Chance me (MIT, Harvard, Williams, Penn, etc) WILL CHANCE BACK!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! Thanks for reading :slight_smile:

I’m applying to:
MIT
Harvard
Princeton
UPenn
Williams
Haverford
Carnegie Mellon

Objective:
ACT- 35 composite, 36 English and Reading, 33 math, 34 science, 8/12 writing
SAT II- Math 740, US History 800, Physics 800
APs- World History 5, US History 5, English Lang and Comp 5, Physics 3
GPA- 3.93 unweighted, 4.29 weighted (out of 5)
Rank- 1st decile
Course rigor- 9 APs, 9 accelerated courses, 2 online/summer courses in addition
Intended major: Physics/astrophysics (if they have it)
Senior Courses- AP Chemistry, Drawing and Painting, AP Government, Gym, Orchestra, AP Calculus BC, Accelerated English, Intro to Computer Science, AP Psychology (mid year report will be FANTASTIC- currently hold two 100%, two 99%s and a 95%. Granted, the 100s and one of the 99s are blow-offs, but the other 99 and the 95 are APs. B] )

Subjective:

Extracurriculars-


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Cross Country (varsity and made it to state qualifiers) I quit after 10th grade, though.
Track and Field (varsity, school record, made it to state qualifiers) 200m, 4by1, 4by4, long jump
Alpine ski racing (not school affiliated, 14th in state)
Book Club (co-president)
Student Government (homeroom representative, class caucus)
Homecoming committee (chair)
Orchestra
Editor for school literary magazine

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Job/volunteer Experience- 2 summers as a dining room assistant at a local golf club (will be returning as a server this year), regularly volunteer with my city’s clean team
Awards-


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AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Commended Scholar
3 Cumulative Highest Honors (a school award)
3 Scholar-Athlete Awards (again, a school award)
2 varsity letters

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Essays- 9/10 for CommonApp. I feel really confident about it, and both my english teacher and my guidance counselor praised it, so here’s hoping. All the supplements will hover around 7-8/10. I waited to long to start them, and they’re rushed, unfortunately.

Recommendations-


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History teacher: 9/10. It was a great letter, if a little bland.

Physics teacher/xc and track coach: 10/10. This guy loves me, and he’s known me for 4 years now (as well as had me 2 semesters in a row last year) havent actually read the letter, tho
Counselor: ??? honestly no clue. I’ve gotten a decent amount of face time with her, and I think she likes me, but I doubt it will be anything special

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Awards-


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National Merit Commended Scholar
PHEAA Certificate of Merit (ACT score among top 5000 in state)
AP Scholar with Honor
a bunch of Highest Honors and scholar-athlete awards from my school

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Other:
Aid: none
State- PA
Gender- female
Ethnicity- white
School: Public
Hooks- for UPENN, my mom went there undergrad

I am submitting art supplements to all of these schools, as well as trying to get recruited for sports.

My schools (so you dont have to scroll up) are
Harvard
MIT
Princeton
CMU
Williams
UPenn
Haverford.

I’ve already been admitted to Penn State Main Campus and the University of Pittsburgh (my safety schools)

Thanks for reading, please comment.

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Oops, didn’t realize i put awards twice. Haha, it was a littlelate when i posted…

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Not bad. You’re basically competitive at everywhere you apply. All you can do is hope that you get lucky. Admissions to top 20 schools is basically a crap-shoot.

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Hi! I am impressed with your stats and I am sure that they meet the requirements for your reach schools. Your extra curriculars are strong, especially since you do a lot of leadership things. You should try to show yourself as a strong leader and list some successful projects you did as student government. That is what Ivy Leagues and top tier schools will like most, especially with good grades and SATs you have.

You might want to make a stronger relationship with your counselor because she can be a deciding factor, and your supplements could be improved if they are 7/8 out of ten. I would suggest making it all about you. Make every word count and good luck!!

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@TryYourBest1 hi! thanks for responding :slight_smile:
Unfortunately, I started really talking to my gc after she submitted the reports, so there’s not much for me to do there.
I’m just trying my best on those essays hahaha. whenever it’s your time to write them, start them in summer. Don’t make the mistakes I did lol, last minute essays are rough.