Cripes. Y'all ot A NEW Friend On Collegeboard. 21 Schools - Who Feels Like Rating Me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have no idea how to start a new thread on this site yet, so I'm going to post my question here. This isn't really a fresh topic for this site, but I was just wondering if some one could evaluate my chances at the schools I applied to (all RD).</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>caucasian female (very rare)
my essays have gotten good feedback:)
recs - i asked teachers who i talk to in/and out of school. i'm hoping for awesome words!</p>

<p>High School Transcript:</p>

<p>3.8 unweighted
No class rank - I go to a public high school that's lazy and won't rank :)
SENIOR YEAR:
APs: Euro, Calc AB, Chem, Bio
Honors: Organic Chemistry, English IV
Mid Year Grades: 5 A's, 1 B (Chemistry)</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>690 (V)
670 (M) * I am retaking in Jan. I feel special because it is the last normal SAT. lol, it sucks to have to do the writing, reading, and english all in one sitting. sorry juniors.</p>

<p>I'd like to get over the 1400 bump, but we'll see...</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Writting: 730
Math IC: 670
Chemistry (I had only had less than 1/4 year of AP Chem when I took it) 660</p>

<p>My EC's are a stronger component of my application. They include the following:</p>

<p>9th
JV Cheerleading
Mini-Cheer Camp Counselor
Semi-Dance Committee Chair</p>

<p>10th
JV Cheerleading
Mini-Cheer Camp Counselor
Service Committee Chair
Key Club member
French Club member</p>

<p>11th
Varsity Tennis Team (starting doubles player - undefeated record)
Secretary of Student Council
Coordinated Independent Service Project (4 hrs twice per month - I take 25 kids)
Worked 15 wk at Abercrombie Kids (6 months)
Service Committee (Student Council)
Decorations Committee (Student Council)
Key Club
French Club
National Junior Honor Society</p>

<p>11th-12th Summer
Yale University Summer Program (Got a prof rec)</p>

<p>12th
Stronger Involvements:</p>

<p>President of Student Council
Coordinate Same Independent Project
National Honors Society Social Chair
Coordinate Dinners at Local Homeless Shelter (Bring about 8 kids from NHS)
School District Board Representative
Co-Founder and President of Badminton Club :)
Marketing and Advertising Apprenticeship</p>

<p>Lesser Involvements:</p>

<p>Math Team
Key Club
Service Committee
Dance Committee
Decorations Committee</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>3-4 art awards (I was in art class from 9-11) I still paint, but on the side now.</p>

<p>Chosen as school's rep to state conference (1 of 2 out of 300)</p>

<p>First places in about 5 JV cheerleading comps (do these even matter since i was part of the team and i was not out there alone cheerleading?)</p>

<p>Honor Roll (how exciting) Scholar Athlete (A average and do a sport)</p>

<p>World Affairs Council Scholarship (awarded to 6)</p>

<p>Published writer (local magazine)</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Dance
Gymnastics
Skiing
Painting/Drawing
Tennis</p>

<p>Go ahead, be honest - what do y'all think my chances are at the following colleges ( i applied to a ton)</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh (Safety)
UMass Amherst (other Safety)</p>

<p>Boston Unversity
George Washington
Richmond University
Emory
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>NYU
Northwestern
Vassar
CMU
Middlebury
Amherst
Williams
Wesleyan
Wash U
Pomona</p>

<p>Cornell
Yale
UPenn</p>

<p>I'd be awesome to hear someone's opinion!! thanks kids.</p>

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<p>University of Pittsburgh (Safety)
UMass Amherst (other Safety)</p>

<p>Boston Unversity-Good chance
George Washington-Good chance
Richmond University-Decent Chance
Emory-Reach/slight reach
U Michigan Ann Arbor-if you live in MI then yeah,otherwise reach
Vanderbilt-slight reach/reach</p>

<p>NYU-slight reach/reach
Northwestern-reach
Vassar-don't know
CMU-don't know
Middlebury-don't know
Amherst-don't know
Williams-don't know
Wesleyan-don't know
Wash U-Sea-in, St.Louis-reach
Pomona-don't know</p>

<p>Cornell-reach
Yale-big reach
UPenn-big reach</p>

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<p>21 schools? how did you ... survive?</p>

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<p>u have a lot of reaches... but vassar middlebury and williams are matches... cmu amherst wesleyan pomona are almost cornell level reaches</p>

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<p>thanks njboy200 - way to go through the whole list (well minus a few). I pretty much agree with your suggestions...</p>

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<p>i applied to so many because i would be happy going to BU or GW so i figured what the heck, i may as well just throw applications out there cause there's no harm in trying other than a major ego shot come april. Plus, i just found school that fit me then looked at their application to make sure I could recycle essays and what not.</p>

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<p>oh yea, i don't live in MI. I live in PA.</p>

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<p>cujoe - out of curiosity, what makes you think williams and middlebury are 'match' schools for me? I always viewed them as reaches, but it's interesting that you said match. Any comments?</p>

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<p>to anyone - does having a cousin in Cornell's Hotel School, class of 2007, count as some degree of legacy?</p>

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<p>I feel better that I am not the only person applying to way too many schools. I am transferring out of Community College though, so this is my final shot to go to a decent school. I am applying to 16 different colleges, but most of them (if not all) are reaches. As a last resort, I can transfer to San Francisco State for accounting. </p>

<p>Anyway, your stats are impressive for most of the schools to which you want to apply. I think that you should be accepted to at least half the schools to which you are applying, but I doubt that Yale or UPENN will accept you. Either way, Good luck.</p>

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<p>out of curiosity, why did you quit cheerleading?</p>

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<p>Here's the thing with cheerleading..</p>

<p>I made the varsity squad my junior year, but six weeks in i had enough. I couldn't handle the same chants and what not after doing cheerleading since 8th grade. Lol, it definately got to me</p>

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<p>Williams and Amherst are difinitely reaches (ranked one and two of all LACs). Vassar would probably be a match, and Wesleyan a reachy match.</p>

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<p>yea i retract my statement about williams... that's more of a reach/match, but about vassar and middlebury, ur pretty close to the medain, and if u show why u want to go it shouldn't be a problem</p>

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<p>thanks cujoe and yamaya! pretty solid suggestions.</p>

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<p>CC - what's your list of transfer schools?</p>

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<p>Vassar only accepted 29% of their applicants last year. It is definitely not a match, particularly for a female. Wesleyan is also not a match; I know several kids with higher stats, great ECs who were rejected and deferred early from there. CMU--it depends on the college and your area of study. Northwestern, Michigan and Emory are also reaches. If you had applied early, it would have been a different story for those schools. GW and BU are where your matches start. Wash U is a tough one and a reach, as is Pomona. Vanderbilt straddles the match/reach line as it has become increasingly more selective just in the past 5 years. A lot of kids from S's class are applying there, and they tend to be the high stats kids.</p>

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<p>I am trying to Private-message you, but I can't.</p>

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<p>GW - that's cause i turned it off
by your sn it sounds like you applied to GW. Is that true?</p>

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<p>jamimom., that is true, that some of those are reaches, but in terms of academics, if you fall into the median scores... hopefully higer than lower, and show u truly want to go there i.e. visiting, interviews, whatever... it could be a match school</p>