Chances Pleeeeeeeease :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone, I'm a junior and I'd like for you guys to help chance me at:
HYP
Amherst College
Dartmouth
Brown
Tufts</p>

<p>I'll chance you back if you ask, but I'm not really in any position to adequately do so. Thanks in advance! :)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (690M, 790W-12E, 800CR)-recent first sitting/will probably take again.</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: So far, only a 750 on World Hist. Planning on Math II and Lit</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around a 97 out of our 100 point scale</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/634 (at the end of sophomore year, so VERY subject to change)</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Only took World History so far - (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A</li>
<li>Junior Year Course Load: AP US Hist, AP Eng, AP Calc AB, French D (Honors), Physics (Honors) </li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Environmental Sci, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP American Gov't & Pol.
(Will graduate with 9 AP's total)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4 years of varsity cross country, varsity indoor track, and varsity outdoor track (captain of all three teams for 2 years---6 seasons of captainship total); all-league, all-district, and all-county runner since freshman year; usually invited to big meets like states, state federations, Penn Relays, indoor/outdoor nationals, etc.
-3 years of chamber orchestra in school...we are an excellent, nationally ranked orchestra with kids who go off to Julliard or conservatories each year.
-3 years pit orchestra
-Tri-M music honor society (running for president next year)
-4 years acceptance to all-county/all-region orchestras
-NHS, French Honor Society, and all of that</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Years of babysitting and giving violin lessons</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:
-2 hrs/week as volunteer leader at AWANA Clubs International (Christian youth organization designed to teach Bible and life values to kids aged Pre-K to 6th grade) every year since 7th grade.
-Tri-M Music Honor Society: does a lot of music-related service for the community, such as fundraiser concerts or playing chamber music in retirement homes (will likely graduate HS as an alumni life member). </li>
<li>Summer Activities: Not much really, just training for cross country season</li>
<li>Essays: I'm a pretty good writer, and I'll definitely take time for meticulous revisions will find opinions, etc. They should be pretty good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: They should be great (top 5%) but I'm definitely not the very best student they've ever taught. I have 3 great teachers this year who would love to vouch for me.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: It should be great (top 5%).</li>
<li>Additional Rec: I might send one from my coach to vouch for my commitment to a lot of pursuits.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Region (if domestic applicant): NE</li>
<li>School Type: Very competitive, large public school. Approx. 15-20 Ivy/Stanford/MIT accepted per year.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): May/would like to be a recruited athlete for cross country/track teams (but not the very most competitive recruit, athletically). Otherwise, no special hooks.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Oh, and if anyone has any suggestions for other schools that I should consider, that would be awesome :)</p>

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<p>Your SAT and GPA/Rank are great, though if you think you can improve on that 690 Math without having the other sections drop, you might consider retaking the SAT.</p>

<p>Good essays and recs could get you in many places. What are your academic interests? What do you want in a school? Otherwise, it’s sort of difficult to recommend other schools. Your chances now are just okay at all, mostly because all of those schools are extremely difficult. But “just okay” is good considering those schools. GL!</p>

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<p>Thank you!
And yes, I’m retaking my SAT in May.</p>

<p>Anyone else? I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>Hey man, thanks for the chance. You’re very competitive with your SAT/GPA status. Your EC’s are really good, shows your involved in the things you enjoy. Really search for that hook when applying to the top schools. Being White or Asian from the Northeast does put us at a great advantage diversity-wise, but I think you should have a good chance</p>

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<p>Thank you!
By the way, I plan on applying to Yale early.</p>

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<p>wow you definately will be very competitive at all the schools you listed even though they are all very difficult to get into. You look really well rounded. I would say you will be accepted at at least 4 out of the 7 schools you listed (all of them could go either way). Good luck!</p>

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<p>HYP are hard… for everyone so its hard to tell
youre on the right track
the others i’d say you’re a descent chance
and
OMG
how did you get a 800 on the CR?
any tips?</p>

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<p>HYP are hard for everyone but you have a good chance same with brown and dartmouth</p>

<p>amherst and tufts i think you’re in</p>

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<p>HYP is a crapshoot as always lol.
I think you’ll get into at least two out of the other four.
Why are you retaking a 2280?</p>

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<p>I’m retaking because I absolutely believe that I can get above a 690 for math (I’m pretty decent at math). If I don’t, I think it will just continue to bother me. I’m very satisfied with the 2280 though :)</p>

<p>Thanks everyone! Does anyone want to suggest some other match/safety schools in the New England region for me?</p>

<p>More chances are definitely welcome!</p>

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<p>Bump!
I’ll chance back if you leave a link :)</p>