Chances for Schools ED

Applying to College
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<p>I understand how superficial this thread is and how i need to look more into where i would be happiest in chosing my ED school, but can you -please tell me if I had a better chance at getting in Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Rice, northwestern or Cornell for ED.</p>

<p>Stats off the top of my head...</p>

<p>GPA 3.6 UW and like a 4.1 W (Im a junior at an extremeley competitive charter HS in Georgia)
SAT 2090 (710 CR, 700 M, 680 W)
SAT 2...world history 720
rank...its not great (Like top 20% but i dont know if i have to submit it...i dont think i need to)
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Religion Jewish</p>

<p>ECs off the top of my head</p>

<p>tennis, captain and founder of a team that competes with local amateur teams
cochairman of the costume and props department in like 5 school plays
internship with a physician as well as a mission trip, and research in a biolab in ECuador and locally
rifling as a hobby, yet passed several examinations and am certified
like 200+ comunity service hours
spanish honor society
founder, treasurer of a club that is about inclusion of new students and ethnically diverse students at school
volunteer at the hospital
Cobb youth leadership, a local leadership group in Atlanta that selects 40 students out of 500 to particpate in special events etc.
Door and ladder society, a group on religion and society that is selective in admissions as well and revolves around the ethical dillemas of society...basically a debate group
Am fluent in four languages and have spent the majority of my life in the research and learning of cultures, have traveled to many foreign cities and studied various cultural differences and wrote about it
I work as the comanager of a local shopping center, organizing files and working with tenants
I lead services, and actively particpate with my synagogue as well, being fluent in hebrew and teach young members of the congregation, about religion.</p>

<p>Spent a summer at Emory UNiversity studying Neuroscience and have a rec from the proffesor who taught me as well as spent the last summer in spain on a unique foreign language inclusion program and have college credits from the UNiversity of Salamanca in spain</p>

<p>( I have participated in most all EC's since freshamn or sophmore year and there are some more I can't remember)</p>

<p>I have really good essays on my passion for culture and other stuff, and I believe amazing reccomendations</p>

<p>Honors
a few outstanding achievmant awards in foreign language
state finalist for he Governors Honors Program
nomination for National Youth Leadership forum on medicine 2 years in a row
Honor roll all 4 years
AP scholar
some rifling and tennis awards
and some other stuff that I cant remember now</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses
AP Physics B
AP Government/ AP Microeconomics
AP Literature
AP SPanish Literature
AP Psycology/ AP European History
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>Prospective Major:
Art History or Jewish Studies
Anthropology
Spanish or Latino studies</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>anyone there???</p>

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<p>Sorry. I made a mistake. But I am surprised you have already selected your senior year courses.</p>

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<p>^ This kid is a junior, which is why nobody wants to respond to a self-admitted ego post.</p>

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<p>I appreciate the effort needed to learn a foreign language. To become fluent in one, in my experience, requires a substantial commitment of time. So it would be dishonest if I did not say that I am skeptical of the extent of your involvement in so many extracurricular pursuits. Hours in a day are limited, as you know. Certainly I would never say you are lying, because I have no proof. But I think you would find those who do not know you personally more believing if you showed the expanse that is extracurricular depth and that is not extracurricular breadth.</p>

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<p>thank you so much noimagnation :/…and i dont mean for this to be an ego post, im just curious is all</p>

<p>and the reason i have learned those languages is that I was enrolled in a private jewish elementary and middle school where hebrew was taught concurrently with english, and my mom is russian and dad is ecuadorean, so I am taught at both school and Home</p>

<p>I apologize to everyone who believes this is soely an ego post, I did not mean for it to be one, and I did not realize it is offensive :(</p>

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<p>^ I’m not criticizing; I have more than a few ego posts scattered around CC myself :). My point is simply that asking for a chance from anonymous posters - most of whom probably will not respond given that they are focused on current seniors - is not a good way to resolve your issue and may lead to potentially dangerous misinformation. There are a few cases where chances can be useful; this is not one of them. I think you know that.</p>

<p>My recommendation would be to post on the subforums for each of your schools of interest. DO NOT repost this chance request. Instead, ask any questions you have that might help determine whether these schools are good fits for you academically, financially, professionally, and socially. You have planned ample time to make your decision, so do it right.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>you’re hispanic and smart…you have a chance at all of those schools. It’s up to you which one you pick</p>

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<p>It’s well within the realm of possibility that you are admitted to any one of those schools. They’re all really similar in selectivity, so I would say you have a similar chance at all of them. Since the odds are about the same at all of the schools, I would just choose your favorite one.</p>