Could I Get into Brown, Oberlin or Tufts??? (Harvard's just for laughs and giggles)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Female
African American
Private School
GPA: Unweighted 3.4/3.5 Weighted - 3.8
1980 on the SATs
670 SAT II Literature
690 SAT II US History
610 SAT II Math (ugh. horrible score, but it's only going to two schools)
4 on the US History AP
awesome common app essay</p>

<p>Harvard Legacy</p>

<p>ECs: editor of literary magazine (involved since freshman year)
Wrote for the school newspaper,
Gay-Straight Alliance (actively involved since freshman year),
3 years of guitar,
2 years of theater (2 lead roles)
40+ hours of community service
but no school government involvement.</p>

<p>As for sports, that’s my weak point. I’m horrible at them and I don’t do any. I did 6-month stint of fencing in my freshman year and became "officially armed and dangerous", but I don’t think that really counts for much.</p>

<p>I had a summer job last year, and this summer I got accepted to a 2-week creative writing workshop at UVA.</p>

<p>Reach Schools:</p>

<p>Brown University, USC, Princeton, Tufts, Harvard (I’m almost 100% sure I won’t get into Harvard, but my mom went there and so she’s essentially forcing me to apply).</p>

<p>Target Schools: </p>

<p>Oberlin College, Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, University of Virginia, Chapman University</p>

<p>Safety Schools: </p>

<p>University of Arizona, Loyola College in Maryland</p>

<p>Although I personally think the triple-Ivy applications are a bit unnecessarily ambitious, I'm mainly concerned with getting into Oberlin, Tufts, and USC. (and Brown)</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>I think you got it right with naming schools reaches and such, Ivies are difficult but you never know.</p>

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<p>oh, and I received the National Achievement Scholarship for my PSAT score from last year.</p>

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<p>Chance back?</p>

<p>Your numbers are a little on the weak side, especially the GPA. URM will make you competitive, but you’ll have to work hard to sell your ECs</p>

<p>But you already have a good concept of which schools are “reach” and which are solid targets. Good luck!</p>

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<p>legacy has an absurd amount of influence, so…
Tufts seems reasonable, SAT’s a little low
Brown: reach
Ivies are a reach
USC; low reach
BU: high match
UVA: low reach</p>

<p>Please chance back for BC and UVa</p>

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<p>i say in at USC</p>

<p>uva: high match/low reach</p>

<p>do harvard/princeton accept january sat scores? if so, and if you can bring it up to 2100+ i think you have decent chances there. good luck!</p>

<p>please chance back? </p>

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