Just a Little Nervous...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am getting ready to put together my applications for some of the top schools in the nation. Despite all of the positivity I have been receiving from family and friends, I am running low on confidence. My top choice is Stanford University. The campus is beautiful and I adore the west coast. My second choice is Cornell and third is Harvard. Please look over some of my basic info and let me know what my chances are and what I should improve on:</p>

<p>SAT: 2170 (Crit. Read: 680 Math: 720 Writing: 770) Should I retake this?
ACT: 34 (Math: 35 Science: 36 Writing: 33 Reading: 30)
SAT Subj.: Chem: 710 Math I: 740 Spanish: 760
AP: World Hist.: 4 Spanish Lang.: 5 (I haven't received junior year scores yet, but I took Chem, Psych, US Hist, and English Language)
GPA: 3.94, was 4.0 </3
Rank: 18 of 802, was 11 </3
I am also a student ambassador, NHS member, StuCO...the whole nine yards.
I lettered in varsity track my sophomore year, but had to quit due to knee injuries...
I am a member of my dance studio's senior company...
I have been volunteering at my church every other weekend for the past six years...
I plan to volunteer weekends at my local hospital...
ABOVE ALL THIS! I am a year younger than my fellow classmates as I started school a year early... I will be 16 until the very end of senior year(:</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is really low for Stanford and Harvard, but I think it’s good enough for Cornell. I think you have a solid chance at Cornell, but I don’t know about Stanford and Harvard.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at Cornell, but I think Stanford and Harvard will be unlikely.</p>

<p>I suggest that you either send in the ACT or retake the SAT. On math/reading you have a 1400 which is low for the schools you want.</p>

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<p>I would retake SAT even for Cornell if applying to CAS. The median there is close to mid 700s in each section.</p>

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<p>haha thanks for that ^^ but I did retake my SAT… I ended up with the same score of 2170, but here’s the breakdown: Math: 770, Writing: 710, Reading: 690. My superscore is a 2230… In the end, it really was my essays that I think separated me from the rest. If there’s one bit of advice I could give, it would be to show who you really are in your writings rather than to try and load them down with big words and complex sentence structures. I like to tell people that I wrote about pizza and befriending slackers in my essays… Entertain the reader!</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! You too!</p>