Is Bucknell a big reach?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm currently a high school student going into senior year, going crazy over what schools I should apply to. Among other schools, I'm particularly interested in Bucknell University, for their engineering school.</p>

<p>-Unweighted GPAs
For Freshman year, I've taken all honors classes. Honors English, Honors World Civil, Honors Geometry, Honors Biology, Honors French 3, and other electives, including after-school band. My GPA was 95.</p>

<p>For Sophomore year, I've also taken all honors classes. Honors English, Honors U.S. History I, Honors Algebra II, Honors Chemistry, Honors French 4, and other electives, including after-school band, and chorus. My GPA was 96.</p>

<p>For Junior year, I took AP English Language, AP Chemistry, Honors Pre-Calc BC, Honors U.S. History II, Honors French 5, Honors Organic Chemistry, after-school band, and chorus. My GPA was 91.</p>

<p>On the AP test, I got 5s on both AP Language and AP Chemistry.</p>

<p>I've finished my SATs in March, with 2250 super-score. (780 Writing/750 Reading/740 Math)</p>

<p>SAT II -
780 Chemistry
700 Math IIC (retaking in October)</p>

<p>My ECs are not very strong; I've volunteered at my local library transcribing old documents from the 1800s, and this summer I've only worked.</p>

<p>I'm in the National Honors Society, Science National Honors Society, and the New Jersey Chemistry Olympics. I am one of the starting members of my school's Invention Club, which I am the current President of. I was in the Girls' Golf Team in Sophomore year, but due to shortage of members, the team disbanded in my Junior year.</p>

<p>My current status is international, but since I've been in the U.S. long enough, I do not have to take the TOEFL. I'm a Korean female. </p>

<p>Is Bucknell a big reach? Please help!</p>

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<p>Please someone help? :/</p>

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<p>Bucknell isn’t a reach for you in terms of your stats. In either the supplemental application or essay, be sure to emphasize how the extracurricular activities in which you participated impacted your local community or your personal growth. Simply being a member of some honors society will not be terribly compelling to the admissions committee. You need to demonstrate that if you were to be a member of the Bucknell community, you have the desire and initiative to take time out of your academic life to enrich the lives of those both on Bucknell’s campus and in the Lewisburg community.</p>