chances for some ivies+others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ACT: 33 superscore, 32C (35E, 31M, 34R, 28S)
GPA: 3.74 UW 4.14W
Rank: not reported but top 10-15%

honors and APs:
honors geometry, honors algebra II, honors precal, AP english language, APUSH, honors chemistry, honors physics (I’ve taken most honors and APs offered)

classes this year:
calculus, AP macroeconomics, AP english lit, AP chem, spanish v (all As, probably A+ in calculus and spanish)

extracurriculars:
class president, varsity team captain (been playing this sport since middle school), school representative, united way ylc school chair, audiovisual director at church, 4+ hours of volunteer work per week since at least 5th grade

awards:
national honor society, math honor society, spanish honor society, national spanish exam honorable mention freshman, sophomore, junior year

work:
worked as a secretary for summer 2016

other:
black female, 1st gen citizen, applying for financial aid, intending to major in a science (maybe biology maybe chemistry) and minor in spanish

strengths: very strong personal essays IMO and according to multiple teachers/counselors, decent ACT scores, URM, female

weaknesses: not the best UW GPA, “why here?” essays are more 7-8/10

please chance me for: harvard, upenn, colombia, georgetown, uchicago, northwestern, carnegie mellon, vanderbilt, johns hopkins, new york university, and george washington university

I’ll chance back!

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You look pretty qualified and are definitely are in the ballpark for all of your schools. When it comes to the Ivies, it will probably be down party to chance and how good your essays are. I think when it comes to them, you can’t base it so much off of test scores because of how many qualified people there are. Being a minority will help give you a better chance, and I think you look good. The same kind of goes for UChicago. The rest look like high matches besides GW. You might want to choose some safeties that you are sure you can be accepted to. Good luck!

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Being a first-generation college student really helps. Your weighted gpa is only okay, but it really depends on how your school formulates gpa. Your ACT is really good. I’m a little worried that your ecs don’t have anything to do with your intended major. Just being honest, in no way trying to be hurtful.

Accepted
GWU
NYU
Vanderbilt
carnegie

Waitlist/May happen but not certain
upenn
gtown
jh
northwestern

Rejected
uchicago
colombia
harvard

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@AdventuresAbroad 1st gen US citizen, not college student!! sorry if that wasn’t very clear

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Your GPA and ACT are on the low side for the Ivies, Hopkins, Chicago and Vanderbilt. They are reaches.

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My mistake @dylank47

I think anything like that(first-generation) to do/be something different within your family is really valuable to admissions.
It just shows that you’re doing the whole American college process for yourself and not because your parents told you.
And unlike me, they won’t ask if your parents are gtown alum

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@AdventuresAbroad absolutely! you’re alllying to SFS and ECs match up well with that

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While I don’t think experience is a requirement( that’s what college is for, right?) I think it just goes to show that your major was selected based on something you know a lot about and have seen first-hand.
Regardless, wish you the best of luck!

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bump

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@AdventuresAbroad @TomSrOfBoston She was accepted to UChicago EA.

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That’s awesome, congrats @dylanm47

Before I read the negative comments here, and before I realized this was an old thread, I was going to say OP has a competitive profile for all the listed schools — Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Chicago included. Black female, class president, varsity sports, top 10% of class.

I’m surprised people are so focused on the GPA here that they can’t see the leadership potential in a candidate.

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@aoeuidhtns thank you! really appreciate it :slight_smile: