Chance me? Will Return the Favor

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White - Male - NJ - 1st Gen
GPA weighted - (98)
Top 10% - ~550 in class (doesn't give specific ranks)</p>

<p>Just about all AP and Honors courses throughout HS.
THinking about majoring in BIO or Biochem</p>

<p>Senior Sched:</p>

<p>Spanish 4 Honors
Calculus AP
English 4 Honors
AP Macro-Economics
Ap Biology</p>

<p>SAT results (first try):
M-720
CR-610
W-600</p>

<p>SAT #2
M-710
CR-620
W-680</p>

<p>Best Sections...M-720,CR-620,W-680 - total=2020</p>

<p>I'm going to take it one more time and I am scheduled for USH and Math 2 SAT IIs</p>

<p>Working experience-</p>

<p>Pizza Shop - 9th to 11th - 12 hours per week
Babysitter- when needed</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Vice President of my class for 2 years
-Member of student council (all four years)
-Interact club - officer next year - club that does community service
-Italian-American Club
-Student Alliance
-Philosophy Club
-Basketball league in which i've been playing since 2nd grade
-Another league in which i started playing since 6th grade
-National Honors Society
-Spanish Honors Society
-Accounting award for school</p>

<p>Volunteer:</p>

<p>Mentor to an autistic child
- Each week I spend one or two hours with an autistic child of a Families Fighting Autism family I know. Started in 11th grade to present.</p>

<p>Animal Orphanage
- Walk dogs at a local animal shelter</p>

<p>Highschool’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt
- Event when children come to Eastern and have a variety of acitivites to and food to eat. At the end, there is a egg hunt for all of the age groups.</p>

<p>Walk-a-Thon</p>

<p>Breakfast with Santa
- Annual event that children attend with many events going on and every child receives presents donated by the volunteers.</p>

<p>Senior Citizen Luncheon
- Annual event where the volunteers serve, talk, and entertain the the senior citizens who attend</p>

<p>Elementary Fair
- Volunteer at a elementary school (that i attended) annually when they have their fair</p>

<p>So what do you think my chances are at the following schools? (dont have to answer all, just as many as you feel like or as many as you know about):</p>

<p>Boston College
Bucknell
College of New Jersey
Lehigh
Northeastern
Penn State - UP
Rutgers NB
University of Delaware
University of Maryland - College Park
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania (big reach)
University of Florida
University of Miami
Villanova</p>

<p>So what do you guys think? Any other schools to look at?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your chances are quite good for all of the schools on your list, Northeastern, Bucknell, and BC will be your hardest (not including UPenn), but I would say that they’re only slight reaches. You seem like a person who really likes to stick to things year after year, which is a plus, but you aren’t really a stand-out applicant judging just by your post. I would consider Cornell, because it seems like a decent fit for you, and you could use a moderate reach on your list (something between Northeastern and UPenn). Also, I don’t really think it’s necessary that you apply to 8+ state schools. I would think about cutting it to around 3/4, to save yourself the hassle. You’re a pretty solid applicant, and you seem to have a good idea of where you fit, which is nice to see. Good luck applying.</p>

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<p>Congratulations on being made Interact officer! That club is very prestigious, seeing as Rotary is an extremely popular service club. I believe that you have a solid chance at all schools listed (besides perhaps UPenn). Is it possible for you to take AP English Lit instead of English 4 Honors?</p>

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<p>Your volunteer experience seems really good. You seem like a solid applicant.
Why don’t you cut down on three schools to save you time?</p>

<p>Work hard not only in your math and science subjects but others as well. Schools like to see a well rounded applicant.</p>

<p>good luck with everything</p>

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<p>you have a great chance at all these schools! you’re ECs and Academics look great.
the only ones that would be tough is UNC if you’re applying to Chapel Hill and UPenn.
I agree with the person above, you should definitely cut out some schools because it would be such a hassle to apply to all the schools you have listed. </p>

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<p>You seem to be a good all around in your application. You have pretty good test scores, great GPA, good schedule and great Ecs and voluntering areas. I think you have very good chnaces at all of them. I am most familiar with U of Michigan and I think that is a match. Pretty much all of the others a great too. There are only the few that have already been listed that I think will give you any bit of a hard time. I agree with everyone else, your list is a bit onlg so I guess it would be a good idea to narrow the list down by the schools you are most interested in actually going to if you get in (and of course make sure to keep safeties in that list). You will do great, so good luck! :)</p>

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