Chance me please? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>STATS: </p>

<p>SAT: 2090 composite, 780 CR, 600 M, 720 W
UW GPA: 3.3
W GPA: 3.9</p>

<p>My GPA is kind of low because I got REALLY sick for an entire month this year :/ </p>

<p>ACT: Haven't taken it yet, taking it in June. </p>

<p>Class Rank: There are 20 people in my class so we don't rank.</p>

<p>Junior year schedule: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP US History, AP English III, Algebra 2
Senior year schedule: AP Enviro, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Psychology, AP English IV, AP Spanish V </p>

<p>APs: All pending since I haven't taken them yet, but I'm pretty confident I'll score well. </p>

<p>ECs (although I don't know how much UT really cares about them):
President of Rugby Club sophomore, junior and upcoming senior year
NHS Vice President upcoming senior year
Model UN all four years, Captain/Head delegate junior and senior year
Debate sophomore, juunior and upcoming senior year
Student council program director
Intern at a law firm
Cheerleading sophomore, junior and upcoming senior year, Cheer captain senior year</p>

<p>Reccomendations: Two GLOWING reccomendations, one from my AP Chem/math teacher and one from my APUSH teacher
Essays: I have an idea of what I want to write mine about, writing is most definitely my strong point so I have no worries about it. </p>

<p>Hooks:
Black female, I guess? </p>

<p>Applying: UT Austin, Southern Methodist University, UT Arlington, Boston University, NYU, Fordham, American University, UC Santa Barbara, CU Boulder, and Sarah Lawrence.</p>

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<p>I had very similar stats (although i am a white male, so you should get some bump for being black…even if you don’t need it) and i applied to many of the same schools. (3.2, 9 APs, 2090 SAT) Make sure to include an explanation of why your grades were hurt in your application under the special circumstances section. They really do take that into account.
UT Austin - high match
Southern Methodist University - match
UT Arlington - safety
Boston University - high match (write a good essay. it matters a lot at BU.)
NYU - low reach
Fordham - reach (they dropped admissions percentages like 12% to like 37% this year and i wouldn’t be surprised if they dropped significantly again next year. it sounds like fordham is aiming to make it into the top 25, so it’s a tough time to apply.)
American University - match as long as you show interest. apparently, the only thing that american cares about is how many times you have visited campus and if you’ve interviewed. i was waitlisted and i know many people who actually had worse stats. obviously i’m not the perfect example or anything, but definitely keep in contact if you want to go to AU. it’s all they really care about as far as i can tell.)
UC Santa Barbara - low reach
CU Boulder - safety (especially if you’re from colorado…i am and i know kids who had GPAs < 3.0 and ACT below 24 and still got in…)
Sarah Lawrence - i really couldn’t tell you hahaha</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I figured NYU AND UCSB were low reaches, my mom just wants me to apply to UCSB because it’s her alma mater.
I didn’t know that about Fordham! I thought it was a bit easier, shows what I know haha. I guess I thought it was easier because I know someone who got in this year with like an 1850 SAT, but he had a 4.0 GPA so that proably helped him a lot.
Thank you! :)</p>