Georgetown, Tulane, Emory Chance Me '23

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey everyone! Currently Tulane, Georgetown, and Emory stand as my top choices. I just wanted input to see if these are actually achievable.
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[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 680 Math 650 Reading (1330) my test are so weak…it is honestly so frustrating and I keep retaking them and the score just won’t go up…ugh
[ *] ACT: too bad to even list
[ *] SAT II: 710 on Bio M (will be taking Math 2 and Lit soon)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Weighted GPA: 5.6/6.0 4.6/5.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/890
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Seminar (4), Environmental (4)l, Research (4), Biology (4), 2D Art (Photo), English Comp, Human Geo, Stats, Psych (waiting on the scores for the unlisted)
[ *] AICE (place score in parenthesis): (My school also offers AICE which is essentially Cambridge’s AP, we also take exams to earn credit at the end of the year and a lot of schools began taking them) Global AS Level (b), General Paper (a), Marine Science (b), Thinking Skills (a), English Lang (d), International History (e), Global A Level (A), Biology (d), Math…Calc 1, same topics as Calc AB (waiting), US History (waiting)
(a-e is passing, a u means the exam was failed…capital scores denotes a second year (A Level) in the course)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Euro, AP Drawing, AP Gov, AP Micro
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Meh I mean I got the thinking skills award and top 2% and stuff like that but nothing outside of school…I got a distinguished secretary rank for Key Club? I now have my AICE diploma which means I am a Cambridge scholar and now have Florida Bright Futures, I have a couple AP designations and am working towards the AP international title.

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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I served as a class director and secretary in Key Club between freshman to junior year. In April I was installed as my Division’s Lieutenant Governor (which means I now manage 13 high school’s Key Clubs and attend a multitude of leadership trips/workshops…I love it so much), I have been volunteering in the ER and Trauma Center for nearly two years (such an amazing experience the nurses have taught me so much), will be interning at Cleveland Clinic this summer for rotations (3 weeks), am the coordinator for Palm Beach County Youth Red Crosses and have just started my own chapter in my city, I am the past secretary and now president of National English Honor Society, treasurer of National Art Honor Society, committee chair of Medical Honor Society, and member of NHS. I’m not even gonna list more menial clubs I just joined for fun lol.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I volunteer too much to work
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Oh boy ok my life revolves around Key Club and the Trauma Center where I have volunteered in total of like 700 hours?
[ *] Personal Statement: I am bilingual! Fluent in Turkish as both my parents are from Turkey! My scores suck though so I am really discouraged…I have tried so much tutoring but nothing. I can solve calculus problems but when it comes to basic SAT questions I guess I cannot do it.
[ *] Letter of Recommendations: They’ll be from the nurses I work with and teachers I am close to.
[ *] Interview: Not yet

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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: I don’t think I qualify
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Tulane and Georgetown would be Neuroscience while idk about Emory yet
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] School Type: Competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: White/middle eastern
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 150,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I am trying to get a couple people to take notice of some research and ideas I am passionate about. I am a first generation American from my family.

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs I guess…the amount of AP I have taken
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT SCORESSSSS

I also have proven to be a good writer through my countless 10+ on my ACT writing scores…yet my actual score sucks whoops

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Your credentials are indeed impressive and you should be very proud of your achievements to date. You do need to build in some lower reaches and safeties (if there are any anymore). The three schools you have listed are really tough: Tulane at a 13% admit rate; Emory at 15% and Georgetown at 16%, all with 25-75% ACTs in the 31-34 range for this year’s class. Retake the ACT or SAT one more time because your credentials are otherwise impressive, especially the class rank. Another thing you want to do is show great interest by attending all local events and hopefully visiting the campus if you can afford to do so (I know it’s really unfair for those who can’t), which is an important criteria in many situations. Tailor your application to particular features or programs of each school you are highly interested and want to reach for. (e.g., Tulane’s emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and undergraduate research, Georgetown’s International offerings and location in Washington, DC, Emory’s proximity to the CDC, etc.) Also, keep on mind that there are many excellent schools in the country that will allow you to be whatever you want to be if you succeed in them and take full advantage of what they offer. Take a look at Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, where he lists the undergraduate institutions of all the U.S. Nobel Prize winners – you would be surprised at the tremendous range of schools. It’s definitely not all Ivy. Best of luck to you!

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Thank you so so much! I have a couple “safeties” like FSU and UF (if UF can even be considered one)!