Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I’m applying to Columbia, Amherst, UPenn, UVA, and Yale!!

Bio:
-Citizenship: U.S.
-State of residence: Delaware
-Race: White
-Gender: Female

School:
-Type (Public/private & size): Private school, about 55 per class
-Graduates (How many go to Ivy’s/top 20): 2-3 per class
-AP’s Offered: 12 offered; only available to upperclassmen besides AP World which is offered to select sophomores

Academic Profile:
-Unweighted GPA: 3.97
-Weighted GPA: 4.29
-AP’s: AP World 5, APUSH 5, AP Lang 4, AP Calc BC 2 (yikes…)
-ACT: 36, writing 8
-SAT: N/A
-SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 760 Literature
-Rank: school doesn’t rank but I’m definitely in top 3??
-Course Rigor: most rigorous available; I’ve taken all honors classes and 10 of 12 APs available

EC (In order of importance/commitment):

  • Theater (3 shows per year, president of student theatre organization and president of Drama Club)
  • Vocal music (member of chorus, select vocal ensemble at school; made All-State Choir for all four years and selected for All-Eastern and All-National choir last year)
  • Band and jazz band (play clarinet and tenor sax, section leader)
  • Sailing (founded team at school, girls’ co-captain)
  • founded Feminist Club at my school; we do community outreach and raise awareness
  • Volleyball (played varsity for 2 years)

Other Notables (College courses you’ve taken, papers published, created own website, TAing a class, ect):

  • Appeared on the Jeopardy Teen Tournament in 2016!

Honors:

  • National French Exam bronze level, 2016
  • National Merit Commended Scholar, 2016/2017 (not sure what date since I took the PSAT last year but got the news this year)
  • Cum Laude Society, 2016-present
  • French Honor Society, 2016-present
  • AP Scholar, 2016
  • Governor’s School for Excellence in Drama, 2015

Work:
-Sailing instructor, 2015-present (I also volunteered for a whole summer before that teaching kids how to sail)

2

Senior also applying to UVA.

Your scores are very good (RIP Calc though), schedule and EC’s all look solid. UVA is probably a high safety, Columbia and Amherst high matches, and uPenn+Yale low reaches. If you’re good enough at volleyball to be recruited by any of these schools, you should almost certainly get in.

3

In at UVa and Amherst 50/50 at Columbia, Yale, and UPenn. Scores are obviously great but nothing makes you stand out so its basically just rolling the dice.

4

You’re obviously very qualified, but I think it’s a bad idea to consider any of these schools safeties or matches. Columbia and Amherst are not “high matches” for anyone. If this is your full list, you DEFINITELY need to add real safeties and matches.

However, I do think you’ve got a fighting chance, so work hard on your essays!

5

I think you have a great shot at UVA and a good shot at Amherst. Yale, Columbia, and Penn are all reaches as they are for basically every applicant.

6

all these schools are reaches except uva which is a high match.