Chances at Ivies and "Public Ivies"? Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone this is my first post! Please chance me and I will be sure to chance back.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Economics/International Relations</p>

<p>UPenn:
Columbia:
Duke:
Notre Dame:
Northwestern:
UMich:
UC - Berkeley:
Cornell:
UT-Austin:</p>

<p>Grade: 11
Class Rank: N/A (Top 20 School in America
State: TX
GPA: 3.78 UW (see below)
SAT: 2250
Freshman Course Load: hardest possible (3.71 UW)
Sophomore Course Load: hardest possible (3.80 UW, All A's except Spanish)
Junior Course Load: 5 APs and 3 Honors classes (3.84 UW)
Senior Course Load: Full IB Diploma
[I have taken 8 APs (Bio, Stats, Economics, etc.) and I'm taking 2 more APs and 6 IB classes this year]</p>

<p>Leadership/ECs:
- Treasurer of Student Council
- Regional President of Healthcare Occupations Students of America
- Secretary General of Model UN
- Chairman of Junior World Affairs Council
- Captain of Debate Team
- Editor-In-Chief of Yearbook
- VP of Robotics
- VP of Business Professionals of America
- Lead Attorney at Teen Court
I have won multiple awards in all of my Clubs</p>

<p>Sports:
-Varsity Swim (2 years)
-Varsity Golf (2 years)</p>

<p>Non-Profit Work/Volunteer:
- Established my own non-profit and set up medical camps across South Asia
- Public Relations at an established non-profit (managed 10K annual budget,; this is not my own non-profit)
- I give free SAT tutoring to underprivileged kids once a week
Over 1000 Volunteer Hours at places including hospital, my community, and my school</p>

<p>Awards:
- National Merit PSAT
- Presidential Service Award
- Contributor at Multiple Asian Newspapers (50K+ Circulation) and Huffington Post
- 1 Published Article on Forbes Online
- National AP Scholar
- UIL Speaking / Debate at State Level
- Mayor's Youth Council</p>

<p>Work:
- Hosted a TEDx conference with prominent people in attendance
- Internship at Health Minister's Office (Head Minister of Asian Country)
- Translator at International Rescue Committee </p>

<p>Basic Info:
-Ethnicity: South Asian
-Gender: Male
-Family Income: ~$200,000</p>

<p>Sorry about the long post. I would love to chance back.</p>

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<p>How is your SAT breakdown?
Any SAT2? Also your home state?
You are sitting on the fence for many of these schools that these answers are critical for chancing as your GPA is a bit low.</p>

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<p>760 M / 750 W / 740 CR</p>

<p>Home state is Texas. I will be taking October SAT to bring my scores up.</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
Math II: 790
Biology: 770</p>

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<p>How are you national merit if you’re a junior?</p>

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<p>With a better SAT score, and great essays, you should be good to go. You have a reason for your low GPA. Have you considered taking the ACT for NW?</p>

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<p>^how exactly are you a national merit if you’re grade 11?</p>

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<p>I’m a senior. lol. Sorry about the error. Please feel free to chance and disregard that error that I made.</p>

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<p>Wow!! You are such a great student. I think you have a really good chance. Your plethora of extracurriculars makes up for you lowish GPA</p>

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<p>Can u chance me back? </p>

<p>I am currently a sophomore , but I would like to see if I’m on the right track to be admitted to Columbia University. </p>

<p>Rank: 1</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0 </p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.8</p>

<p>I wasn’t allowed to take APs freshman year, but now I’m in AP Statistics and AP World History. </p>

<p>Volunteer work:</p>

<p>I volunteered at the library, youth museum, and every summer I am a counselor at a bible camp. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>I am on the debate team</p>

<p>I am treasurer of DECA club</p>

<p>I am sophomore director of Key Club</p>

<p>I am committee chair for SGA </p>

<p>I am a cofounder of Model UN Club</p>

<p>I started a non profit charity to help local families in need. </p>

<p>I am also part of NHS</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>I won regionals for National History fair</p>

<p>I have won county awards for debate </p>

<p>School award for debate</p>

<p>3rd place in Florida Key Club Speech Competition </p>

<p>Others: </p>

<p>I’ve attended a DCON conference</p>

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<p>I agree that your gpa is on the low side, but with that many amazing extracurriculars and a hard courseload full of aps and ibs I think you have a really strong chance of getting in…well a strong chance considering some are ivies.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>UPenn:High match
Columbia: Match
Duke: Match
Notre Dame: Match
Northwestern: Match
UMich: Low match
UC - Berkeley: Match
Cornell:Low match
UT-Austin: Safety</p>

<p>You have excellent EC’s. Maybe try to raise your SAT a little bit?</p>

<p>Chance back: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1553452-chance-low-act-excellent-ecs-kid-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1553452-chance-low-act-excellent-ecs-kid-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Very solid all around candidate. Personally i think you have a great shot at all these schools, with the only real reaches being UPENN, Columbia and Duke. The others being targets and Texas being a safety</p>

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<p>Looking good!</p>

<p>UPenn: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Duke: Low Reach/Match
Notre Dame: Match
Northwestern: Match/Low Reach
UMich: Match
UC - Berkeley: Match
Cornell: Match/Low Reach?</p>

<p>Future looks good for you. You could toss BC in there too, its econ is pretty decent.
Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1550070-looking-some-helpful-input-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1550070-looking-some-helpful-input-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;
Thanks!</p>

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<p>UPenn: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Duke: Low Reach
Notre Dame: Low reach
Northwestern: Low Reach
UMich: Match
UC - Berkeley: High Match
Cornell: Low reach
UT-Austin: Match</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>UPenn: High Reach if Wharton
Columbia: Reach
Duke: Reach
Notre Dame: High Match
Northwestern: High Match/ Low Reach
UMich: Match
UC - Berkeley: High Match
Cornell: Low Reach
UT-Austin: Match
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1533620-chance-me-princeton-wharton-upenn-dartmouth-cornell-harvard-mit.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1533620-chance-me-princeton-wharton-upenn-dartmouth-cornell-harvard-mit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UPenn: Low Reach
Columbia: Reach
Duke: Low Reach
Notre Dame: Match
Northwestern: High Match
UMich: Safety
UC Berkeley: Match
Cornell: High Match
UT Austin: Safety</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1547918-chances-georgia-tech-early-action.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1547918-chances-georgia-tech-early-action.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Great score distribution.</p>

<p>Columbia: Low reach
Duke: High match
Notre Dame: High match
NU: Low reach
UMich: match
UCB: High match
Cornell: High match to low reach
UTA: Low match</p>

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<p>UPenn: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Duke Trinity: Reach
Cornell: Reach
UT-Austin: Low match/Match
Berkeley: Match
UMI: Match
Notre Dame: Reach
NWU: Reach</p>