Chance me...why not?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Planning on applying to(in order of difficulty):</p>

<p>Yale (Early action single choice)</p>

<p>Harvard
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Williams
Wesleyan
Haverford
MacAlester
Maryland, CP (in-state). </p>

<p>Identity:
Asian American (I know, don't cringe.)
Female
Moved from S. Korea 6 years ago. (not that it really means anything.)</p>

<p>MAJORING IN: History and Philosophy. I know this for sure. </p>

<p>GPA:
3.91 UW(so far, but expect to go up to 3.95).
4.71 W(ditto, expect rise)</p>

<p>SAT's:
780 CR
770 M
660 W (planning to take SAT once more in June because of W)</p>

<p>SAT 2's
720 Math IIC
730 Spanish (w/o listening)
750 US History
800 Korean
800 Bio (Molecular)</p>

<p>AP's:
Scores known-
Government (4)
U.S. History (5)
Psychology (5)</p>

<p>Just taken-
BC Calculus
World History
English language
Spanish Language
Biology</p>

<p>Taking next year-
Macro & Micro economics
Human Geography
European History
2D design
English Literature</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate Team, Co-Captain. (Team has defended county championship for 13 years.)
Mock Trial Team, Lawyer
Spanish Honor Society, President
National Forensics League, Degree of Excellence
National Honor society, member
Science National Honor society, member
Junior Varsity volleyball for 9th and 10th, but no volleyball for 11th.
Youth Orchestra, viola
Philosophy Club, President
Asian American Club, member
Church
National Honors Convocation, Summer 2007- $1500 scholarship to attend. </p>

<p>Volunteer:
440+ hours, Marrow Donor center and Nursing House</p>

<p>Other than that, I have no real boosts or "tip-overs", or special awards.
I do have an outstandingly odd (in a good way) personality, what the heck. </p>

<p>My brother attends MIT, but that doesn't help at all, because I'm planning to go to liberal arts schools and study HISTORY, for god's sakes. </p>

<p>SO.
HIT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.</p>

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<p>I'd say only Harvard, Yale and maybe Gerogetown and Dartmouth are a slight reach. It sounds like your school is competitive so a 3.9+ isn't bad. Your test scores and EC's look good. I actually wouldn't bother retaking the SAT's. Colleges right now do not consider the writing portion much at all and your energies would be better invested in ensuring a GPA increase. Good luck!</p>

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<p>bump...anybody else, a thought about this?</p>

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<p>Any SAT score above 2200 is pretty good. And if you want to do humanities and history etc I suggest getting the writing above the 700 mark. But you never know with Yale and Harvard. You seem terrific but terrific kids do get rejected. Lots about chance and interviews etc.</p>

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<p>can you put all those EC's on your app?</p>

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<p>@icehot</p>

<p>I don't know...I certainly could try, and I'm pretty sure they do give a lot of space to write in EC's. If there isn't enough space, I guess I could just write in the most important ones...</p>

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<p>does yale still have early action, or did they get rid of it?</p>

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<p>do you live in HoCo?</p>

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<p>they have early action, but single choice. But I'm pretty happy because it's not binding like Early Decision. If you get in, you can choose to go, or apply to others for Regular Decision and then make a decision...</p>

<p>@eating food</p>

<p>Hoco? Howard County?
no, Moco--Montgomery County, MD
:D</p>

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<p>ohhhh :( oh well!</p>

<p>I think that you'll have interesting options next year. They're no reason why anyone shouldn't accept you, but you might get a couple random rejections/waitlists just cuz.</p>