I will officially ban the use of the word "chance" as a verb........

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>......as soon as I finish making this chance thread :) Please LEAVE YOUR OPINION (!!!) of my chances at the schools listed at the end if you do so find it in your heart. Thanks :)</p>

<p>Gender: M
Ethnicity: White as the day I was born
Location: Fl
School: Private
Applying for Financial Aid: Unfortunately, yes.....</p>

<p>Rank: Not officially released sans Val/Sal and then only after first semester.....I will probably be ranked 1 or 2 out of a class of around 250.
SAT (superscore): Cr-790, M-760, W-770, E-11
SAT II Subject Tests:
World History: 800
Literature: 750
Math II: 780
Chemistry: 790
APs:
Human Geography (self study fresh. year): 4
World history : 5
Music Theory: 5 (Aural-5, Nonaural-5)
Spanish Language: 5
Calculus AB: 5 (this is a prereq. for BC at my school)
English Language: 5
U.S. History: 5
Chemistry: 5</p>

<p>GPA (UW): around a 3.93 but, then again, my school uses plusses and minuses, so I am unsure how to calculate this properly. In total, I received about three Bs/B+s out of 42 semester grades. In all, I took 2 APs soph year and 5 Junior year.</p>

<p>Courseload: Most rigorous (7 APs+ physics, which is not offered AP)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English Lit
AP European History
AP Environmental Science
AP US Government
AP Calculus BC
Hon Economics
Band</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
USNCO Semifinalist (not top twenty.....curse you, organic chemistry!!!)
National AP scholar (correct me if I am wrong?)
(Likely) National Merit Semi-finalist (PSAT: 223)
National Spanish Exam level 5 Silver Medalist
Cornell Book Award
School Academic Achievement awards in: Band, Algebra II, English, Chemistry, etc.</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
Marching Band (4 years)
Symphony Orchestra (4 years)
Church Choir (4 years)
Bell Choir (4 years)
NHS (2 years)
Spanish Honor Society (2 years)- peer tutored
Tri-M Honor Society (2 years)- 50 hours of volunteer work in total
Performed in two School Musicals, about 100 hours each (instrumental)
Community Band (1 year)
Jazz Band (4 years)</p>

<p>EC Awards:
9th: Allstate Orchestra
All County Band, Principal Chair</p>

<pre><code>10th: Allstate Band, Principal Chair and doubler
All County Band, Principal Chair
State S and E: Superior Grade 7 Flute solo
State S and E: Superior Grade 7 Oboe Solo
Principal Chair in local side-by-side orchestra

11th: All COunty Band: Principal Chair
All County Orchestra: Principal Chair and doubler
State S and E: Superior Grade 7 oboe solo
State S and E: superior Grade 7 flute solo

12th: DESPERATELY NEED SOME!
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<p>Community Service : ~500 hours, variety of activities</p>

<p>Recs: One from Hon/AP chem teacher, other from AP US teacher. Both should be good to excellent.</p>

<p>Job Experience:
3.5 years working in the grueling heat at a local grocery store..............</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Should be decent</p>

<p>Sorry for the excessive wordiness of this post but I would REALLY like to escape from Florida as soon as possible! Here are the schools:</p>

<p>Columbia
UPenn
Brown (may send music supplement? bad idea?)
Princeton (not expecting much.....just applying to tell parents I applied to one HYPSM)
Northwestern
UChicago
Wash U
Boston College
Bowdoin
Swarthmore (undecided.....like the academics, though)
Macalaster
University of Miami
University of Florida</p>

<p>Believe me, excessive harshness would be greatly appreciated over relative leniency :)</p>

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<p>The Ivys will be reaches for everyone but you have great academics and ECs. Good luck!</p>

<p>Columbia - reach
UPenn - reach
Brown (may send music supplement? bad idea?) - reach (music supplement can be a good addition to your app, especially with your experience)
Princeton (not expecting much…just applying to tell parents I applied to one HYPSM) - reach
Northwestern - high match
UChicago - high match
Wash U - high match
Boston College - match/in
Bowdoin - match/in
Swarthmore (undecided…like the academics, though) - match
Macalaster - match/in
University of Miami - safety
University of Florida - safety</p>

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<p>Thanks!. i was debating if I should apply EA anywhere as well</p>

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<p>Also, most of my leadership roles have been in marching band for the past two years.</p>

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<p>Helllllpppppppp!</p>

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<p>You have the stats to be accepted to every school on your list. It will come down to you recommendations, essays and interviews. It can always go either way even with a “match” school so you never know but there is no reason to applying to any of the above schools.</p>

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<p>Columbia - low reach to reach
UPenn - reach
Brown - reach
Princeton - reach
Northwestern - high match
UChicago - high match
Wash U - high match
Boston College - safety to match
Bowdoin - safety to match
Swarthmore - match
Macalaster - not familiar with
University of Miami - safety
University of Florida - safety</p>

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<p>Columbia, penn, brown, princeton - reach
u-chic, swarth: high match
wash U, NW: match
rest are safety.</p>

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<p>columbia-low reach
upenn-reach
brown-reach
princeton-reach
northwestern-high match
uchicago-match
washu-high match</p>

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<p>thanks!! anyone else?</p>

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<p>Besides the fact that your school sounds incredibly easy, you should get in at least one.</p>

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<p>Hmmm, thanks.</p>

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<p>I have to agree w/ smoda61. You’re in good shape! </p>

<p>PS: Why would you apply to Princeton, rather than Harvard/MIT… I realize MA is cold for a FL boy, but come on… NJ? Really?</p>

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<p>Biud: Meh, I eliminated MIT because of my bad (relatively speaking) math grades and do not want to apply to Harvard because I KNOW I am not what they are looking for. Same goes for Yale, in that regard.</p>

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<p>You published a book?</p>

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<p>Refulgent: Thanks :)</p>

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<p>@ Afraidtoapply</p>

<p>Actually, a book award is an actual books presented by the alumni groups of many different colleges. They are designed to stimulate interest and applications. Often these book awards are awarded through the input of high school teachers, although I have no idea if this was the case for noreally.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Reach-Brown, Princeton, Columbia
Low Reach-Penn
Match-Northwestern, WashU, UChicago,</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>