Ivys, GW, Georgetown, UNC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am an upcoming senior and I could really use some advice for applying to colleges in the fall! I know these schools are long shots, I will be applying to easier ones too! I chance back!!

I’m thinking about GW, UPenn, Georgetown, northeastern, UNC, and maybe the other IVYS

I am a white german jewish female from upstate NY and I attend the 26th best hs in the country

I have a 3.8 GPA uw

It’s very obvious that my grades and the difficulty of the classes I have taken during high school have increased through the years, I heard colleges like to see that

My SATs were a 2010 and ACTs a 29 and SAT 2 Writing 700 and math 1 670
***I know they are kinda low for better schools

Important ecs are:

Student council class rep, Historian twice, and Vice President
Pep club for 4 years and treasurer for 1
Key club for 4 years
Youth court for 4 years
Temples youth groups for 5 years and on board for 2
In National federation of temple youth for 4 years and a temple rep for it for 2
National Honors Society
40 hour internship
Around 200 hours of community service, including 30 from Israel and the middle east
CIT at a sleep away camp I was a camper at for 8 years
Softball team for 5 years and captain twice
Volleyball team 4 times and captain twice
Travel volleyball team for 3 years and captain 2 times
And I played freshmen basketball for a year

I should have great recs and a pretty kick butt essay

I’m looking to go into international relations mixed with politics and business at some point

Junior year I spent a semester abroad in Israel for 4 months, going to schools, learning Israel’s history, learning and embracing and living in Israeli culture, learning hebrew, volunteering around Israel, joining the “mock IDF”, hiking from Jordan to the sea, visiting gaza and the west bank, and going to Poland on a Holocaust remembrance trip–I also lived in Israel for the summer 2014 during the war with Hamas

My essay will relate living in Israel and traveling around/ learning the culture and laungage and living their during a war with my interests in the world and how I want to study international relations or international business…should be a great essay i’m a good writer and I’ve heard colleges love to hear about high school semesters abroad

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You will be very hard pressed with a 29 in getting into any Ivy, as well Gtown for that matter. You would legimately need to raise that to a 33 to be competitive for those schools.

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Math 1 should go up to a 750+, I’d recommend taking math 2 because there’s a better curve on that.

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test scores need to go up to be competitive

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c’mon guys. scores are simply numbers, I’ll bet your essay will show the AOs who you are better than test scores! :slight_smile:

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Ivies are high reaches with your test scores, and what is your class rank? is 3.8 UW GPA considered as good in your school?