Chance me, pretty please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey! I've been fighting, but i gave in and decided to post one of these.
I'm a black female, rising senior, from NJ. I go to a pretty good public High school and am middle class ($130,000-160,000 range)
Both my parents attended college, but they didn't finish their degrees</p>

<p>ok stats:
SAT: 2040
Reading: 660
Math:660
Writing: 720</p>

<p>ACT: 29 (am taking it again and expecting like a 30-32)
english: 33
reading: 32
science: 26
math: 26</p>

<p>GPA: weighted 3.9
unweighted:3.6
School does not rank, but i assume top 10-15%, but i dont really know</p>

<p>AP classes:
Psych: A- (91) junior year
senior year APs:
Bio
Comparative Gov&Pol
Latin
(also a public speaking class that my school considers AP, but is not officially)</p>

<p>6 years of Latin
8 honors classes
Got accepted into a program called HiTops that is an "advanced health course" were you give workshops to underclassmen about sexual health, drugs, homophobia, etc. very competetive about 250 students apply and only 16 boys and 16 girls get accepted.</p>

<p>ECs:
2 yrs of Latin Club
2yrs of Dead President Society (school history and social sciences club)
2 yrs of Law Club/ Amnesty International
10 yrs of Girls Scouts, completed Silver Award and a "Girl Power Journey"
1 yr Executive member of Class council
2 yrs of 600 project (leadership/community service group at my church)
2 yrs of being Track Team Manager
Summer job/internship at Rutgers University in Math department
W.E.B. Dubois Scholars Institute
Approx 100 hours of community service
2 Cum Laude Awards for National Latin Exam</p>

<p>ok so i want to major in either PoliSci, International Relations/Global Studies (my main pic), government, or something similar, but many of my extra curriculars dont show this cuz i wasnt sure what i wanted to do till like this year so i didnt have time to show my passion......
Im looking at American University, George Washington, Boston University, University of Pittsburgh, Boston College, (reaches) Georgetown, Haverford and Cornell.</p>

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<p>Bump… Bump…</p>

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<p>Anyone? Please! I’ll chance back</p>

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<p>You are an URM, which makes it harder, but these are my predictions…
P.S. I made these predictions based on what I know they look for (I have toured a few of them already and have at least considered almost all the others), not actually admissions stats.</p>

<p>American University - Match
George Washington - Match/Low Reach
Boston University - Match/Low Reach
University of Pittsburgh Match/Sort of a Safety
Boston College - Only school I don’t know enough about to give feedback
Georgetown - High Reach
Haverford - High Reach
Cornell - High Reach
Realistically I don’t think you will get into any of your reaches. You GPA and scores are low for all three. I recommend you apply to Haverford anyway because they have a holistic approach to admissions and may like your EC’s enough to overlook the slightly low stats. Cornell and Georgetown are both beyond competitive (I believe they both accept around 15 percent), so it is fairly unlikely.</p>

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<p>your GPA is low for schools like BU BC Georgetown and Cornell. So work really hard at the beginning of this year to increase it as much as you can because that is probably what could sink you if anything</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input and advise!</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>HiTOPS! <3 </p>

<p>As for your question, you’re into all of your non reaches. If you can increase your SAT score by 150-200 and have solid essays/LORs, I’d say at least one reach. By the way, you should also apply to other reaches like Dartmouth, Brown, etc. I could definitely see you getting into those. If I were you, I would look into EDing to one of the above schools I mentioned, considering your interests. One piece of advice: find a match school you’re happy with and then go all out for your reaches, this way you have nothing to lose. Heck, apply to HYP and you could be surprised. Good luck next year with your workshops</p>

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<p>Yay a fellow HiTopser! I’m really excited for next year! And thanks for the advice. I was kinda considering doing something like that so I don’t miss an opportunity to get into a really good university. But yeah, I’ll try to really raise my scores and am studying hard for subject tests to make sure I can get into the match schools.</p>

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<p>Bumping…</p>

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<p>I don’t see you getting into your reach schools. You might have a chance at BC but i don’t really see you at Cornell or Georgetown and i don’t know enough about haverford to comment. I think your in everywhere else though. Try to get your ACT to a 32 to better your chances. </p>

<p>chance me?</p>

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<p>Lalalala bump lalalalala</p>

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<p>Bumping again</p>