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<p>dartmouth ED, uchicago, BU, cornell, george washington, georgetown, vassar</p>

<p>Female/Born in Bangladesh/ came here 7 years old
Top ranked high school
Rank-no rank, top 25%-- 900 students in my grade
Average- 90
SAT- 750 MATH 700 READING 750 WRITING- 2200
SAT II- 750 math 2c, 800 american, 800 physics
Income-- less than 20,000
First generation college student</p>

<p>ap classes- world his, american his, physics b</p>

<p>senior year- ap environmental, ap eng, ap stats, calc honors, ap gov.</p>

<p>academic awards- honor society in school, service award, semi finalist in nasa dream comp., and several other awards from competitions </p>

<p>Extra- Working at pathology lab 25 hours a week as a research assistant for one year, ---- Volunteer at american cancer society 3 years and internship for one summer --organize the big events (walks etc)-- official advocator for my school
- Tutor disadvantaged children for one hour
-volunteer at hospital
-volunteer during science festivals in nyc</p>

<p>clubs--
School newspaper 3 years-- editor in chief
president of breast cancer fundraising club--organized a ball to raise over $2,000,created special bracelets sold through out school
model united nations--secretary 3 years
key club</p>

<p>I have very poor grades my first year of high school..I was going through a lot of personal/ family things
freshman year avgs- 75, 80
soph year -- 90,85
junior year- 93, 102 (last report card)</p>

<p>I was diagnosed with arthritis junior year, i don't think that matters. Working in the pathology lab, changed my life and made me a dedicated student and passionate--plan to write about it for essay</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>What is the question?</p>

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<p>what are you trying to say</p>

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<p>Asking about chances maybe?</p>

<p>Don’t bother with the arthritis. Toss out the “Tutor disadvantaged students for one hour”. </p>

<p>If you can keep up your grades for senior year (or if it’s possible, even better) then I’d say you’ve got a superb shot at getting in, especially if you can convey the issues that caused your lower grades Freshman year. Your upward trend is fantastic though.</p>

<p>Keep up the good work.</p>

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<p>I see a lot of different activities, but I see no unity in your activities. You’ve joined Key Club, but for what? You helped cancer victims, but for what? You’re in the school newspaper. But, again, for what? I see a lot of working at hospitals and science-related activities, but I don’t see much passion in your work.</p>

<p>Even when you type up your resume, there’s no spark there that I see with many Cornell admits. Ivy’s recognize passion, creativity, efficiency, and sincerity. A lot of your activities seem more like “filler” activities rather than ECs that you actually care about. I would try honing on a specific topic and continuing to progress in that specific topic. It’ll show the universities that you have an undying passion for something rather than your doing something merely to get into college.</p>

<p>But your low income, first college generation status, etc. should be able to earn you a few free points. So far, it’s looking like a match to a slight reach. I wouldn’t get comfortable, but I wouldn’t give up either.</p>

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<p>Depends on how severe the arthritis is.</p>

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<p>bobaboy Thanks, but I was just listing what I do with no intension of showing some kind of link in my post. that I will do in the application</p>