i know, i know, another one of these....but chance me please! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i go to a very competitive high school in massachusetts
UGPA: 3.7
SAT: 2070, M:680 CR:680 W:710 (essay: 10) (will take a second time!)</p>

<p>i will be taking AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, and AP Human Geography senior yr (plus creative writing, spanish, and a few art classes)
i have taken AP Bio, honors geometry, honors world hist II, and honors english soph yr.
i took AP Chem, honors advanced math/precalc, honors US hist (not AP tho), and honors american literature junior yr
i took all honors classes (science, math, & history) offered freshman year except for spanish</p>

<p>i mostly got A's and A-'s but i got a B in math 9th grade and B+'s in AP chem and honors adv. math</p>

<p>EC & comm service:
-bangla (my cultural language, of Bangladesh) singing lessons & performing since age 6 & still continuing
-piano lessons since age 6 & still cont. i have also done Guild Auditions and have scored high (a type of piano contest/evaluation)
-a capella group in my school (there are 6 total, a lot of a high school) since freshman year
- i also compose songs, i may include one on the arts supplement (i'm REALLY into singing and music. i absolutely LOVE it..in fact my username was supposed to be lovetosing, but someone already had it....heh)
-National Honor Society - junior and senior yr
-Volunteer at Winchester Hospital last summer and this summer
-volunteer at a kid's day camp freshman yr
-volunteered one summer at an initiative at a local Farmer's market to promote locally grown foods to benefit the environment
-on Class Council (student gov't) junior year and will be class treasurer senior yr
-working in a lab at Harvard this summer and will eventually be publishing a paper
-i opened the youth chapter of the Bangladesh Environmental Network (BEN) in massachusetts last winter to raise money to send to help improve Bangladesh's environmental problems/poverty issues </p>

<p>teacher rec: great ones! i hope. i was pretty close to both these teachers junior yr</p>

<p>essay: i enjoy writing, so i have written 2. one isn't great tho. yet. </p>

<p>other info:
i am a first generation student (both my parents moved from Bangladesh)
low income student</p>

<p>i reallly want to go to Washington U. in St. Louis, but i'm also applying to carnegie mellon, tufts, brandeis, columbia, brown, johns hopkins, NYU, maybe vanderbilt/emory/cornell</p>

<p>please tell me if i could make it (Reach, match) !! and maybe recommend more schools? i know a lot of these are reaches</p>

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<p>those seem like good fits for you. your stats might not be the best among half of those colleges but your backgrounds and EC’s are fantastic, so you have a good chance. if you can get your SAT’s up and write excellent essays, you definately have a shot at those reaches</p>

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<p>Your grades are very so-so. If you’re a Bengali from the East Coast, you’d be dealing with a competitive applicant pool. I dunno what SAT II’s you took or the number of AP’s. </p>

<p>But your EC’s aren’t bad and are actually quite strong; you’re not only well-rounded, but you’re focused and take what you do quite far. I can get a decent idea of what you’re passionate about just by looking at your activities, which is great. </p>

<p>So here’s my take:</p>

<p>Washington U. in St. Louis (I don’t think you would be able to get in RIGHT NOW. You should DEFINITELY retake your SATs because WashU only looks at your Math and Verbal scores, which aren’t so hot for you.) If you break 2200, WashU would be a fit. </p>

<p>carnegie mellon (possibly, then again raise your scores), columbia (Your EC’s kinda fit Columbia’s “Renaissance kid” mold. But you need to RAISE YOUR SCORES for Columbia. I’d shoot for mid 2200s at least)</p>

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<p>thanks for your replies & support HermanYoopzel and yangx88!!</p>

<p>in response to yangx88: by the end of high school, i will have taken AP bio, AP chem, AP human geo, AP calc BC, and AP physics B. So far I have gotten a 5 on AP bio, and a 3 on AP Chem (that one’s not so great, i know). But for SAT IIs, I got an 800 on Bio and a 740 on Math IIc.
yeah, i’m hoping to majorly increase my sat scores. i’ve been studying every day and getting tutored once a week.</p>