Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone!
Could you chance me at some reach schools--like how much of a long shot, etc. and also... I'm having a lot of trouble finding "good fit" schools. I have several reaches and saftetys, but I need some middle ground schools. </p>

<p>Here are my stats:
GPA 3.83
SAT
CR- 670
M- 680
W- 720
Combined: 1350/2070
ACT
E- 35
R-30
M-31
S-28
Composite: 31</p>

<p>AP Scores:
English- 5
U.S. History- 5
Bio- 4</p>

<p>I'm going to retake the ACT, forget about the SAT, and focus on SAT2s. Good plan?</p>

<p>AP Courses: 10 total, 8 by the time I apply, my school offers 8 I think, including a foreign language and art)
Essays should be good, I doubt outstanding
One recommendation should be excellent, the other should be good, but nothing too over the top or special like the first one</p>

<p>ECs, Awards, Volunteer stuff, etc:
Golf: co-captain sophomore through senior year
NHS
Several leadership positions around school
SADD member
Lots of volunteer work
Same job since freshman year at a tennis place--I play tennis as well, but my school does not have a team
Internship with insurance company... work for them over the summer
There's more... but I think you get the picture and no need to go too much into detail</p>

<p>Please, chance me at:
UPenn ED and RD
Cornell ED and RD
Colgate
Hamilton
Middlebury
Vassar
Wesleyan
Brandeis
Carnegie
BC
Tufts
Swarthmore
Bucknell</p>

<p>(I will NOT be applying to all of those plus safeties and good fits, don't worry. Those are just some "reach" schools I'm interested in)</p>

<p>If your not bored reading yet... for suggestions on good fits:
I want to stay relatively near New England/Northeast... I'd go to PA but not much further... I want a school with kind of quirky/nerdy kids. I don't want a huge party school or one with a huge, overwhelming greek life. A somewhat diverse student body would be nice... this doesn't have to be diverse racially, (it could be though) or by major or whatever, just diverse enough that I feel like there is a good mix of people, and everyone doesn't think, act, dress, speak etc. the same way. I think I'd like a larger school, at least medium, maybe like 3000 minimum... but I'm open to even the smallest schools. Lets just keep it above 1500. 8000-13000 is what I'm thinking is ideal though. </p>

<p>Any other info you need, just ask! </p>

<p>Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate any suggestions!</p>

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<p>Not that your stats aren’t good enough, but you’ve listed a lot of selective schools; you may want to consider adding a couple safer ones. Maybe UMass or UPitt?</p>

<p>Chance me back.</p>

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<p>well my suggestion is :just have a try. I heard about a chap who got 1860 on SAT with almost no EC made it to DUKE U WITH FULL SCHOLARSHIP. (that was about 2005 though)I can’t verify it’s true or not.but it prooves that all you can do is to have a try.
ooo, remember you must have amazingly excellent essays.</p>

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<p>max4nhl… I think you misunderstood. I ONLY listed reaches. I asked for people to judge how much of a reach each school was. I only listed the very tough schools that I am thinking of MAYBE applying to. I said that I am also going to apply to some safeties. I also asked if people could help me identify some “good fit” schools, because I am finding many safeties and many reaches, but very few “good fits”.</p>