Chances at Ivy League's, Georgetown, UCs. ect...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a junior at a school in california (not sure how prestigous or whatever).</p>

<p>Current Cumulative GPA: 4.2</p>

<p>SAT: 750 CR, 700 M, 740 W, Total 2190</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 Lit, taking Bio and USHistory in May</p>

<p>APs: European History - 4, taking Bio and US History in May</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Schedule:
AP English
AP Econ
AP Gov
AP Psychology
AP Caluclus AB
Honors Spanish 4
Band</p>

<p>ECs:
-almost Eagle Scout (I'll finish it by this summer, before applications start), involves creating a service project ~200 hrs of community service
-National Merit First Round
-Violin - 9 yrs</p>

<p>Projected College Major: International Affairs/Political Science</p>

<p>College's I'm thinking of:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UC San Diego
UCLA
UPenn
Columbia
Georgetown (SFS)
and of course HYPS</p>

<p>What are my chances? One specific question is whether my SAT is good enough at this point. I've only taken it once (got results this morning), and I'm really debating whether I should retake in June or not.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone.</p>

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<p>Penn, Columbia and Gtown are reaches, UCs are matches for you (in-state), HYPS are all big reaches.</p>

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<p>Meh, G-town, Penn, and Cornell are reaches</p>

<p>UCs match</p>

<p>HYPS are all <em>far</em> reaches</p>

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<p>As far as HYPS and the Ivies...</p>

<p>I hope you have better ECs than you listed, if not you're sunk...</p>

<p>200+ service hours is common at ivies and everyone and their mother does violin. Being an Eagle Scout is impressive, but for some reason, colleges don't seem to hold it in very high esteem (you don't see ANY Eagle Scouts gaining admissions to schools on that basis alone). I don't mean to be harsh but the ivies are huge reaches. Perhaps you should make a more balanced application list.</p>

<p>For the UCs (with the exception of UCLA and Berkeley) I'd say you are a match stat-wise. UCLA and Berkeley are reaches.</p>

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<p>Aatif:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match</p>