Chance me please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Sex: F
High school type: Public
Size of graduating class: 66 students</p>

<h1>of graduating students that attend two-year college:70%</h1>

<h1>of graduating students that attend four-year college:30%</h1>

<p>GPA (Unweighted): 3.82
GPA (Weighted): 4.54</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/66</p>

<p>SAT I:
Critical Reading: 800
Math: 540
Writing: 720</p>

<p>SAT II:
Literature: 680
US History: 780</p>

<p>AP Exams:
Art History: 5
Environmental Science:4
European History:5</p>

<p>Theater--9,10,11,12
Varsity Girls' Tennis--10,11,12
Varsity Boys' Tennis-Manager (12)
Health Careers Club--Events Coordinator (12)
Key Club--10,11,12. Secretary (11).
Science Club--9,10,11,12</p>

<p>I've participated in many beach and forest cleanups. I've also been active in my town's historical society and have volunteered for the town EMT squad. </p>

<p>At my high school I was the first sophomore ever to have taken an AP class (Art History). I was also the first person to ever be designated an AP Scholar in my school's forty-year history. I will also be the first person to have ever taken more than 4 AP courses (this year I take AP US Gov, AP Comparative Gov, AP English Lit, and AP Spanish). Out of the 7 APs that I will have taken, five of them are on-line courses--the exceptions Envi. and Spanish.</p>

<p>According to the AI (from "A is for Admission," by Michele Hernandez), my number is 215--so I'm basically in the five/six category. </p>

<p>I'm applying to Brown, Columbia, Penn, Georgetown, Tufts, Vassar, Skidmore, and TCNJ. I've already been accepted to Rutgers. I know my math score is reallyyy low, but since I have an 800 Verbal...you think anybody might be willing to ignore it?</p>

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<p>Bump, pwease? Pretty pwease? Haha.</p>

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<p>Your low math score will hurt you for sure.</p>

<p>I don’t know much about your other schools but this is what I think</p>

<p>Brown, Columbia, Penn - reach since ivys are a reach for anyone, and again your math scores will hurt</p>

<p>Georgetown - low reach to reach</p>

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<p>Colleges definately wont ‘ignore’ the fact that you received a low math score, but they’ll still take all of your other grades into fair consideration. In my opinion, you’re ECs and distinctions provide you a fair chance in every college you listed after Georgetown. Those ivys, however, may be critical of your SAT. Still, your honors and ECs may help you out. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Rank and GPA and SAT II scores look good. I dont know how much your great AP scores will help you. Colleges dont really use them for admission purposes. Usually the only way to report them is self-reporting them on your app. Your SAT I math seems a little low, but if you can take another SAT II in January because I think some colleges will take it (georgetown I think will). IF you can take the Math Level 1, and score around 690-740 it’ll compensate for your SAT I math score.</p>

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<p>You may not be a math person, but a 540 Math probably warrants a retake, based on your choices for colleges. Its barely above the US National average, and if you hope to have better chances at more selective colleges, you shoul probably raise everything to at least a 600, if not a 650+ range.</p>

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<p>other than the math score, i think your other scores/gpa are good.
if possible id definitely say to try to retake the math.
congrats on 800 cr, goodluck!</p>

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<p>At the ivies there are a lot of 800 or near 800 CR scorers. Over a quarter of Dartmouth´s freshmen class had over a 770 last year. This means chances they will ignore math at any ivy are slim. Try the ACT.</p>

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<p>Obviously your weakness (perhaps lone weakness) is that SAT Math score, so study and conquer it, a 650 is really realistic with some practice tests. But if you are seeking like a history, english, or journalism type major, you may be able to explain your way around that average math score. Powerful essays have conquered worse weaknesses…</p>

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<p>Can you retake math?</p>

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<p>You can’t retake one section, you have to take the whole test again, but a lot of schools are superscoring now days so even if your 800 goes down you can send both tests. Also You can take SAT II’s in math, they are some of the easier tests.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know you can’t retake just one section. If you’re a bright student, which you are, you can probably get 600+ with preparation no matter how bad at math you think you are. Retaking the SAT1 would be very wise.</p>

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<p>MY bad dmb41, I didn’t realize you were asking the OP if they had time to retake. I concur with dmb41, the math is like 65% algebra and basic math so 600+ is very very achievable with a bit of practice.</p>

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<p>Yeah- buy a Princeton review book and pound it to death- as long as you’re in Geometry or higher, you should be able to improve astronomically.</p>

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<p>I think you should be in at Vassar, Skidmore, and TCNJ. The rest are reaches of varying levels, but I think the chances of you getting into at least one of those remaining five colleges are pretty good. I do agree with others, though – if you could improve that math score, your chances would improve significantly.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the honest answers, guys. =)
bump!</p>