Chances at various schools (I'll chance you back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please Chance me for these schools :) I'll chance you back. </p>

<p>Here are the schools I am looking at: Columbia (ED), WashU (I'm a legacy), Johns Hopkins, NYU, Barnard, Boston College, Brandeis, GW, Georgetown, Northwestern, University of Chicago</p>

<p>White female from small private school in PA</p>

<p>SAT: CR800 W760 M670 (2230)
SAT II: Spanish760 BioE740 French710
Grades: All A's (4.0)</p>

<p>EC's
-Debate team (3 years, president)
-School Literary Magazine (4 years Editor in Chief)
-Varsity Track (3 years)
-Chorus (4 years)
-School Musical (2 years)
-Went to Africa for a month to paint a mural over the summer</p>

<p>AWARDS
-Grand Concours (National French Contest)-Silver Medal
-International Russian Contest Moj Russki- Finalist for USA</p>

<p>EMPLOYMENT
Sunday School Teaching Aide (5 years)</p>

<p>SPECIAL
I went on a semester abroad to Russia. I am planning to write my essay about this. I also have fairly high TORFL scores to demonstrate my fluency in Russian. </p>

<p>RECS
Spanish/Lit teacher (excellent)
Bio Teacher (pretty good)</p>

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<p>Columbia, UChicago: High Reach (You do have something different, but you are academically just not at that level, and you are a dime a dozen compared to int’ls.)
John Hopkins, Northwestern, Georgetown: Low reach
NYU, Brandeis, WashU, Boston College, Barnard: High match</p>

<p>Chance back?
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<p>I think you may be confusing test scores with academics.</p>

<p>I have straight A’s for all four years of high school at a private school and take all the advanced classes I can. </p>

<p>What type of test score do you think I would need for the reach schools to become more realistic?</p>

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<p>RE: academically</p>

<p>That might not have been what I meant, but I think that because I didn’t see anything about coursework I misinterpreted some things. </p>

<p>What IB, AP, college-level or GCA-advanced level classes have you taken?</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t offer IB or AP courses so I can’t take them (but also, because they are not offered, this cannot hurt me)</p>

<p>Whenever an advanced class has been offered (except for math) I have taken it. At my school, some subjects (for example lit and history) do not offer advanced classes every year.
COURSEWORK:
Science: 4 years (Foundation of Science class, Chem(A), Bio(A), Physics(A))
Math: 4 years (Geometry, Algebra II, Precalc, Calc(A))
Language: 4 years Spanish (Spanish 3A, Spanish Lit IA, Spanish lit IIA) 2 years French (French 1,2A)
Art: 1 year (Studio Art)
History: 3 years (Global History, American History, Modern European HistoryA)
Literature: 4 years (Lit I, Lit II, American Lit, 20th Century lit)</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED)- reach (it’s doable though, but just not highly likely)
WashU- low reach (reach if you weren’t a legacy)
Johns Hopkins- low reach/reach
NYU- low match/ match
Barnard-???
Boston College- low match
Brandeis-???
GW- low match
Georgetown- high match/low reach
Northwestern- low reach
University of Chicago- low reach/reach</p>

<p>You have a solid assortment of colleges with a wide variety of selectivities. So long as you write solid essays, I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t get into a school like Hopkins, NU, or Georgetown. However, Columbia may be too much of a stretch. Applying ED to a comparatively less selective ivy would be more plausible. Good luck!</p>

<p>If you could chance me back, I’d be really appreciative…
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<p>Columbia (ED)- middle reach
WashU- Match
Johns Hopkins- High Match
NYU- low match
Boston College- low match
Georgetown- high match
Northwestern- low reach
University of Chicago- reach</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1508365-wharton-cornell-ed-others.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1508365-wharton-cornell-ed-others.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think you have a good chance especially with your good scores but also with your language related accomplishments. Just make sure your essay is great because a lot of people wih great scores get rejected because of bland essays. Good luck! Also remember its a crapshoot but you have as decent a chance as anyone. Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1439775-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1439775-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Columbia (ED)- Reach, but good chances!
WashU (I’m a legacy)- I think you’re a match
ohns Hopkins-it’ll be hard, but good chances, probably a low reach
NYU-you have the stats for it, so I’d say its a low reach
Barnard-it’s a match!
Boston College-not sure
Brandeis-no idea, sorry
GW-match!
Georgetown- perfect match, I have personal experience with this one!
Chance me back?</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED)- Reach
WashU (I’m a legacy)- Low Reach
Johns Hopkins- High Match/ Low Reach
NYU- Match/ High Match
Barnard- Not sure, never heard of it
Boston College- Match/ High Match
Brandeis- Not sure, never heard of it
GW- match
Georgetown- High Match
Northwestern- Low Reach
University of Chicago- Reach</p>

<p>I apologize for my chance thread being so lengthy, but I was new when I started it, and didn’t know to keep things pithy. </p>

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<p>thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>Your extracurriculars are amazing, although I’d retake your SAT one more time to see if you can pull your Math section above a 700. It looks a bit bad that it’s below 700. That’s probably going to be the only factor that will decrease your chances. Good luck though!!</p>

<p>Chance me?
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<p>Columbia (ED)- reach (all the Ivies are, and you don’t have anything particularly special to offer)
WashU-Low Reach because of legacy status
Johns Hopkins-Low Reach
NYU-Low Match/High Safety
Barnard-Match
Boston College-High Match
Brandeis-Low Match
Georgetown- Low Reach
Northwestern-Reach
University of Chicago-Reach</p>

<p>There’s nothing “wrong” with your app, it’s just a little bland. Either than going to Russia (was that a trip based on having the finances to go, or did you need to earn it academically?), there’s nothing unique to set your app apart. </p>

<p>Chance back at:
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<p>question: why does this thread have 25k views??</p>