Chances (dreaming...)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basics:
-Senior in the fall at a competitive Illinois high school
-Female, first generation</p>

<p>Academics:
-GPA: UW=3.7, W=4.5
-Rank: 25/500, top 10%
-ACT: C=28, E=29, M=27, S=26, R=30, W=10
-SAT: 1890, W=740, CR=630, M=520
-Senior courseload: AP Gov, AP English, AP Bio, Pre-calc, Advanced Engineering 4, Honors Spanish 4
-Total credits for higher placement classes: 3.5 APs, 7 honors, 3 advanced engineering</p>

<p>ECs:
-Debate (9,10,12): member, varsity captain
-Speech (11,12): member
-Yearbook (9-12): staffer, section head, editor-in-chief
-Spanish Club (11,12): secretary, treasurer, president
-Link Crew (12): leader
-National Honors Society (12): member
-National Society of High School Scholars (11, 12): member
-National Spanish Honors Society (10-12): member</p>

<p>Work:
-maintained part time job for 1+ years; 10-15 hrs/wk</p>

<p>Community Service:
-100+ hrs</p>

<p>Other:
-my essays are top notch and my recommendations will be flawless
-intended major: psychology/English, pre-law advising
-intended career: law
-hoping to get into Harvard or Yale law school after undergrad</p>

<p>Chances for:
UIUC
Northwestern (ed possibly), (uncle attended)
Cornell (ed possibly)
American
Swarthmore
William and Mary
U of Virginia
Loyola of Chicago
Depaul (aunt attended)</p>

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<p>anybody out there with advice. looking for suggestions for other schools as well. :)</p>

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<p>Northwestern, Swarthmore, Cornell, and William and Mary are reaches. Mostly because your SAT/ACT score is quite low. Try to get that SAT to at least a 2000+ or the ACT to a 30+ and you might be in better shape. The other schools are most likely matches.</p>

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<p>I agree with sak09 that NU, Swarthmore, Cornell, and W&M are reaches. Loyola and DePaul could be safeties, and the rest are matches.</p>