Chances @ Top Colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances (as a Junior currently)</p>

<p>UNC Chapel Hill
Columbia University (& basically other Ivy Leagues)
Johns Hopkins
Emory
Rice
Washington University @St. Louis</p>

<p>Me:
-Female
-Asian/Pacific Islander (Filipino)
-North Carolina high school, very competitive high school</p>

<p>SAT I: 2070
-650 CR
-700 W
-720 M
(disappointed in Math...plan to take again)
SAT II:
-not yet taken. Plan to take SAT IIs in math, physics, and USH
ACT:
-31 (science:28, writing:30, reading:28, math:33)...taken as sophomore
-going to take again
AP:
-AP Physics B
-AP English
-AP Calc BC
-AP USH
-AP Spanish V
APs for next year:
-AP Physics C
-AP English
-AP Statistics
-AP Psychology
-AP Bio II
-AP Spanish VI (tentative...either that or AP Economics)
GPA: (not exact)
-3.8 unweighted
-4.8 weighted</p>

<p>Rank: 3 out of 500 (could have changed because school's computer system got messed up and the class rankings were a little bit off)</p>

<p>EC:
-Volunteered at local Hospital (summer after 10th grade and during 11th grade)
-Volunteered at local Library (10th and 11th grade)
-Key Club (9, 10, 11)...Club Officer 11th grade
-Environmental Club (9, 10, 11)
-Mu Alpha Theta-Math Honor Society (10, 11)...tutored (10,11) and competition (11)
-Spanish Club (11)...tutored
-Spanish Honor Society (11)
-Ambassador Program (10, 11)...greet new students, give tours, etc.
*very active in all of these clubs</p>

<p>Next Year's ECs:
-All of the previous ones
-Science Olympiad
-Physics Club</p>

<p>Personal Info:
(i'm not sure if these have any importance AT ALL):
-hearing disabilities (not major)...my little sister (age 7) uses a hearing aid, i'm close to needing hearing aid
-played basketball in a local league (my team won championship)...Note: not a school basketball team (a local, girls league)
-2 sisters, parents divorced last year (i'm pretty sure this has no importance at all...)
-parents moved from philippines to US in 1988</p>

<p>Want to Study/Major In:
-not sure as of now...but most likely something in the mathematical area or medicine...</p>

<p>Please tell me my chances of getting in these schools. <em>Please also suggest any other schools that I would be suited for too.</em> Note: I know that I'm not a stellar candidate for these colleges like these other CC people...so don't be too harsh. </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>i would say two things. </p>

<p>1) your SATs would really need to come up slightly. especially in CR because you really need to break 700 to get into the top tier of schools.</p>

<p>2) take care in signing up for so many AP classes! there are a lot of things to be worrying about senior year and signing up for 5 AP classes seems like a lot to me. i took 4 for both junior and senior years and that was about as much as anyone at my school ever handles. colleges want to know that you are challenging yourself but make sure that you aren't just taking these classes because they look like hard ones on paper. remember that technically most college students at top schools take only 3 to 4 classes per term and you are trying to take 5 (supposedly) "college level" courses in high school. you don't need to be pulling your hair out as you try to maintain the grades you need for schools like this with such a tough course load while applying to colleges and believe me you won't want to keep working that hard once applications are in!</p>

<p>good luck with the process, don't be too hard on yourself, and try not to compare yourself to others too much... the whole college acceptance process is random and unpredictable...</p>

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<p>thanks for comments</p>

<p>what colleges should i apply to?</p>

<p>(and i plan on taking SAT again...i only took it once so far)</p>

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<p>**whoops my ACT scores is not 31...it's 30 (typo on above)</p>

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<p>You're weighted GPA is pretty impressive....</p>

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<p>so many APs?wow...</p>

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<p>honestly, the #1 in my class right now is taking a LOT more AP classes than I am.</p>

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<p>well...what are my chances?</p>

<p>*please suggest good colleges for me if you can.</p>

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<p>you pretty much know where you wanna go...your in at UNC so consider that a back up for now..other then that...i would say with a 2200 SAT score..your in at most top tier colleges..work hard..and good luck</p>

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<p>Like others have said, bring up your SAT score especially in criticial reading...then you might have a chance at the Ivies and other top schools.</p>

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<p>thanks for the input</p>

<p>i will take the SAT again. hopefully, my critical reading score will be higher.</p>

<p>but in the end, i'm probably not going to put all my hopes into the Ivies.</p>

<p>i'm leaning toward Hopkins, Emory, & Washington State at St. Louis</p>