CHANCES!!! Ivies and the like?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>CT resident, no AA benefits, no legacy, no expensive private school, family's not too rich....a 1st generation immigrant</p>

<p>SAT- 2150, will probably do better once I take it again after a Princeton Review course
SAT II- 780 World History, 700 Math 1, 660 Bio (5 on the AP though, very disappointed)..will likely take US SAT later and expect around World History's</p>

<p>ECs- academic team, interstate Model UN, newspaper, German NHS, art club, historical society volunteering, military museum internship, math team, Christmas related volunteering</p>

<p>Awards- been to nationals with the academic team, got semifinalist (still yet to hear more) from Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship (free year in Germany), your standard school related subject awards, Kodak Young Leaders Award</p>

<p>Courseload/grades....overall 12/400 ranking, 3.64 GPA</p>

<p>Freshman:
Euro Honors- 93
English 1 Honors- 91
German 2 Honors- 83 (uggh)
Earth Sci Honors- 91
Geometry Honors- 93
Art- 91</p>

<p>Soph:
Global Honors- 95
German 3 Honors- 86
English 2 Honors- 89 (worst teacher ever)
Algebra II Honors- 93
Bio AP- 89.......5 AP score
Ceramics 91, Sculpture 92</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US- 88
German 4 Honors- 92
English 3 Honors- 97
Chemistry Honors- 92
Pre-Calc Honors- 96
Civics Honors- 96</p>

<p>Senior Year- will take APs in art history, Calculus, German, Physics, ... maybe English if 4 APs are too few</p>

<p>Looking at:
Cornell (goal).... reach?
NYU..... high match?
Dartmouth..... big reach?
UCONN....... safety?
Tufts....... reach?
Amherst.... big reach?
Williams...... big reach?</p>

<p>So please, tell me what you think and suggest some schools too... thanks</p>

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<p>I think your list is good, and I think your assessment of your chances is right on. The fact that your a first-generation immigrant is a plus. Also, are you a first-generation to attend college? If so, that's also a huge plus. </p>

<p>You have several reaches, so I would add a few schools between UConn and NYU. I don't know what to suggest because NYU is huge and urban, but Williams is small and rural. So I'm not sure what you're looking for -- Trinity in Hartford and Wesleyan and Connecticut College (all relatively small LACs)? Or BU and BC (much bigger and, with BU, very urban)? There's also Colgate and Hamilton and, if you want to think about Pennsylvania, Bucknell.</p>

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<p>Thank you, I'm not the first in my family to go to college.... thats how my parents got a job here. (way to ruin it for me with your hard work Mom and Dad lol). I've lived in very different environments from urban to country and feel pretty comfortable in any of them so location doesn't seem like too big of a deal to me. Only thing I care about is whether they'd accept me or not :/ Or maybe I'm just naive and new to the game in thinking that way.</p>

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<p>Well, add a few "target" schools to your list and remove a few reaches. That's my advice.</p>

<p>And I dont' think you need to take the AP English during your senior year, unless you love English and you're really good at it.</p>

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<p>zzzzzzzz: Your resume put me to sleep. Don't you have any passion about anything!? You are presenting yourself just as one of the crowd. Are you really that boring? I bet not,but you have to show the admissions reps. that you have excitement and passion about something other than schoolwork.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Good chance at U.Conn. and,maybe,NYU.What is an "AA" benefit? Alcoholics Anon.?</p>