My chances and advice

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior at a small prep school in New England. Right now my top choice is definitely Brown, and other colleges I'm considering are Columbia, Tufts, Boston College, Bowdoin, Lehigh, and Georgetown. </p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, my school doesn't weight GPA's.
Class rank: Top 5%, I'm either 2nd or 3rd at the moment, I'm hoping to bring that up to 1st.</p>

<p>Classes This year:
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Chemistry
English 3 Honors
AP US History
Spanish 3
World Religions/Mysticism & Meditation</p>

<p>Classes Next year:
AP Calculus
AP Physics
AP English
AP European History
AP American Government
Spanish 4</p>

<p>PSAT: 99th percentile
I'm taking SATs in April, I'm hoping for a 2200 or above
Bio SAT II: 690, I plan on taking a couple others, most likely math and history</p>

<p>Extras:
-Cross Country (varsity)
-Ultimate Frisbee (varsity)
-Writing tutor
-Math tutor
-Math club and team - I took the AMC 10 and was school winner, and took the AMC 12 this year
-Chapel Choir - I play rhythm guitar
-Jazz Band - I play saxaphone and flute
-School Rock Band - Lead guitar
-Applied Music Honors - School credit for taking guitar lessons outside of school
-Knitting club
-Thanksgiving food drive – decorating boxes and delivering goods
-Volunteer at various school functions (open house, etc.)
- Relay for life and special olympics volunteer
- I worked for my dad part time over the past 3 summers
-Probably some other stuff I'm forgetting, this all off the top of my head</p>

<p>-Headmistress list (4.0 GPA or above) for the majority of my high school career
-Book prize awarded last year for academic excellence as well as excellence in other fields
-4 year, full tuition scholarship to my school (4 are awarded)</p>

<p>As you can see in my ec's, music is a huge part of my life, and right now I am definitely considering it for an essay topic.</p>

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<p>you might need some leadership positions but otherwise you're good</p>

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<p>hmmmmm...I think you need to improve your EC's a bit. And you shouldn't include some of the really lame ones (knitting club? LOL)</p>

<p>Your scores are GREAT! And if you got in the 99th percentile on the PSAT, you will definitely score 2200-2400 on the SAT. So good luck. You should consider retaking Bio SAT II as your score isn't top-notch (most ppl score at least above 700 on their SATII's b/c they pick their strongest subject).</p>

<p>Other than that, I think you have a great chance at the places you are applying. Keep up the good work! =)</p>

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<p>Haha, I was in knitting club with a couple of my friends for about half a year as a joke. I thought I'd throw it in there anyway. I forgot to add that I'm a member of NHS too.</p>

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<p>Click the link below to get an idea of what your chances are at the Ivies and other highly selective schools.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...738#post1852738%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...738#post1852738&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Some updated info: I'm most likely going to be in a peer leadership program next year that mentors the entering freshmen class, and I'm going to be president of math club next year. I also plan on joining amnesty international and volunteering at a hospital over the summer. </p>

<p>Right now since Brown is by far my top choice, I'm thinking about applying there early decision next year. Do you think this would help? (Assuming I'll have a good rec and hopefully 2300 or above SAT)</p>

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<p>Might want to consider Holy Cross which offers a good combination of athletics ans athletics(cross country). HC has a good music facility/program and plans to offer merit aid. Also might want to look at Duke.</p>