chances for an IL student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Go to a public school in IL (senior next year) and i will be a first generation college student in my family. </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: Weighted 4.2/ 4</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (33E, 34R, 34M, 35s)</p>

<p>Class rank: 20/497 (top 5%)</p>

<p>Ap's taken: AP EURO and APUS (waiting for scores)</p>

<p>Hardest possible courseload available to me</p>

<p>Senior year classes: AP CALC AB, AP GOV, AP ECON, AP SPAN, AP ENG,
AP PHYSICS</p>

<p>EC'S:</p>

<p>-Scholastic Bowl ( 2yr captain of JV team and 2yr captain of V; top scorer junior year and named to conference all-star team)
- Basketball (9,10,11)
- Baseball (9,10,11)
- NHS (board member)
- Volunteer at a gift shop ( over 200 hours)
- Idk if it counts but job for past 2 yrs. (15-18 hrs/ week)
- Baria Mitra Mandal cultural youth group volunteer (trying to get kids more
involved with the Indian culture) (9,10,11)
- Harvard Model Congress (11, will go 12) (west wing member-one of the
top positions)
- Weightlifting (idk if this counts either) (9,10,11) (12 hrs a week during
summer not so much during school year)
- Watch ESPN religiously and tivo is filled up with its programs!</p>

<p>Awards/ Recognition: National Merit Semifinalist, Bunch of those scholar<br>
and Who's Who of high school students groups </p>

<p>Yea so thats about it and these are the colleges I want to apply. Please chance me!</p>

<p>Northwestern
UPENN
Harvard (EA or w/o EA)
Cornell
U of IL Urbana Champaign
Loyola
Duke
USC
UMICH- Ann Arbor
UNC- Chapel Hill</p>

<p>PLEASE HELP!!! IT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!</p>

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<p>I don't think colleges will care about your ESPN-watching, but I presume you were kidding. :)</p>

<p>You appear to be very involved, which will help you out on your apps. However, there isn't a large emphasis on any particular activity or hobby. If you can think of one, you will have an app essay topic! Heh.</p>

<p>Are you hoping for athletic scholarships to one of the schools you listed?</p>

<p>As far as getting into Harvard, my guess is as good as anyone else's.</p>

<p>I think you're as good as accepted at Northwestern.</p>

<p>I'm not quite as familiar with any of the rest of the schools, so you'll have to wait on someone else's feedback. :) Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>No im not looking for an atheltic scholarship im not that good</p>

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<p>bump HELP bump</p>

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<p>You will get into a number of those schools. Harvard and Penn are a stretch for anybody, of course. Cornell and Duke- possible. The rest, even more possible. Why aren't you applying to University of Chicago? Also, if you applied to Cornell early decision, you would have a great chance.</p>

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<p>just so you know, those whos who high school award things mean very little. they are just trying to get your money</p>

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<p>need some more feedback...soooo BUMP</p>

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<p>bump give me something</p>

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<p>Northwestern- match
UPENN- match
Harvard (EA or w/o EA)- reach
Cornell- slight reach
U of IL Urbana Champaign- safety
Loyola- safe match
Duke- match
USC- safe match
UMICH- Ann Arbor- match
UNC- Chapel Hill- match</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Just curious, but how do you get a weighted GPA of 4.2 on a 4.0 scale?</p>

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<p>^^^ hehe weighted scales are diffrent for instance an honors course A translates to a 4.5.</p>

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<p>regular scale for all schools are 4.0 most schools weight classes differently such as my school (5-point scale but I converted to 4 because its easier for reviewers) weights regular 5, honors 5.5, and AP 6. However I think the scale is the same. Idk if there is a different scale for weighted GPA's.</p>

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<p>Whoa... sorry to go off-topic from the original point, but that is really different from my school. My school has a 6.0 scale where Honors and AP classes are a 6.0, advanced classes are a 5.0 and normal classes are a 4.0, so nobody gets very close to a 6 as everybody is required to take lower level credits (ie PE, health).</p>

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<p>anyone else got two cents to spare on me</p>