Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a Hispanic female attending a very competitive public school.</p>

<p>Test scores/grades/classes
GPA: 4.6 W, 3.6 UW
Rank: top 20%, at least
ACT: 29, plan to retake
Last year (Sophomore) classes: AP Spanish, AP Chemistry, Health, Civics & Econ Honors, Pre Cal Honors, English Honors, Newspaper.
This coming year (Junior) classes: AP Spanish Lit, AP Bio, AP US, AP Calc AB, AP English, French Honors, Theater Honors, Newspaper Honors.</p>

<p>ECs
Academic Team (10-12)
Cross Country & Track (10-12): Two seasons of varsity each year.
Students Against Destructive Decisions (9-12): Secretary Soph year.
Tech Crew (9-12)
Drama Club (9-12)
Graphic Arts Society (9-12): Founding member; VP Soph year
Voice & Action Club (10-12): Founder & President
Newspaper (9-12): News brief writer frosh; Chief Photo editor Soph
Youth & Government (10-12): lobbyist, senate committee clerk, house committee clerk soph year; senator, senate committee chair junior year
Global Concerns (10-12)
NHS: 11-12
Spanish Honors Society (9-12)</p>

<p>Service
Junior Civitans International (9-12): 40 hours/year; Secretary Sophomore and Junior years.
Volunteer at non-profit restaurant 2002-2005
Volunteer at summer library event 2000-present
Volunteer at library Hispanic services 2006
Organized book drive, collected over 1300 books and distributed them at a poor, predominately Hispanic apartment complex</p>

<p>*Work experience *
Worked at Analytical Chem lab at Wake Forest U
Photographer for local newspaper
Navigation design and graphic design implementation on Georgetown U Press CD
Job with computers at Babcock School of Management, Wake Forest U</p>

<p>Awards & Honors
2005- NJHS
2006-2009- Spanish Honors Society
2006- First NC student @ Hispanic Natl Bar Foundation Law Camp
2007- First place photography at my school, second place in the county
2007- Hollins U Creative Writing Award</p>

<p>I know my grades are my weakest point, and I plan to work hard junior year to bring those up.</p>

<p>I'm looking at Dartmouth, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Wake, American, Colgate, Cornell, Syracuse, UNC Chapel Hill, Assumption. I know Dartmouth & Georgetown are def. the reaches in that group.</p>

<p>Any advice/observations/etc. is appreciated!</p>

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<p>I'm also fluent in Spanish. I can read & understand Portuguese & French, and converse a little in both. I'm learning ASL, too.</p>

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<p>Your ECs are great. Especially your committment to volunteering.</p>

<p>But your rank and your ACT score are going to really affect your chances at Dartmouth and Georgetown. The good news, is that you know that.</p>

<p>You're also maybe going to run into trouble at Colgate, Cornell, and UNC-Chapel Hill. Colgate because it's LITTLE and is one of a group of schools that takes so-called Ivy rejects. Cornell, because it's an Ivy, and even if it's not considered quite as prestigious as the others, it's still competitive. And UNC Chapel Hill because the out of state acceptance rate is a lot lower, and it's a state school so your GPA, scores, and rank are much more important to the admission committee.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth- reach but attainable
Georgetown- reach but attainable
American- high match
Colgate- low reach
Cornell- low reach
Syracuse- high match
UNC Chapel Hill- mid-high match</p>

<p>Just get that ACT score a little higher and you should be all set!</p>

<p>Chance me please. I'll give you an imaginary cookie. ^_^</p>