Chances for UPenn, Georgetown. NYU, UC Berkeley, and other schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! I'm a rising senior and it would be great if you chanced me. I've posted my stats here before but my college list has changed and so has some other stuff.</p>

<p>Objective:
-SAT I: 2190, 2270 superscored. Retaking in October.
-SAT II (subject, score): 780 Math II, 660 USH, 500 Physics ): taking US History, Lit, and Chinese in November
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82, messed up in Junior year
-Weighted GPA: 4.62
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%? school doesn't tell us
-APs: Psych(4), APUSH(4), Physics(2), Chinese(5)
-Senior Year Course Load: Gov/Econ AP, Statistics AP, Calc AB AP, Biology AP, English Lit AP, MUN, Mock Trial, online course on International Business
-Major Awards: none D: I'm not math or science oriented, so...
-Common Awards: Honor Roll, CSF, AP Scholar, ~20 awards in Model UN Branch Honor Recital for piano for 3 consecutive years</p>

<p>Subjective:
-Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
1. Model UN, 9-12: one of the top 5 members in the club, ~20 awards, attended dozens of conferences, I help teammates with their stuff and I'm part of the middle school MUN outreach program
2. MUN summer program at UCLA, created a media campaign for an NGO. The campaign was shown to the UN Foundation.
3. Mock Trial, 10-12: Secretary of club (12), I was a clerk sophomore year and a prosecution attorney junior year. Senior year I will be a head attorney on either the prosecution or defense.
4. Key Club, 9-12: community service club, Director of Events (11)
5. Link Crew 11th: we each mentored a group of assigned freshmen. Couldn't so it senior year b/c of scheduling conflicts.
6. National Chinese Honor Society 10-12: President, I basically did everything because no one helped lol
7. History Society 11-12: possibly Co-president next year.
8. Piano since I was 6, reached Advanced level. Branch Honors for 3 consecutive years and Senior Award.
*9. This year, I'm going to try to get a microfinancing program started at my school. I've actually been trying for 3 years (lol), but our principal is horrible and unfair. All the other schools in the district have one. I would be Co-President if I were to convince her to let me start it.
10. Volunteer at library, 10-11
11. Teaching intern at Chinese school on the weekends, 10-12
-Essays and Rec Letters: My essays should be rather good, I've heard from 2 friends and my English teacher said I have a natural talent for writing. I'm getting rec letters from my English teacher and APUSH teacher; both should be good although I don't know how good.</p>

<p>Other:
-U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
-School Type: competitive public school
-Ethnicity: Asian, living in the US but a Canadian citizen
-Gender: Female
-Intended Major: International Relations, Economics, or Business</p>

<p>I'd appreciate chances for: UPenn, Georgetown (EA), Claremont McKenna, NYU<em>, USC</em>, Emory, Notre Dame (EA), UMich, Boston College* (EA), UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCSD.
*= applying as a business major
EA is tentative</p>

<p>I know this is a lot, so feel free to chance me for only a few or just offer advice. Thanks so much, I'll try to chance back! :)</p>

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<p>UPenn: mid reach
Georgetown (EA): high match
Claremont McKenna: mud reach
NYU: high match
USC: mid match
Emory: low reach
Notre Dame (EA): mid match
UMich: high match
BC (EA): high match / low reach
UCLA: high match / low reach
UC Berkeley: low reach
UCSD: high match </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>You have wonderful ECs! The unweighted GPA’s a little low, to be honest, and that might put schools like Penn, Georgetown and CMC a little further out of your reach, but they’re definitely not impossible. The rest are high matches/low reaches except for NYU, USC, and Notre Dame, which I think are solid matches. Do you have any safeties?</p>

<p>You were right, by the way, you ARE applying to a lot of the same schools I am! (Georgetown/NYU/USC/LA/SD/CMC) I guess we have similar interests :slight_smile: Good luck, I know you’ll end up somewhere great!</p>

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<p>Thanks thebeatlestoday and ultrachromatic!
Yeah, my GPA is the one thing I’m worried about D: I’m actually applying to all of the UC’s except for Riverside and Merced; I just didn’t want to list like 20 schools haha. And also UofT and McGill in Canada, which I’m 90% sure I’ll get into. Good luck to you as well!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think you’ll be fine for McGill and all the other UCs :slight_smile: I was actually looking at McGill myself, but I’m not a Canadian citizen. Would that hurt my chances?</p>

<p>And I’m no stranger to GPA angst, don’t worry >_<</p>

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<p>Nope, McGill is very diverse and they accept a lot of Americans, according to a friend that goes there. It’s super cheap even for non-Canadian citizens :D</p>

<p>But on another note, would anyone else want to chance me? Haha</p>

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<p>I believe that McGill has nearly 20% international student population and about half of that is American, so they definitely accept American applicants. Indeed American students seem to have something of an affinity for McGill vs other Canadian universities I found these stats for Admission standard for Americans: [Admissions</a> Standards - U.S. High School | Applying to Undergraduate Studies - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates]Admissions”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates)</p>

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<p>Hello!
I think your EC’s match pretty well with your intended major/interests :)</p>

<p>UPenn: reach for pretty much everyone, work hard on your essays :wink:
NYU: i think you could definitely get in; high match
USC: high match
Emory: mid match, emory’s great for business!
UMich: match
UCLA: match
UC Berkeley: low reach/match
UCSD: match</p>

<p>you’re so lucky to live in california! and your distribution of college is good :slight_smile: but yes, write stellar essays, pray for great recommendations, and good luck!</p>

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<p>@NamelesStatistic- thanks for the statistic! haha
@lucyplayspiano- thank you, good luck to you in the future as well :)</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Are you doing Penn ED? If so, you’re a solid candidate, prolly better than myself! If you retake your SAT, are you certain you’ll do much better? Because Penn, like a few other top schools, want all testing history, and I don’t think it’ll be impressive for them to see you retake and get the same score, because you’re current score is already enough!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, I’m reluctant about ED though because of financial aid reasons. That’s why I’m going with EA. And I’m really hoping for a higher SAT score, haha. I’ve been studying all summer :)</p>

<p>bump!</p>

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<p>bummpppppp</p>