Chance my dream! Tufts, UChicago, Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I'm Cam. Thanks for taking the time to read this and help. :) It means a lot.<br>
Age: 17
Gender: F (and LGBT)
Race: Hispanic and Navajo
Location: Northern California
High School: Small, private, Catholic (although I am a Buddhist) </p>

<p>GPA: 4.2
SAT: 2070 800W, 620M, 650CR. Taken it twice, first time was 1950. I'll take it two more times.<br>
APs taken: US History, English Lang, English Lit, US Gov, Physics B
Also taken courses at local community college and gotten As in all: Philosophy, Microeconomics, and Biology </p>

<p>ECs
- Over 150 hours at a Hispanic state funded preschool free to working parents in poverty. I learned Spanish that way and teach the kids English for school. Trying to break a statistic, the same one I beat.
- Over 100 hours working at a local farm, that takes urban high schoolers and teaches them about sustainability, food, farming, and communication sans technology.
- Counselor for kids' nature summer camp
- Mock Trial for 2 years
- Link Crew leader (freshman integration program)
- Diversity Club President at HS
- Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper
- Job at a yogurt shop </p>

<p>I want to major in something global communications ish along with something enrivonmental ish. I want to ultimately work for the United Nations, specifically global legislation protecting our environment. </p>

<p>Schools I'm interested in: Tufts, UChicago, Brown, Georgetown, NYU, BU, Northeastern, Northwestern, Columbia, UWashington, UCLA, UCBerkeley, Reed College </p>

<p>Thanks so much! Have a wonderful day.</p>

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<p>You took SAT twice already and yet you are planning to take it 2 more time? You better think it over again. If you want to retake it, do a thorough preparation and then retake it one more time. It does not look good when you take the test more than 2-3 times. Statistics also showed there is little improvement after the 3rd attempt anyway. Don’t use a real test for practice. There are much cheaper and more efficient alternatives called sample/practice tests.
Your current SAT at 2070 is a fine score but not for top schools like Northwestern, Brown, U Chicago, or UCBerkeley. Your CR+M at 1270 is also far below the average for top schools. You may should be a match to high match at Northeastern. Low reach for Reed College. Pretty much reach for the rest.</p>