davis, michigan, ucla, stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>admit/waitlist/defer/reject please: stanford (EA) (maybe if the adcoms are smoking something, haha), u of michigan, cornell, dartmouth, UCLA, UCB, brown</p>

<p>bay area, cali resident
white female
1 legacy at Stanford</p>

<p>PSATs: 550 math, 710 critical reading, 780 writing
(currently studying for SATs ... hope to bring up math score..)</p>

<p>-soph: 4.0 uw, 4.1 w both semesters
AP Euro: 5
-junior year semester one (worst case scenario): 3.3 uw, 4.0 w
-semester two: (predicted): 3.7-3.8uw 4.4-4.5 w</p>

<p>1st semester worst case scenario:
ap art - A
ap english - B+
ap ush - A-
honors spanish- A-
chem- B
algebra II - C+ (ouch)</p>

<p>I'm certain I can pull up these grades next semester ... I had a really hard time adjusting to the workload/learning to balance my time but now I know how to improve. </p>

<p>hooks: zoology/art</p>

<p>*environmental studies program in costa rica through BU, ( 1 mo.) college credit
summer volunteer @ san francisco zoo, 100+ hours
5 year volunteer @ lindsay wildlife museum
girl scout gold award recipient (created program for inner city kids about nature)</p>

<p>*california state art scholar ( 1 mo. @ CalArts, college credit)
illustrated cover for paperback book (small publishing company)
art portfolio from AP art
3 years figure drawing classes </p>

<p>*hosted spanish exchange student, lived with spanish family for a couple weeks.</p>

<p>in school:
editorial staff: literary magazine catharsis (4 years) co-editor in chief junior year
national honor society (3 years)
california scholarship federation (2 years)
science alliance (3 years) - helping 5th graders make science fair projects</p>

<p>possible major: zoology/environmental studies/conservation. dream job is national geographic. </p>

<p>expecting:
recs: pretty good, not amazing
essays: good</p>

<p>**not bad enough for learning disability, but kinda interesting: have synesthesia, which affects my math ability. basically all numbers and letters are colored, and i see colors for every sound i hear. neurological/genetic anomaly.</p>

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<p>bouncechrissy:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCD: Safe Match</p>

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<p>stanford maybe, cornell, dartmouth, and brown great chance</p>

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<p>for the record, i'm just posting my top huge reach schools here. of course i'm going to apply to lots of lower schools too.</p>

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<p>Based on your current stats:</p>

<p>stanford - reject
u of michigan - waitlist at best
cornell - reject
dartmouth - reject
brown - reject</p>

<p>Your SAT M+V of 1260 is way below the median M+V for any of those schools. Stanford - 1460, UMich - 1305, Cornell - 1390, Dartmouth - 1455, Brown - 1415. Unless you get you SAT scores up significantly, these schools are out of reach for you.</p>

<p>By the way, your strongest EC seems to be art. Why not an art school or a school that has a BFA in art program? I ask because I'm an art kid and just got into the Art School at Washington U in St. Louis.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your honesty, amptron. It's somewhat disenheartening but also good to have a realistic opinion. X) I would apply to an art school but I'm probably not going to be doing anything in an art related field, so I'm looking more for a general education.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any more input for me? I'd also love to hear any suggestions for good colleges that would be more in my reach...</p>

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<p>I definately have to say that stanford might be too far to go out and grab, but then again, i dunno, ive met a lot of random people who got into stanford on luck (or so it seems to me). but personally, i think cornell shouldn't be that hard to get into, i mean, i can't guarantee it, but i could definately say that its possible. I also think that since you're a CA resident, like me, you should be fine for UCLA.</p>