ED Barnard, EA UChicago and the whole nine yards! Chance would be awesome!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior at one of the most competitive high schools in my state
Average: ~92
SAT: 2060- Retaking though
CR: 710
Math 700 I've done 800 before!
Writing: 650, Essay 10- BLEH
ACT: 28- retaking- didn't study for that at all since APs had just ended </p>

<p>Class load:
7 honors
Honors: Trig, Chem (freshmen year) Pre calc, English (Soph yr), Spanish, Eng, Physics (jnr yr)
AP: Bio, World (Frshm yr) Chem, US, Calc AB (junior yr)Macro, Lit, Psych
Multivariable Calc (senior yr)</p>

<p>ECs:
National Honors Society- 2 yrs
Worked at two places for science at prestigious university in state- two yrs
Volunteer at library- 6+ yrs
Team at school - 4 yrs
Outside of school activity as well- 4 yrs
Help family out </p>

<p>Schools interested in applying to:
ED Barnard
EA Chicago
EA U Mich
EA Georgia Tech
EA UNC Chapel Hill
RD Emory, Northwestern, Bing, Stony, Harvard, Northeastern, Dartmouth, Macaulay Honors, Sophie, CMU, Tufts, Lehigh, Vassar, Skidmore, Colgate, U Penn, Brown, Wesleyan, BU or BC, but probs just both, UVA, Columbia, NYU<br>
That is all.
It would be awesome for some sort of feedback. Thanks guys.</p>

<p>Yes, it is a 92. Don't know the exact conversion on 4.0 scale.
The rigor classes is the only reason that the average is a 92.
There are of course, many other applicants with higher averages simpler because they did not stack up on courses since freshmen year.
So im not downplaying anyone, just saying why i have a 92 instead of a 95 or something you know</p>

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<p>I would suggest that you start paring down your list. It’s kind of all over the place. Senior year is stressful enough without having all of those applications looming over you. Find your real interests and then look into the schools that offer this and then make a list of safeties, matches, reaches.</p>

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<p>I do realize it is all over the place. I have some sort of list for safeties, but it’s not extensive. Do you have a suggestion in which part I could look into in terms of schools selection? I know my interests, but I need to pick wisely in terms of acceptances and basically my stats.</p>

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<p>We need more info. from you OP- what are your interests? What size of school? Setting? You have urban, rural in your list. You have universities and LAC’s so can you let us know what you are seeking? Do you need financial aid? Merit? I have a S at CMU BTW.</p>

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<p>I would prefer an urban setting, but can settle for otherwise if the school is good and serves my needs for what I want to pursue which leads me to the next point. I want to pursue a career in the sciences…I’m basically looking into physician, which explains why Sophie is on my list. Oh! That reminds, Drexels BA/BS MD program also! I am applying to that as well. We do need financial aid.
Do you mind releasing your son’s stats for me so I can get an idea? Maybe message or on here is fine? Whatever suits you the best. Thank you. This is great.</p>

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<p>I need a good mix of prestigious with LACs that I can get into in the unfortunate event nothing works out. And of course city schools as safeties.</p>

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<p>No sure that my S’s stats would be helpful to you since he’s in College of Fine Arts not Mellon College of Sciences. I can tell you that CMU appears to be interested in getting women into the sciences. Can you get LOR from the university prof’s you worked with?
Smith is super interested in budding women scientists. I believe there is a scholarship- Women of Distinction. One of my neighbors has a D there that got enormous financial/merit aid there and is super happy. I would think LAC’s strong in the sciences would be a good bet for merit- Grinnell comes to mind. Drexel is very urban- essentially right next to Univ of Penn. Not sure about their aid though.</p>

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<p>I will definitely be able to get a LOR from the university. DEFINITELY. It hold a lot of weight. Smith is then again an all girl school, so I’m not too excited about that. I don’t know if they are partnered with another school. Are they? Also, having your son go through this process, what do you think about admissions for these schools? Do I stand a chance for EA UNC and Chicago and ED for Barnard?
I know my average is not the highest, but my courses were really hard. I only had about two regular classes and the rest were accelerated in one way or the other. Not too worried about aid at the moment. Let’s put that to the side.</p>

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<p>Chancing is always an iffy prospect because there may well be something unique about you that is not coming across. Still, your list is heavy on the reaches I think. Smith is part of a consortium of schools. This is precisely why I think women’s colleges are such a good value- because there is a knee jerk reaction that a lot of young women will have to them- “not there” and they are trying to attract top talent. But you need to be open to the environment that they provide. If you are serious about CMU then financial aid is best when you apply ED. However never apply ED to any school unless you are sure to attend. The best strategy is RD and compare financial aid packages.</p>

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<p>I just don’t think I can bring myself to that sort of environment. I would prefer attending stony or bing if i got into smith purely because it’s closer to home and i just wouldn’t want an all girls school. It sounds super juvenile but I hope you get what I’m saying? I totally agree that chancing is iffy, because as you said there is more to me than can come across here. I just hope that my average is not looked down upon since it’s not 94+. The work load really was killer.
My sat will go up. I anticipate that and most definitely ACT. That was a ‘go take it see what happens’ since I did not have a chance to study.
I really appreciate your help.</p>

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<p>Go to the websites of your top choice schools and look up their stats and see where you fit in. Then look into putting your schools into the categories- safety, match, reach. Remember you will need to be in the upper tier of stats for it to be considered a solid possibility for admissions. Remember too that you do need to consider finances. It really does need to be in the equation. There are a lot of schools that you qualify for but if finances are a factor this may change your list. Cast a wide net and be open to possibilities not considered before.</p>