Do my matches make sense? Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My stats are roughly...</p>

<p>School: Suburban Public in Arlington, TX</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 4.0/4.0, 4.65/5.0 (weighted) Rank 3/410 currently</p>

<p>SATs: 2130 (800! reading, 650 math, 680 writing)</p>

<p>AP: US History 4 (I will have taken 10 AP classes once i finish senior year, but none of my teachers were any good at the subjects they taught, it was a miracle if one student each year passed. Our school is only 5 years old now and we still dont have a solid staff. So i took the ones I thought i could prepare myself for. I'm taking Biology and European History this year.)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations:
Fabulous, they love me!
One from Sophomore AP US History teacher also NHS sponsor of which i'm prez, good friends
One from Theatre Directors
One from AP Chem teacher or AP Econ teacher</p>

<p>Essay
Fan-freakin-tastic!, trust me.</p>

<p>*Leadership: *
Thespian President (12),
Thes Sec (11,10)
StuCo Junior Class Prez (11)
Sophomore Class Treasurer (10)
NHS President (12)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Thespian/ Theatre: Over 15 shows in 4 years, including lead, ensemble and tech work
NHS: I'm really good friends with our sponsor and president, including running our fall festival which raises money for the National Autism Foundation
UIL Poetry/Prose: District Champ (10), 2nd place in Spelling/Vocab (10), regional qualifier
Student Council: been apart of since freshman year, officer in 10 & 11
Varsity Choir: (12) alto
Big Brothers/Big Sisters: Big Sis during 11, about 40 hours
Boys and Girls Club Teen Synposium Panelist</p>

<p>Awards:
Nominated for Betty Lynn Buckley Awards (the Tonys for HS students) in Lighting Design Excellence
UIL Area Tech award, UIL Acting awards: 6 or 7
I have entered into the State Fair of Texas a piece or two of art since i was in 5th grade, I have won every year (5th, 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st, respectively)
TX Thespian Theatre Educator Scholarship - $1000, given at TX State Thespian Convention
Theatre Business Award
Theatre Freshman Award
Theatre Sophomore Award</p>

<p>Safety:
UT-Austin</p>

<p>Match:
Barnard
SMU</p>

<p>Match/Reach?:
NYU
USC
Vassar</p>

<p>Reach:
UC Berkeley
Columbia</p>

<p>whaddaya think?</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>id say ur good at nyu not sure about vassar and usc good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks!</p>

<p>anymore?</p>

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<p>You have a good chance at your Safety, Match, and Match/Reach schools, except Vassar. Vassar, Columbia, and UCB, are more iffy.</p>

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<p>do you have any suggestions for how they could become "good chances" instead of "iffy"s?</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>what do you think? write good essays, get good recs. there really isn't much you can do other than that you know.</p>

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<p>Vassar likes strong recs and essays, and ED candidates. And, if you have a special talent or something you love, highlight it through out your application. Don't, however, do what some applicants do and just say why you like 'x', show them your passion in a different kind of essay.</p>

<p>Columbia is always a reach, though if you ED, you'll be in better shape.</p>

<p>UCB...it's more difficult for out of state students, so it's about what the university needs, not how good a candidate you are, necessarily. I'd suggets, if you're interested in a public school, UMichigan which has a similar feel to UCB because they have rolling admissions. The earlier you apply the more likely you are to get in (even from out of state). UWisconsin, UTexas & UNC also feel like UCB.</p>

<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>

<p>BTW--since you like Barnard, you might like Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, & Scripps. The first two are in the consortium with Amherst, Hampshire, and UMass. Bryn Mawr students can take classes at Haverford, Swat, and UPenn. Scripps is part of the Claremont Consortium, and Wellesley is near Boston.</p>

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<p>thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I got to school in Arlington too! Which school do you go to? I'm at AHS.</p>

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<p>Juan Seguin, over by bowie</p>

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<p>cate_mcginn:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>Got my Sat 2s in ... ugh... not as bad as I thought theyd be.</p>

<p>Literature: 680
US History: 620 <em>**took AP my sophomore year, when I didn't know what sat2s were
Math IIC: 520!!! *</em>*I didn't even answer half of the problems so I'm ecstatic about that score. Will probably take again in January now that I know the style/content of the test</p>

<p>Standardized tests are gonna be the thing they'll waver on the most, but I hope I can pull through with the rest of my app....</p>

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<p>cate's essays r incredible!
UR IN EVERYWHERE!!! I bet my life on it.
high rank/high SATs/great EC/great essays :D</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>cate_mcginn:</p>

<p>UCB: Reach (out of state)</p>