I have my list! Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Before High School
Algebra 1 B
French 1/2 B</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Honors Geometry A/A
Honors US B/B
Honors French 3 B/B
Honors English 9 B/A
Gym A/A
Ceramics 1 B/B
Honors Biology B/B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Honors Chemistry A/A
Honors English 10 A/A
Honors French 4 B/A
Honors Physics B/B
Honors Algebra 2 A/A
AP US Gov A/A (5 on the exam)
Ceramics 2/Honors Health A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year
Honors Precalc A/A
IB History 1 HL C/B
IB English 1 HL B/A
IB French 5 HL B/B
AP Chem A/A (predicting a 5 on the exam)
IB Film (dropped)/AP Microecon B/B (predicting a 4 on the AP Econ exam)</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Physics
IB English 2 HL
IB History 2 HL
AP BC Calc
IB French 6 HL
AP Statistics
Theatre 1</p>

<p>Summer before Senior Year
Foundations of Technology (A/A)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.5
W GPA: 4.25</p>

<p>Testing:
SAT (attempt 1): M:750, CR: 580, W: 610 (MC: 58, E:9) 1940
Attempt 2: M: 720, CR: 620, W: 650 (MC: 69, E:7) 1990
Superscore: 2020
I will be retaking the SAT in October and I am taking the ACT in September. I think I will have a 32 on the ACT if the practice tests are accurate. And I hope I can get that SAT to a 2200.
Subject tests: Math 2: 770, Chemistry: 750</p>

<p>EC's:
Theater:
-Costumes for school plays (9th and 10th grade) 6 shows
-Sarah Play (a professional theater produces a play directed designed and performed by high schoolers)
-9th grade- Sound Board Op
-10th grade- House Manager
-11th grade- Stage Manager
-Acted in:
The Tempest (Nymph)
Music Man (Ensemble)
The Wiz (Munchkin)
Variety of one-acts</p>

<p>Writing:
NaNoWriMo (All of High School)
-Still working on the novels
Neos (a Magazine completely written by students)</p>

<p>Jewish Youth Group:
Regional General Board
New Member Outreach (11th Grade)
Welcoming Committee (12th grade Rep)
I also run a Compliments Facebook page for my youth group (if that counts...)</p>

<p>Member of NHS (12th grade)
-Hoping to run for an officer position
Tutoring (11th + 12th grade)
Mock Trial (Summer before 11th grade, 12th grade)</p>

<p>Avid Baker (all of HS)
-baked 3 wedding cakes for a project
-baked 200 cupcakes for a bat mitzvah
-I bake A LOT</p>

<p>White
Female
Public High School
From MD
Projected Major(s): Chemical Engineering (Chemistry) & theatre </p>

<p>Hopefully my recs and essays will be good as well. Here's the schools I'm looking at:
Brandeis
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western
UChicago
Drexel
UMD
MIT
NYU
Northwestern
Tufts
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
WashU</p>

<p>Other suggestions are fine as well. But I do not want a large school so please no big state schools as suggestions. 5K-8K students about. Thanks for chancing!</p>

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<p>All of them are sort of a reach; except UMD and NYU!! You’ll get in for those. But if you get the 2200 you have a really clear chance for all of them. Good luck :slight_smile:
Chance back?
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<p>the gpa is a little low for cm, uchicago, mit, northwester, tufts
its in the 25-75% for the rest
and the sat needs to go up maybe 200 points to be competitive for the top schools.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Bump!</p>

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<p>I think that in addition to what iccclub said, you’d also have a pretty good chance at Tulane, and it being free to apply to is also a nice bonus ;)</p>

<p>Chance back?
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<p>Bumping again</p>

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<p>Really, no one?!</p>

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<p>Brandeis: high match
Carnegie Mellon: mid reach
Case Western: high match
UChicago: high reach
Drexel: high match
UMD: high match
MIT: high reach
NYU: low reach
Northwestern: mid reach
Tufts: mid reach
Tulane: mid reach
Vanderbilt: mid reach </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

<p>Wake Forest</p>

<p>WashU</p>

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<p>Is Drexel really a high match? I forgot to mention my mom went to Brandeis so that may help a little. But Drexel was my safety? Really.</p>

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<p>Can I please have an answer?</p>

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<p>The reason why it would be a high match (I think it’s more a low-match/mid-match) is because nothing really screams chemical engineering. I definitely see the theatre side of your application, but not much on the chemistry side (in terms of ec’s).</p>

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<p>So because my ECs don’t have to do with my intended major, I’m less likely to get into a college?</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about having a 3.5 GPA for UChicago!! Trust me. I had a friend who had a GPA of about 2.5 (maybe lower) and got in. Work really hard on your essay. I think that that was one of the reasons he got in. Also, I just want to say that even if these colleges are high reaches, it does not matter. Just because they are a ‘‘high reach’’ does not mean you cannot get in.
In my personal opinion I think that you have taken great classes and have a lot of ec’s which is good. I think you are an above average student and I think that if you try really hard you could get into more than half of these (if not all)</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>