Chances for Duke, UChicago, Brown, Georgetown, etc? Will Chance Back.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hooray, college frenzy has once again descended. I would love if it if some of you guys would chance me, and I'll chance anyone back.</p>

<p>Some background:</p>

<p>• Sex: F
• Race: Asian [Yay, stereotypes.]
• Legacy: no
• First-Gen College Student : no
• Parents’ Income - ~120,000
• Hooks – nope. As you can see, I’ve pretty much got all the anti-hooks, haha.
• Focus – Wildly undecided! I never know whether this is actually a detriment or a good thing, but I'm interested in pretty much everything. I'd love to double major in Literature and Neuroscience.
• Chance me (vaguely) for – Duke, Brown, UChicago, Georgetown, BU, Yale, Dartmouth, Northeastern, Johns Hopkins. </p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>• 2370 on the SATs (800 M, 800 CR, 770 W) as of sophomore year, probably not retaking.
• 231 PSATs, Merit Semifinalist
• SAT IIs: 800 Math II; 800 Literature; taking Chemistry + History in October.
o GPA U/W = 3.9; W = 4.5. Our school does not rank, but for reference, I have straight As except for a B+ in AP Chemistry junior year. That course murdered me, dear God.
• APs: APUSH (5), AP Euro (5), Calc BC (4), Chem (4), Bio (Did not take exam for financial reasons.)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>• Speech and Debate – 3 years
o Captain – 2 year
• Math Team – 2 year
• Swim Team – 1 Year
• Varsity Track & Field – 2 Years
• Piano – 10 Years
• Chinese School – 10 Years
o TA’d at a Senior English class – 1 Year
o Taught Senior English class – 1 Year
• Peer Tutoring – 2 Years
• National Honor Society – 2 Year
• Community Service – Plan to have around 300 by the time I graduate. </p>

<p>Awards
• 4 Writer of the Month certificates – Schoolwide award
• 5 National Forensics League (Speech & Debate) trophies; state-wide competitions
• Poetry has been published
• 1st place at MMTA (Massachusetts Music Teacher’s Association - Piano) Judged Festivals ’09
• Participated in the State Piano Competition for two years
• 5th place and 7th place in two events at Regional Science Olympiad</p>

<p>Summer & Work Experience</p>

<p>• Sophomore and Junior Year - Student leader in VBS (Vacation Bible School) @ my church
• Sophomore year - Johns Hopkins Genetics program.
• Sophomore year - One-week biotechnology program at Biogen Idec Community Lab.<br>
• Junior year - Two-week biotechnology program at Biogen Idec Community Lab (extension of previous).<br>
• Junior year - Teaching piano to underprivileged youth. </p>

<p>Whew, okay. I'm sorry that was so long, ahah. If you take the time to read all of that (sorry again!) and chance me, I will definitely chance you back. :)</p>

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<p>Hey! Thanks for chancing me!</p>

<p>As for the Ivies, Yale seems like a reach, while Brown and Dartmouth are mid-low reach.
From what I know, UChicago, Georgetown, and JHU are matches. Northeastern and BU seem like low-matches or safety schools.</p>

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<p>Are you a STEM person?</p>

<p>You are in at BU.</p>

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<p>Academics are strong. ECs are not so good…lack of leadership/focus. Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown seem like moderate reaches. Duke too. Chicago, Georgetwon, and JHU also seem like slight reaches, but less so. Anyways good luck.</p>

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<p>You will probably get into BU, Northeastern, and Georgetown.Its kinda hard to predict your chances at the rest of the colleges since there so unpredicatable. You definitley sound like you would be a good canidate!</p>

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<p>You are in at Northeastern too.
I thought it was Northwestern.</p>