Chances at Georgetown, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Columbia, etc?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey Guys,</p>

<p>I am a junior and I am looking at prospective schools. Can anyone tell me if I even have a chance at these schools?</p>

<p>Schools:
Georgetown University
Dartmouth Univerisy
Vanderbilt Univeristy
Cornell University
Pomona College
Columbia University (ED)
Yale University (ED, Yale loves my school, takes 3 or 4 out of 200 kids)
New York University
Carnegie Mellon
University of Miama Florida (safety?) </p>

<p>Information:</p>

<p>Eth: Asian
Sex: Female
State: Live in TX, but go to boarding school in Midwest
Grade: Junior
Major: International Relations or Communications with Acting as Minor
School: Competitive College Prep (Boarding)
Courseload: Counselor will select 'Most rigorous'</p>

<p>Estimated Frosh/Soph/Junior GPA: </p>

<ul>
<li>UW - 3.85</li>
</ul>

<p>Junior GPA
- UW - 3.75 (Did really bad one semester because of challenging classes 3.5 GPA, but 4.0 for sure this semester) </p>

<p>Rank:
School doesn't rank or weigh GPAs, but am candidate for Cum Laude (Top 20 out of 200) </p>

<p>AP's (Total of 6- Maximum for my school because of block scheduling):</p>

<ul>
<li>Statistics (Sophomore Year- 4)</li>
<li>Chemistry (Taking, probably a 5)</li>
<li>English Language and Composition (Taking, probably a 5)</li>
<li>Spanish (next year) </li>
<li>Economics (next year)</li>
<li>English Literature (next year)</li>
<li>Chinese (self study- 5) </li>
</ul>

<p>Scores:
SAT: 2140
SAT: M - 720; CR - 720; W - 700
SAT IIs: Taking: Chem, Math II, and US History- plan on 700s in each
ACT: 34</p>

<p>Recs:
Teachers - Great one from AP Chem (more about personality-- I improved a ton in her class over the year, lots of determination, etc.) Good one from English (should talk about natural talent in Humanities, but I don't work hard enough in that sooo....)
Supplemental - One from my Amnesty International Advisor who was also my freshman Humanities Teacher (should be awesome) </p>

<p>Sports-
Varsity Crew Coxswain- three seasons so far, love the sport, want to continue it in college, will contact university coaches about recruiting
Won:
Midwest Championships and Indianapolis Regatta
3rd at Grand Rapids Regatta</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>President of Model UN
- Won Best Prepared School at Midwest Conference
-Won Outstanding Delegate at Midwest Conference
-Expanded club so it is attending its first international conference at the Netherlands</p>

<p>President and Founder of Amnesty International-
- Started Amnesty International at school and built it to a 50 member club
- Won several scholarships for the club
- Donated over $2000 to Darfur </p>

<p>Acting
- one of my greatest passion
- have gotten over 10 leads in play
- will study at Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors this summer
- accepted into Core Talent, Page Parkes Talent Agency </p>

<p>Modeling
- Print Model for Macy and Target
- Shot for 7 magazine ads </p>

<p>Global Institute Scholar
- Only five people are chosen every year, pretty big accomplishment
- Learn about International Relations, travel all over US and world attending important events </p>

<p>Speech (probably Captain next year)
- have over 500 NFL points
-triple in three events
- Two time Sectional/Regional Qualifier, One time State Qualifier</p>

<p>Founder of Project Ignition
- after one of the students died because of car accident, founded Project Ignition, a teen driving safety program
-promote safe driving around community </p>

<p>Also play tennis and volleyball as a hobby, Chair of Diversity Council</p>

<p>Community Service
-partner up with Heart House (non profit day care that provides opportunities for economically disadvataged kids) and holds acting workshops
- providing these kids with opportunities they wouldn't normally get
- direct a play with these kids as actors for the community </p>

<p>Honors, Recognitions, Awards, Programs (Kinda weak right now):</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Won a prestigious full ride scholarship award to my college prep high school
(5 out of 500 kids are chosen every year) </p></li>
<li><p>Won Miss Teen US-Singapore (will compete in national competition later this year) </p></li>
<li><p>Congressional Award for my community service efforts (Amnesty International, Project Ignition, Heart House)</p></li>
<li><p>National Commended Scholar (probably) </p></li>
<li><p>Four Gold A's ( 3.7 GPA or higher) </p></li>
<li><p>Blue Key Society and Candidate for Cum Laude</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Therefore, you can see I have a really strong passion in International Relations and the theatrical arts and have really strong ECs. I can speak and write very well so should do great on the interviews and essays. However, I am worried about my SAT scores and my junior year grades. I didn't choose my classes well and took the hardest math and science class offered. Like I mentioned, I had a 3.5 one semester, and a 4.0 now, averaging out to a 3.75. Freshman and Sophomore year were great, with averages around a 3.93. </p>

<p>Anyway, please let me know what you think my chances are getting into the above schools listed. Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>Reaches:
Dartmouth
Yale
Cornell</p>

<p>Matches:
Georgetown
Pomona
Columbia
NYU
Carnegie</p>

<p>Saftey:
U. of Miami, Florida.</p>

<p>I don't know about Vanderbilt...</p>

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<p>thannks so much!</p>

<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>I agree, although I think Cornell is a match for you as much as an ivy can be a match for anyone. Nice stats and nice EC's!</p>

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<p>aww thanks! It's a great relief to hear that I have a chance at these schools....didn't think I stood a chance after that horrible semester</p>

<p>anyone else have a thought?</p>

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<p>may i get some more people's opinions please?</p>

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<p>You have decent chances for all, except Yale.</p>

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<p>Georgetown University-High Match; about the same as Vanderbilt, so long as you're not applying SFS, in which case it jumps to a reach, because (I've heard) SFS is really, really selective.</p>

<p>Dartmouth University-Don't know much about it. Probably same as Cornell; low reach, but as close to a match as Ivys get. (But I REALLY haven't studied Dartmouth or Cornell)</p>

<p>Vanderbilt University-High Match. Great school, but you're a great student. I'd say 50-65% chance.</p>

<p>Cornell University-Don't know much about it. Probably a low reach, but as close to a match as an Ivy gets.</p>

<p>Pomona College-Don't know much; blind guess it's a match, based on my VERY loose understanding of its selectivity.</p>

<p>Columbia University-Just about a match. Ivys aren't REALLY matches for anybody, but you're definitely towards the top of the applicant pool. Don't forget to ace their version of the Why Columbia essay.</p>

<p>Yale University-Reach for everybody. Your ECs definitely stand out, you have a pretty strong GPA, and your SATs are firmly in the middle 50% for even Yale. That's about all I can tell you. My personal 2 cents opinion: Your GPA going down Junior year might raise red flags; do your best to prove however you can that increased academic stress won't kill you. I remember my Yale information guy said that the school is looking for people that can handle the workload without having to spend 24hrs a day in the library. Try to prove you're that kind of person. </p>

<p>New York University-Very good chance, although it's another school with a strong acting culture that I don't <em>think</em> will let you double major or major\minor between performance and another subject. </p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon-Match, although just fyi, you won't be able to minor in acting at CMU, even if you do get into the program. </p>

<p>University of Miama Florida-Don't know about it; statistically its a low match, but with your amazing ECs it might become an easy admit.</p>