Incoming Sr, Chance Me Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Permanent Resident (Nigerian citizenship), Black, Private School, Male</p>

<p>ECs
Diversity Alliance all 4 yrs, Core Leader Next Year
Football all 4 yrs, 3 yrs of Varsity, possibly a captain
Wrestling, soph yr, couple of awards/accomplishments
Feature Editor on the School Paper, 11th and 12th
Speech & Debate, Jr+Sr year
NHS but idt that counts
Influential's Club, 11th and 12th</p>

<p>Volunteer
Will have 100+ hours by time of applications</p>

<p>Work
6-week internship at a non profit</p>

<p>*Had a poem published in the school literary magazine</p>

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<p>Cumulative 3.7 un-weighted GPA, 4.2 weighted</p>

<p>2120 SAT, waiting for June SAT and ACT
790 W, 680 CR, 650 M</p>

<p>750- US History SAT II
780- World History SAT II
670- Biology E</p>

<p>4 on AP World; US, English and Bio coming in July</p>

<p>Next year:
Religion 4 H
AP English
AP Macro
AP Gov
Physics H
Calc H
French 3 H</p>

<p>Out of all my courses where Honors or higher was available, I was only forced to take one regular course. Rest have all been Honors or AP. </p>

<p>Assuming a Good Essay and Based only on the scores that I have and not what might come out soon, and keeping in mind minority status, please chance for:</p>

<p>Harvard (legacy)
Columbia
U Penn
Georgetown
Duke
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Rice
Cornell
Fordham
NYU</p>

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<p>You seem to be in the right range for your ethnic group for all of the schools, especially for harvard since you have a legacy. and I’m pretty sure you won’t even have to apply to any of those schools if you apply early to Harvard (probs will get in). The only problem you MAY face is your income. If you are rich (hence the private school), it may be a problem bc schools of that caliber usually take poor minorities( thts where their financial aid money goes)</p>

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<p>That won’t be an issue: i go to the school on scholarship and aid so i think im fine in that department. Just so I kno, is the legacy effect the same if my parent attended a Harvard grad school but not the undergrad college</p>

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<p>Quick Correction: GPA weighted is only 4.0. hope that doesnt change anything. Also, with regards to my GPA, how much does it help that my Jr year was a major bounce back from Soph year?</p>

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<p>tht helps a lot. improvement…especially dramatic improvement helps A LOT. im not sure about the legacy tho. does ur parent donate a lot to the school, or are they a prominent alumnus? dont worry about the GPA, bc its too late to fix anything with tht now, just make sure ur essays and recs are good and im sure u can get into many, if not all, of the schools u listed.</p>