chances? ^_^

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>white female from girl's school in socal.
SAT:2200
SAT II: Pending (i took them in June)
UW gpa: 3.89
Weighted GPA: not sure but probably around 4.3~4
senior schedule:
AP lit, AP Calc BC, AP Art history, AP Latin, Honors Physics (my school doesnt offer AP Physics), Independent study Spanish Lit, Independent Study Feminism and Literary theory)</p>

<p>EC
LD Debate 4 years, next year captain
School Gallery 2 years next year co-director
Photography (classes in and out of school, volunteer at program mentoring art classes for low-income kids)
Internship- Relatively Prestigiuos Gallery </p>

<p>Clubs:
Harry Potter (co-hufflepuff prefect lol), Literary Society (i am pushing to rename it storytime), GSA (events chair this year, VP next year)</p>

<p>also, cello for the past 9 years though i stopped doing orchestra in high school because my school has an awful music program.</p>

<p>I got the cornell book award..does that matter at all?</p>

<p>Im looking at NYU, UC Berkeley, Brown, Yale, Stanford, Claremont McKenna, UC santa cruz</p>

<p>If anyone has other suggestions I'd love to hear them!!</p>

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<p>What;s your class rank or if no rank are you top of class?</p>

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<p>LD Debate :D</p>

<p>I do it, too! Just for that I'd like to say in for all but I need to be honest. Your ECs are a bit weak, but your SATs are very strong for the schools you're applying. Are you in state for the UCs? </p>

<p>NYU is a match, in my opinion. Brown, Yale and Stanford are all reaches, but they're reaches for everybody. I think you have a shot but you need more ECs.</p>

<p>In at UCSC and probably Claremont McKenna. Not sure about Berkeley.</p>

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<p>my school doesnt rank.
but my GC said for sure top 10% maybe top 5..</p>

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<p>YAY LD!!!</p>

<p>and ya im an in-stater for UC's</p>

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<p>what sort of EC's do you think would fit in? or is there something i could do that would build on things i already am doing?</p>

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<p>I think you're in at all but the ivies. Lots of kids with your stats get into those and lots don't. </p>

<p>While your ECs don't look typical ivies, I've seen lots of people with your stats (if at least top 5%) and creative essays get accepted. </p>

<p>A lot will hinge on where you truly stand in your class (colleges will approximate a rank for you using historical data and talking with your school) and who else applies from your school. If you go to Marlborough (sp?) watch out for legacies!</p>

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<p>Thanks!
thats really encouraging..i would looove to go to Berkeley!</p>

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<p>if anyone else happens to look at my thread...
does applying for financial aid affect chances at any of these particular schools?</p>

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<p>No, these schools should be need-blind, meaning they don't look at your financial aid requests when making admission decisions.</p>