Chances for a girl with aspirations!?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please note that I am not yet a senior. I am making a few assumptions here, all of which are in my extracurriculars.</p>

<p>I want to study Biology.
General Information:
High School: One of the top 20 in the US. (It's a boarding school not in NY)
Sex: Female
Location: NY
Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: approximately 90 (it's very good in context of the school I go to)
Rank: School does not rank.
SAT: 2180 (CR: 700, M: 720, W: 760 [12 Essay])
SAT II's: 800 Math IIC, 720 US History, 760 Bio M
ACT: 32</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Math Team: 4 years (Captain during Jr. Year)
Engineering Team: 3 years
School Newspaper: 4 years; Positions held: Staff writer, Business Manager, Publisher (basically 2nd in command :))
Internship at a prestigious cancer research lab: Spent over 360 hours here during my sophomore year summer, and will spend all of my junior year summer there as well. I will probably publish a couple papers this summer.
Chorus: 3 years
Sports: I've done sports every season of every year in high school (mostly track/cross country)
Quiz Bowl: Team founder and captain (Junior and Senior years)</p>

<p>Significant Awards:
- Likely National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT: 224)
- School Fellowship ($3,500): This is one of the things that makes my application unique. The fellowship that I won is awarded to one student in my grade every year, and it's extremely competitive. My fellowship has a lot to do with my focus on cancer research, and I will be going to the pacific rim to pursue it.
- I will be applying to the Siemens-Westinghouse competition.</p>

<p>Schools that I'm interested in:<a href="This%20list%20does%20not%20include%20every%20school%20I'm%20considering--just%20the%20ones%20I'd%20like%20to%20be%20chanced%20for.%20Do%20I%20have%20any%20chance%20at%20the%20following?">/u</a>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (legacy)
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Brown University
Cornell University
Rice University
Tufts University</p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

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<p>Remember, MIT or any Ivy is tough to chance, but your internship is quite impressive. "Published" scores points with colleges.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Bump!</p>

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<p>haha how do you get an internship at a prestigious cancer research lab as a sophomore?</p>

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<p>I'd say that you've definitely got a good shot--which is all you can really say with such prestigious schools!
Are you planning to take the SAT 1 again? Your scores are really good--but for Ivys and the like, the higher the better. If you could bump up your M and CR a bit, that'd be even better (I'm just asking because these schools are SO competitive these days, considering they're rejecting kids with 800s--not that the SAT is everything, of course.)</p>

<p>Your extracirriculars are <em>very</em> impressive! I'm assuming that your classes are too...although you don't mention if you're taking/plan to take any APs/IBs, etc. Being at such a good school with such a good GPA is a definite plus. :) Good luck!</p>

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<p>Bump. Thanks for all of the comments! :)</p>

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<p>Your credentials are already very good. This is just my suggestion, but why not prep some more for the SAT (or the ACT) and try to get it even higher (not that they're low, they're already high). You have everything else going for you. Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>chubeebo: I will be retaking the ACT in June and the SAT in October. Thanks for the encouraging comments :D</p>