Chance me please? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ethnicity - Chinese
Gender - Female</p>

<p>School - Your average, fairly unremarkable public school. About 1000 students. In Idaho, though, might be an advantage?</p>

<p>GPA Weighted 4.5
Class rank: 1/234
Course load: Most rigorous - at our school, at least</p>

<p>ACT: 35 Writing: 8 (bleh, i know)</p>

<p>SAT I:
Math - 710
Critical Reading - 780
Writing - 650 got a 6 on the essay (i hate timed essays)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math II - 660
Biology M -740
Literature - 740</p>

<p>AP Tests:
US History - 4
World History - 4
English Language - 4
Biology - 5
Chemistry - 3 <---I blame this on the teacher :/</p>

<p>This year I'm taking:
Government
Physics B
Calculus AB
English Literature</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty decent at least, might even be quite good, but not amazing</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Counselor: Likes me, but doesn't know me that well...didn't see the letter
Teacher 1: Math teacher for 2 years, should be good - didn't see the letter
Teacher 2: English teacher, good but not excellent</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: My ECs aren't that great, probably gonna be my weakness
-No school sports, though I do play sports outside of school for fun (DDR should count as a sport!)
-Clubs: NHS, Foreign Language, Interact, Chess(I've won several chess awards, but again, nothing extraordinary), no leadership positions though.
-Yearbook 3 years, Co-Editor and Editor-in-Chief
-Yearbook and journalism camps
-I've been playing the cello for 7 years, private lessons, school and city orchestra on-and-off through the years.</p>

<p>Community Service:
-Helped out with the community Chinese Association with events for a few years
-Volunteer at the local hospital (very few hours though)
-NHS service hours (40)
-Taught bible study at church to little kids for 2 years</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-JCPenney's sales associate, 3 months
-Summer internship at the local newspaper, wrote and published some articles for them</p>

<p>Other stuff:
-National Merit Semifinalist
-HOBY (Hugh O'brien Youth Leadership) alumni
-Did a 40 hour-research program at the local college</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Stanford EA - Rejected</p>

<p>UPenn - Wharton or Arts and Sciences, still deciding
Chicago - probably my first choice now
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Southern California
Virginia</p>

<p>So what do you reckon my chances are?</p>

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<p>UPenn - Wharton--Reach<br>
UPenn - Arts and Sciences--Slight Reach
Chicago - Depends upon the essay--anywhere from Match to Reach (right now, I'd say slight reach)
Duke--Reach
Johns Hopkins--Match to Slight Reach (closer to Match)
Southern California--Match
Virginia--Match (safe match if you lived in Virginia)</p>

<p>P.S. Your biggest problem isn't a lack of sports, it' a lack of academic competitions (math, science, debate, etc.), which is almost a requirement for Duke, Penn-Wharton, and Chicago.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks! That's helpful to know.
I know I don't have enough of the academic stuff, but my school just does not offer academic decathlons or quiz bowls or anything. I suppose I should have joined the debate team...oh well.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>