Chances :/

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: Public Long Island, NY
Gender/Ethnicity: Female/White
Family Info: dad retired teacher, sister at state school, stay at home mom
GPA: 96ish UW, 101ish W
Rank: Doesn't Rank, Top 5 or 10 percent
Grade Size: about 300
Major: undecided</p>

<p>Courses/Grades:
8th(High School credits)
Earth Science 99, Accelerated Math 95, Italian 99</p>

<p>9th
Eng Honors 98, Theater Arts 91, Honors Writing Workshop 98, Global Honors 98, Chemistry Honors 96, Math AB Accel 97, Italian 100, Band 100, PE 92</p>

<p>10th
Eng Honors 98, Global Honors 93, AP Bio 97, Math B Acc 98, Italian Honors 100, Band 88, PE 88</p>

<p>11th Grade
Eng Honors 96, AP US 97, AP Chem 90, PreCalc BC 94, Italian Honors 97, PE 92, Health 99, Band 96</p>

<p>12th Grade planned schedule
AP US Govt, AP MicroEcon, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Italian, Physics Honors, Band, PE, ecology/ethology or psychology elective</p>

<p>SAT
Verbal 800
Math 630( hope to raise in fall...680 on PSAT)
Writing 690 (Essay 10</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
World History 630
Math IC 710
Biology M 770
US History 790</p>

<p>AP Scores
Bio 5
Chem 5
US 5
5 next yr pending...</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
- Habitat For Humanity (11-12)
- Environmental (9-12)
- National Honor Society
- Italian Honor Society (VP next year)
- Math Honor Society
- 4 yr varsity XC, indoor track, spring track...captain
- Band 9th-12th
- wind ensemble 9-12, first chair
- private instrumental lessons for 9 years
- symphony orchestra 9-12
- pit orchestra 9
- friends of seniors club 9th
- all-county band + orchestra 6-12
- NYSSMA 5-9, all state audition 10th(96) and 11th (98)
- All County Instrumental master class with famous guy</p>

<p>Awards
- St. John's University Women in Science 9th and 10th
- Outstanding in Grade band award
- Nylf med public health symposium finalist</p>

<p>Summer Activities
- NYLF med
- pilot Hab. for Hum. trip to New Orleans</p>

<p>Volunteer Info
- various events and programs through clubs and honor societies
- occasional work a local park
- church food service</p>

<p>Recs:
ok, not a big relationship builder but teachers like me</p>

<p>Essays: we'll see...</p>

<p>Reach
- Johns Hopkins
- Lehigh ( IDEA honors program sounds so cool)
- Lafayette
- Brandeis
- Villanova</p>

<p>Match
-Dickinson
-Gettysburg
-SUNY Binghamton
-Muhlenberg
-Franklin and Marshall
-Drew University
-TCNJ
-UConn
-Univ.of Delaware
-Penn State (Schreyers?)
-Fairfield
-Marist
-Fordham</p>

<p>Safety
- Washington College (in MD)
- York College of PA
- UMass Amherst
- UMBC</p>

<p>!!!narrowing down list through tons of visits!!!
(b/c that is the only way to tell what i like, i have no particular size, etc.)</p>

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<li>money is a factor b/c i am too rich for fin aid but wanna save for grad or maybe even med school...will apply for as many scholarships as possible</li>
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<p>Tell me your opinion on my categorization.</p>

<p>Also if you know of any scholarship chances at these schools, or similar schools in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic I should be looking at you input would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!!</p>

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<p>lafayette and nova are good matches if you get your test scores up a bit</p>

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<p>It's good that you realize you need to bring up your math score, especially for a sciences major.</p>

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<p>What do about the categorization of the other schools? Do you think they are accurate?</p>

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<p>i believe ur categories are right on.. i hope u get into the John Hopkins.. ur sat scores rock! :0 chance me if you'd like </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=382152%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=382152&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>any other opinions? i'd love the input...haha</p>

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<p>lol i think u go to my school..or atleast in my district</p>

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<p>why? there is only one high school in my district btw</p>

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<p>i still need chances...i know my stats are boring and unremarkable, but i still need your help!</p>

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<p>wow how does one get 97's in math at school and get 630 in SAT I math? talk about grade inflation.</p>

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<p>First, why would you post something like that in a forum that is supposed to be about helping eachother. The comment you made didn't help anybody, so why bother? Just to be mean, thanks a lot, You're awesome.</p>

<p>Second, I really don't feel the need to explain myself to you, but I would just like to say SAT math is a lot different than real math and calculus. I was very tired and stressed upon taking the SAT. If it sounds like I'm just making excuses to you so be it. But luckily for me, you aren't judging my application. The colleges I am looking at will not only see me for my test scores, but also know from my school profile that this is not inflation. I'm no math genius because mathematical logic isn't programmed into me like it might be in you, but I learn quickly and work hard to get the best grades possible.</p>

<p>I am kinda disappointed, I've gotten very little advice form this forum. Is there anybody out there with opinions?</p>

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<p>Sorry that I sounded so harsh.</p>

<p>It's just that it's so different from where I am from (I don't live in the US). Anyways.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don't know much about many of those schools, but I think you will get into Johns Hopkins. If you could raise your SAT scores a little bit, it'd be even more fantastic. </p>

<p>Why don't you apply to some of the ivies as well? I understand that ivies only have financial aid (not merit-based), but still, I think you would be able to get into at least the lower ivies. You can apply for external scholarships to save money?</p>

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<p>Sorry at jumped at you like that. Part of me is still just so frustrated with my math score, so I'm a little too defensive about it. </p>

<p>I'm flattered that you think I should at least try for an ivy or too, but it just seems so daunting. Johns Hopkins is so competitve that I know it could be hit or miss.</p>

<p>Sorry again...</p>

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<p>No worries...after all, it was me who was rude at first.
Don't be intimidated by ivies. I don't know what you're thinking of studying in college, but I'd say apply at least to Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown. You never know what could happen :)</p>

<p>Just try to raise your math score to 700+. You seem to have a solid foundation from school. With a little bit of practice, I am sure you will get that score.</p>

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<p>haha, we'll see...</p>

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<p>anybody else?</p>