Give A Girl A Chance

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First Chances Thread just to see where I am</p>

<p>Location: Northern VA
Go to a decent public HS w/ avg SAT score of 1000/1600
Race: Black-first generation Ghanaian-American</p>

<p>STATS
ACT: 30
SAT: 1950 CR:640 M:690 W:620 (will retake)
SAT IIs: Bio M-700 USH-730
GPA: 3.6 UW and 3.98 W
Rank: approx. top 10% </p>

<p>APs: AP Euro (10): 5
Waiting for: AP Bio AP USH AP Eng
Junior Year: 3 APs and Orchestra, French IV, and Honors Precalc</p>

<p>Senior Courses
AP Calc AB
AP Chem
AP Eng Lit
AP US Govt
French V-no AP @ school
ADV aka Honors Physics</p>

<p>ECs
*School Orchestra (3 yrs)
*NHS
*French Honor Society (10-12): 12- Secretary
*SCA- Class Rep
*African-American & International Clubs- 11-VP
*Peer Diversity
*200+ hrs at hospital
*Volunteer work at library during summers
*Rec Soccer
*USSF Grade 8 Referee
*Volunteer work at church
Awards: not many. </p>

<p>Major: Pre-med track might do chemistry</p>

<p>I know most are reaches but shots at:
Tufts
JHU
UVA(instate)
W&M(instate)
Princeton
Duke
Georgetown-might do EA
WUSTL
Brown
UMich</p>

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<p>You should be fine for the in-state ones, especially if your SAT score goes up at all.</p>

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<p>BUMP (10char)</p>

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<p>Any advice on how to improve my chances for schools out of state?</p>

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<p>Bring
Up
My
Post</p>

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<p>Princeton will be hard but all of your other ones look good to me.....You look sort of like me,..i have a 3.7uw and a 4.2w and a 30 ACT...and im black as well....so i hope you get into all of your schools....good luck</p>

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<p>how does your school weight</p>

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<p>Regular courses are on a 4.0 scale. You get a full point (1.0) for APs so an A in an AP class is 5.0. Then we have a new system where advanced (honors-like) classes are given 0.5 weight. So an A in adv class is a 4.5.</p>

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<p>Where would your safety be?</p>

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<p>personally since she is Instate...i think UVA would be a safety for her because she is a URM and has respectable stats</p>

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<p>Well I dont know about UVA being a safety but other more safety/match schools I am looking at are like VCU, UPitt, Virginia Tech, Temple and schools like that. Anyone have any other safe/match school with a good bio program?</p>

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<p>Ohio State has an excellent bio program--and would probably be a safety/safe match for you.</p>

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<p>Ohio State actually called me a while back. Sounds like a good school.</p>

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<p>Your GPA and test scores make all those schools reaches (plus your ECs don't stand out either), even for the instate schools. Hell, I have better stats than you and even I don't think I have a chance at Princeton/Duke. URM will help, but I believe you're still at the fringe. </p>

<p>Get more safeties/matches.</p>

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<p>You'd probably be guaranteen in at JHU, Tufts, Georgetown if you apply early; if you don't then it's 50/50.</p>