First Timer's Chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thanks for reading. I'll try and chance you if you chance me</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA 4.0 UW 4.96 W
RANK 18/519
SAT M-700 CR-690 W-680: 2070 Taking again in October as well as SAT II's</p>

<p>Courseload: Very Rigorous. Mostly Honors and AP's except gym and a couple electives
9th
General Science Honors- A
Geometry Honors- A+
Algebra 2 Honors- A
World History A+
Music Theory B+ haha
IMG English A
Spanish 2 Honors A+ Won Award
10th
Biology Honors- A
IMG English- A
US History A+
Spanish 3 Honors A+
Trigonometry A
TV Production A+
Art and Photo .5 credits A's
11th
AP Calculus AB- B
AP European History A
IMG English A-
Chemistry Honors A
Spanish 4 Honors A</p>

<p>Boring I know.
AP Scores: CALC AB (4), EUROPEAN HISTORY (4)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Biology
AP English Language
AP Spanish Language
AP Calculus ABC
AP Government and Politics
Weightlifting .5/Intro to Theater .5</p>

<p>E.C's
Varsity Cross Country 11,12
Varsity Swimming 9,10,11,12 Captain
Volunteered at Younger Age Meets
Varsity Tennis 10,12
Mock Trial: Regionals (Best Attorney)
Debate Team Public Forum
Film Club 10,11,12 President in 12:
Made Veterans Day Film
Made School Color War Event Film
With club entered film in 48 Hour Film Festival Contest
Co-made "Mix it up Day" (Diversity event) Film
Academic Team 9,10,11,12 (Should be President in 12)
Attended many Quizbowl Tournaments
Helped Run Brainy Bunch Tournaments (Quizbowl Tourney run at High School for Middle Schools)
Key Club:
Participated in several events: AIDS WALK every year, Food Drive every year, Holiday Stockings made several every year, Helped out at Spaghetti Dinner for Bulgarian Orphanage, Helped out at Mr. Tennent (School Event)
Environmental Club:
Competed in 10th and 11th in Envirothon Competition
Highway Cleanup Crew
Helped take care of school Pond and landscaping
Student Government Member
Spanish Club Member
Ultimate Frisbee Team Member 10,11,12
-Won Student of the Month as Sophomore
-Won School Foreign Language Awards in 9, 10, 11
<em>Out of School</em>
Led MS Walk Team 9,10,11
MS 150 Bike Ride 11, 12 (Should I list?)
Part Time Jobs: Worked 20+ a week as a Busboy. Work 25+ a week at Retirement Community
50 Hours Volunteering teaching CCD (Religious School) (Should I list?)</p>

<p><strong>Also for film</strong> (do i list??)
Made various school project videos (Shows interest)
Entered contests for teen scriptwriting and filmmaking
Honorable mention for teen filmmaking competition</p>

<p>Thanks for reading all that b/s perhaps too much? What are my chances at:
Drexel
U-Pittsburgh
Hofstra
U Maryland
UMBC
Boston U
Boston College
Tufts
U Delaware
Northwestern
Vassar
USC
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Cornell
Columbia** DREAM SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH AFTER VISITING
UPenn lolz
NYU-Tisch Film Program**OTHER DREAM SCHOOL
FSU Film</p>

<p>I know there are plenty of reaches but I have time to improve SAT, so that can help me if I get like 130+ improvement (Got 170 pt increase from just a few weeks of hitting the books)</p>

<p>THANKS</p>

<p>P.S Do colleges recognize that you visited their school when judging admissions.</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good chance at all those schools. Columbia, Cornell and Brown are probably 50/50 though. Taking the SAT's again is a good idea. Those are good scores but for Columbia they need to be incredible. Congrats on your impressive resume.
Hey do you think you could chance me? I'm not getting any responses
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362114%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362114&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>rank 18 with a 4.0 uw gpa? 4.0 uw gpa with a 2070? do i detect ultra grade inflation?</p>

<p>good ECs. but too much random filler bs. remove them so you appear focused and passionate about something. </p>

<p>in at everywhere except for brown, columbia, and penn. these last three you have a 50 50 shot</p>

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<p>what should i remove from e.c's?</p>

<p>what can i do to help my columbia dreams?</p>

<p>such a good school</p>

<p>and i dont get our unweighted gpa ranking at school. haha my transcript actually says 4.27 which doesn't make sense lol i just assumed 4.0 on a normal scale</p>

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<p>75 views two chances.</p>

<p>Help a brother out, please. Thanks</p>

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<p>I'm a little bit confused here...
You have a straight A record, but only got a 2070 and only ranked 18?!?
In any case, I think you have a pretty good shot at all of them, relative to their acceptance rates.
Good job!
Chance me if you will.</p>

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<p>straight a's and a 2070 is plenty reasonable where the school average is probably in the 1600 or 1700's</p>

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<p>I think you will probably get into columbia if you apply ED and raise your SAT scores a little bit. cornell is safe too, brown and penn will be tough if you apply regular but you still have a chance.</p>

<p>How about you rank me now?</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362572%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362572&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yah, that's my point exactly.
How does your school rank you then? If not by grade...?
Because my question was that if in a school of low average sat's, and you're well above average, how are you only 18?</p>

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<p>bunch of studyharders who arent naturally that smart. so they try real hard and do all their homework but arent good on SAT's</p>

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<p>Ah I see, because the study-harders at my school also bust their butts for the sat's, so they do well on grades and standardized tests but no ec's at all.</p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>"rank 18 with a 4.0 uw gpa? 4.0 uw gpa with a 2070? do i detect ultra grade inflation?</p>

<p>good ECs. but too much random filler bs. remove them so you appear focused and passionate about something. </p>

<p>in at everywhere except for brown, columbia, and penn. these last three you have a 50 50 shot"</p>

<p>hmmm...in at cornell, hopkins, and nw with sub 1400 sats? NYU, vassar, USC, and tufts aren't sure things either.....for a wannabe chancer you aren;t very accurate. </p>

<p>And OP, for your significant reaches, you need to be around the 50% line for SAT scores, those are your biggest hindrance. Also, visiting the school really doen't make a difference in terms of admissions, although some schools (wash u for example) do track it.</p>

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<p>what would be a good shot for in terms of points increase on the SAT</p>

<p>You can say a breakdown per section or total.</p>

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<p>Good ECs though I agree with the above people that you need to have a definite focus (the film would be good---it may also be good to write about in your essay) In terms of SATs, you should shoot for a 2250 (very solid score) with a 750 in each category. Though you probably can get into schools with lower scores, this score is a solid one :) I think you'll be a strong contender at all the schools once you raise yoru SAT. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=363142%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=363142&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>