Chances at Top Colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Well I'm a senior at a small high school in Los Angeles and I'm waiting for my decision letters, so I thought that this may be a good tool to expected the unexpected. </p>

<p>List of Colleges:
Barnard
Bryn Mawr
Brandeis
Boston College
Northwestern
Georgetown
U Penn
Stanford
Northwestern
Swarthmore
Lafayette
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UCSD
UC Irvine
Wellesley
NYU</p>

<p>Me: Female, Hispanic, great interviews and essays
School:
54 Seniors Total, Small College Prep School
My Rank: 1st
Cum. GPA through Junior Year: 4.38
1st Semester Senior Year GPA: 5.0
Senior Course Load:
AP Statistics
AP Macroeconomics
AP U.S. Government
AP English Literature
AP Art Studio
Honors Advanced Debate
Past AP's Taken:
AP World History: 3
AP Euro History: 4
AP U.S. History: 3
AP English Language: 5
AP Psychology: 3
SAT's:
Critical Reading: 600
Math: 640
Writing: 630
Extra Curriculars:
Class President: 3 years
National Honor Society: Member 4 Years, President 11, 12
National Forensic League: Member 4 Years, Debate Team Captain 4 Years, Varsity Speech and Debate: 4 Years
Student Court: Justice 3 years, Attorney 1 year
Art Club: 3 Years Member
Spanish Club: 3 Years Member</p>

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<p>don't heavily trust on me, im not that good at rating chances, though, here it goes:
Boston College: match (?)
Northwestern: kinda reach
U Penn reach
Stanford reach
Swarthmore - very competitive LAC -- slight reach(?)
UCLA reach
UC Berkeley reach
UCSD match
UC Irvine match</p>

<p>just can't tell very well. wait for others to reply also. Good luck!</p>

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<p>is your GPA 4.38 out of 5.0? or 4.0?</p>

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<p>APs and SATs are quite low compared to your GPA, which makes me wonder whether your school has grade inflation.</p>

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<p>how are you a val with those sat scores?</p>

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<p>yea your sat/ap scores may make your school's grading system and your gpa look inflated</p>

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<p>its 4.38 cum weighted.
4.0 unweighted.
Honors and AP Classes are worth 5 points. Regular Classes, 4 points.</p>

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<p>Well, 2nd in the class is a person with a 2290 SAT and the others close to me have very high scores, but I became valedictorian through hard-work rather than what others may call "critical reading" and test-taking skills.</p>

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<p>oh also, im a national hispanic scholar, national ventures scholar, and ive been awarded by the LA City Council, Soccer since 7 years old etc.</p>

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<p>roxycristina:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI: Safe Match</p>

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<p>This is a tough one. Your grades are impressive. Ditto class rank. But your AP grades and SAT scores are simply not up to par for many of the schools on your list. I'd have to say that most of the schools on your list are a reach. Barnard, Northwestern, UPenn, and Stanford are big reaches. Of the rest, Lafeyette is a high match, UCSD is a match, and Irvine is probably a safety. The fact that you're the val in your class, clearly hard working, and a URM will probably help you, and may get you into one or even two of your reaches, but I wouldn't count on it.</p>