Help chance friend for Harvard, MIT, McGill, Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, my friend wanted her chances but she does not have a College Confidential account (nor does she want to create one)</p>

<p>GPA; 4.18 weighted school doesn't do unweighted)
SAT: 1800 freshman year, 2100 junior year
SAT II: 750 Bio, 720 Math, 670 Chem
AP: AP Bio (4), AP US History (5)</p>

<p>Activities
- Biotech Research Internship at MIT (11-12)
- Model UN, President (9-12)
- School Blog, Editor-in-Chief (9-12)
- National Honor Society (11-12)
- Spanish Honor Society (10-12)
- Science Team (10-12)
- Math Tutor (10-12)
- Ambassador (9-12)
- Piano Lessons (6-12)
- International Student Orientation Helper (10-12)
- Minority research program (10)
- State leadership conference (10-12)</p>

<p>Summer Activities
- Polymer Sci Research at Boston College - summer before junior year
- Intern at Senator's Office - summer before sophomore year</p>

<p>Awards:
6th place in National design competition
Spanish excellence award
History excellence award
Perfect Attendance x2</p>

<p>Race: Middle Eastern
Speaks English and Farsi
Mom is lawyer, dad is car salesman</p>

<p>Schools of Interest:
Harvard
MIT
McGill
Columbia
Boston University
Tufts</p>

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<p>Your EC’s looks fine but you have to improve your academic skills. You have to +2200 at SAT and +760 at all SAT II’s. Since you are an international stundent, you have to score +100 at TOEFL too. And I suggest that you should add more AP’s.</p>

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<p>If she wants chances for McGill, she has to have an idea as to what she wants to major in; more than the other schools on that list, McGill is major-sensitive.</p>

<p>BU: Match
Columbia: Reach
Tufts: Reach
MIT: Reach
Harvard: Reach</p>

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<p>Harvard = High Reach
MIT = High Reach
McGill = Low Reach
Columbia = Reach
Boston University = Match
Tufts = Match</p>

<p>She should try taking the SAT one more time if she really wants to attend something like Harvard or MIT.</p>

<p>She should also play up the design award, and connect it to what she wants to major in. </p>

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<p>Hi @catria; @puzzled123- I just messaged her and she says she wants to major in pre-med or astronomy/physics. </p>

<p>Also, the design competition she won after getting the most “votes” on a scholarship competition. </p>

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<p>McGill life sciences: Match (safety if CR and W are 650+ each and M is 670+)
McGill physical sciences: Safety (as long as the lowest SAT subscore is a 620+; she can always double major in physics and physiology)</p>

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<p>@TheGreatCatsbyx‌ In that case, the award probably won’t matter much. </p>