Chance my socks off.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me and I will be eternally grateful.
Schools already accepted to: Penn State Univ. Park, University of St Andrews</p>

<p>Please chance me on these!!!
Schools already applied to: UChicago (EA), Bryn Mawr, Middlebury, Dartmouth, BYU-Provo (Priority), Scripps, College of William and Mary, Vanderbilt
Schools I might apply to: Smith, Wellesley, Schreyers Honors College Penn State, Harvard, Cornell, Bowdoin, NYU, Bucknell, Emory, Reed, Rice, Emory </p>

<p>I know it's a lot...please just try and chance me on whatever you can!</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Race: White
Location: Berwyn, PA
College Class Year: 2016
High School: Public
High School Profile: Amazingly competitive school that sends people to top schools all of the time
Will apply for financial aid: No (crossing my fingers for merit aid)
Legacy: Father went to Harvard undergrad, UChicago law
Mother went to Fordham undergrad, USC law </p>

<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 3.74
GPA - Weighted: 4.75
School doesn't rank. I am in National Honor Society though, which places me in the top 15(?)% of my class.<br>
Class Size: 505</p>

<p>APs:
Biology: 5
Euro:5
English Lang/Comp: 5
Psychology:5</p>

<p>I have taken 10-11 AP classes. The rest of my classes have been all honors.</p>

<p>Scores:
Highest SAT score: 2120 (my other score is 1960 and that was my second time -_-)
740 Cr, 680 Math, 700 Writing
SAT II Bio: 780
SAT II Lit: 710
SAT II Math 1: 640 (not submitting unless I have to)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper Staff Reporter: 9, 10
Newspaper Center spread/Copy Editor: 11
Newspaper News Editor: 12
Color guard: 9,10,11,12
Gay-Straight Alliance: 10,11,12
Gender Equality Club: 12
National Honor Society: 11,12
I also have Young Dems and Philosophy club in there, but only for one year or so.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Summer volunteer counselor at YMCA (80 hours): 10
Animal shelter volunteer (<40 hours): 12
Baked food for church's food bank: 10
Young Survivors Coalition concession stand volunteer: 12
Gay Bingo volunteer (raises money for Philly Aids): 10
Did some things through NHS such as Kindergarten Math Night, writing pen pal letters to elementary school children: 11 </p>

<p>Leadership:
Newspaper Editor for years 11,12
Gender Equality Club founder/president. It's not on my transcript because of stupid rules at my school but it is an official club and I emailed the schools I've applied to about it. </p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
Numerous awards from Pennsylvania Student Press Association...about 6 or 7
Central League Writing Contest Second Place</p>

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<p>youll get harvard. you have legacy.
:D</p>

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<p>XP Sadly I don’t think that matters that much in my case.
I also forgot to mention:
I’m applying to most of these schools as a religion/bio double major.
I have not seen my recommendation letters, but my teachers really like me so I have a feeling that they’re phenomenal.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing you go to stoga? You have a decent shot at most of those schools, except at the schools like Harvard and UChicago your GPA is a tad low. And how is your weighted >1 point higher than your Unweighted?</p>

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<p>At my school our weighted grades are on a 5.3 scale.
Does it help to go to a ultra-competitive high school? Or does it hurt me because I am up against kids who have 5.0 GPAs and amazing SAT scores?
I’m a bit sad my GPA is too low for UChicago :frowning:
If it helps at all, I have gotten amazing scores in my senior year so far. I only have one B and it’s in an AP math class.</p>

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<p>GPA and SAT are low for any ivy. Combine that with average ECs, coming from an overrepresented state and being a white female and ivies probably aren’t in the cards, even as a legacy. </p>

<p>You’re a good candidate for most of the others. Where you rank (colleges will know a close approximation even when schools don’t officially rank), schools like Chicago, Rice, Middlebury will take very few who are not top 10%.</p>

<p>And yes, it hurts a lot at highly selective schools when classmates with higher SATs also apply. They also keep data on kids who’ve applied from your HS over the years, this helps them see where you rank.</p>

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<p>I think your GPA is fine for Chicago, as well as for every other school. Despite what CCers think, colleges these days aren’t looking for perfection. In truth, though, your SATs are a tad lower than what the most selective schools on your list (Harvard, Chicago, Dartmouth) are expecting.</p>

<p>Your ECs, class schedule, and AP scores are impressive. If you wrote truly fantastic essays, I think you have a decent chance at getting in anywhere.</p>

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<p>Thanks all!
Bump.</p>

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<p>Wow and it’s supposed to be >40 hours, not less than. I don’t know if that affects anything though.</p>