chance me please!

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<p>Stats:
• SAT: CR:680 , M:770 , W:690
• SAT II: 720 Math I , 700 World , 710 Biology:
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: UW:4.0 , W: 4.75
• Rank:not ranked (but I believe 1)
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP/IB [5]:
calc AB: 4, clac BC: 3, world: 5, eng lang:4, us gov: 4
Subjective
• Essaysretty good, reviewed by one adult and my sister
• Teacher Recs:good
• Counselor Reckay (considering his incompetence)
• Supplement Information (Y/N)robably piano supplement
• Interview:not done yet but will schedule
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): year long biomedical research internship with HHMI and NIH</p>

<p>Personal
• Location:MD
• High School Type: a few kids to schools like UChicago, Emory, Cornell, Brown
• Ethnicity: Persian
• Gender: F
• Applied for Financial Aid:Y</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurricular:NHS
Spanish Nat. Honor Society
Student Academy of Sciences
Students Against Destructive Decisions
taught Farsi
Iranian Music Group, group leader for one year
summer student at NIH
year long biomedical research internship with HHMI and NIH (only 20 kids get this each year)
340 hours community service tutoring and teaching and charity events for Children of Persia</p>

<p>• Awards:Mark Curtis Humanities Award
Honor Roll all of HS
Maryland Distinguished Scholar Semi-finalist
National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Is this good?! chance me! Duke is my top choice btw, but can't apply ED b/c of $$$.</p>

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<p>Chances are 50/50 for getting in, I think.
Good luck, :D</p>

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<p>see that’s exactly what I feared…I want to know what could make me and what could break my app (prob SATs)…idk here’s hoping</p>

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<p>Your EC involvement seems a little bit low (aside from the internship, which depending on how involved it was could make my statement completely inaccurate and ignorant) and you could use a few points on your SATs. My advice would be to try to bring that score up, either by taking the test again or maybe trying the ACT. that being said, you still have a reasonable shot, I just thought I’d tell you what could “make or break your app” since that’s what you seem to want. good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I don’t plan on taking the SATs again..I mean I’m fine with my score and it really bothers me that so much amphasis is put on it because it’s your results from one day of you life not the four years you spend on your school work! </p>

<p>But about the internship…it was very “involved” so to speak: full time during the summer for 8 weeks, then 20 hours a week for the entire school year, big presentationand research paper at the end…it just kind of stinks cause on my apps there is like zero room to write the details so I had to send in a cover letter from the head of the program instead…</p>

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