curious about chances....

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, i'm new here...</p>

<p>I am a junior interested in reaching for columbia or princeton, and would like some feedback if i even have a shot:</p>

<p>white/puerto rican female</p>

<p>freshman gpa: 3.5
sophomore gpa: 3.67
junior gpa: (predicted) 4.46
planning for 4 APs senior year.</p>

<p>final cumulative gpa excluding first semester of senior year should be between 3.9 and 4.0</p>

<p>ECs:
school clubs: leo club & key club (community service), animal alliance
played softball 2 years (freshman & sophomore)
will have worked a total of 3 full years lifeguarding and teaching swimming lessons
volunteered at various soup kitchens
part of church youth group (ALL community service)
won 3 regional poetry/creative writing contests
published poet
passionate artist
passtionate musician (guitar, piano and clarinet)
national honor society
nation french honor society
*first-generation college student (mother was a child of divorced parents and had to work, father immigrated from another country)</p>

<p>i am planning on taking 3 SAT2s in literature, chemistry and french, hoping to score around 750s for each. i haven't taken the SAT I yet, but with decent scores (standardized tests are relatively easy for me) i was wondering if with my ECs i had even a shot? please let me know</p>

<p>thanks guys!</p>

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<p>it will be like a super reach for you....your ec's are impressive and i think that will help.</p>

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<p>that's hopefull, thanks =) i also heard that princeton doesn't count freshman year gpas, which i'm sure would help me a lot... since a jump from 3.67 to over a 4.0 is pretty huge. also, i was wondering if my gpa the first semester of my senior year will count? and if it does, would it be alone or cumulative with my other years?</p>

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<p>You are just starting your junior year and you expect that enormous of a jump in your grades? I'm assuming you're taking harder classes than freshman and sophomore and you will have a lot of standardized tests to take on top of your new workload. Columbia and Princeton will likely be large reaches even if you get those SAT scores you project.</p>