Chance Me (Yale, Chicago, Brown, Rochester, Pomona, Swarthmore),

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2260
ACT: 33 (might retake and try to get a 35)
GPA: 4.2 (elite, competitive private)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP US History (waiting for score to return, but likely a 4 or 5), AP Language (waiting for score to return, but likely a 4 or 5), AP Lit (next year), AP Environmental (waiting for score and probably a 5), AP Calc (next year), AP Bio (next year), AP Chinese (next year), AP Human Geography (5), AP Music Theory (next year), AP Psychology (5).
Senior Year Course Load: Honors history elective (no more AP options), AP Lit, AP Chinese, AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Music Theory, Orchestra, Newspaper, French II, Leadership Seminar
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, finalist in national Chinese competition</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>Sports:
Varsity Cross Country (9-11 and will participate as a senior, lettered each year, regional qualifier grades 10-probably 12, captain grades 11 and likely next year, MVP award in grade 11).
Varsity Track (10-11 and will participate as a senior, lettered each year, likely captain in grade 12).</p>

<p>Science:
Science Intern (10-present, 700 hours, worked on AIDS research at top research university with a scientist, publications pending).
Will enter Siemens competition.
Multiple school and local science awards.</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Service Learning Coordinator (10-11), organizes events for school relating to service.
School's Service Learning President for next year, manager of all service projects.
600 hours of volunteering at a local organization.
Manny school awards for service.
Tutor for nearly all subjects (100 hours).</p>

<p>English:
Writer for school’s newspaper (10-present).
Editor for school’s newspaper (11-present).
Member of school’s writing club (10-present).
Won some competitive national writing awards.
Wrote and self-published three books (9-12).
Founder and president of a reading club (10-12).</p>

<p>Global Studies/Politics:
Member of Young Democrats club (9-12).
Vice president of Young Democrats club (11).
President of Democrats club (starting senior year).
2 week summer trip to Africa for immersion and science.
Internship at local political office over winter and spring breaks (100 hours).</p>

<p>Mathematics:
On school math team.</p>

<p>Music:
Piano player (11 years), flute player (8 years), piccolo player (5 years).
Member of school orchestra.
Private flute lessons (7 years).
Private piccolo lessons (5 years).
Private piano lessons (8 years).
First chair flute and piccolo in school orchestra (11-present).
Flute teacher (10-present).
Member of a highly-competitive youth orchestra (11-present).
Classes at a local college in composition (10-present).
Composer of several pieces, one of which is being played by school orchestra at a concert.</p>

<p>Languages:
Chinese (5 years).
French (2 years).
Won major award at a national competition.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: 150 hours at local ice cream shop.
Summer Activities: Working in the science lab, volunteering, job, studying, traveling, etc.
Essays: Should be good. Writing is one of my biggest strengths.</p>

<p>Country: USA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Bump? Please? :slight_smile: I’ll chance back.</p>

<p>Is it even possible to have that many ECs? Why are you even asking this? You have a good shot at all of those. Yale and Brown will be reaches for anyone. </p>

<p>You don’t need a 35 on your ACT. Your SAT score is fine. Take some subject tests.</p>

<p>The only thing that might detract from your app is that your ECs are really scattered, you don’t really seem to have a passion. That and it appears you started most of your ECs in 10th grade which could be viewed as you were “shopping for ECs” to pad your application at that point.</p>

<p>Anyone else? :)</p>

<p>I say you have a very real shot at all of these schools except Yale and that’s only because it’s Yale haha I’d be surprised if you didn’t get into Rochester, UChi, or Swarthmore. If I were you I would really start to specifically target one major and get involved extracurricularly with it. It sounds like you’re a little all over the place, so for senior year just get some focus. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back for UChi and Penn? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1350153-first-cc-post-sorry-its-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1350153-first-cc-post-sorry-its-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;
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