Chances and...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Perhaps a reccomendation for another reach/match/safety.</p>

<p>Evaluate my chances for the following schools please, all RD.</p>

<p>Columbia
Penn
Brown
Tufts
Boston College
George Washington</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White, parents divorced</p>

<p>SAT
2190 (700v, 720m, 770w)</p>

<p>SATIIs
US History – 730
Math IIC - pending, probably 730ish as well</p>

<p>GPA
UW: 3.83 (3.8 fresh, 3.55 soph, 4.0 junior)
W: 6.58/7.0</p>

<p>Class Rank
Top 3%
(in top 16 out of 432)</p>

<p>Classes Taken:
Highest level possible with only exception being Chemistry (2nd highest level)
Junior Year APs – Calc AB (3), US History (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule:
Calc BC/Advanced Topics (not technically an AP, but I’ll take the test)
AP Comp Lit
AP Physics
AP Psychology
Some necessary electives
Honors Spanish
AP European History Independent Study</p>

<p>So, 6-7 APs by graduation (school offers about 10, languages excluded, but not really possible to take that many due to other requirements. I will take more than most people I know)</p>

<p>ECs:
Football – all four years, Captain senior year, conference all-academic team
NHS - president
Weightlifting – 3-4 times a week for football, usually about 1 hour in length, every year and year round
School Newspaper – 11,12 (sports editor 12th)
Political Discussion Club – 11, 12 (co-president)
Built and maintained website for school baseball team (volunteered) (8-10 hours per week for two months) – 11th grade, maybe 12th
Work – landscaping – 11, 12 (10-15 hours a week)
Little league umpire – 10, 11 (3+ games a week)</p>

<p>Awards:
Michael Jewlers Award of Recognition
House Spirit Award
Math Scholar Award
English Scholar Award
Social Studies Department Award</p>

<p>Other stuff –
Built own computer in summer before junior year
Will have gone to 10+ football camps over the course of three summers by application time</p>

<p>Probable major: Philosophy, Economics…undecided </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>The 3 ivies are long shots, but the others look like realistic matches.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at all the schools</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any suggestions of other Tufts/BC level schools?</p>

<p>In the Northeast, in or near a city, not too small.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Holy Cross and Trinity.</p>

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<p>How about Brandeis? It's a bit smaller than Tufts and BC but also near Boston. I personally was not a fan of the campus or environment but its has an excellent econ dept.</p>

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<p>Parents divorced: what does that have to do with ethnicity?</p>

<p>Weightlifting: that isn't an EC itself, it is included in football</p>

<p>Ivies are reaches and good shot at others.</p>

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<p>Haha, nothing...didn't realize how I phrased that.</p>

<p>The lifting I do isn't always for football, so that's why I have it listed separately.</p>

<p>Thanks for evaluating me.</p>

<p>Are the ivies reasonable reaches or shot-in-the-dark reaches?</p>

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<p>Fordham, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins.</p>

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<p>GW is a safety</p>

<p>try vilanova</p>

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<p>I'd probably leave out the building a computer stuff. Putting together a computer is very easy and straightforward. </p>

<p>Your stats look good though.</p>