Chances and recommendations for a junior looking at Columbia, Yale, and Georgetown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I dont know too much about colleges, but I am interested in what colleges, based on my interests, I would enjoy. I am looking to make sure I am on the right path, but also to get college suggestions (good fits). Thanks so much.</p>

<p>Sat: 2350
PSAT: 224
ACT: 35 (might end up 36)</p>

<p>Gpa: Weighted, 5
Unweighted: 4.0
CR: 1/694</p>

<p>APs: 10th: Euro (5)
11th: US History, Physics C, Language and Composition, Calc BC, Microeconomics, Government
12th: Psychology, French, Chemistry, Music Theory (English is Honors Writing Seminar and Math is 'Math Topics')</p>

<p>Political/Community Activism</p>

<p>House of Representative Page Summer 2008
Deputy State Director -- Illinois High Schools, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, through primaries and general election (dozens of out of state trips, 25 high school chapters, etc)
Field Intern, Obama for America (organized local trips)
Youth Vote Intern, Obama for America (organized local schools' trips)
DNC internship this summer in Washington, DC
Volunteered for dozens of local campaigns</p>

<p>Founder of school Humanitarian Club (raised thousands for AIDS, hosted school-wide banquet, etc) -- included, FaceAIDS chapter and Genocide Intervention Chapter</p>

<p>Academic Activities
Mock Trial (captain) (9-11)
Forensics (Speech and Debate) (11)
Business Club (executive board member) (10-11)
Junior Engineering Technical Society (10-11)
Math Team (9-11)
Tennis Team (9-10) (cannot do this year because of mock trial nationals)
Cross Country (9-10)</p>

<p>Distinctions:
Deans List, National Merit, other grade-based awards</p>

<p>Mock Trial -- Outstanding Witness award District and State (9th), Outstanding Attorney award District (9), Outstanding Attorney District (10), Outstanding Witness District (11), Outstanding Attorney and Witness Award State (11). Team always medals, but this year won the state tournament and is going to nationals.</p>

<p>Forensics (speech) - 6 tournament champion medals (local tournaments), 2nd place district (extemp), National Qualifier United States Extemp (will attend nationals this summer)</p>

<p>Business Professionals of America - 1st place Economic Research team and 1st place extemporaneous speech Regional, 5th Place Extemporaneous speech state, 5th Place Nationals Global Marketing Team (2008)</p>

<p>Business Professionals of America - 1st place Extemp Speech and 1st Place Prepared Speech Regional, 1st Place Extemp Speech and 2nd place Prepared Speech State (2009)
Cannot attend nationals because of Mock Trial Nationals</p>

<p>Model UN (attended 5 or 6 conferences, won Delegate's Choice award at one of them)</p>

<p>JETS Teams national 8th Place (10)
WYSE: State 3rd Place (11)</p>

<p>Tennis conference champions (9 & 10)</p>

<p>Played Violin for 9 years, Guitar for 4</p>

<p>National French Contest (5th National rank, (9, 10, 11)</p>

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<p>i say your in easy</p>

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<p>What’s your high school? I did the WYSE state finals this week, did JETS, and do Mock Trial. Just wondering. Is it Hinsdale Central?</p>

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<p>impressive stats, of course top 25 schools are always a gamble…</p>

<p>I know kids in my school who had similar stats to yours and deferred Georgetown Early Decision…</p>

<p>But still, I think your chances at Georgetown and Columbia are great</p>

<p>Do you have any SAT Subject Tests?</p>

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<p>i’d say your grades, act’s, and ec’s are amazing!
prbly:
yale- low reach/reach
columbia- low reach
georgetown- high match</p>

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<p>chanced back…anyone else? Recommendations for what might be a good fit?</p>

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<p>Apply to Penn as well…quite similar to Columbia and I think you’d be a good fit in the PPE or Poli Sci major…heck maybe even Wharton. It’s good you have Yale listed (very well-suited to your background and interests), might want to add Harvard. They’re both crapshoots, but you’re certainly a good candidate.</p>

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<p>you’re in 10 char</p>

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<p>Good job, very impressive.</p>

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<p>You have great stats, but there’s no “you’re definitely in” at any of these schools, I’m afraid. You should definitely have both academic and financial “safeties”, in the event that you don’t get into one of these top schools, or that the cost to go there is prohibitive. You can go to any of the individual threads for these schools and probably see lots of people who were rejected this year, with similarly impressive stats. It’s a bit disheartening, but a good reality check.</p>

<p>I found CC when my oldest D was starting to look at schools. It really helped me to realize that even though she was one of those kids that everyone said (you’re in, no matter where you apply), that there are a whole lot of people out there with those kinds of stats, and a very, very small number of people that these schools can accept. They can only accept a small % of people, and the decisions are not always based on all the numbers and EC’s.</p>

<p>Good luck…you should be really proud of your accomplishments, and I’m sure you will end up with lots of great choices, and probably lots of options for full-ride scholarships.</p>

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<p>Your profile looks great and you seem like you have the qualifications for these 3 schools. I think you might like Columbia the most (just assuming) because of its location. As a whole, in academics there is not much of a difference, but being the center of NYC can give you a lot of opportunities to do stuff outside of campus as well, it’s so… worldly. I also recommend checking out Bentley College (very near Boston, very good reputation, business oriented), Pomona, Brown.</p>