Please Chance a URM for Ivies and Georgetown?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here are my pathetic stats. I know I don't have much of a chance BUT here we go:</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Race: African American
State: VA resident
Good large public high school for Junior and Senior years, crappy school for Freshman and Sophmore years</p>

<p>SAT I: CR 800, M 670, W 690- 2160 (yikes)
SAT II: Math II 710 (ugh), Bio M 780, Chemistry 750 </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0, Weighted GPA: 4.3 (probably an increase after 1st semester)
Senior year courses: AP Gov't, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Math SL, IB English HL, IB Psychology SL, IB French SL
AP/IB scores: APUSH- 5</p>

<p>ECs:
Science Olympiad- medals in Anatomy & Physiology, Designer Genes, Chem Lab- 2 years
Science outreach program for underprivileged kids- program instructor- 2 years
Tae Kwon Doe- Brown with Stripe belt (aka 3 belts until black belt) - 3 years
Model UN- 4 years
Literary Journal Editor- 1 year
Newspaper staff reporter- 1 year
Yearbook Editor- 1 year
Science Fair 1st place winner
Career Center volunteer tutor for all subjects 7-12</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience:
Hospital Patient Support Services- 200+ hours
Library Summer Reading Program Volunteer- 100+ hours</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Personal tutor for K-12: 2 years
Mathnasium Head Instructor (math learning center): 1 year, 16+ hours/week</p>

<p>Intended Major: Biochemistry
Income: 50 K< me <100K</p>

<p>I've done interviews for Yale and Georgetown, went fairly well
Essays: Not my best work, but the teacher who read them over for me disagreed
Recs: Counselor likes me so I don't think it's cookie-cutter, Teacher Recs- one was amazing, the other I didn't see but I think it was ok</p>

<p>Been deferred by Yale SCEA so far (sigh)</p>

<p>Unique Situation: The reasons my ECs are all over the place is because I switched schools from a crappy one that didn't have anything but Model UN and Journalism-esque ECs to a larger, better funded school with an IB program and actual AP classes (gasp) in junior year. While I had better opportunities there, my ECs and the classes I've taken show a huge turnaround, though there is definitely a strong upward trend.</p>

<p>Please chance me for: Yale, Harvard, UPenn, and Georgetown...
Don't worry, I don't have my hopes up. I've already applied and have been accepted to two safeties, but I would LOVE to go to any of the above schools.</p>

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<p>Harvard: high reach
Yale: high reach
UPenn: low-medium reach</p>

<p>honestly not sure about Georgetown
Your volunteer hours and services are the highlight of your application</p>

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<p>Georgetown is probably a Low Reach
Harvard & Yale: Reach
UPenn: Low Reach-Reach</p>

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<p>It’s very possible you’ll get into any of them.</p>

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<p>I think you could possibly get into Penn and Georgetown. I would say that those would be low-mid reaches.</p>

<p>Harvard and Yale, IMHO, would be high reaches; however, they are reaches for everybody.</p>

<p>Let us know how you make out and best of luck!</p>

<p>And, P.S. Your stats are anything but pathetic. I know a few folks who would like to have these “pathetic” stats. :)</p>

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<p>Would you mind sharing your final decision or results?</p>