chances for Ivies or Northwestern?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>17 year old female, caucasian, from Saint Charles, Missouri</p>

<p>Family Background:
My mom never went to college, my dad is an immigrant from Austria and attended a university in Innsbruck</p>

<p>School:
I am the first person to apply to an Ivy League from my school in the past 15 years. It's a small, extremely poor, in-the-middle-of-nowhere type of Catholic school.</p>

<p>Rank: 1 of 208
GPA: 4.45 on a 4.0 scale
ACT: composite 30
reading 36
english 34
science 28
math 27
writing 32
PSAT index 207
I haven't taken the SAT or SAT IIs yet, but will this fall.
I have taken every single honors course that my school offers, including college credit.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
JV cheerleading (9, 10)
V cheerleading (11, 12)
student council (9,10,11,12)
Junior Class President
Student Council President (12)
Plays/musicals:
Jesus Christ, Superstar (Mary Magdalene)
The Wizard of Oz (chorus)
Hello, Dolly! (Ermengarde)
Bye, Bye, Birdie! (Deborah Sue)
Mankind and Co. (Psyche)
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)
National Honors Society (11,12)
Pep Infusion (12)
International Club (9)
Youth Group (9,10,11,12)
Academic Peer tutor (11,12)</p>

<p>Extras:
Physical Education Dept. Medal
Top 20 in the St. Louis French Competition
Pro-Life March participant, Washington, D.C. (9,10,11,12)
180 hours of community service as of yet</p>

<p>I know that my information is incomplete, but I would really appreciate your opinions. Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you get good SATs, IVYs are possible</p>

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<p>Very good shot at northwestern + lower tier ivies (cornell,brown,dartmouth+upenn,columbia); higher tier ivies(Harvard,Yale,Princeton) depend on your SAT and your personality as conveyed in your essays and interview.</p>

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<p>I always like to see people from disadvantaged background get into top colleges. Go for it! GOod luck!</p>

5

<p>***????? She is WHITEEEEEEEE</p>

6

<p>but shes pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrr</p>

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<p>YOU HAVE A GREAT SHOT!!!! make sure to write really good essays and convey the disadvantages that you have had to face coming from a poor background and a poor school.</p>