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<p>Alrighty, I'm gonna be a junior next fall at a good public school in MN. Any help would be sooooo soosooo appreciated! </p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: ~4.0
Honors: Geometry, Bio, Algebra II, Chemistry
AP: Human Geography (5) - will take APWH, Psych, Bio, Calc, and maybe German
SAT II: will take chem & world history next year, aiming for 700+</p>

<p>ACT: 26 as an early sophomore, i know i can make it up to 30 or above! :)</p>

<p>Rank: top 25%, but school doesn't send rank to colleges</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>My school's volunteering club - random volunteering - over 150 hours (10-12)</p>

<p>Debate Team (10-12) few awards.. haha</p>

<p>Environment Club (10-12, leader position 11&12)</p>

<p>My school's leadership club (10-12, leadership position 11)</p>

<p>Tobacco-Free Club - made my town's parks and most places tobacco-free through city hall - 150 hours of volunteering (10-11, leadership position)</p>

<p>HandsOn Twin Cities Volunteering Founding Member/Ambassador - (leadership position 10-12) so.. much.. volunteering.</p>

<p>German Club (11-12) - went to Germany for 2 weeks and learned about culture</p>

<p>Link Crew - helps freshman adjust to high school (12)</p>

<p>National Honors Society (11-12)</p>

<p>I'm also gonna try to volunteer at a hospital next summer or get a job!</p>

<p>Chance me for:
UMich Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of MN-Twin Cities (top choice)</p>

<p>and.. be honest.. do i have the slightest chance at..
Macalester
Cornell
Colgate
University of Chicago
Northwestern </p>

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<li>if you guys have any suggestions to what i should do to improve my chances, it'd be greatlyyy appreciated! :)</li>
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<p>Your school will give colleges enough information to know where you rank. Below 10% will make your second list very difficult though Mac may be worth a shot.</p>

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<p>Alright, thanks! I’m a bit confused about what other information could give away my rank… but I guess I’ll try to get that up along with my gpa</p>

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<p>I would apply to your second list if you had the money, but I wouldn’t expect much of it. Your WGPA is too low and ACT is nothing impressive. But you have a little more than a year, and a lot can happen in that time. Your course rigor + lack of defining ECs definitely isn’t enough for NW/Cornell to take you unless you add a good bit more too the list (don’t worry you still have time if you work really hard)</p>

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<p>second list looks, very unlikely with that ACT</p>

<p>your rank doesn’t matter too much, but it DOES show grade inflation.</p>

<p>I would say, in at 2/3 on first list, and 1 of your second list (not UChicago though)</p>

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<p>Your grades look good, and you have decent ECs, but your ACT is low. At this point I would say that these are your chances. Right now I’d say that you’re a match for University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of MN-Twin Cities. U of Michigan would be a medium reach, while all the others on the second list would be reaches. Now, that being said, if you were to get your ACT over 30, you would be a closer match to U of Michigan, Macalester, and Colgate. Northwestern, UChicago, and Cornell would still be reaches, but they’re reaches for most people at any rate. Just as a side-note UChicago puts a lot of weight on its essays, and if you could write some kick-ass ones and get a 30+ on ACT, you would have a good shot there. Hope that helps :)</p>

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