Chances for USC, BC, Claremont Mckenna, Brown, UPenn, Oxy, Rice, Wisconsin, UMich, Pitzer, Vandy, EU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please use the following scale:
safety -> low match -> match -> high match -> low reach -> reach -> high reach</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.64 W: 4.16
ACT: not taken yet but on practice I've received consistent 29-31 range. I'm still trying to bring that up before the real one.
Courses:
Freshman: Honors Algebra 2 B/B+ Honors English A-/A- Honors Biology A/B+, AP human Geography A/A, Spanish 2 A/A
Sophomore: Accel English B/B, Accel Chemistry A/B+, AP European History B-/A-, Accel Spanish 3-4 B+/A-, Honors Geometry A/B+
Junior courseload: AP English Lang, AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Spanish, Accel Anatomy and Physiology
Senior: AP English Lit, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP macro/gov, Calculus 3/Linear Algebra
AP scores: human geo(4) euro (4)
Extracurriculars:
-Clubs/organizations
NHS (11,12)
Future Doctors of America(maybe a board position) (10,11,12)
HOSA (VP of communications) (11,12)
Debate team (9,10,11,12) (maybe a board)
Math team (9,10)
Freshman Mentor Program (11,12) maybe board)
Brain Bee(President and Founder)
FBLA(11,12)
Psych Club (11,12) (maybe board)
Peer Tutors (10,11,12) </p>

<p>Leadership in general:
Give a Thon classroom leader
Project dance team captain
Spring fling team captain</p>

<p>Athletics:
Soccer(9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Out of School:
Hosted an event with Alzheimer's association
Research at UChicago(getting published as 4th author)
Research at Rush University(getting published as 3rd author)
Volunteer at local medical center (200+ hours)
Extraneous U-Give hours (120+ hours)
NSLC at UC-Berkeley
Presenter of Science at the Museum of Science and Industry
Shadowed a neurosurgeon for 100+ hours in the OR watching live surgeries that I research at the same Hosptial.
Paid Internship at MSI-Chicago
Research at UCSF, Gladstone. (No publication)
Various neurosurgery conferences</p>

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<p>What is your intended major and where is your home state?</p>

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<p>@billcsho‌ My intended major is neuroscience and my home state is Illinois.</p>

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<p>Since you don’t have a real score yet, some schools would be hard to chance. If you are a senior already, you are really behind that you don’t have even one ACT or SAT score. Since you do not list the grades for Junior, I assume you are still in Junior.
For Brown, Emory, USC, Upenn, Rice, UMich, and Vandy, they would reaches due to weak GPA and below admission average ACT score (even if you get 31). Some are even high reaches as ACT 31 is around the 25th percentile for them.
You still have time to bring up your GPA and ACT scores if you really want to apply to these schools. Just for your reference, the admission average uwGPA at UMich is 3.85 and the mid 50 for ACT is 30-33.</p>

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<p>I’m with billcsho. I currently go to Vandy, and I can back what he’s saying.</p>

<p>I do have to say that your out-of-school credentials are phenomenal, especially with publications. But in the end, you’re applying for a college, not a job, so grades and test scores (btw a 29-31 will not cut it on the ACT) are most important. If you can show that you are strong in those areas, then and only then will those out-of-school credentials really show and set you apart from everyone else.</p>