I gave up on the Ivies. Chance me for some other good places?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I believe that I no longer qualify for ivies. But do I qualify for these schools?</p>

<p>Georgetown
James Madison
Pace
Illinois @ Urbana-Champ.
Oxford of Emory
U. of Kentucky
Washington & Jefferson</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Caucasian Female from Kentucky
First Generation College Student
Unweighted GPA: 3.41
Weighted GPA: 3.65 (weighted grades here are a joke)
ACT Composite: 32
ACT Writing: 11
PSAT: 221
RANK: 13/63
GRADE TRENDS: (Freshman: 2.9, Sophomore: 3.85, Junior: 4.0 so far)
AP Classes: AP English 11, AP English 12, AP Psychology (5), AP US History (4), AP Calc AB/BC, AP Biology (4), AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Music Theory, AP Govt
-Various other honors classes in 9th and 10th grade</p>

<p>Extra Stuff:</p>

<p>-Volleyball (9,10,11,12)
Captain this year
Team advanced to State last year</p>

<p>-JV Basketball (10,11,12)
Captain last and this year
Team won sectionals
Advanced to state</p>

<p>-Track and Fied (9-12)
4X400m relay and 800m
Hostes several team events</p>

<p>-President of Mock Trial
-President of Positive Role Models
-Vice Class President</p>

<p>-3 musicals so far (9-11)
-played Urleen in Footloose (supporting lead)
-played Ado Annie in Oklahoma (basically a lead)
- had a chorus role in H2$ freshman year</p>

<p>Varsity Band
-1st chair, trumpet (only female)
- Section Leader and warm up conductor
- 2 seasons of Pep Band, but quit because I got a job</p>

<p>Jazz Ensemble
-Key Trumper Soloist (got a superior rating on my solo)</p>

<p>Marching Band
-Sophomore year, but quit because of job</p>

<p>Peer Tutor
Algebra and Spanish</p>

<p>PT Job @ Dairy Queen (20-25 hours a week)</p>

<p>Attended a week long workshop on Psychology at UIUC this pervious summer.</p>

<p>-25 volunteer hours (I have a job, so..)</p>

<p>-Prom Planning Comittee (likely won't mention this, lol)</p>

<p>Should have GREAT essays and recs.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’m AMAZED at your ECs. How do you manage to do sooo much stuff at the same time? That’s insane. o.O
I’ve always wondered at how people do that? I’m serious. How can you run track and field AND be the captain of the volleyball and basketball team? AND have a job? When did you do homework? OMG. Impressive.</p>

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<p>Georgetown-Reach
James Madison-Match
Pace-Low Match
Illinois @ Urbana-Champ.-Match
Oxford of Emory-Reach
U. of Kentucky-Safety
Washington & Jefferson-Match</p>

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<p>georgetown is your only reach, but your act is good enough to consider you a match. you might get into georgetown, only gpa is a bummer</p>

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<p>Why have you completely given up on the Ivies? Your ECs are really good, your GPA (excluding 9th grade) is also very good, and your ACT is in the range of most schools. I know Stanford at least throws out freshman year in their evaluation, which would give you a competitive shot. All of the schools on your list so far seem reasonable, georgetown is the only real reach on your list. Don’t be so soon to give up on the Ivies (if they’re your dream)!</p>