Chances for Hopkins ED, UPenn, and Vanderbilt

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So, first off I'm from a very very underrepresented state and I go to a small high school (<50 in my graduating class) that offers no APs or Honors classes at all. That being said:</p>

<p>***Standardized tests:
PSAT - 225 (should definitely be a semifinalist/finalist, last year my state's cutoff range was 202 I think)
SAT - 2120; CR-670, M-670, W-780 (not the greatest, but I'm going to study more and take it again at the end of my junior year)</p>

<p>***Grades and classes:
Unweighted GPA - 4.0 (98.6 at the moment). My school doesn't offer any AP classes, but I've tried to make up for it by taking as many classes as possible. I've actually run out of science and math classes to take at my school, because this year I'm taking all of the math/science classes that seniors usually take. So next year I'll have to take a lot of online classes to fill my schedule.
Class rank-1st </p>

<p>This semester I took two classes at a local college, A+ in both</p>

<p>***Honors, awards, etc:
1st place, state math and science competition (biology)
Science Quest finalist
since 9th grade I've had the highest average in every class I've taken
star student, scholar athlete, other misc. awards</p>

<p>***ECs
Student government: 9th grade class treasurer, 10th and 11th class president
Beta Club president
Math/Science team
Academic team
varsity cross country, competed in state championships twice
about 100 hrs volunteering at a hospital
last summer attended a program at Hopkins</p>

<p>Also, I applied for governors school, so this summer hopefully I'll be doing that.</p>

<p>**<em>Essay/recommendations:
essay - *should</em> be great
recommendations - my principal and counselor both really like me so I should have stellar letters of recommendation</p>

<p>Do you think I have at least decent chances? I'm almost positive Hopkins is my first choice school, so I'll probably be applying ED</p>

<p>Also, I might do the pre-college program at Hopkins this summer. I know it's not supposed to help with undergrad admissions, but seeing as my school doesn't offer AP/Honors classes I though that taking college classes at Hopkins might make up for it. </p>

<p>Sorry for the lengthy post, and thanks in advance for any responses</p>

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<p>Also just wondering, does being from an underrepresented state give you any boost at all?</p>

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<p>Everything is excellent. Here is the problem though: lets say you come from a state like Montana. The reason that your app looks so good is because you have virtually no competition, and adcoms would pick up on that. However, standardized tests were made for that purpose, and you seem to be on par with top tier schools. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Looks good - you’ve excelled with the limited resources you have - I’m thinking mid range schools and possibly bottom tier Ivy.</p>

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<p>ok thanks everybody for the replies</p>

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<p>buuummmppp…</p>

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<p>Good chances. If you can raise your score to 2200, then all of them might become matches or low reaches. </p>

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