I swore I wouldn't...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok.. I have tried to resist making a chances thread but I give up...</p>

<p>Female/Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Highly regarded public school</p>

<p>Fresh.
Honors: Geometry/English/Bio. (All possible)
Academic: S.Studies/Spanish/Personal Finance
Straight "A"s</p>

<p>Soph.
Honors: Algebra II/English/Chem. (All possible)
Academic: S.Studies/Spanish/Business
All "A"s but a B in English</p>

<p>Junior:
AP: English/Chemistry
Honors: Advanced Math/Spanish
Academic: S.Studies
All highest level except academic social studies instead of AP
All "A"s with a B in English (so far!)</p>

<p>Senior:
AP: Calc/English/Econ./Spanish
Honors: Physics
Academic: Allied Health (spend two class periods at hospital-- medical program)</p>

<p>Significant ECs:
Volunteering at hospital
Track/XC/Winter-- all fours years -- captain sr. year
The norm.-- NHS, SHS, peer mentoring+tutoring, other misc. clubs</p>

<p>SAT: 2300 700CR/800M/800W</p>

<p>I'm pretty boring.. but what do you think about...
Reaches-UVA, UNC-CH, Duke, Boston College
Matches- Bucknell, Richmond
Safety- suggestions would be great!!</p>

<p>Pretty please?!?</p>

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<p>oh class rank is at least top 10%.. and GPA is 4.45 W with honors and aps worth 5</p>

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<p>u seem right on with reaches and matches
for safeties, im not sure, but maybe penn state</p>

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<p>I might be wrong, but based on where I've observed people at our school getting into, I'd venture that Boston College is at least a match if not a safety for you.</p>

<p>The rule of thumb that I've picked up is:
lower-tier (BU, Penn State) colleges are harder to get into than most people think.</p>

<p>higher-tier (lower ivies and comparables) are easier to get into than most people think. nevertheless, they're still harder to get into than lower-tier colleges are, obviously, which is not to say that the difference is that large.</p>

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<p>UVA: low reach
UNC-CH: low reach
Duke: reach
Boston College: high match
Bucknell: match
Richmond: low match</p>

<p>I'm very much guesstimating though.</p>

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<p>You'll definitely get into most of those colleges</p>

<p>especially:</p>

<p>Boston College
Bucknell
Richmond</p>

<p>You're good at choosing your college choices! Most people over-estimate themselves and end up applying to all-ivy and now getting into any.</p>

<p>Safeties? Penn State, Rutgers University, New York University (not hard to get into at all, especially if you're NOT applying to the Tisch School which a lot of unrealistic theatre geeks who don't get good grades do), Sarah Lawrence College, Vassar, UMaryland</p>

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<p>Duke appears to be the only reach.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys... I will definitely look into the safeties you suggested.. i would have never thought of some of them... Plus, the parent are prob. making me apply to Penn State so I should be set with safeties.. thanks!</p>