Do these Matches make sense?

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: 1930 but just took them again in Nov and I'm positive i got over a 2100</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:<br>
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>Extracurriculars:
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</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)</p>

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

<p>Match:
Barnard
SMU</p>

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

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

<p>whaddaya think?</p>

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<p>i think UC Berkeley and Columbia is a match...;; if not safety..</p>

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<p>Also I've taken college classes at UT Arlington, my local university.</p>

<p>I took:</p>

<p>Government before (11)
English IV before (12)
American Literature during my first semester (12)</p>

<p>Major:<br>
Business/Theatre</p>

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

<p>Match:
Barnard
NYU</p>

<p>Match/Reach:
USC
UC-Berkeley</p>

<p>Reach:
Columbia</p>

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<p>i think youre right on, i agree that berkeley is a reach due to OOS</p>

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<p>cate_mcginn:</p>

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

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<p>ok, fine, slight reach. you win, flopsy lol</p>

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<p>bump please :]</p>

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<p>I agree with Isleboy, Good Luck :)</p>

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<p>SMU is definately a safety.. Columbia is still a reach.. and depending on what you are majoringn in NYU is more of a low match...
You will be happy come April..</p>

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<p>WHOA</p>

<p>Definitely need to clear up some MAJOR MISCONCEPTIONS in this thread.
Columbia is one of the MOST selective colleges in the country, accepting only 11% of applicants--the same percentage as Princeton. Columbia and UC-B are definitely not matches.</p>