Chance Me?

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Hello everyone, please chance me for the following schools.

I live in North Carolina so I am out-of-state for all of the public schools I am applying to.

Tufts
William and Mary
University of Virginia

Intended Major: International Relations
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.91.
SAT: 1410
ACT: 28 (super score of 30)

AP Classes
Sophomore Year - Psychology
Junior Year - US Government (0.5 credit), Comparative Government (0.5 credit), Environmental Science, US History, English
Language and Composition
Senior Year - Chinese, Microeconomics (0.5 credit), Macroeconomics (0.5 credit), European History, Calculus AB, Computer
Science A, English Literature and Composition

Leadership
-Elected President of National Honor Society (over 150 members)
-Co-President of the Habitat for Humanity Club
-Co-President of the Chinese Club
-Historian of my City Council’s youth council which consists of representatives from each school
-Committee Chair in my state’s Youth and Government
-Coached a YMCA youth basketball team
-I organized a dodgeball tournament for Habitat for Humanity where we raised over $1,100. Freshman year I organized a Student vs Faculty basketball game for the World Wildlife Fund and we raised about $800.

Other Activities
-Started a website where high school and college students representing all political beliefs can apply to write articles. Currently, we have over 60 student contributors in about 20 different states and a handful of different countries.
-Cross country in the fall, track in the spring since sophomore year
-Golf and soccer team during freshman year

Work Experience
-Summer intern (unpaid) at my US Senator’s local office and my US Congressperson’s local office
-1-week program with my governor’s office that involved office work and learning about state government
-Made around $1000 from creating an online political apparel website during the presidential election
-Worked at a fast food restaurant for 4 months

Summer Programs
-went to Tanzania for 3 weeks in the past summer to help work on a school then climb Mount Kilimanjaro
-went to Peru two summers ago for 2 weeks to do some general volunteer work and hike to Macchu Pichu

Awards
-Received an award that recognizes a young person for their philanthropy after being nominated by someone at Habitat.
-National Honor Society
-Chinese Honor Society

I would say that my essays are very good and I know one of my two recommendations is great, but I am worried that the second one might be kind of generic. I have not read them.

As of now, I think my test scores are weighing down my admission chances, so I am hoping my extracurriculars, essays, and interview will allow me to compete with other applicants.

Please be honest about my admission chances to all schools on my list.

Thanks!

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Also, I forgot to include this, but I am a semi-finalist for the NSLI-Y study abroad scholarship funded by the State Department for this summer. I don’t find out if I am a finalist until around March though. The program fits on with my intended major.

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Tufts - very unlikely
W&M - possibly
UVA - very unlikely out of state

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You have a good shot at W&M, idk about UVA, but I live near Tufts and I know a lot of people who either applied there and got in or got denied and what is prevalent is that Tufts really cares about your test scores. Some people I know with high 1400’s scores or even 1500 got denied. I would think about applying to UNC-Chapel hill just in case, where you would also have a solid shot and you’re in state, and it’s an extremely respected school. Do you have any other schools on your list? Also for international relations, you should think about adding George Washington University to your list as a fit school. They are amazing for political science and international relations. And also, if you haven’t already, visit Tufts and the other colleges. I have nothing against the school but I live near there and have been there many times, and as far as I know, W&M and UVA have MUCH nicer campuses then Tufts.

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@Keriell Thanks for the input! I actually have already applied to UNC-Chapel Hill and am planning to submit my application to George Washington either tomorrow or Thursday. Mostly, I was just curious about those three schools because I didn’t have any idea of where I stood in admissions.

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bump

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Can you give us the breakdown of your testing scores?

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SAT score is 710 on math, 700 on reading/writing. I didn’t end up sending my ACT score to any of these schools.

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I actually think you have a good shot at all three. As long as essays are kick A, I don’t see any real issue. Good job not sending that ACT.