chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior at a NE boarding school.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
Freshman (2.89): Art B-, English C+, Religion B-, Precalc A-, Latin II B-, Physics B+
Sophomore (3.33): AP BC Calc- A, Biology B, English A-, World History B+, Religion B, Latin III B
Junior (3.41): AP US History B (really hard class, our valedictorian got a B+), Latin IV B+, Honors Chem B+, AP Physics (C) B+, Multivariable Calc A-, American Lit A-</p>

<p>EC's
Freshman: Concert Band (clarinet), Clarinet lessons, Debate Team, V Cross Country, V Nordic Skiing, JV Track
Sophomore: Choir (tenor), Debate Team, V Cross Country, managed JV Swimming while training for track, Winter musical, V Track, Voice lessons, piano lessons
Junior: Selective singing group (won't give the name cuz that'd give away my school), Choir, Debate Team, Voice Lessons, District Choir</p>

<p>Scores:
AP: BC Calc- 5. Physics C-probably 4's on both tests US History - definitely 5, I wrecked it
SAT (will retake): 2060 math: 700, CR: 640, Writing: 720 </p>

<p>Misc.
I'm halfway through a CTY Linear Algebra course, so I'm going to finish that this summer and take Differential Equations.<br>
I run year round. My 5K time is 16:40 on a grass/dirt course. My school doesn't really have a great distance running program, so my coach just let me do my own thing in XC. I'll probably stress this in the recruiting forms, because I'm sure I could be a lot better with decent coaching.
I might wrestle next winter and not run track (I'm not good at short distances anyway, so I'd just use the time to train for XC).
I got some award for writing sophomore year (1 given out per grade) and one for math this year (1 per class).
And I'm going to get a part-time summer job in a few weeks.
And I don't know if this matters, but I've been teaching myself to play blues guitar.<br>
I'm Hispanic</p>

<p>Overall GPA 3.37 (school didn't count freshman grades prolly cuz block schedule changed so much)</p>

<p>I was put on probation winter of freshman year for fighting and winter of sophomore year for accumulated concerns (there's a lot more to the story, which I'll explain in the statement).</p>

<p>Schools I'll probably apply to:
MIT
U. Rochester
UC Berkeley (legacy)
Harvey Mudd
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Tufts
Claremont Mckenna
Northeastern</p>

<p>I haven't really thought enough about safeties yet, but I'll get to it.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>A couple more bits of info:
My courses next year will probably be
AP Chem
AP Bio
AP Language and Comp
AP Economics
Genetics & Ethics
Asian History (maybe AP Euro)
Topology</p>

<p>Topology will an independent study course.</p>

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<p>bump…please chance!</p>

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<p>The tough reality is that to be accepted to your listed of school your GPA needs to be significantly higher. The good news is that you’ll be taking a lot of AP courses and good grades in those will boost it. If you can retake the SAT and score a 2200+, you’ll get into some of those schools with a GPA close to 4.0 weighted. You should make a list of safety schools and probably add Dartmouth in there for state residency(it helps). Good luck.</p>

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<p>those are all really tough schools, and they’re all numbers games, meaning a good SAT score, which you have will play a positive, but boosting to a 2200+ wont counteract behavioral issues, and a lack of EC’s. Of course you must obviously be passionate about running, so I wouldnt worry too much. your GPA is going to hurt you, Im assuming you’re giving us a weighted GPA. similarly though, your stats are similar to mine GPA-wise, I suggest finding some real safety schools to apply to, but dont take the advice on CC as concrete, do your own thing.</p>