Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This would mean a lot if you could help! :-D</p>

<p>Female Asian Senior at a high school with over 4,000 students
Location: Southern California
Family Income: Looowwwww.
Overall GPA: 3.6 (school does not rank or weigh GPAs
SAT: 1900 (retake in oct)
SAT II: Bio - 690; Lit - 670 (retake in nov); US Hist - 630
AP Test Scores: Bio - 4; USH - 3, Eng Land - 4</p>

<p>Current Classes - AP English Lit, Ap Calc AC, AP Gov and Politics, Marching Band, Concert Band 3 (highest concert band level - tuba), Speech and Debate Team, Creative Writing</p>

<p>Clubs and Leadership:
Marching Band (3 years)
FBLA (officer for 3 years as Membership Director, School Representative, Reporter, etc.)
Young Democrats of America (officer - secretary)
Senior Men and Women (student organization available only by application and interview. Only 20 senior women are chosen out of the whole graduating class; officer - webmaster)
Speech and Debate Team (officer - webmaster; varsity member)
member of a American Sign Language Club
high school's book club (president)
Concert Band - All four years of high school - played bass clarinet as a freshmand and tuba for the other years</p>

<p>Awards
2nd Place at Southern California State Qualification Tournament
Attended California State Tournament for Speech and Debate as a first year member on the team.
tournament champion at two Speech competition for novices
Semi Finalist at Speech and Debate Spring Varisty Tournatment
CSF
NHS
National Foresics Leauge - 120 pts in one year
Over 150 hours of volunteer service</p>

<p>Possible teacher recs: English teacher (had her for 2 years for Sophomore English Honors and AP Jr. English)
Math Teacher (had her for Math Analysis (pre-calc) and is very good friends with)</p>

<p>Essay: Not too sure yet. I don't have any major problems with writing. I might be okay with my essay.</p>

<p>Possible Majors: Either English, poly-sci, philosophy, or business.</p>

<p>Colleges considering:
Reed College (applying ED in nov)
Mt. Holyoke
Boston U
Bryn Mawr
UC Santa Cruz
UC Berekely
UC Davis
UC LA
Occidental
Williams
Tufts
Syracuse
Whitman
U of Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>

<p>I know my GPA is low. My SAT scores have been going up so I'm not worried about that. Do I have a chance at the colleges listed above? Also, can you suggest a few colleges as well?</p>

<p>Thank you SO much!</p>

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<p>darwinishungry:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCD: Match
UCSC: Safe Match</p>

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<p>east coast schools:</p>

<p>Mt. Holyoke: reach
Boston U: match
Bryn Mawr: slight reach
Williams: HUGE reach
Tufts: big reach
Syracuse: safety</p>

<p>williams and tufts are among the best schools in the country, and most applicants have scores above 2100</p>

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<p>Wow! I took the Princetone review counselor-o-matic test and the last 5 schools (except U of Mich - my friend told me to consider that as well) appeared on my list. I got a 2050 on my latest practice test. does that help my chances for Mt. Holyoke and Bryn Mawr?</p>

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<p>I go to Arcadia too! What a coincidence! Who are you?</p>

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<p>Lol! Cool! I'd rather not state my name on this forum. It think it might be a little obvious since I'm the only senior girl who plays tuba. :-D</p>

<p>Bump! Can someone help me rate my chances or recommend me other schools?</p>

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<p>You could be an excellent fit for Whitman (given your interest in debate especially) so you might want to give it a close look before making the ED commitment at Reed (ED can be a great relief if you are certain but it also narrows your access to merit scholarship offers in ways you may want to consider if financial aid is important). They definitely take a look at the "whole student" and I don't think your GPA would be as problematic as you suggest. </p>

<p>If you cannot visit, you should find out when they are visiting in your area. Their website will have a schedule for California area visits...Good luck...</p>

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<p>Bump! Any and all information is most welcome!</p>

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<p>Just raise SATs and the UCs should be matches/slight reaches.</p>