Chance me please!! (I'll chance you back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey Everyone! I was just wondering what you think of my chances at this school:</p>

<p>Academics:
- Male, White, Long Island Public School Student
- 93.6 unweighted, 95 weighted GPA
- 11th – 2 AP’s (4-Bio, 5- US History)
- 12th- 4 AP’s (Psych, English Lit, Macro Economics, and US Government)
- 6 Honors Classes</p>

<p>Tests:
I’m only using my ACT score, b/c it was vastly superior to my SAT, and it covers my SAT 2 requirement, so here it is:
- 31 ACT Composite (about 1400 and 2070-2080 equivalent on the SAT)
o 35 Reading, 31 English, 29 Science, 28 Math
EC’s:
- VP of Model United Nations (biggest club in my school)
- Sports Editor and Assistant Advertising Editor for school newspaper
- VP of Wall Street Investors Club
- Member of DECA (Advanced to State Competition 3 years in a row; 11th – won 4th place in state and placed top-20 in International Conference in Anaheim)
- Member and Tutor of:
National Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
Business Honors Society
- VP of Teen Advisory Board at Public Library (coordinating activities for teens)
- Mentor for Book Buddies (teaching students ages 3-9 to improve literacy skills)
- Leader in group Teens as Leaders, servicing disadvantaged Long Island community (Ronald McDonald House, walk-a-thons, etc)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
- 2 summers (10th and 11th):
o Public Library (Summer Reading Mentor; teaching elementary school kids to improve literacy skills)
o Camp Counselor</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
- Terrific Essay (I think) --- describing my experiences in a “second home” --- West Hartford, and how it has shaped me
- Great Recs
- 1st student ever to apply from my school (highly regarded)</p>

<p>Other Schools:
- Reaches: Brandeis, Emory, Oberlin, and William and Mary
- Match-Reach: Connecticut College
- Matches: Tulane, Lehigh, GW, SUNY Geneseo
- Safeties: SUNY Albany Honors, SUNY Stony Brook Honors, Goucher</p>

<p>Posts please!</p>

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<p>just to clarify… the last post for miscellaneous is “Applied from Highly Regarded Public School”… that was a typo post, thanks!</p>

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<p>oh, and the GPA equivalent on a 4.0 scale is about a 3.7 (UW) and 3.85-3.9 (W)… PLEASE offer feedback!!</p>

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<p>what school are you asking to be chanced for?</p>

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<p>all the schools under “other schools” lol… thanks!</p>

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<p>to avoid any confusion as blooeyes did… here are the schools I’m asking to be chanced for:</p>

<ul>
<li>Brandeis</li>
<li>GW</li>
<li>William and Mary</li>
<li>Tulane</li>
<li>Emory</li>
<li>Lehigh</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>SUNY Albany Honors</li>
<li>Goucher</li>
<li>SUNY Geneseo</li>
<li>SUNY Stony Brook Honors</li>
</ul>

<p>PLEASE RESPOND!!! I promise I will chance back ASAP</p>

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<p>ohh woops!</p>

<p>youre definitely in at Tulane I have a lot of friends who got in there.
youre also in at George Washington, i know someone who got in there, but not UGA
Emory is a bit of a reach because your grades and ACT are a little low for there, but they are really good at looking at the whole person like extra Cs and essays.</p>

<p>i dont know about any of the other schools, but could you chance me?? i have a thread up either on the first page of top of the second page. just look for my user name</p>

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<p>thanks blooeyes… 2 of my top 5 schools, that’s awesome (Tulane and GW) I’ll chance you back now
for everyone else, you can take Tulane off the list, b/c I WAS ACCEPTED TODAY!!! :)</p>

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<ul>
<li>Brandeis - High Match</li>
<li>GW - In</li>
<li>William and Mary - Low Reach</li>
<li>Emory - Low Reach </li>
<li>Lehigh - Match</li>
<li>Oberlin - Reach</li>
<li>SUNY Albany Honors - In</li>
<li>Goucher - In</li>
<li>SUNY Geneseo - Don’t know this school</li>
<li>SUNY Stony Brook Honors - In</li>
</ul>

<p>Congratz about Tulane!!!</p>

<p>Good luck with all your other schools!</p>

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<p>thank you so much SkittleRose!! I hope those predictions are true, haha… I’ll see if you want to be chanced about anything</p>

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<p>Please replace Lehigh with Hamilton, thank you!</p>

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<p>Reach- William and Mary, Brandeis,
Match/Reach- Emory, Tulane, Lehigh, GW, Connecticut College
Safeties- SUNY Albany Honors, SUNY Stony Brook Honors, Goucher, SUNY Geneseo</p>

<p>Please chance back:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810437-boston-college-chance-boston-native.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810437-boston-college-chance-boston-native.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks BellaBoston!!</p>

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<p>Brandeis - High Match/Low Reach
GW - In
William and Mary - Low Reach
Emory - Low Reach
Lehigh - Match
Oberlin - Reach
SUNY Albany Honors - In
Goucher - In
SUNY Geneseo - In
SUNY Stony Brook Honors - In</p>

<p>Chance me! This is based off just ur stats. Essays mean a lot! don’t forget that! you’re more than just numbers and grades =)</p>

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<p>thanks tenorforlife! btw, guys, PLEASE REPLACE LEHIGH WITH HAMILTON! Thanks!! I’ll chance you right now</p>

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<ul>
<li>Brandeis</li>
<li>Emory </li>
<li>William and Mary</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Hamilton </li>
<li>Connecticut College </li>
<li>Tulane (ACCEPTED with 15K/year scholarship =D)</li>
<li>GW</li>
<li>SUNY Geneseo</li>
<li>Goucher</li>
<li>SUNY Albany Honors</li>
<li>SUNY Stony Brook Honors</li>
</ul>

<p>Guys, PLEASE CHANCE ME! I promise I’ll chance you back!!</p>

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<p>Lehigh–Match</p>

<p>jk</p>

<p>Hamilton–reach.</p>

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<p>Nice profile.</p>

<p>SUNYs and Tulane should be just about safeties. GW shouldn’t be too hard, either.</p>

<p>I really like the literacy-related service and leadership. It will touch the hearts of people in the admissions offices, especially those in the humanities. However, did you get paid for it? If so, you should do some more stuff like that as a volunteer. Maybe link Spanish and literacy by teaching ESL to kids or something like that.</p>

<p>Glad you are taking Econ for business. How is it going in that class?</p>

<p>Emory seems like a match. You may want to boost your math score or show some more math strength, especially if you are going into business.</p>

<p>Can you tell them about the Investors Club? What does it do? Humanize Wall Street (if you can) now, in a time where some people have a higher opinion of Swine Flu than Wall Street. I’m not saying it will hurt you to be in that group: far from it. However, you should show them how you plan to be an innovator on Wall Street. Is it your honesty? How about your pragmatism? What is your “big idea” for going into business? They will want to know your vision. </p>

<p>Isn’t Goucher an all-female school and aren’t you male? </p>

<p>Brandeis is a low reach. Give a good interview, make them see who you are through more than just a profile. </p>

<p>Nice job with DECA… what is it? Make sure they understand. </p>

<p>Show some leadership in your interviews and essays. You are a leader in newspaper, MUN, investors, and library advisory. Show them your strategy. Are you a general? A sounding board for ideas? A leader-by-example? A person who throws ideas into the open and leads by discussion and innovation? A charismatic guy who makes it personal and wins them over like friends? There are many kinds of leader.</p>

<p>William and Mary and Oberlin are not easy to get into. However, I don’t see them as out of reach altogether. Show passion. Make interviewers/contacts see that you are already a William and Mary/Oberlin Man and going there would be a good fit for them as well as for you. Prove to them that you understand their schools’ characters and can simultaneously add to the communities there while fit in well and learn best from their systems. As small colleges, they want to know about your personality. Show them. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you. I hope this helps. Can you chance me? The link is below. Thanks. Peace.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/811352-crossing-my-fingers.html?highlight=Crossing+Fingers[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/811352-crossing-my-fingers.html?highlight=Crossing+Fingers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<ul>
<li>Reaches: Brandeis-Not Sure, Emory-Could go either way. If you bumped up the ACT maybe one or two points, I’d think you were solid. Oberlin-Don’t know anything about. William and Mary- Hard OOS, but I think you’ll get in. </li>
<li>Match-Reach: Connecticut College- Don’t know.</li>
<li>Matches: Tulane-In, possibly with 25k a year, def. 15k. Probably no honors though. Lehigh-Don’t know. GW-In. SUNY Geneseo- Don’t know.</li>
<li>Safeties: SUNY Albany Honors, SUNY Stony Brook Honors, Goucher- Don’t know, but hey, they are safeties. </li>
</ul>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

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<p>wow, Infos, haha… I’m amazed by your post: let me try to address some of this:</p>

<p>the SUNY’s seem good and I’m happy that you think I have a good shot at GW: I actually got accepted into Tulane already w/ 15 K/year</p>

<p>the literacy-based activities were purely volunteer work, and lol, it’s kind of late to build on that, but thanks!</p>

<p>Actually, it may seem I have a business orientation… but in fact, I want to major Psychology with a minor in Global Studies/International Relations; at the “universities”, where it’s offered, I’d pair it off with Psych</p>

<p>DECA is a business competition where you create hypothetical, legit, 30-page business plans for companies about a new branch or new location altogether</p>

<p>wow, Emory, a match, lol, solid</p>

<p>Wall Street Investors Club is basically trying to prepare younger students to know the nuances of the stock market through simulations… and to allow them tor eally get a firm grip on these basic ideas in adulthood</p>

<p>Goucher used to be all-female, now it is 60-40 female/male lol</p>

<p>once again, Brandeis, low reach? great, haha! yes, I’ve met/kept correspondence with 2 admissions counselors, went to open-house at my school, visited campus, and have an alum interview set for next month</p>

<p>I see what you’re saying with W & M/Oberlin… Oberlin, I have an alum interview set, while with W & M, I have kept up correspondence with admissions counselors, but unfortunately, they don’t have interviews =(</p>

<p>and this def helped, haha! thank you so much!! :slight_smile: I’ll chance you back now</p>