I know I can't do anything now but...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Now that I'm looking at these threads, I'm noticing that there are a fair number of people with similar statistics as my own applying to schools that I thought it would be ridiculous for me to apply to...Cornell, Brown, etc. I'm wondering if I was too hard on myself and may have had some shot, even if it was a small one. What do you think?</p>

<p>White female from Florida public school
CR-670 M-700 W-740
SAT II: US History-730, Lit.-660
(I read very slowly and I'm pretty sure that's why my verbal sections weren't higher, even though I consider English my best subject.)</p>

<p>3.92 UW, 4. 41 W</p>

<p>Rank: 8/317</p>

<p>Model UN-10, 11, 12 (Pres., Founding member)
French Club- 9,10,11,12 (Pres.)
Newspaper-11,12 (Scene Editor, Writer)
Homeless Helpers-10 (Secretary)
Key Club-9, 10
Student Advisory Council-12
NHS-11,12
Summer Program in France after freshman year
Summer Program in Quebec after junior year
Volunteer at therapy center for disabled children after sophomore year</p>

<p>low-income family with single mother</p>

<p>363 hours of community service</p>

<p>Very personal essays, good recommendations, various awards</p>

<p>I don't know. Should I have aimed higher and had one or two more reaches or did I have a good assortment already?</p>

<p>Applied to:
Tufts
Barnard
Colby
Vassar
Wesleyan
Macalester
NYU
Univ. of Florida (already accepted, RD I)</p>

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<p>I might not be the best person to answer this, but I just want to say that I know someone with similar statistics who go into NYU last year.</p>

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<p>yeah, me too.</p>

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<p>no one else?</p>

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<p>i think your choices in colleges are all solid matches/slight reaches aside from tufts which is notoriously hard RD.</p>

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<p>But it's my first choice. :-( (I'm wearing a Tufts sweatshirt as we speak.)</p>

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<p>sorry?</p>

<p>what can i say.</p>

<p>you shouldve applied ED for Tufts since they highly favor ED applicants.</p>

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<p>i wanted to, but i have a single mother with a low income and so i was worried i might not be able to afford it should i be accepted.</p>

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<p>if that is your case, you would have received a good financial aid offer.</p>

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<p>probably, but the thing was that my father makes a lot more than she does, but i never see him, so i wasn't sure how much bearing the noncustodial parent forms would have on my aid; i was worried that it would be a lot</p>

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<p>did u do ur fafsa?</p>

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<p>yeah, finished it 2 weeks ago. expected contribution was 9,000</p>

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<p>probably should have done ED II</p>