Columbia/NYU...etc?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>white female
SAT I: 2250 - 720 M, 790 W (12 and 75), 740 CR
SAT II: pending...projected 700 + Math II, Lit, Us History
ACT: 35 composite, breakdown 34 M 36 E 36 S, 12 writing
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.8 W, Rank: top 5% or so, top 20/700 in IB public school
Classes: All IB, HL IB Math, History, English
APs: 5 World History, 4 Chem, 4 Calc AB, 5 AP Lang
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (finalist status pending), AP Scholar with Honor, NCTE Promising Young Writer, National Honor Society, Who's Who Among American High School Students, Participant - National Student Leadership Conference, numerous won internships, multiple state qualifier in debate
ECs: YMCA Volunteer 9-12 as CILT summer camp counselor - translated into paid counselor position, Debate Team 9-12, Debate Captain 11-12, Head Captain Debate 12, NHS 11-12, NHS Vice President 12, Hospital Volunteer 11-12, Newspaper 9,10,11 On-staff position at local and highly respected newspaper, 11-12, Newspaper internships, 11-12, Basketball 9, Student Body VP (at diff. school) 9, tutoring 9-12
Essays: projected as good?...lol
Recs: good, from history teacher who has known me for 3+ years and eng. teacher who writes awesome recs </p>

<p>Sorry I know its long but I wanted to be thorough. What do yall think are my chances at my top choices - Columbia, Barnard, NYU, Amherst, BU and Swarthmore?</p>

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<p>You have chance to all of them, but yeah lol.</p>

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<p>come on ppllll....this thread is where it's at!!!!! lol plllzz comment</p>

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<p>let me see that body go...bump bump bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>BU is a safety probably
NYU- match
All the others are reaches, but you have a chance</p>

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<p>Swarthmore is harder than NYU?</p>

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<p>anyone want to comment on my chances?</p>

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<p>*caucasian, twin girl, first generation american ( my family is Polish)
*my high school is number 565ish of the best 1000 high schools in USA
*my GPA is 3.76
* my rank= 16/291
* my SAT is 1270 (m-630, v-640) and for the new wrting section I got a 630 which makes it 1900/2400
* by the time i'll graduate i'll have taken 7 AP courses( us history, european history, english lit, english comp, french, world history)
*all of my other courses were honors except for math in 10th and 11th grade</p>

<p>MY E.C.:</p>

<p>Activity Grade Hrs. per week Positions held/ Honors earned
Girl Scouts 9, 10, 11, 12 2-3 Silver Award, Coordinator for many events
JV Basketball 9 22-25 Scholar-Athlete
Orchestra 9, 10, 11, 12 5 1st violin
National Honor Society 11, 12 1
National Art Honor Society 11, 12 1-2
Tri-M Music Honor Society 10, 11, 12 1 </p>

<p>Community Service Grade Hrs. Positions held
Breast Cancer Walk at Jone’s Beach 9, 10,11 4
Yellow Ribbons in support of Troops 9 3 Coordinator
Walk USA Collection Drive 9 3
Sandwiches for Soup Kitchens (Made around 200 PB & J sandwiches) 9 4
Girl Scout International Event 9, 10, 11, (12) 5 Coordinator
International Beach Cleanup Day 9, 10, 11, 12 4
Waldbaums’s Book Drive 9 2
Thanksgiving Day Basket 9, 10, 11 3
Mad Hatter’s Fall Fair (making hats for young girls and then letting them decorate their hats how ever they wanted to) 10 12 Coordinator
Christmas Box for Needy Kids 9, 10, 11, (12) 1
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon 12 4 worked in mailroom
Relay for Life 11, (12) 12
Superthon (raised $10,000 for Cerebral Palsy research) 11, (12) 7 Coordinator
Birthday bags for needy children 12 9 Coordinator</p>

<p>(~lots of leadership positions~--hoping that'll help me out)</p>

<p>AWARDS:</p>

<p>Award Grade
Scholar Athlete (for Basketball) 9
Poem published (Creative Communications Young Poet Contest) 10
Short Story Published 10
Win a Diamond for Mom (won a jewel, not grand prize winner) 10
Girl Scout Silver Award* 9-10
Who’s Who Among American High School Students 11
Working on Girl Scout Gold Award** 11-12
Principal’s High Honor Roll 9, 10, 11, 12
Nominated for Presidential Classroom 10, 11, 12
Nominated for Young Leaders Conference 10</p>

<p>**** i love nyu, i have always wanted to go there-it's my dream school! <--i've included that in the personal statements...i'm applying RD to CAS & i want to major in History</p>

<p>THANKS for anyone who can help!!!!!!!!! it's appreciated a lot!</p>

<p>(and also if you are familiar w/ Fordham University-Lincoln Center Campus what my chances for that school are--thanks!!!!!)</p>

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<p>lol you thread stealer!
anyways though! is swarthmore harder to get into than NYU? from what i've read swarthmore's easier..?</p>

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<p>What about Barnard and Columbia?</p>

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<p>bump!!!!! bump bump</p>

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<p>you wont get into any because you quoted B2K to bump it up</p>

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<p>excuse you. b2k is hott. with two t's.
seriously though. bump this!</p>

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<p>im not kidding this time plzz comment. i will repost my lil info sheet so everyone can see again! yeah im annoying but whatever.
white female
SAT I: 2250 - 720 M, 790 W (12 and 75), 740 CR
SAT II: pending...projected 700 + Math II, Lit, Us History
ACT: 35 composite, breakdown 34 M 36 E 36 S, 12 writing
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.8 W, Rank: top 5% or so, top 20/700 in IB public school
Classes: All IB, HL IB Math, History, English, few APs in open spots
APs: 5 World History, 4 Chem, 4 Calc AB, 5 AP Lang
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (finalist status pending), AP Scholar with Honor, NCTE Promising Young Writer, National Honor Society, Who's Who Among American High School Students, Participant - National Student Leadership Conference, numerous won internships, multiple state qualifier in debate, Top Internship honors
ECs: YMCA Volunteer 9-12 as CILT summer camp counselor - translated into paid counselor position, Debate Team 9-12, Debate Captain 11-12, Head Captain Debate 12, NHS 11-12, NHS Vice President 12, Hospital Volunteer 11-12, Newspaper 9,10,11 On-staff position at local and highly respected newspaper, 11-12, Newspaper internships, 11-12, Basketball 9, Student Body VP (at diff. school) 9, tutoring 9-12
Essays: projected as good?...lol
Recs: good, from history teacher who has known me for 3+ years and eng. teacher who writes awesome recs </p>

<p>Sorry I know its long but I wanted to be thorough. What do yall think are my chances at my top choices - Columbia, Barnard, NYU, Amherst, BU and Swarthmore?</p>

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<p>You will get into NYU. columbia= 35% chance?</p>

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<p>thank u very much ace.
anybody know anything about barnard, amherst, bu or swarthmore?
or columbia for that matter?</p>

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<p>pretty sure you'll get in at amherst...which means you'll get in at swarthmore. bu is a guarantee. columbia...always unpredictable, but you definitely have a respectable shot.</p>

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<p>BizUMP it izUP.</p>

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<p>okay time to update.
sat ii's....math ii 740, lit 760</p>