Chance me please!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, please help me decide if I'm looking at unrealistic colleges or not!!
I go to really academically rigorous private catholic school if that influences anything.
Also, I'm Hispanic. </p>

<p>Colleges:
UVA
Northwestern
Cornell
UT Business school</p>

<p>My grades:
All A's for four years
3.8 GPA
2120 SAT (620 M, 740 CR, 760 W)--> retaking hoping for higher math
30 ACT
Took 3 honors freshman year, 2 sophomore, 1 junior, 1 senior #slacker
2 AP's- AP gov and APUSH
5 on APUSH test
School doesn't rank but I know I'm top 8%</p>

<p>EC's:
Soccer all 4 years
Ambassador- tour school, go to events
Active Key Club member- community service opps.
American African Outreach Society- teach refugees how to read and set up their apartments
Senior Retreat Leader- lead small group of seniors in deepening class bond
Rec Soccer league
School's ESPN Club
Handball Club- Play European-style handball (very fun)
Co-ed soccer team</p>

<p>Community Service:
Scholars program- go out to elementary schools and teach 7th, 8th graders English classes
Feed my starving children- hand-pack meals for malnourished children
Everybody's Christmas- provide Christmas day dinner experience for the homeless and needy</p>

<p>Work Experience:
I worked as a ref for two years
Worked at a country club over the summer in the golf shop</p>

<p>Awards & Honors:
Principal's Honor Roll- all four years, awarded to students who make above a 90 average for the entire semester
Award for excellence in Math- best math student (irony)
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Essays: Talking about not making baseball team, and the second one is about feeling out of place at Catholic school when I'm Protestant. </p>

<p>Ok thats it, thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Did you really just go “#slacker” for your senior year and expect to go to Northwestern?</p>

<p>Sorry, big big reach. Same for every other school. Top schools will hate that you aren’t taking hard classes. </p>

<p>Also, that essay about being a Protestant in a Catholic school sounds pretty painful to read. If you are going to mention religion in an essay, don’t talk about one version of Christianity vs. another… of all things. You shouldn’t be mentioning religion at all if it sounds “preachy” or you mention devotion to the religion or a god. Personal beliefs that are super controversial do not belong in a college essay. How do you know the reader isn’t Muslim? Jewish? Hindu? The worst would be if your reader is an Atheist and he/she completely disregards whatever you believe. Anyway, I’m getting off topic. Point is, the reader could easily have a bias. </p>

<p>PS: The baseball team thing doesn’t sound very unique. Everybody talks about sports struggles. Everybody has sports struggles…especially something petty like making a team. “I didn’t make it. I trained super hard and learned more about myself, ultimately developing my sense of independence and self worth” blah blah blah blah</p>

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<p>Sorry for the kind of aggressive response. I just think you need to seriously reevaluate your schools if you think it’s appropriate for a supposed Ivy league level applicant to be taking one honors class his senior year. I’m just being honest. You can still get into great schools but AWESOME schools want more.</p>

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<p>When talking about college essays, I was told there are no topics you need to avoid if you can present them in an original way (if and only if).</p>

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<p>truthfully ive lived a pretty good life so the only real failure i’ve encountered is not making baseball team lol and as for the religion essay i dont delve into the minute details of protestant vs catholic but i see your point. thanks doe</p>

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<p>Lol its fine i appreciate honesty, do you think schools like UNC and emory or more in my range, I’m open to suggestions.</p>

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<p>Maybe. UNC will be very tough if you are OOS.</p>

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<p>Northwestern is definitely a reach</p>

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<p>Ok so northwestern is clearly out lol, but what about UT business school because that’s what I’m really hoping to get into</p>

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<p>bump!!bump!!</p>

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<p>UVA: Low Reach
Northwestern: Reach
Cornell: Reach
UT: High Match</p>

<p>Like the others have said, I think you’ve got a solid body of work besides your admittedly lower level of coursework. Still good though.</p>

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<p>k thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>bumpbumpin</p>

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<p>Bump, and got 720 on lit and us history if that changes anything</p>

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<p>Bro come to Norcal and go to like UC san diego or Irvine. Pretty good business programs :). Lifes also chill here in LA.</p>

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<p>Ha ok thanks man who knows ill definitely look into it and I bet life in California is pretty nice lol</p>

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<p>I dont see why everyone says you are slacking off but your a low reach/match to all those schools except northwestern.which is a reach for most people btw but what do i know im a kid sitting in front of a computer just like you</p>

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<p>Haha thanks</p>

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<p>UVA: High Match/Low Reach
Northwestern: Low Reach
Cornell: Reach
UT: Match</p>

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<p>Your SAT is good for some of the more top schools. Honestly, being Hispanic will help a lot. My half African American/Half Mexican friend got a full ride to UCLA with way lower test scores and grades than you have. You probably should have taken harder classes junior and senior year…and how do you have 3.8 gpa with “all As”? Becuase of this I think Cornell and Northwestern will be tough, but UT and UVA are matches! Good Luck!</p>