Chance me plz!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I attend a public school in GA. Not very competitive. Hardly anyone goes to the Ivys or other top 20 schools</p>

<p>SAT MA-650, CR-620, WR-600
SAT II Bio 750, US History 630</p>

<p>Last year had AP classes in Gov, Hist(4) , and Bio(3)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule
AP Cal AB
Environmental Sci
AP Economics
AP Literature
AP Physics B
AP Psychology
Anatomy and Physiology
My GPA is only a 3.5uw (school doesnt weight) and I'm ranked abt 50/500 (just about top 10%)
I have taken THE MOST demanding schedule including Three yrs of French and a yr of Latin</p>

<p>EC's
I was a MIT (minister in training) at church
Sunday School Teacher
Co-founder and leader of Teen Ministry
Choir Director
Heavily involved in Total Man Ministry (our outreach/missionary/homeless group)
-Ran numerous clothing food drives. Was at the shelter every other Sat. morning
Pres of Latin Club
Founder of Environmental Sci Club
Blood Drive Team Leader
Pro-Life Club VP
Peer Tutor
Elementary School Tutor
Mentor to boy with autism
Horse back riding (LOVE IT!)</p>

<p>Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine this summer</p>

<p>Hooks
I'm a black male
I went to Africa this summer on a medical mission
Overcame abuse, rape, death of grandmother resulting in me moving from OH to GA in the middle of junior year
Worked 15-20hr/week (part of that at church though, I was there nearly every day!) to supplement our family income</p>

<p>Awards - Nothing special</p>

<p>Honor Roll
Commended Nat'l Merit Scholar
Published Poet
Gold Metal on Nat'l Latin Exam
Made Homecoming Court
Some church awards</p>

<p>I think it looks like I do too much but I was actually very involved in everything that I did.</p>

<p>Recs - One from AP US History teacher, GREAT
Other from my pastor it should be great too. He said he had to chop it down from 2 pgs though. (I'm upset Rice only looks at teacher and counselor)</p>

<p>Essays</p>

<p>Common - About me overcoming abuse, rape, suicide, and my grandma's death and how it helped me to become a better person</p>

<p>Supplement - How being in Africa changed me and I now value others differently</p>

<p>Schools</p>

<p>RICE - ED I want this school so badly - info session, overnight visit, great interview
The woman who will read my app (I know she will) knows me by name and face (long story)</p>

<p>Emory - visited and info session
Vanderbilt - interview
Northwestern
U of Chicago
Amherst
Williams
Swarthmore
Pomona
Claremont
UGA - safety
Morehouse - safety
will probably narrow the list down a bit</p>

<p>So any chance???</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>c'mon somebody??</p>

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<p>Emory - Match
Vanderbilt - Reach
Northwestern- High Reach
U of Chicago- High Reach
Amherst- Super Reach
Williams- Super Reach
Swarthmore- Super Reach
Pomona- Reach
Claremont- Reach
UGA - Safety
Morehouse - No Clue
You should get more matches/safeties
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<p>Hey how do you link your title? And yes, I'll chance you. And chance me?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/590938-your-application-has-been-submitted.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/590938-your-application-has-been-submitted.html&lt;/a> <---that's mine. And please teach me how to link my title to the page!</p>

<p>These are the ones I'm very sure about
Emory - Def. a reach...I suggest get your SAT's up to at least high 1900's to stand a chance....
Vanderbilt - Reach
Northwestern - Big reach
U of Chicago - Also big reach
Amherst -Also also big reach</p>

<p>However, with your ethnicity, Emory and Vanderbilt will be more of High matches. But if you want to be sure retake SAT's and/or ACT's
Good Luck</p>

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<p>tsh1226, all you do is look on your statistics page or on a thread that you already posted and look for the link that you want to paste. Right click on it and say copy link location and the when you paste, it will paste the link and voila!!</p>

<p>Also what are my chances for RICE!!! I want that school so much!!!</p>

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<p>above williams will be reaches, try to retake the sat and write a kick ass essay. the ones below are in fosho. </p>

<p>and uga is a great place btw, frats, smart kids, athletics, it's got it all i think it's quality. </p>

<p>gl and thanks</p>

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<p>bummpppp</p>

<p>I have taken the SATs twice and seen no significant improvement. I am considering the ACT and maybe the SAT again in December but I really want Rice and it is too late to improve my scores. If you guys dont think that I will get in then maybe I should but if not, would it be a waste of money???</p>

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<p>thanks for the chances, we're applying to a lot of the same schools!</p>

<p>seems like you overcame a lot. The URM status will help you a lot too. </p>

<p>RICE ED: pretty sure you'll get in. yay!
Emory - in
Vanderbilt - match/low reach
Northwestern: low reach
U of Chicago: low reach
Amherst: reach
Williams: reach
Swarthmore: high reach
Pomona: low reach
Claremont: low reach
UGA - safety
Morehouse - safety</p>

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<p>thank you esoteradactyle, you make me feel good. I was thinking along those lines but I could not be sure. I might drop some of the LACs and just keep Claremont and Pomona.
And, Vanderbilt sends me something nearly EVERYDAY!!! Is that a good sign that they want me???</p>

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<p>I think you've got a fair/good shot at all your schools. The fact that you're a URM with good SAT scores helps. Also, you're involved w/ your ministry which shows in your EC activities.</p>

<p>Your individual background helps also, and your essays should do a good job showing it.</p>

<p>You've got it all, just hope for the best now.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

<p>edit: i say you're in for Rice ED, but im no fortune teller</p>

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<p>I don't know that much about Rice, but looking through your stat, I think you stand a great chance.</p>

<p>You have a good stat(might not be overly outstanding like those few here on CC) and a very good hook for the colleges to accept you. It would probably help a lot if you could raise your SAT score.</p>

<p>Rice ED - see above
Emory - in
Vanderbilt - match
Northwestern - low reach
U of Chicago - high match/low reach
Amherst - reach
Williams - reach
Swarthmore - reach
Pomona - low reach
Claremont - high match/low reach
UGA - safety
Morehouse - safety</p>

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<p>RICE - ED I want this school so badly - info session, overnight visit, great interview
The woman who will read my app (I know she will) knows me by name and face (long story)</p>

<p>i say a high-match for Rice with ED. GL I hope you get it!</p>

<p>Emory - visited and info session- reach
Vanderbilt - interview-??? high-match?
Northwestern-reach
U of Chicago-reach
Amherst-reach
Williams-??? match?
Swarthmore-low-reach
Pomona-reach
Claremont-low-reach
UGA - safety
Morehouse - safety</p>

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<p>Emory - Low Match
Vanderbilt - Low Reach
Northwestern- High Reach
U of Chicago- High Reach
Amherst- High Reach
Williams- High Reach
Swarthmore- Super Reach
Pomona- Medium Reach
Claremont- Reach
UGA - In/ Maybe into Honors College
Morehouse - Safety (Historically Black school)</p>

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<p>Rice ED -in
Emory - in
Vanderbilt - match
Northwestern - reach
U of Chicago - reach
Amherst - reach
Williams - reach
Swarthmore - reach
Pomona - reach
Claremont - match
UGA - safety
Morehouse - safety</p>

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<p>okay so I did Rice ED
I'm thinking abt just applying to Rice, Vandy, Claremont, Morehouse and UGA(done EA)
and forgoing the others (the high-end LACs)</p>

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<p>Emory: match
Northwestern: match
Vanderbilt: match</p>

<p>I don't know much about the otherss :(</p>

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<p>rice ed - yes!
emory - yes
vanderbilt - probably
northwestern - probably
u chicago- yes
amhearst - yes
williams - reach
swarthmore - low reach
pomona - not familiar enough
claremont - not familiar enough
uga - yes
morehouse- yes</p>

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<p>bump bum bump</p>

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<p>Hmm, well I know you're getting tons of different responses. I'd say, don't be overly confident but be sure to use your ethnicity and your improvement to your advantage. I'm sure you'll get in a lot of places, and you have great EC's.</p>