Do I have a shot?

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<p>I’m scared to ask, but… </p>

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<p>Here are my stats, please be honest but be gentle with the honesty!</p>

<p>Current Grade: 11th
Weighted GPA : 4.67 (4.6 scale- 5.6 for honors)
Unweighted: Not sure but the A range.
Rank: 6/530ish</p>

<p>SAT I 690 M 680 W 640 (Those are my highest scores-3rd try in June)
AP US History 4/5 (don’t know yet)
AP Language 4/5 (don’t know yet)
sat II’s in Lit- 740 and US history-690, In october is math IIC and bio</p>

<p>School Activities:
Mock Trial- 2 years- the first year I was an understudy and this year I was a witness for the prosecution.
Math League – I just started this year.
Science League- I did freshman and sophomore year.
JSA- It’s a new club in my school.
French Honors Society- inducted last year
National Honors Society – I was inducted this year- tutoring
Freshman year : field Hockey- lol I know it’s random</p>

<p>Outside Activities:
Temple Youth Group- 3 years
Temple Youth Group board member- 3 years- SOCIAL ACTION VP this year!!!
Hebrew School- 3 years
NFTY- North American Federation of Temple Youth 3 years.
Social action VP this year
Girl Scouts- working on Gold Award
Lobbying- I’ve been to Washington twice with the RAC – The religious Action Center- and have lobbied there both times.</p>

<p>Work and Summer Activities:
Summer after Freshman Year (2004) - Swim Club Day Camp Counselor
Summer Reading Program at Library (2004) Summer after Sophomore Year (2005) - Urban Mitzvah Corps- 6 week program at Rutgers- two 3 week community service programs- Inner City Day camp, Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged-program focused on community service, Reform Judaism, went to congress/senate to lobby for a week, speakers came in, etc.</p>

<p>Hobbies and Interests:Reading, Writing, genetics, helping others, working with little kids.
Awards, Honors, Recognition (academic and others):
Humanities Program at High School (our district has 5 high schools and you can get accepted to other high schools and be in the special program.)French Honors Society
National Honors Society
Nominated by High School for Governor’s School of Arts
Nominated for NJSP, Semi-finalist
Will be attending Girls state this summer.</p>

<p>I know my scores are on the low side, but I’m a hard working student who would enjoy a rigerous academic atmosphere.The schools I’m thinking about applying to are JHU, UPenn, CMU, BU, Rutgers,Columbia, Brandeis,Cornell and GW. I know some of these schools are big reaches, but if I don’t try then I def. have no chance. I guess my question is do I have any shot?</p>

<p>So how good are my chances for Upenn and is it worth applying?
Thanks
E.</p>

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<p>urm or not?</p>

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<p>not (white female NJ)</p>

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<p>SAT I 690 M 680 W 640 (Those are my highest scores-3rd try in June)</p>

<p>this is your weakest point i think. you will always have a chance unless you don't apply - so try and find out. the admissions process is a very random thing sometimes.</p>

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<p>Well i dunno...
I got 2230 (770 Math, 740 Writing, 720 Verbal)
and 800 Math2, 770 Math 1 and 750 Physics for SAT II... All on my first try...</p>

<p>3A's and a B for my Advanced Level -London
Impressive Recos's, helluv-a-lot of EC's n all the works....</p>

<p>and guess what... Got rejected everywhere...
just scraped through to get Waitlisted at penn... But now even that doesn't seem to be working out!</p>

<p>He He... and u thought you were havin problems!!!</p>

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<p>You'd be a competitive applicant at CMU, BU, Rutgers, Brandeis, and GW.</p>

<p>JHU and Cornell are reaches.</p>

<p>UPenn and Columbia are big reaches. </p>

<p>My advice: Apply to CMU, BU, Rutgers, Brandeis, and GW (if these schools have what you want, of course). You'll probably get into BU, Rutgers, and GW. CMU and Brandeis are both a bit of a stretch, but I'll bet you'll get into one or the other. Also, apply to one of those reaches - the one you like best. It'll be a long shot, but what the heck, you may get lucky. Nothing to lose but the app fee and the time you spend filling out the application.</p>

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<p>Apply, you may not get in, but who knows, maybe you'll win the lotto :)</p>