Chance me! Please! I chance back... quickly!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all,
Please give me your honest, straight-forward opinions. I chance back.</p>

<p>PERSONAL
*White male
*Applying for financial aid, family in low tier of income
*Not first generation, but close</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
*Public high school that rarely sends students to top schools
*Class rank 6/197
*Weighted GPA: 98.5
*Unweighted GPA: 95.4
*SATs: 690 CR, 800 W, 800 M
*ACTs: 31 (but will likely not be submitting)
*SAT Subject Scores: 680, 670, 690 (in Math II, English Lit, and US History)
*5s on AP English Language and AP History tests (only ones taken junior year)
*All honors/AP classes for all four years with only one C+ total in Calculus
*Senior year consists of 5 APs: Gov't, Psych, Lit, Calc BC, Latin Vergil (along with two honors courses and an arts requirement)
*Eight years combined of languages (4 Spanish + 4 Latin)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
*Founder/president of school's debate team
*XC Captain for 2 years, team member for four
*Elected to serve on city's School Committee and Finance Subcommittee as high school's representative (tons of hours/dedication put into this)
*Volunteer Coordinator with same-sex marriage campaign in Maine (leader and captain with campaign, tons of hours/time)
*Editor-in-Chief of student-run school newspaper
*Sole coordinator of donation drive in which I raised $700+ for victims of sex trafficking
*Vice President of school's Key Club (involved in soup kitchen, tutoring gifted youths, Big Brothers / Big Sisters program as mentor for 3 years)
*Coordinated voter registration drive at my school
*Member of steering committee for nonprofit that works to prevent underage drinking
*Total volunteering time around 300 hours, plus many uncounted hours with other ventures</p>

<p>AWARDS/HONORS
*National Honor Society member for 2 years
*Brown Book Award recipient
*Won "Student Leader of the Year" award from local organization, first ever high schooler to win an award from them
*National Merit Commended Scholar
*AMC 10 School Winner
*Honor / High Honor Roll every semester
*Spoken on leadership on two occasions</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
*Ran online Ebay business for 2 years with multiple clients
*Worked at a locally-run small store for 5 years</p>

<p>ESSAYS
*Should be good. I can write well and will pass them by many eyes- CommonApp essay about collecting autographs and tying it into developing as an individual (going for the unique points)</p>

<p>REFERENCES
*Should be very good. Also getting one from Superintendent of school district.</p>

<p>INTERVIEWS NOTED NEXT TO SCHOOLS BELOW</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to:
-Harvard
-Princeton
-Georgetown (interview went extremely well, said he would recommend me and we really hit it off)
-Stanford
-Claremont McKenna
-George Washington U (interviewer said he would definitely recommend me, and said I would likely be in the Honors Program)
-Amherst College
-Vassar
-Colgate (did an interview but it was not evaluative; but it went well nonetheless)
-Hamilton (interviewed with Dean of Admissions, she basically tried to recruit me during the interview)
-Wesleyan (interview went pretty good- weakest of all the ones I've had though)
-Brown</p>

<p>THANKS IN ADVANCE!</p>

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<p>Harvard - Match
Princeton - In
Georgetown - In
Stanford - In
Claremont McKenna - In
GW U - In
Amherst - In
Vassar - ?
Colgate - In
Hamilton - In
Wesleyan - In
Brown - HIGH Match!</p>

<p>Chance Me Please :)</p>

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<p>haha I think “jessicaloves” is slightly off with her chancing:
Harvard - High Reach
Princeton - High Reach
Georgetown - Reach
Stanford - High Reach
Claremont McKenna - Match
GW U - In
Amherst - Low Reach
Vassar - Match
Colgate - Match
Hamilton - In
Wesleyan - In
Brown- Reach</p>

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<p>Thanks for the realistic ones broncosfan and I noticed that too, haha. Do you need to be chanced?</p>

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<p>your subject scores gonna hurt :frowning:
-Harvard - reach (don’t take it too personally, it is so for everyone)
-Princeton - same
-Georgetown - good job! - low match
-Stanford - reach
-Claremont McKenna - low match
-George Washington U - good job again! low match
-Amherst College - high match
-Vassar - match
-Colgate - match
-Hamilton - lol, you are probably good at talking :slight_smile: - in
-Wesleyan - low match
-Brown - reach</p>

<p>good luck and all the best!
P.S. I love jessicaloves’ optimism :)</p>

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<p>Harvard - Reach
Princeton - Reach
Georgetown - High Match/Low Reach
Stanford - Reach
Claremont McKenna - Match
GW U - In
Amherst - Don’t know enough to chance, sorry!
Vassar - Match
Colgate - Match
Hamilton - Match
Wesleyan - Match
Brown - Reach</p>

<p>You have excellent stats. I think you should be optimistic about your chances at all the schools on your list especially with your SAT scores and excellent EC’s. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Harvard - Reach but better than average
Princeton - Reach same
Georgetown - High Match/Low Reach
Stanford - Reach
Claremont McKenna - Match
GW U - In
Amherst ?
Vassar - ?
Colgate - Match
Hamilton - In interview
Wesleyan - Match
Brown - Reach
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/830656-please-chance-1st-choice-princeton.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/830656-please-chance-1st-choice-princeton.html&lt;/a&gt;
good luck and thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Harvard,Princeton,Amherst,Stanford,Brown-Reach but have a chance
The rest-match/high match/in
Good Luck!:)</p>