Please chance me for Ivies/Top Privates

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a Junior from the SF Bay Area and am looking to apply to top private schools (mainly on the east coast), a few I'm interested in:
Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Stanford, Wellesley, UPenn, Northwestern, U of Chicago, Rice, Williams, Washington U</p>

<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated :) As you can see, I want to leave California :P</p>

<p>Chinese, Female
Public School
(class is around 450, no ranks yet)
GPA:
UW - 4.0
W - 4.59 (probably will be 4.65 by end of this year)</p>

<p>SATs:
2300 (CR-780 M-800 W-720)
World History - 790
(I will be taking Bio, USH, MathII in May)</p>

<p>AP:
World History - 5
(Currently taking Bio AP, APUSH, Psychology AP)</p>

<p>Awards and Honors
2009 Outstanding Achievement in Biology Honors – Top Ranking Student
(Will probably be a Nat. Merit SemiFinalist)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Summer of 2008, 2009 – volunteer at Food Pantry ( ~55 hours total)
9th,10th,11th – animal rights club (VP, 11th)
10th, 11th – Schools for Schools Club (Fundraise money to build schools in
Uganda)
10th – Tutor economically disadvantaged elementary school students
11th – Speech and Debate - Congress (joined in November, I have only gone to one League Tournament so far, I got 3rd place in my House)
11th – Peer tutor in school’s tutorial center (currently ~70 hours, average 4 hours a week)
January 2010-Present: Work as a (paid) Homework Assistant at my local public library</p>

<p>I'm also currently working with a group of other high school students to organize a competition for California high school students to raise awareness for global warming. I'm the leader for the sponsorship/marketing team. We're also currently working on becoming an non-profit.</p>

<p>I'm also very interested in politics and current events and am very politically active (I will probably write this into one of my essays)</p>

<p>THANKS FOR LOOKING :D</p>

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<p>Hey! I’m from CA too and I’m also applying to Washington University in St. Louis…we incidentally have similar stats too o0</p>

<p>Okay… here is my assessment of you:</p>

<p>Good match (I try not to say “in at” because it can be unpredictable)
Northwestern
U of Chicago
Rice
Williams
Wellesley
Brown </p>

<p>Reach:
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Washington University in St. Louis
UPenn</p>

<p>Please chance me back for WashU:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/867114-chances-number-one-school-wustl-please-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/867114-chances-number-one-school-wustl-please-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>To be frank, I don’t think your ECs stand out very much, but the rest of your stats are on par. You may also be lacking in the Awards section of the Common App, but you’re fine on the more important academic stats.</p>

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<p>Since you’re applying to only mostly top schools, I have to say match/reach for all your schools.
But you have a high chance into Rice, UChicago, and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the honesty, the reason I’m waffly (yes… waffly) is that my ECs are a bit lacking… :|</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>in:
Wellesley</p>

<p>high match:
Northwestern
Rice
Williams
Brown</p>

<p>Reach:
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Washington University in St. Louis
UPenn
U of Chicago</p>

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<p>You are definitely in, if you apply early action of U of Chicago.</p>

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<p>Princeton, UPenn, and Stanford would be tough to doubtful. Columbia maybe. The others I say you have at least somewhat of a shot.</p>

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<p>Lack of ECs, APs and Awards are going to hurt at those top schools. High reach at all Ivies + S, mix of match/reaches for the rest.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the input :)</p>

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<p>in:
Wellesley
Northwestern
Rice</p>

<p>high match:
Williams
Brown (not sure about this one)
UChicago</p>

<p>Reach:
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Washington University in St. Louis
UPenn</p>

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<p>hmmm so everyone seems to think i have a pretty good chance at Wellesley?</p>

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<p>Your Extracurriculars will not be too impressive because colleges especially the top schools like to see applicants do and be dedicated to a few clubs/sports throughout every year in high school rather than being in multiple clubs for just one or two years.</p>