Chance Me Pretty Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Looking at Johns Hopkins as my most desired (Stanford and Duke are my super reaches),
Followed by:
University of Miami
UC Santa Barbara
UCBerkley
Possibly UC San Diego(?) as my next most desired after JHU.
Degree in marine bio/zoology/ general Biology</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (school doesn't weight): 4.0/ 97.3012
Unweighted rank: 5
ACT composite: 29 (retaking this fall)
Old Awards:
Selected as Johns Hopkins Talented Youth in middle school
Published a poem in a national book during middle school</p>

<p>Courses:
AP Literature and Language: 4
AP Calculus: 5
(Couldn't take any other S.S. or Lit AP's as courses)
Senior Year:
AP Bio
AP Stat
AP Literature & Comp
AP Comparative Gov't
Chinese 4
AP Enviro
Chorale
Concert Choir (selective, audition required)
(7 APs total by graduation)</p>

<p>Honors/ Awards:
Governor's School for Excellence
All State Band
All State Choir
Regional Medalist in Sci Olympiad 3 times
Selected as a member of the youth philanthropy board</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Spca camp counselor 3 times
Spca dog walker/ cat care taker
Food pantry
Killens Pond Clean Up
Adopt-A-Highway
Rain Garden</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
Women's Choir
Librarian of Chorale
President and Founder of Chinese Club
Captain of Sci Olympiad
Co Captain of Quizbowl
Vice President of Earth Club
National Honor Society
Chorus member/Actress during the Production of Annie</p>

<p>Work:
Baby/Pet sitter
Office Recpetionist during the summer</p>

<p>Other:
Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver
Participant in Distinguished Young Women (summer)
I play piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, contraalto clarinet, and contrbass clarinet. (Last 3 were for all state)</p>

<p>Ethnicity:
25% Puerto Rican
25% African American
50% White</p>

<p>I'm from Delaware, so less competiton hopefully! Students last year were accepted into Princeton, Stanford, and UPenn (which were all a shock for a public school)</p>

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<p>Anyone have any ideas?</p>

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<p>You have great grades! But…,your ACT is pretty low for those schools (not sure about UCSD and SB). You’re most likely in at Miami, but get the ACT to a 30 or 31 for some nice scholarship $$. You get your ACT to a 30+ and I’m sure you have good chances for the rest. The UCs will be expensive though as an OOS. Is there a reason you want to be in CA?</p>

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<p>Its because of the marine biology research capabilities, but thank you!</p>

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<p>yea try to raise your ACT a couple of points if you can (though I wish mine was nearly as high as yours) . keep in mine, when you want to get into the best schools, you have to be the best (or be super rich)</p>

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<p>Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll be retaking it soon, so during the beginning of the year I’ll focus on the act as much as possible</p>