Chance meee!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys
I posted a while back... looking for comments!</p>

<p>I am a white, jewish, female junior. My dad is in the army and we are currently at our 14th posting.
I have not taken the sats yet, but i got a 200 on the psats but i have been prepping a LOT and think i could get between a 1450 and a 1480.
SAT 2s (french and bio): 780, 800
ACT: 33
I go to a competitive private international school in Prague, Czech Republic. We have a good history with getting into Williams apparently, as well as the ivies. This is my 3rd high school- before this i was in Moscow for my freshman year and a competitve (small) public school in the DC area for my sophomore year (ranked 6th nationally).
My school doesn't rank, but i would be number 1 in my class if they did... my GPA is a 4.1 unweighted, and i have taken all honors/AP classes up until this year; now i do the IB and am taking 4 higher levels.</p>

<p>ECs:
In my freshman year i was the only 9th grader to make the varsity knowledge bowl team, i did cross country, painted a mural on the wall of a russian baby orphanage, participated in honor choir (we performed at school events/recorded a CD), adapted and directed a short story by roald dahl to a play that was performed at the middle school drama festival, and helped to build a playground at a russian psychiatric childrens' hospital.</p>

<p>In my sophomore year i participated on the scholastic bowl team again, and our school won #2 in state. I was published in the school newspaper, tutored abused hispanic children at the HACAN organization, wrote reviews for the Cappies organization (reviewing high school theater productions) and had one of my reviews published in a local newspaper, and was a member of NHS.</p>

<p>In my junior year so far, i was elected Student Counsil Secretary, i was on the first place Eastern European girls cross country team (i personally placed 7th), i am in NHS and was on the AIDs week committee to help promote awareness, and i am involved in MUN and peer tutoring in math.</p>

<p>If all goes well, next year my ECs will be more consistent with this years', as it has been hard to keep with things as i move so often. I hope to be president of either NHS or Student Counsil, place in the Eastern European Speech and Debate competition, and be an MUN officer (i will travel to the conference in St. Petersburg), as well as improve my place in the next cross country meet to top 5.</p>

<p>I know both of my recs will be great, and i am confident that i can whip out a pretty good essay.</p>

<p>Colleges are Williams, Amherst, Middleburry, Bowdoin.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you got a 33 on the ACT, you might not want to take the SATs (unless you intend to apply somewhere that doesn't accept the ACT). Median ACT score at Amherst last year was 31, at Williams 32, and Bowdoin does not require either the SATs or ACTs (though of course you can send them). Sending a 33 ACT score and 780 French and 800 bio would probably be sufficient and, truthfully, pretty impressive. Note that Williams asks for the ACT with essay and two SAT subject tests. Amherst apparently accepts the ACT with essay and if you submit that, you don't need to submit SATs and any SAT subject test. Check out the websites to confirm this. Here are the links:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amherst.edu/admission/important_info/applying_main.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amherst.edu/admission/important_info/applying_main.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.williams.edu/admission/apply.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.williams.edu/admission/apply.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Williams would be a reach, not because your stats aren't competitive - they are - but because the school admits such a low percentage of applicants. Amherst would be a slight reach. Bowdoin would be a match and perhaps a low match. All three schools would probably find your background - ex-pat and all that traveling - very interesting and that should give you a leg up.</p>

<p>You should also consider some other colleges. Here's a list of schools you might want to take a look at. The ones at the top of the list are High Match/Reach. At the bottom, low match and even safety.</p>

<p>Cornell
Carleton
Vassar
Tufts
Washington and Lee
Emory
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgetown
University of Virginia
William and Mary
Haverford
Macalester
Davidson
Colby
Univer. Of Southern CA
U of C Berkley
Colgate
Brandeis
Oberlin
Bates
Tulane
Hamilton
Grinnell
Bard
Wake Forest
Kenyon
Connecticut College
Boston College
University of Richmond
Univ. of Rochester
NYU</p>

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<p>Prague??? Can You Speak English?!?!</p>

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<p>lol obviously she could write. US army in Czech</p>

<p>Williams, Amherst, Middleburry, Bowdoin -> all in with the scores & EC's</p>

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<p>Oops. Forgot Middlebury. Match.</p>

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<p>"and think i could get between a 1450 and a 1480."</p>

<p>Not much of an overachiever, are you? lol</p>