Official Chances, Have my list down to 8 schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Attending a competitive top 100 school in Maryland
Hispanic
SAT: 660 Verbal ,700 Math, 680 Writing, Essay 12
SATII: Italian 760
Math I 650
World HIstory 760</p>

<p>Top 80 National Public School in MD</p>

<p>Hispanic</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 WGPA: 3.9 (all classes were unweighted for my year abroad)
3.85 and 4.0 for my junior year so that should bring up my GPA.</p>

<p>APs Junior Year (rest of classes Honors)
AP World History 4
Ap Italian (took it on my own) 5
AP Latin Virgil
AP US Government 4</p>

<p>APs Senior Year (rest honors)
AP Micro/Macro
AP Latin Lit
AP Comparative Government
Molecular Genetics (Advanced Credit)
Calculus with Applications (Advanced Credit)</p>

<p>Community service: 86 (should be 267 by the end of the semester, the hours are getting approved)</p>

<p>Academic Interest: Language and Linguistics (Italian, Spanish and Latin)
Italian
· Full Sophomore year at Liceo Scientifico Statale Louis Pasteur, a public high school in Rome
· Lived with an Italian family for one year in Rome.
· Italian Classes with Italian Cultural Institute 9th, 11th and 12th grades<br>
o Beginners I & II, Intermediate I, Advanced II & III, and Advanced Film Viewing and Conversation<br>
· Advanced Placement Italian Review with Italian Embassy, Washington D.C., 11th
· Member of Italian Cultural Institute 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
· Summer/Winter 2003, 2004 and 2005 in Italy traveling and sailing.
· Independent study for Winston Churchill High School’s Academy of International Studies on the “Italian Economy’s Impact on the European Union and the World” (11th and 12th )
· AP Italian Exam, Score: 5, SAT II 760
Spanish
· Lived in Panama with my family from 1997 to 2000 (from 3rd through 6th grades)
· Spanish classes from 3rd through 9th grades
· Traveled throughout Central America with Panamanian squash team and South America with family<br>
Latin
· Latin Club: 11th Vice President, 12th President
· AP Latin Literature Exam (scheduled, 2007)
· Latin Honor Society: member 11th and President 12th
· In Italy, studied Latin II
· AP Latin Virgil and AP Latin Literature </p>

<p>Clubs
· Young Republicans and Politicians 9th Secretary, 11th Vice President, 12th President
· Latin Club 11th Vice President, 12th President
· Biology Club 10th
· Boy Scouts of America 9th (First Class Scout)</p>

<p>Student Government Class Representative in School General Assembly 10th </p>

<p>Swimming
· Varsity Swimming 9th, 11th, 12th
· Rockville Montgomery Swim Club 9th, 11th,12th
· Club di Nuoto: Cesano (Swim Club, Rome) 10th
· East Gate Swimming (Summer) 9th, 10th, 11th
· Youth Swim Coach East Gate Swimming (Summer) 9th, 10th, 11th
· Lifeguard (Summer 11th and 12th)
Rugby
· Maryland Exiles Rugby Club 9th (First XV)
· Unione Rugby Capitolina (Rugby Club, Rome) 10th</p>

<p>Applying to major in Italian or Romance Studies at every school.</p>

<p>UMD- CP (Applying Economics, instate)
Boston College
Georgetown (legacy/one parent has interviewed for 10+ years)
UVa
Northwestern
Columbia
Rice (Legacy)
Tulane (already applied because of free application)</p>

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<p>Can anybody say anything?</p>

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<p>Bump .......
I'd like to know</p>

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<p>umd - safety
BC - match
georgetown - reach
uva - reach
northwestern - reach
columbia - reach
rice - reach
tulane - safety</p>

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<p>UVa
NYU
Cornell?</p>

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<p>uva - reach
cornell - reach
nyu - match/reach</p>

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<p>That's good enough for me, I like UMD enough to go there, so I figure why not apply to some reaches?
Would it help that for Georgetown I'm getting a rec letter from the president of the Italian Cultural Institute? (Georgetown's Italian Dept. has close ties with the Institute, as the Institute offers many of the extracurriculur opportunities for GTown students).</p>

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<p>thats true -</p>

<p>if you would be perfectly content to go to umd, then by all means apply to all reaches. you might get into 1 or 2.</p>

<p>maybe the recommendation would help - try to CC it to the italian department head.</p>

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<p>What does CC it mean? (as a verb "CC it to the Italian department head" carbon copy?"</p>

<p>and for the reaches could you be more specific? (match/reach, low reach, mid reach, high reach)</p>

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<p>Great junior year grades--congratulations. </p>

<p>UMD- CP--safe match to match (in-state) </p>

<p>Now, before I go to the others, why so many tough schools and no other matches? You really should try and apply to at least one other match--take Columbia off your list and spend the time you would have spent on that on the other application.</p>

<p>Boston College--slight reach
Georgetown--slight reach (your parent's legacy and interviewing helps get you up to this level)
UVa--slight reach to reach (OOS)
Northwestern--reach
Columbia--reach
Rice--reach
Tulane--slight reach
NYU--slight reach
Cornell--slight reach to reach</p>

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<p>yes, CC as in carbon copy. that letter to the admissions office probably won't mean much - but if it gets to the right person it could help.</p>

<p>as more detail.</p>

<p>BC - somewhere imbetween match and reach - so i guess slight reach (based on SATs and GPA)
Gtown - reach - based on SATs and GPA - I do not know of any preference given to legacy students at Gtown although if it is given then maybe a possible slight reach
Nwestern - reach based on SATs and GPA
columbia - ditto to Nwestern
rice - ditto to Nwestern
tulane - most probably a match to safety - as you would qualify as a match - and they want students right now, so I'd say you'd have a very good shot of getting in
NYU - ditto to BC
Rice - ditto to Nwestern
UVa - ditto to Nwestern</p>

<p>NYU and BC fit your profile with your grades and SATs but have such low admittence rates due to the number of applicants it makes it slightly harder for you to get in as you don't stand out (with regards to grades and scores). the rest of the schools have higher average GPAs than you and your SATs (1360 M+V) don't put you anywhere near the 75%ile at any of them.</p>

<p>If you get into contact with department heads at any of the schools I think you might be able to increase your chances. Most schools have tiny Italian departments. My sister double majored in italian and commerce at UVa and only 7 other people graduated with her in the italian department (and UVa has a very good romance language department) - I'm sure this is similar at other schools. That could be your "hook" at some of these schools.</p>

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<p>I already paid my Columbia app in early September, so thats a definite (also an almost definite rejection). What are some other matches?</p>

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<p>some matches?</p>

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<p>Could William and Mary be more of a match? Or is it essentially a difficult our-of-state school?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>im relentless, some more matches? W&M OOS?</p>

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<p>Yeah W&M is about just as tough as UVA is. Especially out of state... luckily I am instate! :)</p>

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<p>Aren't WM and UVa desperate for Hispanic applicants? UVa is only 3% Hispanic and WM is 5%, most schools are 8-11%</p>

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<p>in short - no they arn't</p>

<p>there is a paper put out by the UVa admissions office (from 2003 I believe) that basicly said that while black students have an ungodly advantage over white students, while hispanics have little to no edge. I sure if you google around for it you can find it.</p>

<p>Remember, while virginia and w&m want to be diverse, they strive to be as diverse as virginia. I don't know if virginia's hispanic population is much more than 3 or 4%.</p>

<p>infact, in 2003 at w&m, the % admitted of hispanic applicants was much lower than the % admitted for the entire applicant pool.</p>

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<p>UVa published something saying that they give an "advantage" to black students? I that cannot be true.</p>