Chances at Brown, Northwestern, etc. Strong ECs, but only ok grades! UPDATED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Current Grade: 12th (rising senior)</p>

<p>GPA/Class Rank
Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.09
Class Rank: School doesn't rank.
School Type: Really competitive public school. maybe top one in my state.
AP Classes Taken:</p>

<p>Sophomore
AP Psychology (5)</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP English Language (5)
AP U.S. Macroeconomics (5)
AP U.S. Government and Politics (5)
AP Latin Vergil (4)
AP Calculus AB (4)
AP Physics B (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year
All AP classes.</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading: 730
Math: 720
Writing: 590!!!! (Essay: 8)
Composite: 1450
Total: 2040 </p>

<p>(I AM RETAKING IN OCTOBER! I have already taken practice tests at other sites and have been scoring consistently in low 2300s. So I guess just chance me off of that).</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
Biology (750)
Math Level II (750) - Retaking in November
Physics (670) - Definitely retaking... in November</p>

<p>No ACT...</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities/Awards:</p>

<p>Amnesty International 3 years - CoPresident
Varsity Cross Country (fall) 3 years
Varsity Track 3 years (spring) - [Pending] Track captain
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) 4 years - President
Forensics Speech and Debate team 4 years - Debate captain
LOTS of forensics debate honors... championship spots and finalist spots at national tournaments</p>

<p>*Forensics is my biggest time consumer!
*I will not be running in college</p>

<p>National Honor Society
National Latin Honor Society
(pending) AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Work Experience
Dunkin' Donuts (summer job - currently working)</p>

<p>Community Service
600 + hours with World Wildlife Fund (4 years) and other areas during the school year. This is my hook I guess. I fed and nursed pandas, did field research, etc. in CHINA.</p>

<p>150 + hours at a retirement center for the elderly. This isn't as important, but I just cared for the elderly there.</p>

<p>Essays - Should be great. I am very confident of both my teacher and guidance recs. My essays are pretty solid too. It's about how I changed from a shy kid to a confident one over the years. I was like a HUGE change.</p>

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These are the schools that I'm triying for:</p>

<p>OOS FOR ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS</p>

<p>Brown University
Northwestern
Tufts
UVA
UMichigan
Boston College
Emory</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>aw. bump bump bump</p>

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<p>A slight reach for brown and maybe northwestern and uva, but everywhere else looks like a match to me!</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! Any more takers?</p>

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<p>what state are you from?</p>

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<p>Jesus I don't understand how you could be captain of the track and be part of XC and still have time for the other stuff, with leadership positions. Your track program must not be that serious :X</p>

<p>Get that SAT score to where you want it and I think you got a great shot</p>

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<p>I'm from NJ. Also, Cross Country is fall, and then Track is spring, so the seasons kinda fit well. In the middle, I do debate and other clubs to keep me occupied.</p>

<p>And, remember that the captain thing for track is PENDING... lol like I'm not it yet. Thanks for the comments though!</p>

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<p>bumping it up again.</p>

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<p>Brown University: Slight Reach
Northwestern: Slight Reach
Tufts: Match
UVA: Match
UMichigan: Match
Boston College: Match
Emory: Slight Reach/Match</p>

<p>Your GPA is on the lower side, but your test scores are real good (especially if you do end up scoring around 2300).</p>

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<p>one more bump i guess</p>

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<p>I’d say that your test scores need to be better if you want to be competitive at Northwestern and Brown given that gpa. everywhere else looks good to me</p>