I'm worrying about this too much...chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm a white female attending a small not-so-competitive public school in Mass. My school just went through a budget cut and we lost basically all elective classes and several APs and languages (Latin! :(). I'm also a first generation college on my mom's side...But, anyways, chance me please!</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3 (will go up after this year is calculated)
Rank: 8 out of 164 (same as above)</p>

<p>APs (my school only offers 3): US History, Calc BC, English (online)
Scores: APUSH - 3, haven't taken the others yet
All my other classes are honors, and I've also taken 2 years of Latin...was planning on taking a third, but it's no longer offered because of my school's budget cut...:(</p>

<p>EC's:
Student Council (4 years)
Student Council Treasurer (senior year)
Class Treasurer (3 years)
NHS
Varsity Field Hockey (2 years)
Tennis Club (1 year)
Foreign Language Club (3 years)
Yearbook (1 year)
Also thinking of starting a Latin club next year, for those in my school who were planning to take it this year.</p>

<p>Community service:
50+ hours at a youth center for underprivileged children
I also am planning on volunteering at my local senior center...will probably have 50+ hours there as well.</p>

<p>Summer:
20-30 hours a week at Bernie & Phyl's Furniture</p>

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<p>Test scores:
Sat I: 600 CR; 660 M; 660 WR; 8 essay (1920 total)...definately taking again...I think I can do better.
SAT II: none yet, planning on Math 2, Spanish, and US History
PSAT: 1850</p>

<p>Colleges:
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth (?)
Boston University
Bentley
Babson (?)
Northeastern
Bryant (?)</p>

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<p>You'll really need to increase your scores to be competitive at some of these:</p>

<p>TOO HIGH REACH: These are all beyond reach in my opinion. You'll need to boost the SAT 250-300 points to be competitive at these.</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth</p>

<p>SLIGHT REACH
BU
Babson</p>

<p>MATCH
Bentely
Northeastern</p>

<p>SAFETY
Bryant</p>

<p>If I were you I would add more matches.</p>

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<p>HYD are unrealistic reaches, especially applying from MA. They also don't have a business major.</p>

<p>Agree with Slipper's assessment.</p>

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<p>I'd add Northeastern to the slight reach. But completely agree. An Ivy would be a hail mary for you, and I don't see any of them taking a shine to you without more significant achievements.</p>

<p>Less than ten hours at an ice cream shop? That's two shifts. Did they fire you?</p>

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<p>I'm also a first generation college on my mom's side...But, anyways, chance me please!</p>

<p>That doesn't count.</p>

<p>You will definitely be rejected at Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth.
Definitely.
Since your high school is not competitive, that will hurt you as well.
NHS means nothing.
1 year Tennis Club means nothing as well.</p>

<p>Boston University: Maybe
Bentley: In
Babson (?): Likely
Northeastern: In
Bryant (?): In</p>

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<p>HYD are unrealistic.</p>

<p>Babson- reach
BU- reach</p>

<p>Northeastern- high match
Bentley- match</p>

<p>Bryant- low match/safety.</p>