I have my final list of colleges, could you chance me for them?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Residency: Southern Jersey
Intended Major: Major in Finance/Economics with a minor in Theater/Theater Production
Intended Career: Broadway Theater Producer (A boy can dream, right?)</p>

<p>My (hopefully!) final college list -
Boston University
Northwestern
Northeastern
NYU Stern
Columbia
Cornell
UPenn
U of Chicago</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
W GPA: 4.56/4.0 (Will be around a 4.9 by the end of this year)
Class Rank: 1/400
SAT/SAT IIs : Haven't taken yet (May/June/October/November ;])
ACT: C 33 (E:30, M:33, R: 32, S: 35, W: haven't received yet.)
APs (currently taking) : Language and Composition, Biology, and United States History
Senior Year Schedule : AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Gov and Pol, AP Physics, AP Lit.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars - These are my main ones (but there are much more):
Fencing Captain (4.5 hours + a week)
Dancing Captain in a professional company. (8.5 hours + a week)
Theater in general (well over 300 hours in theater related activities)
Chorus/Jazz Chorus (5 hours a week)
Bassoon in Band (5 hours a week)
All South Jersey Chorus
All State Chorus
etc....</p>

<p>Volunteering - These are my main ones (but there are much more):
Organized my own can drive, raised over 500 cans, plan to do it again this year!
MS Walk (thousands of dollars total)
Dancing in hospitals during Holidays/for Make a Wish Foundation
Tutoring students in math
Probably around 200 hours of service total.</p>

<p>Awards - My weak point....
Principal's list all of High School
2 time Spotlight Student
Presidential Community Service award (not the bronze/silver/gold, but a minor one.)
Honorable Mention in VFW essay contest
Core Honor Student (Academic achievement.)
John Philip Sousa Award for Musical Achievement</p>

<p>Summers -
Last summer, Cornell University Summer College (Received A's in both my courses)
This summer, (hopefully!) Governor's School, if I am accepted</p>

<p>Recommendations - the ones for Governor's School were fantastic, so I think I will use the same ones, plus one from my Dance teacher who knows me more than any teacher.
Essays - I'm thinking it will be about my first time in a dress (I was Edna in Hairspray!) and the challenges behind playing a man-woman-man. :]</p>

<p>Hook - Don't have one except for one thing - I'm really super passionate about theater. I love it so much, and it means the world to me. I'm hoping this will come through in my application through my essays, but who knows?</p>

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<p>Northwestern
Columbia
Cornell
UPenn
U of Chicago</p>

<p>^^Unpredictable but you have solid stats and solid and unique EC’s so you have a reasonable chance of admission to any. I would think NU is a good fit with their theater program, double major,etc. U Chicago seems unusual choice to me, but I have no clue about their arts programs, so is probably just my own misconceptions. </p>

<p>Northeastern
NYU Stern
Boston University</p>

<p>^^ Excellent chances for positive admission outcomes.</p>

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<p>You have great stats thus far as well as extra-curriculars. It may be dependent on your SAT to a large degree so be sure to do well on that.</p>

<p>BU and Northeastern should be no problem.
Cornell, UPenn, and Columbia are toss ups just because of the caliber of people that apply there.
My friend got into Northwestern and UChicago with worse stats than yours (though he got a 2310 SAT) so if you do well those should be fine.</p>

<p>Rate back please:</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! I’m really terrible at SATs, but I plan on taking them just for extra info to colleges. In any case, I feel like my ACT score is good enough for the majority of schools I’m applying to (minus the ivies, because ya know. They’re the ivies!)</p>

<p>Anyone else? :]</p>

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<p>bump :] char…</p>

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<p>bumppppppppp</p>

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<p>What is your ethnicity? I find this to be a factor that colleges consider</p>

<p>Boston University - Definitely
Northwestern - Probably
Northeastern - Definitely
NYU Stern - Most Likely
Columbia - Maybe
Cornell - Probably
UPenn - Good Chance
U of Chicago - Probably</p>

<p>Columbia would probably be the toughest</p>

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<p>Thanks!
I am a Caucasian, so no hook for me there. haha!</p>

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<p>bump please :]</p>

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<p>Bump! A couple more opinions would be nice :]</p>

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<p>Well I know that NU and UChicago have already released decisions, why not update these decisions or others to give a picture of how things are developing for you? Hopefuly you have been faring well - it’s pretty brutal out there for the elites. </p>

<p>A quick look thru Northwestern’s 2015 RD results thread and I’m not convinced that they let anyone in that is not 4.0 or 2300+? And I don’t think U Chicago was any easier.</p>

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<p>Well, I’m only a junior, so no decisions for me yet! (Although I’m jealous of those who already know where they are going!)
Yeah, the elites are a pain :-/ But, I love education, so I know I belong somewhere tough but great! Is NU really that big of a pain this year…?</p>

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<p>Bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>Am I shooting too high…?</p>

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<p>^ not at all.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’m just really worried that I won’t get in any schools because I’m applying to such top tier schools. Does anyone else have an opinion?</p>

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<p>bumppppppppp</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance at all of them because of your high GPA, Class rank, and you’re a well rounded student.</p>

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<p>You have the kind of resum</p>

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<p>Thanks so much guys!
I’ll look into Chapman :]</p>