CHANCE Me Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<li>SAT score of 1930 (W:690, M:640, CR:600)</li>
<li>Play 2 varsity sports, captain for both, school record holder</li>
<li>Go to decent high school in NJ (in top 800 in country)</li>
<li>Volunteer in soup kitchen</li>
<li>Active in school club</li>
<li>Single parent home</li>
<li>Extremely low income</li>
<li>first generation college student</li>
<li>GPA of 3.7 unweighted, 4.6 weighted</li>
<li>was chosen to present a project of mine in front of the Board of Education</li>
<li>top 10% of class </li>
<li>by the way I'm black (just throwing that out there)</li>
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<p>Please chance me for Duke, UVa, Brown, Cornell, Wake Forest, and American University</p>

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<p>Your SAT score needs to be improved–all that you listed are reaches.</p>

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<p>Duke, Brown, and Cornell are your high reaches. The rest are reaches or low reaches.
Your extracurriculars are up to par with everyone else applying, so that’s nothing too extraordinary. Your UW GPA is not great, but your W GPA is excellent. Your URM status will help. However, your SAT score is considerably lower than other applicants and may be the most detrimental factor if you want to be considered.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys for the input. So would i be competitive?</p>

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<p>Also, your essays, letters of recs, and supplemental questions should help you out depending on how much time you put into them.</p>

<p>I think, as of right now, American seems to be your best bet. But you never know with admissions counselors!</p>

<p>Good luck with everything!</p>

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<p>You have a very good chance at American, a decent shot at Wake and the rest are reaches. The fact that youre black helps your chances a lot. I have friends who have gotten 2000 on SATs and 2 have gotten into MIT and one into Amherst College. They all are model athletes too (seemingly like yourself) with good GPAs (like yours). So don’t be surprised if you get into one of those better schools!</p>

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<p>American: Low Match
Wake Forest: Match
UVA: High Match
Rest are reaches with Cornell being a low reach</p>

<p>Chance me
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