I messed up- will it ruin my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a hispanic female and attend the best private school in a large city. I live in a single parent household (raised by my great aunt) and am the first in my extended family to attend college. I took the SAT this past fall and got a perfect score.Here is my transcript</p>

<p>FRESHMAN YEAR
Spanish 2 Accelerated- A-/B+
Freshman English-A/A
World History-A-/B+
French 1-A/A-
Algebra 2-B+/B
Advanced Freshman Science-B+/B+
Girls Chorus-B+/A-</p>

<p>****As you can see not super strong. The classes weren't a challenge for me at all I am just unhealthily disorganized. I took Accelerated Honors Precalculus in the summer and got a solid A. So the next year...</p>

<p>Honors Spanish 3- A-/B+
Sophomore English- A-/A-
AP European History- A-/B
French 2- A-/A-
AP Calculus AB- B-/B
AP Biology- B/B-</p>

<p>***I got a 5 on AP Euro and Calc and a 4 on Bio ( I think my essays hurt me). At this point I knew I was capable of much more, but I was scared it was too late. That summer I took Chemistry and again recieved a solid A then I spent three weeks in Uganda with a Comm.Serv. group. I put in the effort last year.</p>

<p>AP Spanish Lang.- A/A
Junior Honors English-A/A
AP Economics- A-/A
AP Statistics*- A/A
Honors French 3-A/A
AP US History- A/A-
Required World Seminar-A/A
Forensic Science/Vietnam in the Modern World- A/A</p>

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<li>I had taken Stat as well as American Gov. at a junior college soph. summer and recieved an A in both. So at school I did an ind. study to get credit.</li>
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<p>**** I have a particular interest in Vietnam and hope to work there someday. I have yet to recieve my AP scores but feel pretty confident. </p>

<p>Here are my E.C.s:</p>

<p>Crew- 9, 10- Varsity Coxswain/ (bad =p) JV rower*
* This fall I moved an hr north and could no longer commute to practice
so I took up sailing instead
Sailing-11,12
MUN-10,11,12*
*not open to freshman
Children's Hospital Volunteer- 10,11,12
Prom Committee-11
Literary Journal (Editor)-12
Senior Home Volunteer-10,11,12
Arabic at Jr. College-11,12-------all As
Italian at junior college- 11,12------all As</p>

<p>Employment-
Babysitting- 10,11,12
Vietnamese restaurant (server)-11,12
Republican Party (don't hate) intern- 11, 12 (?)</p>

<p>Awards-
Honor Roll-9,10,11, 12 (?)
2nd Place Poetry Competition-10,11, 12 (?)
1st Place Prose Competition- 11, 12 (?)
Presidential Community Service Award- 9 (silver), 11 (gold, 12 (gold)
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards- Gold Key short story (11) 12(?)
History Day Bronze Medalist- 11, 12 (?)
French Honor Society-10,11,12
Spanish Honor Society-11,12</p>

<p>I also recieved a scholarship through NSLI-Y to study in Jordan next year. I will still be graduating from my current school. This summer I am going to Vietnam for language study and community service. </p>

<p>Where can I get in?</p>

<p>Final Note: A close family member was in prison freshman and sophomore year. Although this is not the only reason it is a small part of my grade trend. Should I mention this, does it make any difference?</p>

<p>Sorry this is so long! Thank You for looking at it!</p>

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<p>Honestly, I do not see where you messed up. The Ivy league’s are definitely in your range considering your high GPA and perfect SAT score. You have great ECs (the visit to Vietnam over the summer will look very nice), minority background, and you are taking challenging classes. Another important thing to note is that your grade trend is going upward, which shows improvement. This trend is much better than the converse and may even be better than getting straight A’s as it shows that you have the ability to notice mistakes and improve. Also, I think you should include information about a close family member going to prison as this shows that you had fight through hardship as well as strength of character. You could discuss the hardships involved in this for your college admission essay. Looking at your resume as a whole, you have a diverse area of interests as well as a diverse background and this is exactly what top colleges are looking for.</p>

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<p>Definitely aim for the top schools. An awesome junior year will make your weak soph year very insignificant. If you write one of your essays on this close family member being jailed and how that affected you then I think your rise could make you more interesting than the 4.0 student.</p>

<p>And do I really need to say anything about that SAT score?</p>

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<p>oh please, there’s nothing wrong with you.</p>