Chances? I dunno where i stand

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, so I am a junior on the west coast who is interested in some schools in both the west coast and east coast. Here are the schools I'd like to be chanced for: U penn (Wharton), Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, NYU (stern), USC (Marshall), UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Santa Clara University (b-school, don't know the name though) . Thank you!!</p>

<p>ACT: I keep getting 31 on practice ACTs.<br>
SAT II: Not sure yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): French, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Chemistry, Calculus
IB (place score in parenthesis):Full IB <---death. School that does the IB program won very prestigious award for international focus.
Senior Year Course Load:
@ High School :
AP Spanish
AP CHemistry
AP Calculus
AP/IB Spanish Literature
IB Lit
IB History
IB theory of knowledge
IB Projects
@ College
French Economics ( Taught in French), Mandarin Chinese, International Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>Varsity Tennis (captain), Varsity Soccer ( captain), Class president( hopeful for next year too), NHS ( hopeful to be president next year), Drama( costumes), EIHS Rep ( type of leadership)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours, 100 in spanish by senior year. I started and lead a group that goes around my city and helps hispanics that are having trouble with school because of a language barrier and tutor them one on one. By the end of senior year, i would guess that I would have 200+</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Taking a course at University and doing community service. Also visiting colleges.
Essays: I have a couple ideas. Talking about teachers and how they transformed me. Especially french.
Teacher Recommendation:I have solid ones.
Counselor Rec: she loves me</p>

<p>Male Hispanic on the West coast. Not first generation college student. Will not apply for financial aid. thank you!</p>

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<p>Hispanic with those stats? You’re pretty much in everywhere. No joke.</p>

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<p>you seem pretty good. I wouldn’t be as optimistic as sak09 though. you need real results on SAT/ACT scores. 31 ACT isn’t quite high enough for top schools anyhow.
your ECs aren’t spectacular either. they’re solid, and leadership is always good, but nothing special. </p>

<p>do you have IB grades?</p>

<p>Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia are big reaches. NYU is a reach. you’re set for Berkeley if you’re in-state, otherwise it’s a reach. you should be good at the rest.</p>

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<p>I’m out of state for Berkeley, which sucks.</p>

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<p>I think you really are pretty much in anywhere based solely on your race. If you win a couple of national/state competitions you will be a shoo in. :)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>well, i dunno if this would count, but i got elected/recommended to be on the board of education for my state. i would work with the superintendent… would that be good for me to do?</p>

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<p>^Are you kidding me? DO IT!! I would kill for that opportunity.</p>

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<p>haha sqdwfe, thanks for the encouragement. it’s good timing too. applications are due in a few days.
And anyone else wanna give me some chances? maybe also considering I get the spot…</p>

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<p>Actually, contrary to what zephyravatar said, NYU is most certainly not a reach. Sure, your scores aren’t set-in-stone, but I’m going off based of what you have given me so far. I’ve seen plenty of minorities get into top notch schools (HYMSP, etc) that have stats similar to yours or even lower. The fact of the matter is, you are favored in admissions, so you have that HUGE boost that not many others have. </p>

<p>Oh, and if you do that Board of Education thing, that will just help you even more.</p>

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<p>Except for the Ivies+Stanford you mentioned, you are definitely in at the other schools. Since Ivies/Stanford are such crap shoots anyways, it’s hard to tell…work on getting the ACT score up, though.</p>

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<p>wow. thanks everyone. are there any more opinions out there? thanks again to those who contributed!</p>

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<p>You probably won’t get into UC Berkeley—it’s illegal for them to practice affirmative action (as I remember, I could be wrong), and OOS admissions are probably too competitive for a 31 ACT. You’re looking good for the other schools though, even Harvard (you have incredible ECs, a great courseload and GPA!). Any chance of being athletically recruited to maybe an Ivy for tennis or soccer? That would boost your chances even more. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Good candidate for all, a 32/33 would really help for the top schools. For Wharton you’ll need a strong mathII, the URM status won’t help without it.</p>

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<p>lol *** is french economics? what the hell’s the point of teaching it in french? that would be like taking a french math course. why would you take that?</p>

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<p>Let me explain it pinkslip, the class talks about the economic theories France is currently using and the economic ideas coming from France. And it’s taught in french.</p>

<p>and @ jamiroquai, yeah i can see it being too competitive for me too, but my friend from oos got in with a 30. so i dunno, and she doesn’t have half the ecs or classes I do. I dunno. luck maybe?</p>

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<p>oh real quick update on leadership position. I just won the race for president of EIHS and school. so, yeah.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any comments on Wharton? Thanks</p>

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<p>anyone on Wharton? please?</p>

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<p>why does no one love me…</p>

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<p>last try and bump I promise. BUt I just wanted to add that I got on the Youth Advisory Board, the one with the superintendent of Education from my state. ANY OPINIONS ARE VERY LOVED AND WELCOMED. I WILL LOVE YOU. alot.</p>