Chances for a hopeful high school student :) at UVA, Cornell, Colgate, URochester...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!! I'm a junior at a highly-ranked public school in MA and I'd just like to see what my chances are at some schools :)</p>

<p>Schools i'm interested in: UVA, Cornell, SUNY Binghamton, Colgate, URochester, UMASS Amherst, McGill, Johns Hopkins University</p>

<p>AP Classes- Biology- 5, APUSH-4.
Next year i'm taking AP Chem, AP Composition, and AP Euro
and senior year I plan on taking 4-5 AP's
so that's 9 AP's overall--most rigorous courseload offered
everything not AP was an honors class</p>

<p>UW GPA- 3.7, Weighted- 4.24
I know the UW is rather low, I had a tough time adjusting to AP classes sophomore year :/</p>

<p>ACT- 30 (I plan on re-taking this junior year)
SAT- haven't taken yet- will this year
SAT II- 710 on Biology (I'm going to take more next year)</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars </p>

<p>Violin:
I am in school orchestra (first chair). Grades 5-present
New England Conservatory youth orchestra. Grade 10-present
I've taken private lessons from grade 4-present</p>

<p>Piano Lessons: Kindergarten-present. </p>

<p>Guitar: I teach myself? I've played for 4 years. It's more of a leisurely thing so I'm not sure if it counts </p>

<p>Sports: I play tennis in the spring and Field Hockey in the fall </p>

<p>Clubs: Microfinance Club- I'm Secretary
Leo Club, Math Club, Peer Tutoring, UNITE (leadership)</p>

<p>Volunteer Stufff: I volunteer at a hospital 4 hours a week during the summer and I occasionaly go to Project Just Because. I also Tutor 150+ hours so far</p>

<p>Leadership: I'm on student council and Secretary of Microfinance club. I was chosen to attend the START leadership conference and won the Peter J. Baltren award there. I was chosen to be a part of the club UNITE in my school which is another leadership club </p>

<p>I plan on majoring in Biology.
If anyone has any other ideas on schools to apply to they'd be much appreciated!! I'm afraid I may not have enough safety schools/match schools.
Thanks so much</p>

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<p>I will chance back by the way :slight_smile: just post the link to the thread if you wish :)</p>

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<p>Okay… Bottom line. Everything looks pretty good except academics. Just work on that part. Also, you need something to set you apart from others. I know many, many people who do the very similar things you do.
Other than that, you have good chances for your schools
My credentials: my dad went to UVA. Great school. Good essay will help greatly as well</p>

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<p>^thanks! I’m hoping my GPA will rise with more AP classes. my goal is 4.4.</p>

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<p>ap sophomore year? at my school you cant till junior year, and all around me same. what state do you live in? but it looks good! i wish i did that good</p>

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<p>^yeah haha my school offers a lot of APs, starting really early. They used to have a pre-AP science in freshman year but they got rid of it a couple years ago. I live in MA! thanks :)</p>

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<p>oh i wanna go to school in ma, hopefully i can, i slacked off my first 2 years and i have 2.7 gpa but i know i can do way better and i am going to try really hard junior and senior year. it was mainly homework.</p>

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<p>To be honest, if you are planning to major in bio, a 710 SAT II is a tad bit low for schools like UVA/Cornell/Colgate etc. so you may want to study that over the summer, but it shouldn’t kill you.
The GPA is fine, the UW is a bit low but the courseload makes up for it.
Definitely (if you are really talented) send tapes of you playing piano/violin/guitar etc.!
You are a bit short on clubs but as long as you can show passion for the ones you are in right now in your essays that’s fine.
Take more SATIIs (you want 3 over 750+, that’s optimal for a top tier school), up your ACT by 3 points, and I would say you are a competitive applicant anywhere!</p>

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<p>Lacrosse7: yeah, it’s never too late to improve! GPA’s can go up… my brother started similar to you, got his gpa up to a 3.1 and is now attending Syracuse University :)</p>

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<p>Lolcowz: Yeahh haha i was really dissapointed in the SAT II score. I may retake next year. I was hoping a 5 on the AP test would make up for it… I’m really conflicted on sending tapes for music. I would for violin probably, but i’m just afraid it wouldn’t be good enough? I am talented… or i’d like to think i am. haha. i’m just not sure! It could never hurt an application, right?</p>

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<p>bumppppp. i’d like to hear more opinions if possible! any other ideas for schools?</p>

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<p>one more try… Bump!</p>