Chance me for top schools - will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys, thanks for clicking! I’ve tried to keep this short because I know your time is valuable. If I’m missing anything you want to know or you’re just curious, PM away. :smiley:

SAT I: 2370 (800 Reading 770 Math 800 Writing) - one sitting
SAT II : 780 Chemistry 760 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 12.0): 10.0 unweighted (About a 3.7/4.0) with a lot of improvement over time - low due to depression and anxiety
APs: 4 Chem 4 Bio 5 English Lang 5 English Lit
Overall Curriculum Difficulty: Most rigorous possible
Senior Year Course Load: English electives, Creative Writing, AP Calculus BC, AP French, APUSH, AP Physics C
Potential Major: English or Neuroscience. My math and physics grades are terribly mediocre at best, which is why I’m afraid to apply as a science major.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars
Violin (9-12) - County orchestra concertmaster (11-12), concerto competition winner (11), All state and regional orchestra participant (9)
Writing (9-12) - Scholastics art and writing award regional winner, published a book, published in top teen magazines, popular blog writer, school admissions blog articles editor
Science Olympiad (10-12) - State silver medalist in two events
Chemistry Olympiad (11)- National exam qualifier

Volunteer/Community Service
Teach violin at a local nonprofit (9-12)
Teach vocab to underprivileged kids at a nonprofit (11-12)
Co-founder of my own regionally active nonprofit (12)

Sports
Varsity Tennis (10-12)

Summer Activities
Multiple violin camps (9-12)
Internship with science professor at an HYP level school (10)
Online iOS development course, launched an app in the app store (11)
Developing app for my nonprofit (11)
Summer Journalism Program at an HYP school (11)

The list:
UChicago EA
Columbia
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
WUSTL
Tufts
NYU
Williams
Amherst
Swarthmore
Wellesley
Barnard

Hopefully I can write good enough essays to get into UChicago. My school also has a fantastic relationship with UChicago (they accept 10% students every year) and I’m really banking on this, frankly. Anyone with an SAT greater than 2350 (GPA at least 3.65), stellar essays and a lot of demonstrated interest has a 50+% chance of acceptance according to Naviance…!

I’m also looking for other schools I might be able to apply early to. Any advice on this is appreciated!

P.S. Disregard the username - this is actually my sister’s account haha :)>-
P.P.S. Maybe I’ll even ask her to chance some of you guys back for me

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Well, you seem qualified for any of these schools, but I caution you on banking on Naviance. Those stats can be misleading. Your list seems quite reach heavy. Add some safeties and remove up to half of your reaches. EC’s are fine.

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Why are you particularly interested in UChicago? It’s a great, great school, but other than your high school having a “fantastic relationship” I don’t see anything that makes me think that you’d be a particularly good fit there, or at any other school. I don’t have a good sense for what you are like and what kind of environments would appeal to you. I’m also confused by the statement that “they accept 10% students every year”. 10% of your HS class? I can’t believe that. 10% of all from your school who apply? That’s about the overall acceptance rate to Chicago, so nothing special.

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Rejected from Harvard.

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I would say you’ve got a pretty good chance for most of these. I would say you have a very good chance to get into NYU and Cornell. As for Chicago and Columbia, I think your probably in as long as you write really good essays. Good luck.

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I think you’re a good match for any of these schools, but they do have extremely low acceptance rates. Add some more safeties!
Good luck!

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I think you have a chance at all of these schools, add at least 1 school with an acceptance rate over 50 just to air o the safe side!