Chances and Advice

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior. I hope to be applying to the following schools:
U Chicago ED
U Penn
Northwestern
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Carnegie-Mellon
U Michigan</p>

<p>Also, advice would be useful, as to what I could add to make my resume more solid.</p>

<p>Ranked 1 of 550; Cumulative GPA: 3.7222 ; Weighted: 5.0536</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (Freshman-Present)
Top Ten in Class (Sophomore)
AP Scholar (Sophomore)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
English Honors II (Sophomore)
Pre-calculus (Sophomore)
AP Human Geography (Freshman)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
Score of 5 AP Statistics exam (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP European History (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP Human Geography (Freshman)
Score of 3 AP World History (Sophomore)</p>

<p>ACT: 31
English: 29; Mathematics: 32; Reading: 33; Science: 30; Essay: 8</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
National Honor Society (Sophomore-Present)
Brain Brawl Team- Inter-School Academic competition (Junior-Present)
National History Bowl Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National History Bee Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National Science Bowl Competitor (Junior-Present)
Debate Team (Sophomore-Present)
Spanish Honor Society (Junior)
Robotics Team (Middle School)</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
62 Volunteer Hours
Volunteers with Youth Ministry – Church by the Glades (2008-Present)
Worship Ministry/Band – (2008 – Present)
Student Leader (2011-present)
Helped various time to feed the homeless (2010-present)</p>

<p>Special Skills and Interests:
Music – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Baritone
Computer Programming (Java)</p>

<p>I'm also currently enrolled in AP Bio, APUSH, AP Lang, AP Comp Sci, and AP Calc AB. I have taken four years of foreign language (Spanish), if it matters.</p>

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<p>As a junior you still have a lot of time for growth and development so this list may change…a lot. You have some impressive stats nonetheless.</p>

<p>U Chicago ED - low reach (mainly because of your GPA, focus on your ESSAYS)
U Penn - low reach (ivy, you never know, test scores are GPA are holding you back here)
Northwestern - match (GPA)
Cornell - low reach (same as Penn)
Vanderbilt - match (GPA, Test Scores)
Georgetown - match (GPA)
Carnegie-Mellon - high match
U Michigan - match (same as Vanderbilt)</p>

<p>Chance me back?! :slight_smile: </p>

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