Okay, how bad are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi CC! I'm really nervous. Please chance me for the following schools:
Amherst (first choice)
Brandeis
Emory
Grinnell
Middlebury
Oberlin
Puget Sound
Smith</p>

<p>White female from Arizona.</p>

<p>GPA: ~4.4 weighted, ~3.8 unweighted
SAT: 2130 (650 CR, 680 M, 800 W)
Class rank: 12/362, top 4%</p>

<p>Honors and AP classes:
• Freshman: English I honors, World History honors, Biology honors
• Sophomore: English II honors, Chemistry honors, Algebra II honors
• Junior: English III honors, Physics honors, Human Physiology and Anatomy honors, AP United States History
• Senior: AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Economics/AP Government, Humanities honors
* I took almost all the most rigorous classes I could, schedule conflicts notwithstanding. </p>

<p>ECs:
• Independent study of Japanese: 2006 - present
Conversational Japanese community college course in 2008
Traveled to Los Angeles to take the Level N5 Japanese Language Proficiency Test
(JLPT) in December 2010, passed
Had private lessons with a Japanese tutor in San Francisco, July 2011</p>

<p>• Cross country: 2009 season - present
Varsity letter three years, six-time medalist, individual and team state qualifier in 2010 and 2011</p>

<p>• Track and field: 2009 season - 2011 season
Varsity letter two years, medalist at 2011 city meet</p>

<p>• Religious school teaching assistant: 2008 - present
Kindergarten class all four years</p>

<p>• Hospital Teen Summer Volunteer: 2010 - 2011
Over 120 hours
One of only two teens selected for the surgery waiting area position</p>

<p>• Girls State: 2011
Elected Superior Court Judge</p>

<p>• National Honor Society: 2010 - present (Publicist)</p>

<p>• Physics Club: 2010-2011 (President)</p>

<p>Awards and Honors:
• National Merit Commended Student
• Social Studies Student of the Year: 2009 (school award)</p>

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<p>Assuming my essays are very good (my teachers and parents say I'm a strong writer), what are my chances? For a lot of the schools I mentioned, I feel like an average or below-average applicant. </p>

<p>Any feedback would be appreciated. If anything I wrote above is unclear, or you have any questions, please ask! </p>

<p>Also, I've already been accepted to Barrett, the Honors College at ASU. If you had to rank the above listed schools in terms of their academic rigor, where would you place Barrett on the list?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for your replies.</p>

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<p>I honestly know very VERY little about any of these schools. But assuming that they’re strong, good schools a step or so below the best schools? I’d say you have a good chance. </p>

<p>Wow. This is a confusing answer. Sorry.</p>

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<p>You’re in.</p>

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<p>Get the SAT up though</p>

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<p>Hey don’t listen to the ■■■■■ saying these aren’t amazing schools. Smith is a given for you, and the other ones look like they should fall into place. Amherst is great</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies so far, Wizardly, danishpastry, and JalapenoPedro! Could you, or any other posters here, perhaps be more specific, though, about the schools at which I have a shot and to which ones I’m not as likely to be accepted?</p>

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<p>Get the SAT up and you’re in everywhere, including Amherst. Make sure your essays shine! I can’t stress the importance of this factor in your case.</p>

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<p>SAT up and you are a high match for all the schools. </p>

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<p>Amherst, Midd, Emory with a 1330 will be tough. The others are match-reach other than PS which is a safety if you can afford it.</p>