<p>Hey, everyone! I'm applying to Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Univ. MD, Rice, Univ. Chicago,
Sweet Briar, Kettering Univ., Frostburg State Univ., Cornell, U Penn, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I have a 4.0 GPA (5.33 weighted)
top 4% of class (16/340)
play 3 varsity sports for 2 years (cross country, indoor track, softball)
(jv for 2 years)
I have my Girl Scout brone, silver, and Gold Awards (comparable to Boy Scout Eagle Scout)
I am a Girl Scout district delegate
I am President and founder of our school's Future Doctors Society
I am a Red Cross Volunteer this summer
I am a Regional officer for Venturing (a coed branch of Boy Scouts) for MD, PA,DE
I am working on my Venturing bronze, gold, and silver awards
2120, 1430 SAT (670 math, 760 reading, 690 writing)
SAT 2s- 750 English Lang., 700 Math 1, 700 World History
32 ACT
5 on AP World History test, English Lang. pending but probably a 5
in 5 national honor societies including the NHS
am secretary of Spanish NHS
have done minor "research experiment" building new engineering technology
Regional FBLA job interview champion (1st place), 5th in states</p>
<p>I will probably have good essays and recommendations. I am hoping to retake my SATs and ACTs and score at least a 2200 and 34 on each this fall. Hoping to score at least a 750 on Math 2 subject test as well.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you could chance me for my any of these colleges, especially U. MD with a Banneker/Key scholarship, that would be great!
THANK YOU AND I WILL DEFINITELY CHANCE YOU IN RETURN IF YOU DO!!!!! :D</p>
<p>Very strong transcript. Your standardized test scores a tad low for such schools as Duke, Cornell, UPenn, and Dartmouth, but this one factor will certainly not diminish your chances at acceptance. You seem to have very strong extracurricular activities, so assuming you write good essays and receive good recs and also get your scores up just slightly I see your list somewhat like this:</p>
<p>Safeties: Frostburg, UMD (good chance at merit scholarships, especially with 2200+)
Matches: UNC, Rice
Reaches: U of Chicago (strange acceptance trends/patterns), Duke, Cornell, UPenn, and Dartmouth</p>
<p>Sorry, I don’t know really anything about Sweet Briar or Kettering, but you have a strong application so far. I may suggest adding another safety just for comparison purposes of financial aid and location and such, but in all, you have a strong chance at even your “reach” schools. I wouldn’t be surprised to see you get accepted into half of those reach schools.</p>
<p>chance back if you want…<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/951687-duke-early-decision-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/951687-duke-early-decision-chances.html</a></p>
<p>Thank you so much! I will definitely work on those scores. :)</p>
<p>I just wanted to input that uChicago is a very unusual school that they will try to find “fits” to the Chicago style, rather than find the best students. If you’re quirky, unusual, and prefer intelligence over prestige, it may be a better suit than any of the Ivies (minus Penn. Penn is the only Ivy with actual school spirit.)</p>
<p>I agree with the above post. Try to get at least 1450/2200 on the SATI. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Your scores are great, but your gpa is a bit low. I would say, if you really highlight your girl scout involvment in your essays, you could have a shot. I myself was a juliet back in the days. I also have the fall to work on my own scores as well! Cornell, Darmouth, Upenn, and Duke are your reaches. I think you have a shot if you really work hard this summer. Thank you for your input. Don’t worry! You will love the school you pick!</p>
<p>How is her GPA low if she has a 4.0 unweighted??</p>