Chances for Yale, Northwestern, WUSTL and more?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I’m a sophomore but PLEASE don’t click away! I want to know if these schools are even possibilities or what I could possibly do to raise my chances. If you leave a link below, I will chance you back.</p>

<p>Indian (South Asian) female
Low financial need
Large-ish school with about 700 kids in my year. Somewhat competitive and recognized as a great public school in my area</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.89 W GPA: 4.8
Freshman:
AP World History: B/A (4 on the AP exam)
Spanish 2: A/A (no honors offered)
Honors Algebra 2: B/A
Critical Thinking (Gifted Program): A/A
Accelerated Biology: A/A
Honors English: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Accelerated Chemistry: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A (no honors offered)
AP US History: A/A
Honors Trig/Calc A: A/B
Journalism: A (no honors offered)
Multicultural Perspectives: A (no honors offered)
Honors English: A/A</p>

<p>Junior year courses:
AP Language and Composition
AP Gov/ AP Econ
Women's’ Studies/World Affairs (no honors offered)
AP Calc BC
Spanish 4 (no honors offered)
AP Physics </p>

<p>Fingers crossed for straight As I guess</p>

<p>I took the ACT administered through my school without studying and got a 32 composite. E:31 M:31 R:34 S:33
I will obviously study more over the summer and I hope to see an increase when I take it in the fall</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (“*” denotes a leadership position)
*Model UN: A few awards and the club I am most passionate about.
*Community Service Club: has hundreds of members and I’m a group leader
*Congress Debate: a few awards and I’m communications chair for the whole debate team
*Feminist Club: Will be the founder of this club for next year
*Tae Kwon Do: Have my 1st degree black belt and I lead classes for adults
*Student Council: Senate member, not the exec board, but a higher position
Class Executive Board: No leadership positions available, but it’s a decision-making board
Freshman Mentor: Will have been a mentor for three years 1st semester during half of my lunch period
School Newspaper: Staff Writer for the News Department
Relay for Life: Started a successful team for the American Cancer Society and will have a committee position
Singing/Guitar: I have a YouTube channel where I upload covers and I also write my own music. I hope to spend some more time working on it this summer.
NHS: yeah I know, it's not a big deal</p>

<p>Work experience: I work several hours a week at my tae kwon do dojo at the front desk and also lead kids’ classes</p>

<p>Summer activities:
I took some required courses over the summer before and after freshmen year and didn’t do much else. This summer I have an internship requiring 40+ hours per week campaigning for a congressman running for reelection in my area.</p>

<p>I’m interested in majoring in Political Science, International Relations, or Sociology. Chance me for the following schools? You don’t have to do all of them. Also, please feel free to recommend other schools that might be a good fit for me. Thank you so much!</p>

<p>Yale (would apply ED)
MIT (It has a great political science department)
Columbia
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Berkley
WUSTL
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Barnard
NYU
University of Michigan-- Ann Arbor
University of Illinois (safety I think)
American University (safety I think) </p>

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<p>I’d say 50,5.Your EC’s are great. You might need a higher ACT score for Yale and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>50-50*</p>

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<p>Thanks! I will definitely put some work into bringing that ACT score up this summer.</p>

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<p>It’s really impressive that you’ve started thinking about college this early. That being said, you have a lot of room for improvement. Definitely try to focus on your grades the next year to raise your GPA and visit some of these colleges so that you don’t end up applying to all of these. Your ECs show your passion for political science and international relations which is very important. Be sure to keep this up.
Yale: low reach if ED
MIT: high reach
Columbia: mid reach
University of Chicago: mid reach
Northwestern: high match
Berkley: high match
WUSTL: high match
Georgetown: match
Johns Hopkins: match
Duke: low reach
Barnard: match
NYU: match
University of Michigan-- Ann Arbor: high match
University of Illinois: safety
American University: safety</p>

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<p>Thanks! Because my course load is pretty rigorous for next year, I’ll try to get a head start on some of the material over the summer so that I can do better during the school year.</p>

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<p>That would be a good idea. Also, you have to understand that you don’t have much of a hook in your application. You need to present yourself in your essays as a strong candidate that will prosper in any environment. </p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Does anyone else have any advice?</p>

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<p>bump</p>