chances for confused boy.. PLEASE HELP

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>freshman GPA - 3.5
Sophomore GPA - 3.5
Junior GPA - 3.8
Predicted 1st Semester GPA Senior - 4.4 or better</p>

<p>Took AP BIO exam- had strep did pretty bad (3)</p>

<p>SAT 1st try- 720 CR, 660 M, ?? Writing
Math will raise to mid 700's... i scored 770 on PSAT and just bombed<br>
the math section on the test i took.</p>

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<li>Math and CR composite will hopefully be 1450-1550 after retaking in Oct</li>
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<p>Senior Schedule is:
British Lit Honors<br>
AP AMerican Gov't<br>
Honors Econ<br>
Physics B AP<br>
Physics B Lab AP<br>
Calculus AB AP<br>
Statistics AP </p>

<p>Every yr my classes get harder and my gpa raises consistantly.</p>

<p>As for extras:</p>

<p>Anchor club 9th and 10th grade and 12th grade
200 plus service hours over whole highschool
volunteer at 2 different hospitals during 9th and 10th grade
Camp counselour with little kids for the past 2 summers
Varsity Lacrosse captian for 4 yrs
VP of fitness club 11th and 12th grade
I had an Xbox customizing business that generated over 5k in revenue since i was 15
I also have a service of putting together and repairing computers for people in my neighborhood and surrounding area
Outside sports as well as a job for the past year.</p>

<ul>
<li>i know they are weak :(</li>
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<p>Essay will be about my mother having a miscarraige and then finally having a baby after a very risky pregnancy where she was bedridden and i had to give up a lot of things to help her; i will explain how i now have a little brother who i have to set my example for and how my priorities chagned with her miscarragie etc.</p>

<p>HEre is the list:</p>

<p>I KONW SOME OF THESE ARE NOT POSSIBLE but i am applying to them anyway</p>

<p>Stanford University(CA)
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University(PA)
Georgetown University(DC)
Univ. of Southern California
Tufts University(MA)
Brandeis University(MA)
Lehigh University(PA)
Boston College
George Washington University(DC)
University of Miami(FL)
Boston University</p>

<p>ALso, if anyone has any suggestions for a good school choice. I only want to go the the states of the colleges listed. I like liberal laid back schools and plan on going to medical school after. Financial aid is not necessary but any info is appreciated, as well as any merit based aid.</p>

<p>Thanks for all everyones help</p>

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<p>Im white catholic from miami,FL and i go to a prestigous small private school</p>

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<p>1 question? Why don't you have a writing score?</p>

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<p>i dont remember it off hand.. it was nothing special. i think around 600. i dont konw</p>

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<p>I also failed to mention that i started a club to be open in my senior year that will raise money to donate computers and electronics to needy kids and adults here in miami, or mainly, in 3rd world country. im the founder/president and was going to donate the 5000 i made from my xbox business to it. Would this help my cahces at all?</p>

<p>This would also possibly be my new essay topic</p>

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<p>Your ECs are actually pretty good.</p>

<p>What I'm worried about are your scores (obviously), GPA, and your essay.</p>

<p>DO NOT write that essay if it's going to be 3 paragraphs about your mother's struggle and one about how you now have a little brother. It should be the reverse. Writing about someone else is always dangerous because in the end the college may want to admit your mother over you.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, Stanford is pretty much impossible. Your chances at CMU depend on whether you're applying for engineering or for CAS. Georgetown and Tufts are high matches to low reaches.</p>

<p>BU, GW, UMiami, Brandeis, and Lehigh are good matches/safeties.</p>

<p>USC and BC are more high matches.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>is taht with my new addition of the donating for less fortunate kids... </p>

<p>Georgetown is one of my top choices. Tufts is a mayb</p>

<p>I want to be premed so ill be majoring in Bio</p>

<p>What would be the best topic to write about</p>

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<p>what can i do to make my Gtown chances higher?</p>

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<p>Hmmm, your new senior year EC sounds like a club I helped start last year...which fixes up computers and donates them to the needy as well as go to senior homes to help the elderly learn Windows...:D</p>

<p>I think that your ECs are pretty good...you might want to work on improving your SAT score to give yourself a better chance</p>

<p>Is your GPA unweighted or weighted? If it's unweighted, then it's not too shabby...if it's weighted, it would be more helpful to us if you provided your unweighted GPA or just your raw grades</p>

<p>I think that while some of the colleges on your list (like stanford) may be very high reaches for you, you definitely have a shot at a good number of them...provided that your app, essay, and recs are pretty good, of course :)</p>

<p>Good luck and enjoy the rest of your summer</p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=372096%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=372096&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Stanford University(CA): REJECT
University of Pennsylvania: REJECT
Carnegie Mellon University(PA): Maybe
Georgetown University(DC): REJECT
Univ. of Southern California: Maybe
Tufts University(MA): Maybe
Brandeis University(MA): Likely
Lehigh University(PA): In
Boston College: In
George Washington University(DC): Likely
University of Miami(FL): In
Boston University: In</p>

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<p>Penn, Gtown, and Tufts are your biggest reaches, with CMU close behind. Decent chance everywhere else.</p>

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<p>out of all of these schools which would be better gor pre-med. considering i need a high GPA for med school, would me going to a school like penn gtown or tuft be bad for my med school chances?</p>

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<p>anyone know about premed in these schools</p>