Chances Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I'm a graduated junior (I skipped a year of school) and a female from Chapel Hill, NC. I'm 15 now, but after taking a gap year to volunteer in South America I'll be 16, and I'll turn 17 as soon as college starts.</p>

<p>Rank: Something like 46/420. :(
GPA: 3.8 unweighted. All As and only a few Bs until last year, when I got 4 As, 3 Bs 1st semester and 4 As, 2 Bs and a C second semester. *Will this kill me??
SAT: 700, 770, 710 = 2180.
AP: 5 on Calc AB, 4 on U.S. History, 4 on Environmental.</p>

<p>ECs:
Gay-Straight Alliance, 9-11, co-president (11)
Youth Performing Arts Conservatory, 10-11
Spanish Club, 10-11, president (11)
Science, Arts Summer Camp Counselor 9-11
Photography, 9-11
Teen Court Attorney, 10
Duke TIP Summer Studies and Scholar Weekends, 10 </p>

<p>Awards:
Governor's Page in 11th grade (should this be an EC or an award?)
Featured in local paper's photography section
Spanish National Honors Society
AP Scholar
National Merit (Semi-)Finalist
Mayor’s Award (for community service)
Project CA.F.E. Award (Calling All Future Educators, Language)
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference Delegate
Society of Women Scholars (Co-vice president)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Babysitting 9th and 10th grade
Legal intern for mom's law office 10th and 11th grade</p>

<p>What are my chances at Emory, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Tufts, BU, Brandeis, Emerson, Villanova, and U Penn? (I know, really wishful thinking on that last one :)) Will my gap year help a lot, and are there any other schools that would fit me well?</p>

<p>Thank you SO much!</p>

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<p>You have a good list. You have good chances at all, with your major reaches being Tufts and UPenn. Tufts will probably especially be interested in your gap year, especially if you're doing community work seeing that their whole motto is "active citizenship."</p>

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<p>class rank is gonna hurt you, but your ECs show that you make up in heart where you lack in brains. you don't have to be the smartest person in the world to make the world a better place =]. I would say you have a solid shot in everything but upenn, which would be a reach for you, based solely on academics. tufts, as lolabelle mentioned, will love you. also, if you're interested in international relations (which it seems you are. if i'm wrong just let me know), you might wanna look into G'town. their IR program is really good.</p>

<p>chanceback: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=369237%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=369237&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You have good chances at all the schools save Penn which is a reach. If you want Penn, apply ED.</p>

<p>Please chance me at:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>GSA..........ewwwwwwwwww</p>

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<p>way to be totally homophobic. you deserve to be borat'ed. =D</p>

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<p>...not at all, I just completely disagree with the whole idea of GSA, its like they're proclaiming they love gay people (whether they are gay or not) and then forming a superficial 'alliance' to say that they are there to help
P.S. The Day of Silence is consistently the most amusing/funny day of my school year...OP, are you going to spread your message of gay pride/hope/acceptance to South America??</p>

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<p>I don't know, I think her gap year and EC's will make up for her stats at Penn -- AND Tufts. I think they're both reaches, but not impossible ones. You've got one of the best lists I've seen on CC!</p>

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<p>i'll bump it for her...i'm itching for a GSA debate</p>

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<p>thank you lolabelle, justanotherkid and fredfredburger!<br>
pdef . . . hahaha. let's not get ugly, but i would like to respond.<br>
GSAs do not proclaim a love of gay people, but instead support for the gay community in its struggle for equality.
what makes an alliance superficial? the word means a merging of efforts of interests, so any group is technically an alliance. if you mean that we can't really get anything accomplished or help each other . . . you're wrong. we're not trying to change anyone's minds, we're trying to support one another. for example, a lesbian friend of mine received death threats a while ago, so our members agreed to look out for her and accompany her to class. when another friend of mine was frustrated by homophobic comments, we had a discussion at our meeting. i think your problem, pdef, is that you misunderstand a GSA's purpose (to be a safe, accepting place for LGBTQ youth). the day of silence is also not about changing anyone's minds. i agree with you that it's a little silly, but it does show the strength and presence of a GSA, which can encourage LGBTQ youth or supporters to speak out openly or seek help in any related matters.
P.S. i really don't expect to form a south american club, but toda es posible. :)</p>

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<p>oh and
"I don't know, I think her gap year and EC's will make up for her stats at Penn -- AND Tufts. I think they're both reaches, but not impossible ones. You've got one of the best lists I've seen on CC!"
lolabelle, i love you!!!!!
(haha, pdef, don't take that the wrong way . . . ;))
but really, thank you so much! i didn't read the other responses thoroughly until after i responded to pdef's. that was so kind of you to say, and really encouraging. thank you.</p>

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<p>....i for sure took that the wrong way, the fact that you think LGBwhatever people need support should be an indication that maybe this world is not ready to accept organizations such as GSA, whose signs for meetings are consistently vandalized and defaced at my school...."support for the gay community in its struggle for equality"-- not to be rude, but I believe this comment is rather ignorant because it seems to push down homosexuals to a level where they would need to struggle for equality because in a professional world, this sort of discrimination does not exist...the world is not out to get you, and our current circumstances render this organization as nothing more than an idealogical club trying to get support for an issue that doesn't need to be supported (AKA "don't fix it if it ain't broke")
P.S. I'm moving to Mexico once gay marriage is legalized</p>

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<p>pdef, I'm down with everything you said. I don't like uber-liberal, whiny, cause-clubs that are always trying to make a cause or a victim out of everyone and everything. Its these same people who screw everything in this country up like free speech and patriotism. They say they stand for these things but they do the exact opposite.</p>

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<p>pdef, that's silly. if the signs are vandalized and defaced, then homophobia is obviously a problem. it's as simple as that! again, i know people who have been physically and verbally harassed because of their sexual orientation . . . it is a problem.
however, (again,) a gsa is not necessarily meant to gain support. a gsa's primary purpose is to be a safe, accepting place for LGBTQ youth.
and conlax, i'm not trying to make gay people into victims. the people who attack them, however . . . that's another story. i hope that last comment wasn't directed towards me -- i do support free speech entirely. however, when it interferes with the rights of safety (i.e. threats) or a student's ability to learn at school, it isn't constitutionally protected.</p>

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<p>*some may be homophobic, but others (like me and conlax) find it to be a completely unnecessary organizations...we you keep making these idealogical outlandish coments ("safe, accepting place for LGBTQ) is so far beyond me...I honestly hope you mature into something then a naive, ignorant individual who "rocks against the establishment" just for the sake of it...I really don't need a response to this post, but if you feel you have something original to bring, be my guest...</p>

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<p>they are necessary because lgbtq people are harrassed and victimized.
just for the sake of it? as long as someone i personally know is affected negatively by homophobia, i have an interest in stopping it. :)</p>