Chance!! Very unsure

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So I'd say my grades are a mixture of B's and A's...in the end I project I'll have a 3.3 GPA and my goal is to get 2000 or above on SATs...I take a mix of Honors/AP and Regular courses, probably slightly leaning more towards the Honors/AP side</p>

<p>I also have my ECs</p>

<p>President of Class for 3 years
President of School 1 Year
Prominent Position in Student Government for 3 years
President of Model Congress
Led a Darfur Activist Group
Executive VP of an IDF support group
Active member in Business Club and possibly midlevel board position
Community Service in Africa 1 summer
Produced TV shows for my school district's cable TV station
Editor on newspaper for 3 years, possibly high level editing position 1 year
Wrote for local newspaper
Played on freshman Basketball team
Have spoken at the capitol Albany in favor of preventing gun violence and will continue to do so</p>

<p>Intern with my Assemblywoman for 4 years where I have received much praise from many of the local people I have worked with on her behalf (probably will also w/ congressman and or senator) and I also interned at the Royal United Services Institute "think-tank" for one summer</p>

<p>I took courses at Columbia University one summer and may take classes at another high level university in the future</p>

<p>Most likely will have great interviews and outstanding recommendations and most likely a great essay</p>

<p>My concern is that my GPA will be too low, but other than that everything seems to be in my favor...I'm a smart kid, but the high school setting isn't for me...in fact at times I feel it dumbs me down...I'm more of a leader/thinker</p>

<p>So based on the above, which has happened or chances are will happen what do you feel my chances of getting into the below schools are?? I'm currently a sophomore</p>

<p>Dreams: Haverford, Amherst, Brown, Columbia, Bowdoin, Georgetown, Michigan</p>

<p>Targets: Binghamton, Maryland, Wisconsin, Penn. St., NYU, Boston College, etc...</p>

<p>I am looking to Major in Political Science/Government...maybe the schools above aren't for me, but I'm just trying to get an idea</p>

<p>Of course I'm unaware of SAT II/AP scores yet and don't no about receiving many honors yet</p>

<p>I know I still have plenty of time and things that I need to accomplish, but I'm curious as to where you guys think I'm at currently??</p>

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<p>Dreams-Match-Columbia-Reach
Targets-High Match-BC-Match
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>dreams-reach
targets-high match depending on future scores</p>

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<p>THANKS a lot, ik i have some time left in high school, but your opinions definitely helped me to get an idea of where i’m at</p>

<p>Question: When people label a school as a reach does that mean that the chances are very slim or you just shouldn’t consider it anything near a safety??</p>

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<p>slim chance</p>

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<p>got it, thanks for clearing things up</p>

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<p>good chance at all, obviously “dreams” are harder than others.
chance back?
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<p>Tagets: Match
Dream:Match/High Match
Columbia: Reach
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<p>Chance me back please</p>

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<p>got u both, thanks and good luck</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances to enter the class of 2015 at any of those colleges. It all depends on your SATs. Your GPA is pretty low though; I hope you can explain it positively. =)</p>

<p>On average:
Dreams: Haverford, Amherst, Brown, Columbia, Bowdoin, Georgetown, Michigan: 6.5</p>

<p>Targets: Binghamton, Maryland, Wisconsin, Penn. St., NYU, Boston College, etc…: 7.2-7.9 (exception: Boston College. To what I know this college is considered the best Catholic school in the world so I would put this one as dream also. </p>

<p>Recommendations:
-Try to take college classes (If possible in the USA) and school on summer or something similar to increase your GPA and/or put it in place of.
-Get more involved in your community (of what you have showed you will find this pretty simple.)</p>

<p>Good luck! And thank you for the chances!! =P</p>

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<p>Sounds like a very fair and honest evaluation…hopefully I can bump up my GPA a bit</p>

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<p>I honestly believe if you do early decision on any of colleges you should be able to get in.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice…i got u, good luck!!</p>

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<p>You still have two more years to go so try to bring up your GPA and do really well on the SATs and you’ll be fine. Also try to volunteer a bit more.</p>

<p>For now, I think Georgetown, Brown, and Columbia are reaches, as they are for most everyone.</p>

<p>I know you’ll definitely get into Penn State.</p>

<p>I’d say the other ones are more or less matches. </p>

<p>Good Luck!! :]</p>

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<p>all doable, things…thanks</p>

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<p>bump, any one else care to give me adivce??? if so i’d greatly appreciate it</p>

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<p>your dreams are reachs
targets are matches matches
good luck:)</p>

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<p>ECs are great. Stats a little low for many of those schools. You might want to check the Common Data Sets for each to get a better idea.</p>

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<p>good advice again, thanks for being realistic guys…it’s a great help!!</p>

<p>do you guys think that there’s a decent shot of me getting into at least one of the reaches?? and how much do u think bumping my GPA .1 or .2 points could help??</p>