<p>Sigh... recently got rejected at my dream school (Columbia, although knew it was a big reach...) and now am scrambling to get other apps out. Please take a look?</p>
<p>Asian Female
SAT superscore: 650M, 800CR, 710W
SAT IIs: 780 US History, 730 French W/ Listening, 650 Lit (maybe retaking and/not sending)
Curriculum: was not eligible for Honors classes Freshman year b/c transferred from Canadian middle school, and though I was placed in "Enriched" classes there my grades didn't look stellar by American standards. But by my performance in my Freshman CP classes I was in all honors sophomore year. (not allowed to take APs till Junior/Senior year at our school). I asked my guidance counselor to explain the situation in her letter. </p>
<p>AP's: U.S History (5), English Lang and Comp (5) Psychology (5)
Currently taking: Chem, English Lang and Lit, World History, AP French (Online course) </p>
<p>Extracurricular:</p>
<p>Co-Curricular Activities
Student Newspaper (Editor) 10 11 12
Key Club 9 10<br>
Choir 10<br>
In-door Color Guard 10 11 12
Marching Band (Color Guard) 10 11 12
Math Tutor (Alg I, II & Geo) 11 12
FFCLA (Secretary) 10 11 12
Asian Culture Club (Secretary) 9 10 11 12
Leadership Activities
Guest Speaking at a Summer School in China 12
Community Activities
Volunteer at West Deptford Public Library-adopt-a-shelf 10 11 12
Volunteer at West Deptford Public Library-Calling Teens Program 10<br>
Walk for a cure 10 11<br>
Quixote Volunteer Club- Various projects 12
Legacy Volunteer (interviewing and writing memoirs for senior citizens) 12</p>
<p>Recognition and Rewards
Principle List 9 (3x) 10(2x)<br>
Honor Roll 9(4x) 10(4x) 11(4x)<br>
Perfect Attendance 9<br>
World Language Honor Society 10 11<br>
AP Scholar 11 </p>
<p>Work Experience
Babysitting 9 10 11 12</p>
<p>possible hooks: Asian fluent in French? (XD I used to live in Quebec) and I moved around a lot?</p>
<p>My chances at:</p>
<p>Amherst
Cornell
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Colgate
University of Rochester
George Washington University
Rutgers</p>
focus on my adaptation to new languages/settings throughout my life and the way I came to appreciate how words from different languages bring new perspective to a single meaning
How Iris Chang’s “Rape of Nanking” novel effected me and how I’m now doing legacy in order to tell others’ stories that would otherwise be left untold.</p>
<p>SAT score is important but GPA would really help in me telling you what your chances are…I am going to assume a decent GPA say 3.85</p>
<p>Amherst- in
Cornell- high match
University of Chicago- low reach
Northwestern- high match
Colgate- in
University of Rochester- in
George Washington University- match
Rutgers- match</p>
<p>According to my transcript I have a “5.400 on a 5 pt scale” which doesn’t make any sense. It’s obviously weighted, but not sure how to convert… XD</p>
<p>From what I understand, you want to major in social sciences, right? If yes, then you have a perfect resume. You’ve done a lot of volunteering, which is a great advantage over the other applicants.
Amherst-> In
Colgate-> In
George Washington University-> High match</p>
<p>@Visvires: actually, I’m looking to be an English major XD. my school doesn’t offer a lot of creative writing ECs, so I mostly write on my own time.</p>
<p>Bumpity bump~ will chance back if you leave a link. Thanks to bestdecision and visvires for your opinions, they are very encouraging. I’m not sure I’m as qualified as you seem to think I am, but it certainly is a confidence booster! Any other biters?</p>
<p>Amherst - I don’t know this well enough.
Cornell - Reach
University of Chicago - Low Reach
Northwestern - Reach
Colgate - I don’t know this well enough
University of Rochester - In
George Washington University - In
Rutgers - In</p>
<p>Amherst- good shot
Cornell- fair shot
University of Chicago-good shot
Northwestern-fair shot
Colgate-good shot
University of Rochester in
George Washington University in
Rutgers in</p>
<p>Good luck + thanks for chance.
PS- I am envious of your critical reading skills haha</p>
<p>celticsfan1: I wish I could transfer some 50 pts of that score to my Math XDD
thanks for everyone’s opinions so far- and for those of you who told me I was in at Rutgers, you were right! I just got my acceptance letter today. =D</p>
<p>Amherst - in/low reach
Cornell - high reach
University of Chicago - reach
Northwestern - reach
Colgate - low reach
University of Rochester - in
George Washington University - in
Rutgers - in</p>
<p>hmm alot of people seem to saying that Amherst is a “in” for me. But isn’t it a top LAC (with like, 15% admit rate? XD) I’m sorry to be sounding doubtful here, but can anyone enlighten me on why my app might be so appealing to Amherst? It’s one of my top choices.</p>
<p>thanks for chancing me.
First can I say, are you really gonna put "Walk for a cure 10 11 " on there?
Charity walks are great and all, but they do not really count as committed community service. They are something you should do because you support it. If you had a part in organizing your chapters walk then by all means put it on there. Like I was co-coordinator of the childrens area for the PKD walk in my state for two years running, so i put that on there. but if you do it because you support it and its not a longterm committment, then you should think about leaving it off.</p>
<p>Just a piece of advice, that being said.
Amherst - match/low reach
Cornell - high reach
University of Chicago - high reach
Northwestern - reach
Colgate - match/low reach
University of Rochester - match
George Washington University - in, match
Rutgers - in</p>
<p>Amherst good chance
Cornell decentchance
University of Chicago good chance
Northwestern decent chance
Colgate good chance
University of Rochester in
George Washington University in
Rutgers in
thats unique, asian fluent in spanish!!! good luck:)</p>
<p>Thank you Funnypunjabi~ lol actually it’s French. Although not really sure how I can incorporate that in my app well oh, well I’ll figure something out. </p>
<p>thanks shortnsweet
XDDD yeah, I realized “walk for the cure” isn’t that persuasive of an activity. I copied + pasted this resume from my NHS app, so it does have some silly things on it. I was going to take it off, but couldn’t edit the original post after the time limit, so didn’t do anything. Thanks for the advice though, you have a very good point. </p>
<p>I still have a hard time believing Amherst is a “match/low reach/good chance”??? lol I’ve always pictured it in my mind as like “HUGE reach” but really wanted to go there XD.</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me. With regards to your ECs, you’ve been fairly consistent, with the exception of Chorus and Key Club, but that shouldn’t hurt too much as you later branched out and entered other volunteering organizations. You seem to have a great chance at all the school’s you’re applying to, and all that heavy community involvement will definitely move things in your favor. Your essay topic is creative and sounds like an interesting read already. Here’s what I think (on a 1-10 scale):</p>
<p>Amherst: 6/7
Cornell: 5/6
University of Chicago: 5/6 (if your essays are great, though, you have a pretty good shot)
Northwestern: 7/8
Colgate: 7/8
University of Rochester: 7/8
George Washington University: 8/9
Rutgers: 9/10</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ll do brilliantly. Best of luck!!</p>
