Chance me for Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Emory, USC?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not using but 2210 superscore (Breakdown: Writing 800, Critical Reading 740; Math 680)
ACT:35 <em>first try</em> Eng: 36, Math: 34, Science: 36, Reading 34, Writing: 8 (Combined 32)
SAT II: 710 US History, 700 Lit, 690 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ?
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank, but towards top of class
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5); Psychology (5); US History (5); English Lit and Comp (5); English Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Gov Pol AP, Biology AP, Calc AB AP, English (post-AP), Spanish Lang and Culture AP, Psychology (post-AP)
Junior Year Course Load: Spanish IV Honors, Psychology AP, Biology Honors, World History AP, English Lang and Comp AP, Chorus, Precalculus Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with Distinction, Beta Club, National Spanish Honors Society</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Layout editor) literary magazine, (VP) Make-a-wish Club, (Founder) community service project for animal shelter, school choir, smaller audition-only school choir, All-state choir, Ambassador's club, Drama Club, German Club, French Club </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: internship at TV company over summer
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at animal shelter and collecting towels for shelter at school,
Summer Activities:Internship at TV company over summer, summer class in Forensic Psychology at USC</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: competitive private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: well off
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none really</p>

<p>Schools I'm considering...
Vanderbilt University (maybe ED? chance me for ED and RD)
Emory
USC
UC Berkeley
Georgetown University (EA?)
UCLA
Johns Hopkins
Wake Forest</p>

<p>Some safeties:
UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis</p>

<p>letter of recs should be good, getting one from my professor of my summer college credit class at USC. essays should be good, probably not great.</p>

<p>chance me for some or all of them please??</p>

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<p>Being an east coaster, I’m limited to how much I can help you…</p>

<p>Vanderbilt University (maybe ED? chance me for ED and RD): High Match/Low reach
Emory: Low reach/High match
USC: Match
Georgetown University (EA?): Low-mid Reach
UCLA: Match
Johns Hopkins: Mid-low Reach</p>

<p>That’s the best I can do. Good luck with that list…
Chance back if you please.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1550070-looking-some-helpful-input-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1550070-looking-some-helpful-input-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Just to clarify, Georgetown is not truly Early Action, read the fine print, they prohibit you from applying to other schools ED because they expect you to accept their offer if it is given to you (in other words it is ED).
Vandy You are in ED</p>

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<p>thanks. bump?</p>

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<p>why not DUKE?</p>

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<p>i thought it was restricted early action meaning you can’t apply anywhere else ED but you don’t have to accept the offer? and thanks</p>

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<p>i’ve been considering duke but i’m not sure it’s the right feel for me</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt University (maybe ED? chance me for ED and RD) – Reach//ED Target (In)
Emory – Reach
USC – Reach
UC Berkeley – Reach/Target
Georgetown University (EA?) – Reach
UCLA – Target
Johns Hopkins – Reach/Target
Wake Forest – Target</p>

<p>Some safeties:
UC Santa Cruz – Safe (I’m an alum! Loved it!)
UC Davis – Safe</p>

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<p>can i ask why USC is a reach? just wondering. i love it there and it’s one of my top choices but i feel like my test scores and GPA make me a good candidate. it’s not a safety school by far but i think if UCLA is a target USC would be too</p>

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<p>bump? anyone?</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt University: high match/low reach
Emory: match
USC: match
UC Berkeley: match
Georgetown University: high match/low reach
UCLA: match
Johns Hopkins: high match/low reach
Wake Forest: low match
You have graet chances at every single one of those schools. Good luck!:slight_smile:
and USC is obviously not a reach for you…</p>

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<p>thank you!!!</p>

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<p>Statistically you’re at least a match for all the schools on your list and your URM status is a powerful draw for many schools. But from a planning perspective I think it’s important to factor in admissions rates. Vandy (15%), Georgetown (18%), Hopkins (18%) and USC (20%) all have uncomfortably low admit rates while professing ‘holistic’ admissions policies. When a schools rejects at least 4 out of every 5 applicants and promotes the idea that admissions is about more than statistics, then I think the proper strategy is to treat them as Reaches. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into all these schools on the other hand it wouldn’t be out of the question to get a few head-scratching rejections.</p>

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<p>thank you. yeah I understand that all of these schools are a bit iffy in the admissions process and you can never be sure so that’s why I have safeties. anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump 10char?</p>