chances at georgetown, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>just out of curiosity, will you fine people give me a bit of feedback?</p>

<p>Georgetown
Columbia
Barnard
Tufts
Brown
Dartmouth
Boston College</p>

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<p>Gender: F
Location: NY
High School: Public
High School Type: mehh, sends maybe a couple to top schools.
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>My dad is Ecuadorian, no high school.
My mom is Puerto rican, no college
so Hispanic, 1st generation, income <30000 all that jazz.</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.9
Class Rank: 3
Class Size: 250</p>

<p>Will have completed 9 AP by the time I graduate. Chemistry, Euro History, English (LIT. and Lng.), Calc, French, Human Geography, US History, and Gov </p>

<p>all honors otherwise, and all A's.</p>

<p>Major will probably be in either English or International Relations.</p>

<p>2100 SAT</p>

<p>recommendations: 1 amazing from English teacher (one of the best writers he's seen, great personal relationship) 1 good from counselor.
essays all fantastic. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
(nothing remarkable sadly)</p>

<p>-Battle of the Books 9
-Newspaper 11, 12 (editor)
-Key Club 9, 10 (secretary), 12
-Literary Magazine 10,11,12
-Century Club 11,12
-Harvard Model Congress 11,12
-Academic team 12
150 community service hours.
was one of top 12 in nation in wordmasters tenth grade.</p>

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<p>oh and I’ll add Amherst to that list too.</p>

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<p>Good shot considering race and good grades/scores/english related ec’s.</p>

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<p>reverse discrimination makes me laugh</p>

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<p>You look really good especially for BC and Barnard. All the others are always tough, but everything excepting your SAT score (which isn’t bad by any means) is fantastic! Good luck</p>

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<p>interesting
thanks for the chance</p>

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<p>you seem to have a really good chance at a lot of those schools, especially if you could bring your SAT up a bit.
Columbia is probably a no, but the others you have a shot</p>

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<p>While you have a decent shot at all of those places, your chances would be even better if you increased your SAT score.</p>

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<p>I disagree with most of the respondents. I would like to see your SATII’s and AP test scores, but in general considering your URM status, and your impressive GPA, that a 2100 SAT score (SAT scores are often over emphasized on CC) will be more than adequate for any of the schools on your list. I think any adcom would pass you for the academic preparedness threshold.</p>

<p>IMO your problem is that your EC’s are underwhelming (no leadership, sports, basically just a few clubs which do not account for constructive time usage in HS). Even as an URM (and maybe especially for an URM who is forgiven SAT score points), they are looking for students that will “fit” the culture of the school and offer some unique qualities to contribute to the campus. IOn this front you are lacking.</p>

<p>Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth</p>

<p>^Reaches</p>

<p>Tufts
Amherst
Georgetown</p>

<p>^Low Reaches</p>

<p>Barnard
Boston College</p>

<p>^Matches</p>

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<p>What’s the breakdown on your SAT score? Means a bit more if it isn’t skewed toward the writing component.
Also, is there any activity you do out of school (besides studying :slight_smile: ) that you haven’t mentioned, or some other demand on your time such as need to work at a job or family situation?</p>

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<p>what grade are you in?</p>

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<p>Georgetown -low reach
Columbia -mid reach
Barnard -match/in
Tufts -match/in
Brown -low reach
Dartmouth -low reach
Boston College -match/in</p>

<p>Best shot is at the non-Ivies, which you’ll likely get into. I think you have a great shot at Georgetown, Brown, and Dartmouth. You’ll get into at least one of them, and that’s me being a bit pessimistic. Columbia is insane and you have a harder shot there. If you’re applying to Barnard, I’d skip regular Columbia and go for another top Ivy, like Harvard (that happens to be my favorite bc they seem to like diversity the most). </p>

<p>Chance back (yeah it’s me again… you might have seen this on your other recent chance thread) <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165818-chance-incoming-senior-fordham-nyu-barnard-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165818-chance-incoming-senior-fordham-nyu-barnard-ivies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;