Help! Great scores, good ECs...but bad GPA! Please chance! (And I'll chance you back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: Competitive public (#100 on Newsweek ranking, #250 on Washington Post)
State: TN
Race/Gender: Asian Female
Income Bracket: 250k+</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.26 W
SAT I: 800 CR, 780 M, 780 W
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 US History, 750 Bio E, 730 Math II
Rank: Top 7%</p>

<p>AP Classes: Completed 6, passed 7 AP tests (AP Euro - 5, AP English Lit - 5, AP Calc -3, APUSH - 5, AP Physics - 3, AP Bio -5, AP Lang - 4)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:</p>

<p>AP Econ/Gov (We go to each class every other day)
AP Spanish V
AP Psych
AP Stat
Anatomy Honors
Great Books (Standard-level class, but I think I can get a rec letter from teacher explaining what it is)</p>

<p>Also taking Geography and Philosophy through dual enrollment.</p>

<p>Additionally, I took three college classes during the summer, with two through Gov School summer program (Religion, Music) and another through dual enrollment (Microecon). Got A's in all three classes.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<ul>
<li>Debate team ("Technical adviser" - in charge of handling evidence and stuff)</li>
<li>Quiz Bowl team (Restarted team, Captain)</li>
<li>Volunteered 150 hours at Youth Encouragement Services, program that works with at-risk, inner-city kids</li>
<li>Peer Tutor, 100 hours</li>
<li>Youth In Government Club - Attended Youth Legislature four years and Model UN two years, have positions (Blue Hour Floor Leader for Youth Leg, part of Secretariat for Model UN)</li>
<li>Played Cello, six years</li>
<li>"Resume adviser"</li>
<li>Math Team/Mu Alpha Theta (Uhhh...wrote prealgebra test. Also won a fairly prestigious math award by scoring in the" top 50" out of 600 test takers.)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>National Merit Semi-Finalist</li>
<li>National Spanish Exam Gold Award (95% and above) - three years</li>
<li>Selected for TN's Governor's School for the Humanities (< 25% acceptance rate)</li>
<li>Top 5 in National History Bee for TN</li>
<li>Top 10% for school during last three years</li>
<li>AP Scholar with Distinction (lol)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Downward trend. ): I had an incredibly rough year last year, unfortunately. I am planning on making this up through my midyear reports. If they don't reject me before then, that is.</p>

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<p>You failed to mention what schools you would like to be chanced for.</p>

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<p>Oh right.</p>

<ul>
<li>Bowdoin College</li>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna College</li>
<li>Columbia University</li>
<li>Emory University</li>
<li>Hendrix College</li>
<li>New York University</li>
<li>Rice University</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>University of Chicago</li>
<li>University of Southern California</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University</li>
<li>Wellesley College</li>
</ul>

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<p>I feel that you have a good shot at all of those universities. Columbia is a reach, though, considering that it’s an IVY league school… You seem to have decent EC’s as well. This will definitely help you in the process. A bit more leadership would have helped, however. Overall, you are a competetive applicant for the schools you listed. Chance me back please?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1247691-chance-me-stanford-harvard-yale-columbia-princeton-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1247691-chance-me-stanford-harvard-yale-columbia-princeton-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks! I chanced you back.</p>

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<p>Colombia and brown look like the only reaches</p>

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<p>“Colombia and brown look like the only reaches”</p>

<p>not true
Columbia, Chicago, Swarthmore and Brown are reach colleges for almost everybody.</p>

<p>OP
decent chances at other colleges on your list.</p>

<p>good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Any more chancers?</p>

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<p>I would say the ivies, Chicago and Swat are highly unlikely. A bad junior year, unfortunately, will take unhooked candidates out of the running at top schools.</p>

<p>Realist reaches: those at the Bowdoin, USC, Rice, Vandy level.</p>

<p>Hendrix is your only safety. NYU and Welleley good shot.</p>

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<ul>
<li>Brown University - Reach</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University - High match</li>
<li>Columbia University - Reach</li>
<li>Emory University - High match/match</li>
<li>New York University - match</li>
<li>Rice University - Match</li>
<li>Swarthmore College - Reach</li>
<li>University of Chicago - Reach</li>
<li>University of Southern California -High Match</li>
</ul>

<p>Not sure about other schools.
Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246572-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246572-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^ I Think USC and CMU are just plain matches, her scores are off the charts, and her EC’s are very diverse.</p>

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<p>I think by high match, s/he meant low match. I think the terminology can be really confusing. High/low reach makes sense, but used the same way, high/low match doesn’t.</p>

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<p>Bump. I’m still chancing people back.</p>

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<p>wow, your stats are amazing!
i’d say that brown, columbia, swarthmore, uchicago, and wellesley are reaches because frankly, they’re reaches for most people. it really all depends on how your write your essays at this point but other than that, i think you’re good!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Bumping the thread now.</p>