Chances! Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok.... now that I my final senior schedule and a change in heart about quite a few schools.... what are my chances?
Thanks</p>

<p>Female
Old Lyme,CT
Prestigious, All-Girls Boarding school in New England
GPA Unweighted: 3.4 ( not including freshman year)
Advanced Classes:
Freshman Year: 5 honors classes.
Sophomore (switched schools): AP Bio-4
Junior: AP US-4
Senior: AP Physics, AP Stat, AP ART</p>

<p>Undergrad major: Film/ Media Studies, might double major in something business related.</p>

<p>ACT: 28 (retaking in Oct. had a stomach virus when I took it. seriously).</p>

<p>SATIIs:
Math IC- 640
Biology- 650
US History- 720</p>

<p>Classes:
9th
Computer Animation 1 and II
Honors English 9
French 2/ Honors French 3
Honors Biology 10
Drama/Health
Latin I
Honors World Civilization I
Honors Geometry</p>

<p>10th: (only honors are in the math dept).
AP Biology
Chemistry 10
Art 1
French 2
History of Modern Japan
Algebra II
English 10
Ethics/ Leadership Seminar</p>

<p>11th
AP US History
Precalculus
Art 3
French 3
Early English Lit/ Creative Writing
Computer Graphics 1 and 2
Physics 12
Documentary Film Production Workshop (Ind.)</p>

<p>Projected 12th
Women's Literature/African- American Literature
AP ART
AP Stat
French 4
AP Physics B
International Human Rights
Fictional Video Production Independent.</p>

<p>Recs: Should be great (asked 3-time history teacher and head of admissions. I need to ask for another core rec for the claremonts, should I ask my former advisor/ ap bio teacher (she left last year) or my former precal teacher and now advisor?)
Essay: Pretty darn good
Extra: I also made a 20min documentary about an all-girls education. Doing 2-3 more fictional films.</p>

<p>Academic:
School Honor Roll
Language Studies Canada- Intermediat Francais. (homestay aussi).</p>

<p>Sports:
Softball (decided not to play in college).
-Travel/CLUB/ Summer Softball( 7 years)
- All-star 2000 (in CA), 2003 in CT
- NSA World Series, Jupiter,FL 2001
- ASA Regionals (2nd) Portsmouth, NH 2001
- ASA CT State Champs, 2001
- PONY Nationals, Sterling, VA, 2002
- Little League Senior League 2003 District Runners-up.
-PONY West Point JO Tournament 2005, 4th
-PONY Nationals, Vienna OH 2005, 5th out of 118 teams</p>

<ul>
<li>Varsity (4 years, 3 year starter (also started freshman year until injured mid -freshman season.)

<ul>
<li>3 letters
- Western New England Prep School Champs -2004, 2005</li>
<li>Founder's League Champs</li>
<li>Coach's Award
-UMASS Div. I Skills Camp</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>The Arts:
Lyme Art Academy Pre-College Summer Programs (2 years, painting, printmaking, and life drawing)
Lyme Art Academy Pre-college Art show
Lyme Youth Art Show ( 2001 for Drawing, 2003 of Animation)
Attend School on Art Scholarship
Literary Magazine - Art Editor
- Art Staff (2 years)
- Contributor (3 years)
School Newspaper- Art Editor (added new senior comics section)
- Art Staff (2 years)
NYFA/AMC Film Camp- New York, NY 2005 ( production crew for 3 films)
Theatre Tech- Multimedia Production for Fall 2005 Play</p>

<p>Service:
Spectrum (GSA) (3 years)
Art Sale (3 years, money goes to different cause each year).
2004- Camp Safe Haven (AIDS camp), and Make-a-Wish Foundation
2005- Genocide Intervention Fund, Tsunami Relief, and Haitian Health Foundation
2006- ?
Arts Alive Set-up Volunteer 2004</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Safety:
-Hampshire College
-Boston U.
-American U.</p>

<p>Match:
-Fordham U.
-Occidental
-Pitzer</p>

<p>Reach:
-Wash U.
-Northwestern U.
-Brown U.
-Pomona</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>I think your reaches are far reaches and your safety's are more like matches.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>what's your rank? a 3.4 GPA means nothing without a rank, b/c some grade-inflated schools may have 14 vals a year while a tough school may have one val with a 3.6</p>

<p>Also, you have an acceptable chance at most of those schools (with exceptions to Brown and Northwestern, but I'm a safe person).</p>

<p>If I were sitting on an adcoms, honestly, I wouldn't be impressed with the fact that you scored mid-600s on 2 of your SAT IIs, although your SAT II bio score may be forgiven with your 4 on the AP test.</p>

<p>Your ECs and essays may bump the scale in your favor though.</p>

<p>How hard is your courseload compared to what is possible in your school? If it's a "very demanding" courseload instead of "most demanding possible," then it could make a difference.</p>

<p>I'd write more but I gotta do something else right now</p>

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<p>switch bu to a match and fordham to a safety.</p>

<p>just out of curiousity, why dont you want to play softball in college?</p>

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<p>College<em>Here</em> I_ Come!- Our school doesn't rank because the GPA s are so close that everyone would be tied. Also I would consider it a most difficult courseload. People constantly tell me I have no life.</p>

<p>Huskem55- Why don't I want to play softball in college? Well after a few recruiting visits, I decided that I really would sacrafice way too much for the type of education I want. I want to go into film, something you can't just take a typical courseload. You need to make connection, develop extracurriculars etc. Softball conflicted way too much with the ultimate goal in my life. I'll probably play club or in ASA league but I decided not to play intercollegiate. After giving up so much time for it in high school, it was a hard decision, but I feel it was the best decision.</p>

<p>Thanks again for replying!</p>

<p>BTW, I just found out today that four of my art pieces were selected by the school to sell (as prints) on Alumnae Weekend to raise money Hurricane Katrina Relief! Go Me!</p>

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<p>bump.... by the way, I'm also working at the art sale for alumnae weekend and I'm running a 5k for more Hurricane Relief.</p>

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<p>Your reaches need to be toned down a level and BU is a match, not a safety. I'd be interested in other comments though as your stats are similar, just a bit lower than mine.</p>

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<p>thanks for your response duffman!</p>