My chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok I'm applying to a bunch of colleges.</p>

<p>SAT (took it once)
M - 760
CR - 560
W - 550</p>

<p>No subject tests </p>

<p>I'm currently taking AP English Lang and AP Cal AB
They're the only AP courses offered by my school
All honors courses offered
Graduating with 48 dual credit hours (not expecting to transfer them)</p>

<p>Rank 2/44</p>

<p>Internship at Hospital</p>

<p>• Radiology (Mondays and Wednesdays. 5 hours a week)
• Took pictures of X-Rays and saved them
• Shadowed the Radiologist</p>

<p>• Outpatient Department (Mondays and Wednesdays. 5 hours a week)
• Shadowed the Orthopedic Doctor
• Record patient information</p>

<p>• Operation Theater (Tuesdays and Thursdays. 10 hours a week)
• Assisted in 55 orthopedic surgeries
• Recorded information of patients into record book </p>

<p>• Physiotherapy (Fridays. 5 hours a week)
• Shadow the Physiotherapist
• Operate the physiotherapy machines</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<p>• Debate Club (1 hour/week. 35 weeks)
• 11th Grade – President</p>

<p>• Student Council (2 hours/week. 35 weeks)
• 10th Grade – member
• 11th Grade
• Head of Video Committee - Use Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro
• Head of Stomp Out Bullying week</p>

<p>• Boy Scouts of America (4 hours/week)
• Rank – Almost done with First Class
• Started in October 2012</p>

<p>• Drama Club (2 hours/week. 35 weeks)
• Plaza Theatre in Garland</p>

<p>• Soccer
• 7th Grade – Rec
• 8th Grade – Played for school
• 10th Grade – YMCA Select
• 11th Grade – YMCA Select</p>

<p>Languages</p>

<p>• Fluent in English
• Fluent in Urdu
• Proficient in Arabic
• Proficient in Pashtun
• Proficient in Hindi
• Proficient in Saraiki</p>

<p>Achievements and Skills</p>

<p>• AMC 10 – first place in school</p>

<p>• Quran
• Memorized 2/5th of the Quran
• 9th Grade
• Second place in vocabulary competition (School)
• First place in memorization (ISF Quran Institute)
• 10th Grade
• Third place in memorization competition (School)
• First place in calligraphy (Young Muslim Quiz Competition)
• 11th Grade
• Second place in memorization competition (School)
• Second place in recitation competition (Young Muslim Quiz Competition)
• First place in calligraphy competition (Young Muslim Quiz Competition)
• 12th Grade
• 1 of the 4 Quran reading instructors in class. Help other students read properly.</p>

<p>• Arabic
• 9th Grade – participated in Arabic story competition
• 11th Grade – chosen to participate in Arabic Day competition
• 12th Grade – chosen to read a poem on Arabic Day</p>

<p>• Working on a research publication – The Effects of Ortho-cetamol in Deaggregation and Anti-oxidation</p>

<p>• Met the Ambassador of Luxembourg (9th Grade)</p>

<p>• World Quest Competition participant (10th Grade)</p>

<p>• Participated in the Google Science Fair (11th Grade)</p>

<p>Volunteering</p>

<p>• ICNA Dallas Food Pantry
• Food Drive for the refugees and the poor
• 70 hours</p>

<p>• ISF Quran Institute
• Tested and helped other students memorize the Quran
• 6 hours a week for 25 weeks</p>

<p>• Study Buddy (9th Grade)
• Tutored a student in World Geography
• One hour a week for ten weeks</p>

<p>My colleges I'm applying to</p>

<p>JHU
Cornell
UChicago
WUSTL
Stanford
Notre Dame
Emory
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Northwestern
UCBerkeley</p>

<p>What are some other great colleges that don't require subject tests (besides above)?</p>

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<p>Your SAT is going to bring down your chances. What is your GPA?</p>

<p>Most of them are reaches</p>

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<p>My GPA system in my school is out of 4.5
I currently have a 4.45</p>

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<p>JHU - High Reach
Cornell - Reach
UChicago - High Reach
WUSTL - ???
Stanford - Out of Reach(No SAT IIs/Low SAT score)
Notre Dame - ???
Emory - ???
Vanderbilt - High Reach
Georgetown - ???
Northwestern - High Reach
UCBerkeley - Reach</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores are a little low…but your ECs look solid!
I would also suggest that you take the subject tests!
Most colleges on there would fall in the range of low reach!
Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>Would getting about 650s on my subject tests increase my chances? Because I don’t want it to backfire :(</p>

<p>Thanks Spirral, I hope Cornell is a reach <3</p>

<p>Anyway I’m assuming that high reach means it’s harder to get into than reach? New to this stuff haha.</p>

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<p>Bump </p>

<p>My previous questions and more people? :(</p>

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<p>Well top schools are expecting 700-750+ on subject tests. </p>

<p>You need matches and safeties…</p>

<p>High reach is pretty much equivalent to out of reach.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m also applying to UCLA, SMU, A&M, & UTD. Those are my safeties/matches.</p>

<p>The ones I listed in OP are my dream schools. Just wondering about my chances there.</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross-top25 LAC with great pre-med program. HC has a very nice campus 1 hour from Boston. Holy Cross is a smaller version of ND BUT EASIER TO GET INTO. HC is also SAT optional.</p>

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<p>UCLA would be a reach as well. </p>

<p>Good luck on your SAT IIs</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m applying to so many colleges…dad’s ****ed I spent 600 bucks so far lol.</p>

<p>Will it significantly decrease my chances if I don’t take subject tests?</p>

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<p>At schools that require them, yes - they’d likely reject you automatically for not meeting the minimum requirements.</p>

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<p>None of those colleges require them :)</p>

<p>And yeah anyone else? An answer similar to Spirral’s answer? Lol.</p>

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<p>EC’s are off the charts and the GPA is exactly where those type of schools want them. I would say notre same is high match and the rest low reaches because of the poor SAT scores. Your sat converts to roughly a 28 ACT composite which is in the lower 15-20% of all your listed school. I would definitely apply to some safeties</p>

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<p>Wow pi$$ed is a bad word? Interesting…</p>

<p>Yeah I’m guaranteed automatic admission to UT, A&M, SMU, and UTD. I already got my UTD acceptance actually. Waiting for others.
Ok which of these colleges do I have a zero chance to? Cuz application fees are killing me :/</p>

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<p>Bumpity Bump</p>

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<p>Oh dear… you need to retake the SATs. If you’re a senior, register of the January SAT now and beg your schools to accept those scores. Your Math score is fine so if all your schools superscore, then focus on the CR and Writing. Also, why did you not take the SAT Subject Tests? None of those schools require them, but most recommend them. Sadly, your test scores hurt your chances.</p>

<p>Stanford: out of reach (sorry…)
Berkeley: low/mid-reach
Cornell: reach
WUSTL: reach (they put a lot of weight on SATs, unfortunately; however, your GPA saves you from an out-of-reach)
JHU: mid-reach
Vandy: low/mid-reach
G’town: reach
Chicago: tossup (they will absolutely LOVE your ECs and GPA… and they claim test scores are not that important. If you can write a great essay it may be a match.)
I personally dislike Notre Dame and Northwestern, so I don’t know a lot about their admissions process, but I would guess those are better matches. Unfortunately, to make it in our screwed-up culture of standardized testing requires you to either to aim lower or retake the SAT and study hard. I really, really wish the system didn’t work like that, since your grades and ECs are absolutely fantastic.</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1598603-please-chance-me-rice-uchicago-berkeley-brown-mit-purdue-washu-michigan.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1598603-please-chance-me-rice-uchicago-berkeley-brown-mit-purdue-washu-michigan.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m going to take the subject tests!
I also added to my college list</p>

<p>Dartmouth
Duke
Brown
Columbia
Yale
Rice
Harvard
Princeton
UPenn
Wake Forest
Boston University</p>

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<p>Honestly, you need safeties.
You’re applying mainly to reaches, and that’s not good at all. In my opinion, your extra curricular with memorization the Quran and the tutoring is something you should withhold from your application. If it means that much to you, then emphasize on it in your essays. Write about how much it means to you. Because from reading your extra curricular, it seems as if a lot of it is just inflation. </p>

<p>Good luck getting in with your SAT and lack of SAT IIs (don’t report them if they’re x<700).</p>

<p>And by the way, apply to other UCs if you’re interested in the system. You’re a match for UCSC, UCSD, and UCSB.</p>