chance me please!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hi. if anyone would be willing too, please chance me! it would really mean a lot. thanks!!</p>

<p>ethnicity: asian american
gender: female
location: long island, new york (i go to a highly competitive public school. 10 people went to HYPSM last year.)
class size: about 330
gpa: 3.864 weighted gpa: 4.113
(my grade for a class was changed so my gpa will go up slightly.)</p>

<p>AP classes: (i know my scores aren't great...)
-ap european history -- 4
-ap language and composition -- 4
-ap us history -- 4
-ap statistics -- 5
-ap biology -- 4
-ap calculus bc
-ap government
-ap spanish
-ap literature
-ap physics b</p>

<p>ecs/honors: (yeah i haven't done a lot...)
-model United Nations -- secretary
-tri-m music honor society -- vice president
-art honor society
-national honor society
-spanish honor society
-debate club (only in ninth grade though)
-stitching for care -- secretary
-engineering club
-varsity fencing -- (i'm most likely going to be girls sabre captain? season didn't start yet, so i'm not positive.)</p>

<p>ecs / outside of school</p>

<p>-long island youth orchestra -- violinist
-rock can roll -- volunteer work
-saturday swim -- volunteer/paid work at school, teaching younger students how to swim
-ap scholar with distinction</p>

<p>i have pretty strong recommendation letters (one from guidance counselor, one science, one english, one spanish, and one possibly from my engineering teacher)</p>

<p>scores:
sat super score: 2200 (i took it twice) single: 2160 and 2140
sat math and english: 1480/1600
act: 31 (i know it is bad. I am taking it again next week. expecting it to go up.)
sat math ii: 770
sat biology: 770
sat us history: 660 (i really don't plan on sending this score)</p>

<p>Schools that I am considering right now are followings;
I know there are a lot of schools, but it would really help if someone could chance me.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Brown
Wash U
Cornell
CMU
UCLA
Tuffs
Boston College
Lehigh
Swathmore
Pomona
Wellesley
Vassar
Hamilton
Wesleyan
Colgate</p>

<p>thanks so much!! :)</p>

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<p>Quite the exhaustive list, eh…a few comments before I give my thoughts:</p>

<p>-ECs are good for you, and I’m sure you worked hard for them, but colleges see them as “typical” (or at least, I’ve seen similar ECs in other chance threads). You’ll need a special standout essay to emphasize your characteristics and personalities beyond hundreds of words in print, or you’ll be “just” another applicant.</p>

<p>-Being Asian may help you in <em>some</em> Liberal arts colleges, so see if you can spin off a bit about diversity; they need diversity as a general goal.</p>

<p>-Generally, I see you as a high-grade applicant in a tough school applying to high-end schools. That’s great, but even the highest institutions can see that as “expected” these days, sadly…</p>

<p>Anyways, with those in mind: </p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: Low Reach/Reach
Northwestern: Reach
Brown: Reach
Wash U: Low reach
Cornell: Low reach
CMU: Low Reach/Match?
UCLA: Match
Tufts: Match or Low Reach
Boston College: Low Match or Match
Lehigh: Match
Swathmore: Reach
Pomona: Reach
Wellesley: Reach
Vassar: Reach
Wesleyan: Low reach/match?
Colgate: Low Reach/match</p>

<p>Where will you be interested in applying early Action/ED?
Tough list, but you seem tougher. Give ;em a shot!
PS: Would you mind chancing? Always looking for fresh thoughts.
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<p>Thanks and good luck!</p>

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<p>matched: john hopkins,northwestern, cornell, ucla, BC, vassar</p>

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<p>ok thanks so much!!!</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross-top25 LAC.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I am thinking to apply E/D to Johns Hopkins or Northwestern. Do you think there is a chance?</p>