last chances thread

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey, i'm not amazingly involved in everything like most people here but want to see if my hard work gives me a shot</p>

<p>GPA: UW 4.0 no idea weighted but i've been taking the hardest schedule possible so it should be good
Rank: 1/550
SATs: 700V 760M 680W 1460/1600 2140/2400
SAT 2s: 800 chem 780 math2
APs i got all 5s on chem, calc ab, and stat i'm taking psych, calc bc, french, and eng next year</p>

<p>EC (and I know I lack here but at my school with sports I could never do as much as people here):
Field Hockey- involves out of season vounteering at camps, winter leagues
Track
Softball
NHS
French Club
Peer Tutoring
Hospital Volunteer 100+ hours
Cultural Awareness Club </p>

<p>I got the Harvard Book Award </p>

<p>My recs will be awesome and i'm trying to make my essays the same</p>

<p>These are not all my schools merely the ones I want to be chanced on:
Stanford
UPenn
Dartmouth
Pomona
William and Mary (I'm oos i live in PA)
UVA</p>

<p>Thanks and I'd love to hear any suggestions.</p>

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<p>Your test scores are kind of low for the Ivies and Stanford, even for UVA, but that is the only problem I see for you. If you have slightly raised test scores, I have no doubt that you will get into UVA, provided your essays aren't crap. With the Ivies and Stanford, a big factor will be luck, but I believe you have a very good chance of getting in if your test scores are higher and your essays are good.</p>

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<p>yeah the only weakness i might see is your test scores. gpa, rank, EC's, SATII's, and courseload all look great. stanford is ur biggest reach but u could get in with some good essays.
stanford-reach
penn-low reach
dartmouth-low reach
pomona-low reach
w&m-match
uva-match</p>

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<p>thanks these are the schools that seem hardest for me so i'm glad you havent just told me i have no chance makes me feel better</p>

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<p>i know the kid that got the harvard book award in my class was a friggin genius. so if you're anything like him, you should be good. again, SAT's could be higher but not to worry. plenty of students get in with lower.</p>

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<p>If those were the hardest schools on your list I think you'll be alright when you start getting acceptance/rejection letters back.</p>

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<p>thanks again. I have a question: where do you put something like the Harvard Book Award on applications?</p>

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<p>should be a place for awards/achievements, that sort of thing. If you don't find any place, send a resume to them (which is probably advisable for all other colleges as well)</p>

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<p>your pretty well off except for SATI score which is on the low side for ivies, so perhaps retake and aim for 2200+? well your rank really helps you and dont worry your ECs dont suck as much as mine. xP</p>

<p>I would say if you can get 2200+ on SATI, then in at everything except stanford. Stanford is still a chance but my gut gives ya a 30/70 chance</p>

<p>glhf applying to college</p>

<p>chance me please :)</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=371462%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=371462&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>you know what's weird, i read all these chance threads and everyone seems to be super harsh. So I decide to make one fearing the worst and everyone seems way easier on me. Or maybe I'm just hard on myself. Anyway thanks for chancing me, now I just have to decide where I'm actually applying and write some great essays.</p>

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<p>New school,
What kind of chance do you think I have at Rice?</p>

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<p>Anybody have any thoughts?</p>

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<p>I hate to do this but bump</p>

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<p>Your chances are good at Rice.</p>

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<p>Really? thats awesome because I have recently got really interested in it.</p>