Chance me! Ivy Leagues, Northwestern, Uchicago, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi I’ve posted before, but I decided to change up my EC’s and classes a little.

Please give any helpful info! I really want to get into one of these colleges!

-Any of the 8 Ivy Leagues
-Northwestern
-Johns Hopkins
-Vanderbilt
-UC Berkeley
-Georgetown
-Stanford
-UChicago
-Duke
-Rice

Ethnicity: Mexican/Pacific Islander
Family Income: ~$200,000
Grade: About to be a Junior

GPA: UW-3.975 W-4.3
Class Rank: Top 10%
ACT: 30 (Going to retake to get 32+)
PSAT: Taking in Fall 2015

Classes Taken:
Freshman-
-Honors Geometry
-Honors Chem/Phys (My school does 1 semester Chemistry, 1 Sem. Physics)
-Advanced Guitar
-Men’s Chorus
-Freshman English
-Spanish 1-2 (can’t be taken for honors)

Sophomore-
Honors Spanish 3-4
Honors Algebra 3-4
Honors Biology 1-2
Chamber Choir (Zero Hour)
Acapella Choir
Sophomore English
Business Management

Junior-
AP US History
Honors Finite Math
Honors Brief Calc
Honors Chemistry
Honors Chamber Choir
Honors Acapella Choir
Honors Spanish 5-6
Honors Junior English

Senior-
AP Calc
AP Gov. And Politics
AP Microeconomics
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish Language
Honors Chamber Choir
Honors Acapella Choir
Humanities

EC’s:
-Community Chorus at my school (9,10,11,12)
-Stage Crew for Choir (9)
-All-State Show Choir (Audition Choir) (3rd Chair)
-Regional Honor Choir (Audition Choir) (7th Chair)
-Chamber Choir (10,11,12) (Met during Zero Hour)(Performed at places outside of school)
-Music For The Cure Club (10,11,12)
-Choir Council (9,10,11,12) (Men’s Chorus Treasurer, Chamber Choir Treasurer, Head Treasurer, Not sure about Senior Year)
-NHS (11,12)
-Voice Lessons
-Piano Lessons
-Be A Leader Foundation (President/Founder) (11,12)
-Peer Tutoring (9,10,11,12)
-ALS Chemistry Olympiads(11,12)
-Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) (11,12)

My choir has performed at:
-Churches in and out of state
-Famous pianist William Joseph’s Concert
-Diamondbacks Games
-Caroling during Christmas
-Annual Jazz and Madrigal festival held at Northern Arizona University
-Middle School Concerts (Opened for them)
-Summer Conference for the American Choral Directors Association

Volunteer Work:
-Aloha Festival (Annual)
-Feed My Starving Children
-Senior Living Centers
-Maggie’s Place
-Salvation Army
-Tutor at Elementary Schools
-Habitat for Humanity
-Paz De Cristo
-Andre’s House
-Susan G. Komen Race For Cure
-Relay For Life

Summer Programs:
-ASU’s Barrett Summer Scholars
-AZ Ivy League Project
-NSLC Medical Camp at Northwestern
-Summer School

Special Skills:
-Sing
-Dance
-Piano
-Guitar
-Ukulele
-Viola

I plan on majoring in biochemistry and minoring in music.

I still have my Junior Year to fix anything: EC’s, Act Score, PSAT, Volunteer Activities, etc…

THANKS! And I can chance back:)

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All very prestigious universities that are reaches for everyone.
I say you have a strong GPA and ECs.
You will need a high ACT score and maybe some SAT IIs.
If you pull off a 35/36 on the ACT, you would be a solid applicant.
Good luck!

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@sewook123 Oh yeah! I’m taking the SAT Biology and Math Level 1! And I’ll study extremely hard for the ACT!!! Thanks so much!!

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Just to add to this, you looks like an extremely competitive applicant. However, look into the Ivys because each one is pretty different and the chances of all 8 being the right fit are slim. Consider size/city vs rural (Dartmouth)/strength of different majors as well, not just the rankings

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35/36 isn’t necessary but you do need a couple more points. Play down your families financial situation on your applicationd

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What do u mean "play down my fanancial situation? @Wje9164be

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*financial

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Looks good! Just keep working hard and get awards that express your ec’s. Chance back?: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1786803-chance-me-for-upenn-m-t-ut-and-others-chance-back.html#latest

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As a hispanic student your admissions chances are improved. With a family income of $200K you don’t quite fit the profile of the underprivelaged, minority student. I don’t think there is a whole lot you need to “fix” it does seem like your academic rigor senior year is going to be much, much harder than up to that point. It’d be better if you were taking 2 or 3 AP’s next year instead of just one.

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I wanted to, but the only other AP I would be able to take is AP English Lang/Comp, but I don’t have enough time to do the summer reading project that goes along with it

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“Mexican/Pacific Islander” is a hook

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Get the ACT score up and try to get good scores on the SAT IIs. You are a definitely a competitive applicant but all these schools are very random at selecting so nothing is guaranteed.

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I’d say very competitive based on race (pacific-islander) and your good GPA as of right now. Pacific-Islanders are about as rare as Native Americans and I think they get more of a boost than African American and Hispanics during admissions.
ACT definitely shoot for as high as possible. Take the PSAT (for National Merit) and SAT (which I think is required if you get national merit semi-finalist) and if you do well on those (2200+ on SAT), I’d say if you continue do what you’re doing, write good essays, you’ll be a very strong candidate for all the schools mentioned.