Chance UC EA + RD Schools - Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>It would be nice to have decisions predicted as well. Thanks!</p>

<p>TESTING:</p>

<p>SAT: 2290 (740V, 750M, 800W) - May retake in January
SAT Subject Tests in December</p>

<p>GPA: 3.97 UW (One 89, all other As)
4.214 W (On a scale of 4.8, but no one ever gets a perfect -or close- 4.8) - 100 = 5.0/4.0, 99 = 4.9/3.9, 98 = 4.8/3.8, etc. 4.8 is what you can get if you make perfect grades in all required classes (mixture of weighted and unweighted)
Not ranked</p>

<p>APS:
Lang: 5
APUSH: 5
Physics B: 4
AP Art History: 3 (Took it without studying. The class at my school was also a complete joke.)</p>

<p>School is top 50 public school in US. We're a magnet school. </p>

<p>All classes are the highest level possible. This means all Pre-AP/AP/Honors (And the higher level when we have two Pre-AP levels).</p>

<p>Senior Year: AP Calc BC, Honors Diff EQ, AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP French, Honors Orchestra, Honors Adv Biotech</p>

<p>IMPORTANT: I went to Montessori schools through 9th grade, and when my prior school ended, I transferred into my current school for 10th grade. This means that I only had 3 years of possible commitment for school activities. It also means that I wasn't really prepared for the rigor of my current school's curriculum. </p>

<p>Activities:</p>

<p>Orchestra:
11-12 Years double bass (since 1st grade) - Not applying to music school because I don't really want to only do music for the rest of my life
Music Supplement -- It's pretty good
Went to Interlochen (6 week summer intensive arts program)
All-Region (and section leader) - but I've never auditioned for state
Section leader at school, also top group
I've done tons of various youth orchestras (always top group)
Uniform officer</p>

<p>Orchestra club VP
We tutor students in orchestra, do chamber music, etc.</p>

<p>Cross Country/Track:
Soph+
District Runner Up in all events in 2011-2012
District Champion 2012-2013 - Top 10 or so in my division of state
Team Captain, etc
Recruited at some D3 schools, and possibly some D1</p>

<p>NHS - Pretty big at our school, just a member </p>

<p>Mentoring - Mentor freshman students every two weeks for a class period</p>

<p>Knitting Club - Knits hats for kids with cancer</p>

<p>Environmental Club</p>

<p>Chess Club</p>

<p>Magic Card Game Club</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
Got Duke TIP recognition
National Merit Semi-Finalist
AP Scholar with Honor
High Scorer on National French Exam</p>

<p>Scientific Research:
Participated in a very selective(~15%) research internship program for 6 weeks this summer.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
3 teachers: French, WHAP/EURO, and ENG/Philosophy (Only two will be sent to most schools)
I assume these will all be great
Private teacher
Running coach</p>

<p>University of Chicago:
-Brother Attends
-Wrote Apples and Oranges Essay (English teacher helped me through it, she thought it was good)
-Had the teacher who recommended my brother write my letter
-Interviewed, it went really well and my interviewer told me that they would write me a great recommendation
-Spoke with the cross country coach, but I'm not yet ready to commit (unclear as to whether I will get admissions boost)</p>

<p>Emory Scholars
-Visited twice
-In contact with coach and people in orchestra</p>

<p>Claremont McKenna - Scholarship chance?
-Visited
-In contact with coach</p>

<p>Davidson College - Belk Scholarship
-Very close friend attends
-Met with Admissions at my high school
-In contact with coach</p>

<p>Yale
-Top choice
-Visited
-Met with coach (but recruitment is unlikely)
-Met with Admissions at my high school</p>

<p>Columbia
-Second choice
-Visited
-Met with Admissions at my high school</p>

<p>Stanford
-Third choice
-Legacy</p>

<p>Dartmouth
-Visited
-Met with Admissions at my high school
-In contact with coach (recruitment unlikely)</p>

<p>Cornell
-Visited</p>

<p>Penn
-Visited</p>

<p>Williams
-Visited
-Met with coach
-Met with Admissions at my high school</p>

<p>Amherst
-Visited
-In contact with coach</p>

<p>Bowdoin
-Visited
-Had great interview
-Met with coach
-Met with Admissions at my high school</p>

<p>Pomona
-Visited
-In contact with coach
-Met with Admissions at my high school</p>

<p>Haverford
-Visited
-Met with Admissions at my high school
-In contact with coach</p>

<p>Wash U
-Met with Admissions at my high school
-In contact with coach</p>

<p>ALSO, may consider these state schools (OOS):
Michigan
UNC
UVA
Cal (multiple legacy, not that this matters)
UCLA</p>

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<p>I’m guessing you are applying regular for all? Anyway you have awesome chances because of the coach stuff, scores, gpa, etc… don’t worry about it haha. Just write your essays well.</p>

<p>Who are you talking to in Emory? Just Coach Curtin? I’m close with Coach Johnson, I sent him my transcript and he said I’d have a great shot.</p>

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<p>Also Yale: you might be able to get in but recruitment is unlikely, as you said, unless you are a top top athlete…</p>

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<p>Haha, thank you. We’ll see about Yale…</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Especially for UChicago…</p>

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<p>University of Chicago: high match
Yale: lower reach
Columbia: low reach
Stanford: low reach
Wash U: low match
Michigan: lower match
UNC: match
UVA: match
UCLA: high match
Good luck! You sound like you have some really strong parts to your app.
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<p>Uchicago- low reach
Yale- low reach
Stanford- low reach
Columbia- low reach
WUSTL- match
UMichigan- match
UNC- match
UCLA- high match
UVA- low match</p>

<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Chicago, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia are all reaches (but reachable for you). Penn CAS, Amherst, Williams and Cornell are lower reaches. You could get into WUSTL if they feel like you’re not using them as a backup. Then you’re in at the rest.</p>

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<p>Emory- it’s a really competitive scholarship but good luck! i think you can get into the reg school though
Uchicago- reach
Yale- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Columbia- high reach
UMichigan- match of reg
UNC- high match if chapel hill. idk what state you’re from but UNC takes very little out of state applicants
UCLA- high match
UVA- match</p>

<p>your issue comes from the fact that your extracurriculars aren’t THAT strong</p>

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<p>Thanks, got you back.</p>

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<p>I would Say UChicago is a low reach, and all the other schools in that bracket are reaches. You’re a competitive applicant and I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into many of the schools on your list :slight_smile: good luck!
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Chance back?</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about it!!!</p>

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<p>University of Chicago: Low Reach
Yale: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Stanford: Low Reach
Wash U: Match
Michigan: Match
UNC: Low Match
UVA: Low Match
UCLA: Match</p>