Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Looking at:
Amherst
Georgetown
NYU
U of Michigan
William and Mary
Stanford (out there)
UC Santa Barbra
UC Riverside
UC Santa Cruz</p>

<p>Caucasian. Female if that means anything.
Looking at a double major in Women's Studies and Political Science
Charter (35th best school in the nation, 5th best charter)
California
GPA: 3.5-3.8
Top 15%</p>

<p>PSATS (I'm going to be a junior)
2140 (freshman year)
2340 (sophomore year) </p>

<p>Notable Courseload
Full AP courses
Latin, Arabic, French, and Chinese (as languages go)
Classical Music Theory for 4 years
College Courses: Psychology, World History, Arabic, French, Chinese, Philosophy, Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics, Ancient History, and Astronomy. (more will be in senior year and perhaps junior)</p>

<p>ECs:
-Danced Salsa, Rumba, Cha Cha, and Swing Dance for 6 years. As well as Modern and Ballet (5 years each)
-Academic Decathlon
-Forensics Team
-Newspaper Editor
-Choir for 4 years
-Amnesty International Club
-Philosophy Club (President)
-Junior Statesmen
-People to People
-ASB
-Save Darfur Club (President)
-Swing Dance Club (President)
-Volleyball
-Rock Climbing
-Jr. National Young Leader's Conference
-National Young Leader's State Conference
-Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference
-Musical Theatre (roughly 12 productions)</p>

<p>Accreditations/Awards:
-Varsity Letter as a Freshman for Academic Decathlon and Volleyball
-Honor Roll
-Magnum Cum Laude (for the National Latin Exam)
-Won State Championship for Academic Decathlon
-Won Nationals for Academic Decathlon
-Gold in Interview with a perfect score of 1,000.
-Influential Youth Award</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
-Organized fundraisers for:
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Save Darfur
Invisible Children
Save the Children
Save the Music
Feed The Children
To Write Love On Her Arms
Save the Whales
Operation Lookout
-Work at local animal shelter (6 hours a week)
-Soup Kitchen Work (roughly 10 hours or more a week)
-Did Relay for Life for 5 years
-AIDS Walk for 2 years
-72 Hour Fast for raising awareness about poverty in Africa
-Going to do aid work in northern Uganda (summer of junior year)
-Tutor elementary school students
-Volunteer at the local hospital
-Lead a dance class at the local senior center
-Volunteer at the local zoo (working specifically in their educational department)
-Tour guide at local historic sites
-Work with Autistic children at local center
-Involved with animal cruelty awareness, epilepsy awareness, poverty awareness, and AIDS awareness.</p>

<p>Other:
-Voted Most Dramatic and Most Likely to be Famous xD
-Habitat for Humanity (2 years in a row)</p>

<p>Writing is a VERY strong point so my essays should be good. As for teacher recommendations I'm sure they'll be great. I have alum backing for Amherst as well as NYU. </p>

<p>First time posting, so I don't know how well I did. :]</p>

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<p>As I said to you on AIM, the extracurriculars are fantastic (but you already knew that). We both know that your GPA is lacking, but that can be brought up.</p>

<p>Also from our AIM conversation, nobody can really chance you until you have an SAT or ACT result. When are you going to take them?</p>

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<p>Soon
Probably September</p>

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<p>Also, what’s your UC GPA?</p>

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<p>considering the facts that AP and IBHL courses are weighted in most schools…i should see a HIGHER GPA than i see now. If for some reason you did not really good on all the AP courses, i suggest you take the ones you are confident about.</p>

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<p>I’m going to say essentially the same thing that Keasbey Nights said. Your extracurriculars are phenomenal. GPA/rank is less impressive, but you attend a top school and it seems that you are taking a rigorous courseload.</p>

<p>Also, it really is tough to chance until you have some test scores. Though if your SAT follows your PSAT, you should be in good shape. Right now I’d say Stanford is your only reach, UM and Georgetown probably high matches, NYU and W&M matches and you’re in everywhere else.</p>

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<p>jerrytheglide - I think she provided her unweighted GPA.</p>

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<p>W GPA is…I think 4.4 or something like that. Our grading system is down so I have no idea</p>

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<p>Also, you should check out UVa since I see you are looking at great schools on the East Coast as well. We are in the same league as the schools that you are interested in and have terrific SWAG and Politics department.</p>

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<p>I looked at UVA, but I really disliekd the campus :/</p>

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<p>buuummmppp :D</p>