Chance me (I'll Chance Back!!) JHU, GW, NYU, BU, UVA,UConn, Wake Forest, and Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone! I'm going to be a senior this year in High School and I was wondering if you guys could chance me on the schools I listed. I'm planning on doing ED for Hopkins because it's my top choice. Their ED Acceptance rate is nearly 40%. I also plan to do ED for: NYU, UVA, and Brown. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 (Upward Tend)
ACT: 32
I also have quite a few of leadership positions </p>

<p>Clubs
• Newsletter Club (11th- Founder and President 12-Chief Editor)
• Key Club (11th- Founder and President)
Basketball Club (Founder and President)
• Intercultural Dialogue Club (10th- Member, 11th- Member 12- Vice President)
• Film Club (11th- Treasurer)
• Model United Nations (11th- Member)
• Environmental/Recycle Club (10th Member, 11th- Member)
• Member of the ALA (American Library Association) (11th- Member)
• House of Representatives of PSA Student Government (10th- Representative, 11th- Representative)
• Robotics Team (11th- Member)
• Volleyball Club (9th- Member, 10th- Member, 11th- Member)
Athletics
• Junior Varsity Soccer (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Varsity Basketball (10th- Captain, 11th- Captain, 12th- Captain)
• Junior Varsity Basketball (9th)
• Varsity Tennis (10th)
• Manager of the Varsity Tennis Team (11th)
• Intramural Volleyball (9th,10th, 11th)
• Intramural Basketball(9th-Captain, 10th-Captain, 11th)
• Intramural Soccer (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Head Coach of the 3rds Soccer Team (12th)</p>

<p>Awards
Basketball
• 1st Place in the 2013 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 3rd Place in the 2011 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 1st Place in the 2011 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic at Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic at Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut
• Team took part in the 2012 National Prep Showcase at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut
• Took part in the 2011 Hoop Mountain Prep Tournament at Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, Connecticut
• Took part in the 2012 Hoop Mountain Prep Tournament at St.Andrew’s School in Barrington, Rhode Island
• Took part in the 2013 National Prep School Invitational at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island<br>
• Three Point Champion in 2012 Varsity Basketball Madness
• Leading bench scorer of the 2012-2013 Varsity Basketball season.
Intramural Sports
• 2nd Place in the 2011 Intramural Volleyball Tournament
• 3rd Place in the 2011 Intramural Basketball Tournament
• 4th Place in the 2011 Intramural Soccer Tournament
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Intramural Basketball Tournament
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Intramural Volleyball Tournament
• 3rd Place in the 2013 Intramural Soccer Tournament
Robotics
2012 FTC Connecticut State Championship
• Finalist Award
• Think Award
• Promote Award
2013 FTC Connecticut State Championship
• Inspire Award
2012 FTC New Hampshire Championship
• Inspire Award
2012 Champions Scrimmage
• Alliance Award
2012 FTC New York Championship
• Connect Award
• Winning Alliance Award
2012 Northern New York Championship
• Connect Award
Took part in the 2013 FTC World Championship held at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri
Science Olympiad
• 22nd Place overall out of 34 teams in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut
• Participated in Chemistry Lab in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut
• Participated in Fermi Questions in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut
• Participated in Anatomy in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut
Turkish Olympiad
• Auctioned/Participated in the 2012 Turkish Olympiads (Singing Category) at Pioneer Academy of Science in Clifton, New Jersey</p>

<p>Working Experience
• Worked at Long Neck Diner as a waiter (Family Business), Georgetown, Delaware (Summer, 2011)
• Helped deliver bread for Deluxe Bakery alongside my cousin (Family business) (Summer, 2012)
• Worked at Cedar Farms alongside my father (Father’s Business), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Summer, 2011)
• Job Shadowing for the Chief of Police in the Town of Putnam, Connecticut</p>

<p>Miscellaneous
• Took part in the Nationwide challenge for Accelerated Reader Quiz-taking
• Earned 3 Undergraduate Credits from Rutgers Summer Session in the Summer of 2013
o English Composition I: B</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
• Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army (2010-2012)
o Freshman Year: 3 Hours
o Sophomore Year: 6 Hours
o Junior Year: 6 Hours
• Helped the 2012 Putnam Halloween Festival
• Distributed out Noah’s Pudding in front of Wal-Mart to the public
• Helped clean out the basement of the Putnam Public Library
• Passed out invitations for a Thanksgiving Dinner held at our school
• Passed out invitations for a 9/11 even held at our school
• Helped fixed the school’s library by selling old books and organizing the news ones that came in.
• Set up the Book Fair everyday of the week for a week
• Judged at the 2012 FLL (First LEGO League) at Central Connecticut State University
• Helped collect money for the Helping Hands Relief Foundation 2011 (Japan Support)
• Took part in Robotics Outreach programs.
o Went to visit the Lisbon and Putnam Wheelabrator. They are our main sponsors for the Robotics Team.
o Visited different Elementary schools to show little children how the robot works during the 2012-2013 academic year.
• Volunteer at American Red Cross, South Jersey Region.
• Helped clean the Putnam Rotary Park in Putnam, Connecticut
• Tutored students who needed help in their English Class. (11th &12th)
• Donated money to The ALS Association
• Rebuilding homes for a week with Helping Hands of New Jersey.
• Volunteered at a hospital in Turkey in the summer of 2012.</p>

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<p>Wow, you have a really extensive extracurricular list! Not sure if that’ll seem like you’re spreading yourself too thin or not, but IMO, keeping up your grades in addition to your extracurriculars is really good! I think you have a shot at all of those schools, but I would aso try to raise your ACT scores by 1 or 2 points if possible. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1531519-vandy-ed.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1531519-vandy-ed.html&lt;/a&gt; (Please read comments as well!)</p>

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<p>You can’t apply ED to more than 1 school. BTW from the JHU admissions blog, they apparently will be superscoring the ACT this year. In regards to your activities, it is commendable that your team had strong finishes, but I think you’re trying too hard by listing every place the team finished. It would be best to mention that you participated on Bball and only list specific honors such as being captain, all state, etc.</p>

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<p>Good ACT and great ECs. The only thing I would be a little worried about is your GPA (it is a little low). As PyschoDad10 said you can only apply ED to one school, so I would recommend applying to JHU ED. As far as your chances:</p>

<p>JHU: High Match/Low Reach
GW: Match
NYU: High Match
BU: Match
UVA: Match(if in state), High Match(if out of state)
UConn: Match
Wake Forest: Match
Brown: Low Reach/Mid Reach</p>

<p>You should get in to at least 5 of those schools. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>All matches/high matches. JHU and Brown reach. Make sure u can pick some EC’s out of that laundry list that u are passionate about. Maybe write an essay about one of them.</p>

<p>Chance me? (Read comments as well)
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<p>I think you would get into JHU ED only, but RD also U Conn, BU and possibly/probably NYU and GWU if you show interest. The rest are a #shoot.</p>

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<p>Thin your list of ECs out to things that you actually care about.</p>

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<p>wow you have been very involved in many different clubs and activities during your highschool career! The gpa isn’t that high, but it is good that you show improvement. Colleges love that. I think jhu is match if you do early decision, but you can only do ED for one school. Anyways, uconn gw and wake forest are match as well.</p>

<p>chance me back :)</p>

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<p>Wow I say you have a great shot at Hopkins - the Extracurriculars are nuts fantastic with the Varsity basketball and JV Soccer, and the fact that you founded clubs already demonstrates your leadership. By any chance, have you done any volunteer work or taken the SATs? </p>

<p>Your grades are right on the Hopkins borderline, and I would think with the ECs you would get in. With that said, it never hurts to boost the GPA and it wouldn’t hurt to retake the ACTs in September to try and get a 34+. With that, however, I was under the impression that Hopkins did not accept the ACT. Do they?</p>

<p>Brown I think is a reach for you, but wouldn’t be so much of one if you increased your GPA/ ACT score. Ideally a 3.9 and a 35 would be perfect. </p>

<p>Hopkins is probably is a mid match with your scores the way they are… If you get the scores I mentioned above… I would go so far as to say safety school.</p>

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<p>Thank you Kumar9. I really appreciate it! I actually have done volunteer work: Volunteer Work
• Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army (2010-2012)
o Freshman Year: 3 Hours
o Sophomore Year: 6 Hours
o Junior Year: 6 Hours
• Helped the 2012 Putnam Halloween Festival
• Distributed out Noah’s Pudding in front of Wal-Mart to the public
• Helped clean out the basement of the Putnam Public Library
• Passed out invitations for a Thanksgiving Dinner held at our school
• Passed out invitations for a 9/11 even held at our school
• Helped fixed the school’s library by selling old books and organizing the news ones that came in.
• Set up the Book Fair everyday of the week for a week
• Judged at the 2012 FLL (First LEGO League) at Central Connecticut State University
• Helped collect money for the Helping Hands Relief Foundation 2011 (Japan Support)
• Took part in Robotics Outreach programs.
o Went to visit the Lisbon and Putnam Wheelabrator. They are our main sponsors for the Robotics Team.
o Visited different Elementary schools to show little children how the robot works during the 2012-2013 academic year.
• Volunteer at American Red Cross, South Jersey Region.
• Helped clean the Putnam Rotary Park in Putnam, Connecticut
• Tutored students who needed help in their English Class. (11th &12th)
• Donated money to The ALS Association
• Rebuilding homes for a week with Helping Hands of New Jersey.
• Volunteered at a hospital in Turkey in the summer of 2012.</p>

<p>I know, it’s quite specific :). JHU does accept ACT. This year they are letting applicants superscore if they wish!</p>

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<p>Hopkins and Brown are reaches. Everything else i think you are in. good luck!</p>

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<p>You should be good in all of them IMO. Brown and Hopkins may be a little bit of a stretch but keep up the grades for the first two months of senior year, and take the ACT or SAT once more and hone in on one thing you could improve.</p>

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<p>To OP, if you go to the JHU Admissions blog, there is mention made that JHU is superscoring the ACT this year- I would check with the admissions office.</p>

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<p>I think you are in good shape. Keep in mind though that you can apply ED to only 1 school. You have an extensive list of EC’s and I suggest narrowing them down and grouping similar activities together. Brown would be a reach but for other schools you are pretty set.</p>

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<p>bump! Please, anymore advice?</p>

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<p>WOW! You have a ton of ECs and awards, and volunteering. I think doing ED to JHU and you’re so in! All of those schools seem like matches pretty much, but if JHU is your first choice, I think doing ED to it will definitely get you in. Just try to get your ACT up a little and GPA up as much as possible, but not sure if its too late for that :P. </p>

<p>Chance me back ! </p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>You have a great shot at all of them as long as your class rank is also good. Test scores and EC’s are very solid.</p>

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<p>Okay so ecs are strong but don’t write all of them on your app choose the most meaningful ones that represent your passion. GPa is kind of low, maybe the style of your school. Act is good so overall strong r</p>