I know, "Chances Suck!" And Yet...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! </p>

<p>First Time Poster, though I have been reading the site for a while! Just realized how close college application time is, and I wanted a little feedback... </p>

<p>-About Me-</p>

<p>African American
Female
Income: 120,000$
South Carolina
Perspective Majors:
Physics, Computer Science, English, Biomedical Engineering. </p>

<p>-Schools-</p>

<p>Howard University
Oberlin University
Boston University
UPitt
Carnegie Mellon
Tufts University<br>
Barnard College
Rice University
University of Virginia
Colgate University
Emory University
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Columbia University
Yale University
University of Chicago
Stanford University </p>

<p>-Academic Stats-</p>

<p>-My Schedule is the Most Rigorous offered at my School, all honors and AP where Available.
-AP Courses so far:
-AP World History, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Bio, AP English III
-Senior Year Schedule: AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP English IV, AP French, AP Gov, AP Econ, Accelerated Computer IV (Taken through a local college, so we receive college credit for it) </p>

<p>-GPA: 3.85 (Damn that B+ in sophomore year!)
-SAT I: 2140 over all (700 (M) 740 (CR) 700 (W)) It was my first time I'm sure I can due better in March!
-SAT II: Haven't Taken those yet, But I think I'll Take Bio, Math II, and Maybe US History.
-AP Scores: World History: 5, Chem: 4</p>

<p>-Extracurriculars-</p>

<p>-Internship in the Neuroscience-Optometry Department at the Medical University of South Carolina under Dr. Barbel Rohrer - Summer Before and During Junior Year
-Debate Team -9th/10th/11th
-Quiz Bowl- 9th/ 10th/11th
-National Honor Society- 11th
- Newspaper/Literary Magazine(Hopefully an Editor Next Year!)- 9th, 10th, 11th
-Great Books-9th/10th/11th
-School Musical- 9th(Les Miserables), 10th(Grease), 11th(Sweeney Todd)
-Co-Creator(Co-President) Sci-fi/Fantasy Club-10th/11th
-Vestry - 9th/10th/11th
-Youth in Government -10th/11th
-French Club-10th/11th
-National French Honor Society -10th/11th
-Summer Reading Committee-9th/10th/11th
-Service Leader Program-11th
-Peer Leader- 11th
-Tutor- 11th(Algebra I)
-Chorus- 9th/10th/11th
-Volunteer at Multiple Old Folks Homes-9th/10th/11th
-Leader of an after school program in the arts for Inner City Youth -9th,10th/11th
-all of my service totals to 300 hours+</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-NCWIT National Award for Aspirations in Computing sponsored by NCWIT and the Bank of America- 11th
-Jeopardy Contestant 2006
- Several Debate Awards
-1st Place Local Poetry Contest 2010
-NAACP Exhibition of Student Excellence Award 2006
-2nd place Poetry Out Loud 2009/2010
-Honor Roll 2009/2010/2011</p>

<p>I applies for MITES, SSP, and Carnegie Mellon SAMS for this summer, here's hoping I get in to one of them!
Anyway Thanks in Advance for Chancing!</p>

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<p>I think its too early to chance you as of yet but you’ll have a good chance at many of those schools. </p>

<p>Random: Is your username personal or a reference to Ulysses?</p>

<p>Edit: You’ll get into Howard, BU and UPitt, for sure. Probably Colgate and Barnard, as well. The others are less clear to me.</p>

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<p>Howard University - match
Oberlin University - match
Boston University - Great match, maybe safety
UPitt - match
Carnegie Mellon - match
Tufts University - low reach
Barnard College - match
Rice University - match
University of Virginia - match
Colgate University - match
Emory University - match
University of Pennsylvania - match - low reach, mainly because of the sat
Duke University - match
Columbia University - match
Yale University - reach (Yale is a reach for EVERYONE, considering its so unpredictable)
University of Chicago - match - low reach
Stanford University - reach</p>

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<p>@originalthought
Yes, My User Name is a reference to Ulysses! Good Catch!
Thanks for the Chance, too!
@Sidthekidc87
How is Tufts a low reach where as Columbia is a match?</p>

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<p>Just a quick note, I think you mean prospective instead of perspective major :P</p>

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<p>Oh Sorry, That is what I meant.
Does anyone have any more opinions?!</p>

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<p>Tufts requires more impressive stats than Columbia. Ivies are Ivies simply because of their location and hoary status. Tufts is generally more selective, even though its not an ivy</p>

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<p>Howard University - Low Match
Oberlin University - ?
Boston University - Low Match
UPitt - Low Match
Carnegie Mellon - Reach
Tufts University - Low Reach
Barnard College - Match
Rice University - Match
University of Virginia - High Match
Colgate University - ?
Emory University - Match
University of Pennsylvania - Reach
Duke University - High Match
Columbia University - Low Reach
Yale University - Reach
University of Chicago - Low Reach
Stanford University - Reach</p>

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<p>Great ECs, volunteer hours and some really unique things like being a Jeopardy contestant. I think if you can get up your standardized test scores a little bit that could really help your application. I’d also suggest trying the ACTs if you haven’t already. I got a 2150 the first time on my SATs and then a 35 on my ACTs which was much much better so I went with that. The same might happen for you.</p>

<p>I don’t know much about many of your schools, although for the Ivy League ones I think you would be a competitive candidate. It’s always hard to predict a Yes or No for those schools but I think you definitely have a good shot.</p>

<p>Chance me back please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1094141-what-my-chances-ivies-some-top-lacs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1094141-what-my-chances-ivies-some-top-lacs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That is completely incorrect.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that Tufts info sounds incorrect to me…
I guess this is what you would call a “bump” post so…
buuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmpppppppp</p>