I'll Chance back/read essays!!! Chance me for selective schools? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My parents and I immigrated to the US when I was about 1 1/2 years old. By the time I was 3, I overstayed my visa, so I'm undocumented. I found out when I was trying to get docs for a learner's permit. </p>

<p>I've lived here all my life and I definitely plan on going to college this year. Is this going to kill me in the admissions process, especially because I'm really poor and need A LOT of financial aid.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
SAT: 740 CR 710 M 800 W (2250)
SATII: USH 760 World 720 Math1 690 (EW) (I took lit and math1, scores back in a week)
AP: World Hist - 5, Psych - 5, US History - 5, Eng Lit - 4
Pending/Current (all Aps): Calc, Spanish, Environmental Science, American Gov, English
GPA: 4.19 W 3.97 UW
Rank: Top 2% 14/600</p>

<p>ECs: average/low-ish :/
many school awards
and a couple of national awards (for academics, like being recognized for the National Achievement Scholarship-PSAT).
I'm in a few of the National Honor Socities,
Model UN, school newspaper, volunteered with health department and coordinated outreach and stuff, etc.
I'm the president of one club </p>

<p>Essays: Probably good, I write well
Recs: 1 average, 1 outstanding
"Hooks": URM, 1st Generation to go to college, Female? :P</p>

<p>These are schools I'm looking at:
U of Chicago
Cornell
Dartmouth
Amherst
Wesleyan
Oberlin
Bryn Mawr
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Drexel
Hofstra</p>

<p>Thanks in advance guys, and don't forget to leave a link if you want me to chance you :)</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>I really don’t have much info for liberal arts schools, but the rest of your schools are definitely a match, except Dartmouth may be a reach just because everyone applying is on par or has better specs than you do. Cornell on the other hand may be a match, plus they also have the guaranteed transfer program which means you might be denied for entrance in the freshmen class, but if you meet a certain GPA requirement, you will be guaranteed admission your sophomore year. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Hofstra? lol shouldn’t even be a safety for you</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’m only applying to hofstra because they sent me a free VIP app haha :)</p>

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<p>I agree with flyboylte, with Dartmouth it might be a reach, but the others definitely seem like a match! :smiley: …nice rank btw! 2%!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chances, and I know most of them are super competitive but why not? I hope my essays are good enough though :)</p>

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<p>U of Chicago - low/med reach
Cornell - reach/low reach
Dartmouth - low reach
William and Mary - match
Virginia Tech - low match
Drexel - lol
Hofstra - lol</p>

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<p>Chance me back on northwestern and uchicago thread?</p>

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<p>I hope “lol” is a good thing :slight_smile: and I know this might be a stupid question, but do you guys think I could get away with not sending recommendation letters to drexel & hofstra since I’m not using common app for them and it it would be a pain to print out their individual forms? and is there a chance I could get waitlisted or rejected at them since my scores are a lot higher than the averages and they’re obvious safeties?</p>

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<p>I don’t think colleges will reject you for being too good xD I think they’d definitely want you because you’d raise their averages :stuck_out_tongue: You have a very impressive class rank/ gpa / class load / SAT score, so I can see UChicago as a possibility, although you might wanna look at their financial aid package if that’s going to be problem :x. Other than that, I’m not entirely sure, but I think you do have chances at the harder schools (Cornell, UChicago, etc) Good Luck! Sorry I wasn’t more of help xD</p>

<p>~FinalWorld</p>

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<p>haha thanks I wouldn’t think so but I keep hearing about how they want to protect their yield. Hofstra asks me where else I’m applying and I don’t want to answer lol. And every school except the public ones and the last 2 meet 100% of aid to all students, so I basically just have to worry about actually getting in. <em>fingers crossed</em></p>

<p>Any other chances? I’ll chance back! :)</p>

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<p>The Ivies are low reaches, but your chances are very good of getting in.
The rest you won’t have any problems getting into.
Chance me
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<p>I’m not sure about the LACs but everything else looks good, UChicago could go either way but you stand a good chance. Good luck.</p>

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<p>U of Chicago–match
Cornell–low reach
Dartmouth–reach
Amherst–match/very low reach
Wesleyan–match
Bryn Mawr–match
William and Mary–low match
Virginia Tech–low match</p>

<p>You have an <em>excellent</em> app and I wish you all the best in your applications!! (:</p>

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<p>URM helps, scores/grades look good. ECs are somewhat weak, like you mentioned, but it’s good that you’re a president of one club. U of Chicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, Amherst are all pretty tough, but I see you getting into the others. I think it depends on how much URM/first gen helps - I really have no idea how much consideration Chicago, Dartmouth, etc give those factors.</p>

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<p>Finished all chances! Anyone else? :)</p>

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<p>bummmppppppp</p>

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<p>bummppppppppp</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get into at least half of the schools you mentioned. Chance back?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1431373-chance-top-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1431373-chance-top-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;