chances at top schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background:
Hispanic male (Colombian)
New Jersey
competitive public school</p>

<p>sat's:
math-760
critical reading-760
writing-790
total-2310</p>

<p>sat ii's:
math ii-800
chem-650</p>

<p>weighted gpa:
freshman-4.26
sophomore-4.04
junior-4.05
cumulative-4.1</p>

<p>and A is 4.3, A- is 4.0 so i'm in between</p>

<p>Freshman year I took regular English because I didn't qualify for honors, and took honors geometry and honors physical science. I also took 4 semesters of academic electives instead of study halls.</p>

<p>Sophomore year I took honors English, honors Algebra 2/Trig, and honors bio instead of AP bio. I took 4 semesters of academic electives.</p>

<p>This year I'm taking AP chem, honors english instead of ap, and honors pre calc. I'm taking a year of study hall and an year of academic electives.</p>

<p>Every year I took regular history (I didn't qualify for AP last year and you must take AP sophomore year to take AP this year) and regular Spanish (no AP or honors offered). I'm in Spanish 5 this year.</p>

<p>Next year I will have AP Physics, AP Calc A/B, AP Stat, and AP English. I will be not be taking history. I will continue to take academic electives.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Lacrosse-4 years
Newspaper-4 years (copy-editor this year and maybe editor next year)
Drama Club-2 years
Involved in 4 productions
3 Math competitions each year for 4 years
People to People Student Ambassador 1 summer</p>

<p>I had an after-school job in the fall this year.</p>

<p>Top 15% in my school. (We don't do exact rank)</p>

<p>So the schools I'm looking at are:
Amherst, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Haverford, Lafayette, Lehigh, Pomona, USC, Stanford</p>

<p>Please reply and help me. If necessary I can get more info (specific grades, more info about my school, etc.)</p>

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<p>You have a really good shot at all the schools. I'm also from NJ, what high school are you going to to?</p>

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<p>Your SAT I test scores put you in a very, very high percentile for Hispanic males. Take another SAT II (one in a subject you're comfortable in), get good first semester grades (go for 4.3+), and you'll have a good shot--but understand that your grades and rank won't help your case.</p>

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<p>The five US Service Academies would be a good fit.</p>

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<p>barnetfc: i'm from summit, where are you from?</p>

<p>morsvenit: i might retake chem and i'm going to take us history whenever the first sat ii date is.</p>

<p>lfwb dad: i'm not interested in service academies. one of my best friends wants to go to navy though. his brother is at coast guard.</p>

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<p>I'm from Northern NJ. MorsVenit is right, your SAT scores are excellent and it won't hurt to take more SAT IIs.We have similar stats and I'm going to Haverford, so just pm if you have anymore questions.</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>bump6char.</p>

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<p>You might want to check out each specific school, some may require 3 SAT II's instead of 2. I'm a little confused about your GPA...can you tell me what you unweighted GPA is? You may want to consider applying early to your first choice, it boosts your chances quite a bit at schools like Brown and Amherst.</p>

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<p>i'm taking the us history sat ii in the fall and i might retake chem as well. i'm not sure what my unweighted gpa is. at my school 4.3 is an a, 4.0 is an a-, 3.7 is a b+, etc.</p>

<p>there are a couple of schools that i really really like, more so than the others, but of those couple there isn't one that i like more than the others. basically my list of schools has tiers and there are 3 in the first tier but there isn't one in the first tier that stands out more than the other two. i was thinking of applying early to stanford because its the only one that is early action as opposed to early decision.</p>

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<p>any more help?</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>anyone? ...</p>