chance me please!!! top tier schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I already posted this once, but I’m doing it again bc I left some stuff out and I just got my SAT II’s back (:

hey friends!!! I’m very nervous about this whole college application process and it would help make me less anxious if someone told me whether they think I have a chance at the schools I’m applying to and whatever.

I plan on applying to Georgetown (EA), Notre Dame (EA), uchicago (EA), Princeton, Harvard, Tufts, Brown and Northwestern. If I don’t get into any of my EA schools, I will look at applying to some safeties. Hopefully I get into at least one.

Intended Major: Neuroscience with pre-med track

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1560 (780 both)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 790 m bio, 790 m2, 800 ush
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): rank not given, top 10% definitely
APs: AP Biology (5), AP English Lang (5), APUSH (5)

Senior Year Course Load:
AP Chem
AP English Lit
AP Psych
AP Calc AB
Physics Honors
French 4

Awards/Honors:
-NHS (Secretary)
-FHS
-published in the NCBI database
-AP Scholar
-award of excellence in writing
-completion of the Waksman Students Scholars Program
-NJ Science League Certification

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
-6 years of field hockey on school team
-4 years of high school winter league field hockey (captain)
-3 years field hockey coach for kindergarteners
-co-founder of the future medical leaders of America club
-internship at Zarephath Health Center

Job/Work Experience:
-tutoring
-working at Mathnasium (a tutoring place)

Volunteer/Community service:
-volunteer EMT, over 400 hours - this is a huge part of my application and my life
-volunteer tutoring service at public library (I’m chair of this program)

Essays:
Common App: 9/10 I talked about one EMT call I had, and related it to my sisters mental illness and how people generally need to be more understanding of mental illnesses
Supplements: just started them yet, and I plan to polish them to perfection

Teacher Recommendation: asked my English 2 H teacher who I formed a relationship with. He thought I was an amazing writer and I expect him to talk me up. well at least I hope. I also asked my AP Bio teacher who adores me and thinks I’m very smart. So hopefully they’re good (:

Counselor Rec: probably somewhat impersonal, but, hey, what can you do when there’s 600+ kids in your grade

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: probably, although I won’t get any lol
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

thanks!!! ((((((:

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Hey! I’m also from New Jersey LOL. Well looking at what you have, I really don’t want to be a buzzkill, but what you have in terms of academics and EC’s is going to look ubiquitous among the other applicants (although I’m really jealous of if LOL).

However, in my opinion, the one thing that makes you stand out is the personal aspect of your essay. I think that if you can really make it “amazing”, you’ve got a decent shot. I would say the same for your supplemental essays: look for something that makes you stand out and relate it back to the prompt.

Also, since you’re in New Jersey, I’m gonna recommend the school I’m currently attending: University of the Sciences. They just started a BS in Neuroscience, and you’ll probably get the top scholarship ($22.5K). Besides that, you will probably get into one of the schools you just listed, but I can’t tell which one for sure.

I hope this helped and best of luck!