU
USC
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara</p>

<p>***Please let me know if you have any other suggestions as to where I should apply. Also, please be as honest as possible, constructive criticism would be great :)</p>

<p>Send me your chance threads! I’d be happy to oblige.</p>

<p>Have a good day!</p>

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<p>Columbia- High Match
U Penn- Match
Yale- Crapshoot
Harvard- Same as Yale
Stanford- Same as Yale
Georgetown- Low Match
Brown- Match
Cornell- Low Match
Dartmouth- Match
Northwestern- Match
NYU- Safety (unless it’s Stern)
USC- Safety
UC Berkeley- Low Match (I’ll be shocked if you get rejected though)
UC Los Angeles- same as Berkeley
UC San Diego- Safety
UC Santa Barbara- Safety</p>

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<p>Columbia - Reach (as it is for everyone, but were it not for such intense competition, I’d say you have a great shot)
U Penn - Reach (same thing applies)
Yale - Reach (same)
Harvard - Reach (same)
Stanford - Reach (same)
Georgetown - High match
Brown - Lower reach
Cornell - Match
Dartmouth - Low reach
Northwestern - Match
NYU - Low match
USC - Match
UC Berkeley - Match
UC Los Angeles - Match
UC San Diego - Safety
UC Santa Barbara - Safety</p>

<p>You lucky CA resident, you! :smiley: Out of curiosity, is any one of these schools a particular favorite of yours? I think it’s likely that you’ll get into at least one of the first six on your list. And woo linguistics!</p>

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<p>umm…well I’d definitely say UPenn (probably Wharton) and Columbia are what I’m looking most into as of now. I’m really into diversity so I do want to be near a big city.</p>

<p>For Georgetown, i’d consider the foreign affairs school.</p>

<p>Other than that, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford are longshots, but if i was admitted…well, i don’t know. it’s hard to turn down those schools haha.</p>

<p>I’m hoping I can use my UCs as backups, but they are great schools nonetheless!</p>

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<p>Well if it’s Wharton then UPenn is a reach</p>

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<p>FYI the W GPA maximum is 5.0 at my school.
For Gtown…I’m looking at the foreign affairs school.
For UPenn…it would be great if everyone chanced me for Wharton and the regular college separately. thanks!</p>

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<p>Ah, my chance was for Wharton because for some reason, I thought I had read that you were applying there. Wharton’s a reach, regular UPenn is more of a match. But, as I stated above, Wharton’s not an impossible reach. It’s simply a reach because of intense competition.</p>

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<p>Columbia: low reach
U Penn: high match-low reach
Yale: crazy reach
Harvard: reachiiiiie.
Stanford: reachiiie…
Georgetown: good chance, probably high match
Brown: low reach
Cornell: low reach-high match
Dartmouth: low reach-high reach
Northwestern: match-high match
NYU: match
USC: match
UC Berkeley: woudn’t be too sure, they can get quite demanding,especially w/ the economic downturn, probably will receive more applications.
UC Los Angeles: match
UC San Diego: match
UC Santa Barbara: safety</p>

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<p>With a 1500/1600 SAT I & an ACT score of 33, you are academically qualified for all of your listed schools.
You should be admitted to all four UCs.
Penn’s Wharton School is a low reach.
Yale is a reach, and you are not likely to be admitted based on the info. in your post.
Columbia is a low reach.
Harvard is unlikely.
Stanford is a reach.
Georgetown SFS is a match.
Brown is a low reach.
Cornell is a match.
Dartmouth is a match.
Northwestern is a match if you apply ED, otherwise it is a low reach.</p>

<p>If you strongly preferred Penn, Northwestern, Columbia, then utilization of the ED option would have significantly increased your chances at these three schools.</p>

<p>In at NYU & USC.</p>

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<p>Columbia - Low reach, just because it is an ivy
U Penn - I think you can get in here. high match. but idk much about the wharton school there…
Yale - another selective school. ummm. reach.
Harvard - Also reach. But they might fall in love with you because of your dedication to your ECs. So you could possibly get in here too also
Stanford - Also a reach.<br>
Georgetown - High Match. I would give you a match for georgetown, but its too selective for anybody to really be considered a match for this. However, their emphasis on international relations makes you a candidate for this school. I’ve visited the campus, and I think you would love it here. I highly recommend that you go here, especially if you want to do international studies or foreign policy. so many opportunities…
Brown - Low reach/high match
Cornell - match
Dartmouth - match
Northwestern - high match
NYU - In
USC - In
UC Berkeley - match/high match
UC Los Angeles - match
UC San Diego- match
UC Santa Barbara - low match</p>

<p>Good luck! Definitely consider going to Georgetown. Your credentials and ECs tell me that you would love it there :)</p>

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<p>Columbia: low reach
U Penn: high match
Yale: HIGH reach
Harvard: HIGH reach (for everyone)
Stanford: same as harvard
Georgetown: low reach
Brown: low reach
Cornell: high match
Dartmouth: low reach
Northwestern: high match
NYU: high match
USC: safety
UC Berkeley: safety (you are already in)
UC Los Angeles: match
UC San Diego: safety
UC Santa Barbara: safety</p>

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<p>Columbia - Reach
UPenn (reg) - Low Reach
UPenn (Wharton) - Reach/High Reach
Yale/Harvard/Stanford - High Reach
Georgetown - High Match
Brown - Low Reach
Cornell - Match/High Match
Dartmouth - Reach
Northwestern - Match/Low Match
NYU - Likely/Safety
USC - Likely
UC Berkely - Low Match
UCLA - Low Match
UC San Diego - Safety
UC Santa Barbara - Safety</p>

<p>Pretty much what everyone else is saying really.</p>

<p>My Chances Thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/590109-confused-applicant-final-chance-thread-my-career.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/590109-confused-applicant-final-chance-thread-my-career.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>oh. I’m also working at the polls on Nov. 4th for the election. I guess it’s work experience, but really just adds to show what my interests are. I know it doesn’t make or break my application, but this election should be interesting :)</p>

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<p>bumppp. sorry guys, I’d really like to see more opinions though. or suggestions. or criticism. haha. and i will chance you back. just post the link. promise :)</p>