Chance me please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi I’m a rising female senior and I wanted to see if I could get your opinion on my chances at my top schools: Georgetown (my absolute #1), Tufts, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Columbia, George Washington, American, WashU in St. Louis …. Pretty much any school with a strong International Relations/Affairs program, which is my intended major. I am classified as White; my family is originally from Egypt, I’m an Egyptian American. </p>

<p>Full IB Diploma Programme—Most challenging classes available
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 6.2
Rank: top 1-2%
10 AP Classes (8th grade – Junior Year) all passed with mostly 5s.
6 IB Classes
Senior Schedule: AP Cal AB, IB English HL, IB History HL, IB Anthropology HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB HL French
I speak French, Arabic, and English fluently. (plan to write about my heritage/ unique cultural perspective in my essays)
SAT: CR 670, M 630, W 800. Took again in June, expecting CR + M > 1400
SAT II: French 790, US History 730. Planning on taking World History, maybe Math I</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
- Class President (9th)
-Model UN (10th- 12th grades; Club Historian for 11th and 12th) I’ve placed in all the conferences (including national ones) I’ve attended and will probably write about this in one of my essays since I want to go into IR.
-Euro Challenge National Semi-Finalists (competition with Europe to present at NY Federal Reserve about problems in Euro Area economy)
-Summer IR Program at Georgetown (will talk about in my Interview w/ GTown alum)
-IBIS Voices Board (Student Government for IB Academy) VP 11th, Pres 12th
-National Honor Society 11th, 12th
-French Honor Society 10th, 11th, 12th
-Black History Brain Bowl 11th, 12th
-Student Government Association: Project Manager, 12th
-IB Memory Book Editor-in-Chief, 12th
-Internship with Miami Council on International Visitors (associated with US State Dept), Summer 12th </p>

<p>Community Service > 700 hours
-Summer Camp assistant for 2 summers
-School activities
-I founded a tutoring program at my elementary school for languages (French, Spanish, German). 10 tutors now help 50 students weekly.
-Volunteer weekly at local homeless shelter with children; arts and crafts/sports</p>

<p>Awards:
Principals Honor Roll
IB French IV/V Student of the Year (10th, 11th)
IB Math Studies Student of the Year (11th)
Smith College Book Award</p>

<p>Let me know what you think; any constructive advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!</p>

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<p>I live in Miami, FL, by the way, and attend a public magnet school.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Assuming you raise your SAT scores by another 100 points and write decent essays</p>

<p>Georgetown - low-mid reach
Tufts- same as above
Penn- high reach
Johns Hopkins- low to mid reach
Chicago- high reach
Columbia- high reach
George Washington- low to mid reach
American - IDK
Wash U in St. Louis -low to mid reach (depends on whether you like the school and would love to attend it)</p>

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<p>Thanks, DarthSpawnus! That’s right around where I thought I’d fall. Do you think there is anything other than raising SAT scores that I could do to raise my chances at schools like GTown, JHU, or Tufts? I’m not the best test-taker for SAT or ACT. </p>

<p>Also, does anyone know of other good schools for IR undergrad that I should look into given my stats/interests? Middlebury or William and Mary maybe? Boston College? I really appreciate any advice!</p>

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<p>McGill has an awesome IR program I believe, although I doubt you’d want to go all the way to Canada :P</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance at any of those schools. Your ecs are amazing. </p>

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<p>that first person is insane to say George Washington is a reach…that school is easy to get into.
George Washington and American-IN 100%
Tufts-High match/approaching safety
Columbia,Upenn, -high reaches/low matches
Wash. U-match
Chicago-match
john hopkins-match
georgetown-match</p>

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<p>honestly, your class rigor, ECs, and personal information are amazing (which probably means your essay and recs will be amazing). Your GPA is adequate(it won’t hurt you), and your test scores might be a little low but they are by no means horrible. You can be competitive anywhere in the country. Don’t listen to people like DarthSpawnus. He/she is 100% WRONG to say that every single one of those are reaches for you. Good luck and more importantly, NICE WORK SO FAR!</p>

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<p>University of Michigan has an excellent International Relations program</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the advice, everyone! I really appreciate it. I think the major thing that is keeping me back are my SAT scores; I’ll have to see what they are when they come out in a few days. Hopefully they’ve increased, at least above 1400 for math and reading combined. If not do you think should I take it for a 3rd time?</p>

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<p>Well it couldn’t hurt to take them a third time, but personally I wouldn’t. If you studied for the second time and they still didn’t improve, they aren’t going to improve a third time, that’s just as high as you can get most likely.</p>

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<p>Are you a native speaker? Or did you gain fluency through classes?</p>

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<p>Probably not.</p>

<p>You have EC’s that most applicants would die to have. In addition, they match up very, very nicely with your intended major. That will be a major boost to your application. If your SAT scores turn out the way you expect, you have good to very good chances at all the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>I’ve been taking French in school since the 1st grade, so I have the proficiency of a native speaker, but I don’t speak the language at home.</p>

<p>Thanks so much! I’ll try my best to chance you back, I’m not sure how qualified I am though :P</p>

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<p>Definitely consider Claremont McKenna or Macalester as good low reach schools. They are very good for international relations from what I hear.</p>

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<p>I think I want to stay more towards the East Coast, just to be closer to home and my family, but I’ll take a look at them regardless. Thanks!</p>

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<p>So, I didn’t do as well as I thought I would on the SAT… M 660, CR 690, W 780. Combined superscore that’s 1350 and 2150. I also took the ACT and got a 30, the writing portion hasn’t come out yet. I plan on taking both again in October and September. Does this significantly effect my chances?</p>

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<p>Tufts- mid reach
UPenn- high reach
Johns Hopkins - high reach
UChicago - same as above
Columbia - high reach
George Washington - safety
American - safety
WashU in St. Louis - high match</p>

<p>Please chance me back! In fact, I’m interested to major in IR also :slight_smile:
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<p>ACT and SAT’s: if you are committed to some intense studying over the summer and sure you can bring up your score, I say go for it.</p>

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<p>Tufts - match 70+%
UPenn - mid reach 30-40%
Johns Hopkins: low reach 50%
UChicago: high match/low reach 55%
Columbia: pretty high reach 20%
GWU: safety 90+%
American: super safety: 100% (unless they practice yield protection)
WUSTL: high match 45%</p>

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