Chances: Wellesley, Barnard, Smith, Tufts, UCs, Cornell, JHU, UMich, UNC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm a senior (asian, female) and I would really appreciate it if you could chance me for some of the colleges that I want to go to. Currently, some of the ones on my list are Wellesley, Barnard, Smith, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Cornell, JHU, UMich, and UNC. I'm planning on selecting 'undecided' for majors, as I don't know what to do yet.</p>

<p>Also, I transferred schools just before senior year, from a competitive international school overseas to an equally competitive school in NJ. My counselor told me to explain the situation on the common app, so hopefully that won't affect my chances too much...</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>GPA (UW): 3.82
No weighted, and no ranking.</p></li>
<li><p>SAT I: 2300 (760 CR, 750 M, 790 W) one sitting</p></li>
<li><p>SAT II: 800 (Biology E), 760 (Math II)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>AP World: 5
AP Bio: 5
AP Chinese: 5
AP Calc A/B: 5</p>

<p>Courses Senior Year:</p>

<p>AP Gov
AP Stat
Hon. Phys
Hons. Literature</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<ul>
<li>Writer/Editor of school magazine, 10th-11th</li>
<li>Assistant Swim Coach (paid), 11th</li>
<li>Swim team, 9th-11th
^these were all from my old school</li>
</ul>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<ul>
<li>Leader/co-founder of club that helps poor Chinese students pay for HS/college, 10th-11th
^again, old school</li>
<li>Shadowing/helping out at dentist's office, 12th</li>
</ul>

<p>Not sure about recs and essays - one teacher likes me, the other is alright about me but she thinks I'm hardworking. Essays should be alright as well.</p>

<p>Thank you guys so much for looking over this. My top college is Wellesley...hope I have a decent shot at it at least.</p>

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<p>You can just chance one or two schools if you’re not sure of all hahah…it’s a pretty long list :/</p>

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<p>UMI: Match</p>

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<p>Nice, thanks!</p>

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<p>any more chances?</p>

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<p>Cornell IMO is a stretch / a long shot… your GPA and exam grades more than qualify you for IVY league schools but your ECs might hold you back (besides you finding the club, nothing is really outstanding or special).</p>

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<p>Hi - I see you getting into all of them except for Cornell, Barnard and JHU. Like previous poster said you have great stats but your EC’s might hold you back from those schools. The club you founded though is wonderful… Impressive stuff. - good luck! :-)</p>

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<p>Anything ordinary can be special. It takes a great mind to find the special in the ordinary. Since you’re a good writer, I assume you will be able to do that. You also need to think very hard and spend a lot of time introspecting.</p>

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<p>For UMich, your GPA is slightly below admission average (3.85 for 2013) while your SAT is above 75%. It should be a match for LSA oos.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot guys!! very useful info</p>

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<p>Do you think I have a decent chance for UCLA? UC Berkeley is my #2 school but I’m not that confident I’ll get in haha…I do like Cali though, so UCLA would be my choice after that.</p>