Chance Me? Worried?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a Junior and looking to see how I stack up in applying for colleges my Senior year. I've been looking on this website a lot and I'm a little worried about my chances.</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 3.88 (projected 3.9 by 1st semester 12)
Unweighted GPA: 3.64 (projected 3.7 by 1st semester 12)
Top 10% (school doesn't rank)
SAT: 1880 (math was low, projected after taking practice test: 2060)
ACT: 28 (same as above, projected 32)
SAT II: US History 610 (taking Chemistry, World History, Math I this Spring)
AP: US History 3 (taking Psych, World, Language this Spring)</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
AP Literature
AP Biology
Honors Pre-Cal/Trig
AP Gov
A Capella Choir
Anatomy/Physiology
Spanish 4</p>

<p>EC/awards/other stuff</p>

<p>Cheerleading 9
Choir 10 11 12 Women's Select as a Sophomore, A Capella as a Junior and Senior
Arkansas All-Region Choir 10 11 (35th chair 10, 5th chair 11)
Gay Straight Alliance 10 11 12
Spanish Levels 1-4
Lead in school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream 10
Lead in school production of Thoroughly Modern Millie 11
100 + hours Washington County Teen Court Volunteer (juror and attorney)
20 + hours Political Phone banking in 2010 elections
Collected Care Packages for the Troops in the Middle East 9
Attended Arkansas Choral Connection Choir Camp 5 years
National Spanish Honor Society
Projected member of NHS
Honor Roll
Some awards for taking the National Spanish Exam in 9 and 10 (need to check again; taking Level 3 NSE this Spring)
Hopefully will have attended Arkansas Governor's School this summer in either Natural Sciences or Drama (have applied)</p>

<p>Double Major Biology and Spanish or Music, or Biology with a minor in Spanish or Music (going Pre-Med)</p>

<p>White Female
Fayetteville High School (Arkansas)</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to:
WashU St. Louis
Notre Dame
Johns Hopkins
Trinity College – Hartford
Vassar
Cornell
Duke
Muhlenberg
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Potsdam</p>

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<p>WashU St. Louis-reach
Notre Dame-reach
Johns Hopkins-reach
Vassar-high match
Cornell-reach
Duke-reach
Muhlenberg-match
SUNY Binghamton-match
SUNY Potsdam-match </p>

<p>Even with a 2050 SAT/32 ACT, in which I think the ACT is better, Notre DAme, Washington, Duke, Cornell are a long shot, your ECs are good, but not great and will not help counteract the low test score</p>

<p>When taking the SAT II try for 750 and above for elite schools, and do not take solely Math I, taking Math II I think will be more to your benefit</p>

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<p>WashU, Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins, Vassar, Cornell, Duke-Reaches, but you have a good shot at them.</p>

<p>SUNY Binghamton-High Match</p>

<p>Muhlenberg-Match</p>

<p>SUNY Potsdam-Maybe Safety/Match, depending on how many out of state students they take. </p>

<p>Maybe you should look for a few more safeties, because these are competitive schools. Also, take AP or honors Spanish if it is offered at your school. Emphasizing your accomplishments in fine arts and Spanish would make your list of ecs seem like there’s more depth. I’d really pursue those areas and biology/science in general during the rest of hs to show colleges your interest in those fields. Good luck!</p>