Chances for Cornell, Georgetown, American...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior at a public, mildly competitive NY high school. I am looking to major in economics and I plan on going to law school after undergrad. My current college list is:
Cornell (CALS-Applied Economics and Management)
Georgetown (SFS-International Economics)
American University
University of Richmond
CUNY Macaulay Honors College
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Binghamton</p>

<p>Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.89 UW
Class Rank: 7/650 (top 2%)
SAT I: 2150 (1st try, will be retaking)
CR: 730 M: 670 W: 750
Will be taking SAT IIs in US History, Math II, and French
APs:
Sophomore Year-World History(5)
Junior Year-Comp. Sci, US History, Physics B, English Language and Comp.
Senior Year-English Lit., Calc BC, Physics C, Euro, Gov, Micro Eco. </p>

<p>Freshman Year Classes
English Honors-95
APP Global-95
Geometry Honors-98
Bio Honors-95
French 2-99
GPA: 3.85</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Classes
English Honors-98
French 3-100
Algebra 2/Trig Honors-99
Web-Java-100
Chemistry Honors-99
APWH-98
GPA: 3.92</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes(grades as of last quarter)
AP Lang-93
French 4-98
APCS-98
Precalculus Honors-98
AP Physics B-99
APUSH-100
GPA: 3.90</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Mock Trial (Attorney)
Model UN (some awards at regional conferences)
Varsity Quiz Bowl (hoping to be captain senior year)
French Honor Society (currently vice-president, president next year)
English Honor Society
Science Honor Society
Volunteer at local soup kitchen
Tutor for underclassmen in various subjects</p>

<p>I know my extracurriculars are not spectacular whatsoever but I do have a pretty decent hook. I immigrated to the United States from Russia when I was 8 years old. I had a pretty tough upbringing with my father dying when I was very young and my mom having to be a single mother and having to support her children on her own. I am a first generation college student as well.</p>

<p>My first choice is Georgetown because I am very passionate about the International Economics major and the School of Foreign Service in general. I am bilingual (Russian being the other language), I know the SFS likes to see its students being proficient in other languages. </p>

<p>I know I have as slim of a chance as anyone else at the top schools but I would like to hear your opinions on my choices, and if you have any ideas of other universities for me, they would be greatly appreciated! :)</p>

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<p>Your have good chances to those universities except perhaps Cornell, to which you still have decent ones. </p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>You’re welcome. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Woahh we’re basically the same person haha jk but seriously I was in a very similar situation last year (immigrated from Romania at age 8, can speak it fluently). I also had stats very similar to yours except my SATs were a bit higher but your grades are better. I applied to Georgetown SFS (International Economics woot woot!) and Cornell and was accepted at GTown but rejected at Cornell. Therefore, solely from my own experience, I believe that GTown is definitely a possibility as is Cornell but that depends on your leadership roles next year, senior grades, as well as maybe hiking up those SATs a bit (although your personal story is quite compelling and being first generation definitely helps). Other than that, the rest of the colleges you applied to should be a piece of cake to get into and you should also get some merit money (then again this is just my opinion). G’luck to ya :)</p>

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<p>Wow that’s awesome, thank you so much!! :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>bump</p>