Please chance me for Northwestern, Williams College, Dartmouth, and Notre Dame!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ACT (breakdown): 33 (12 writing)

SAT II: havnt taken any yet, but expecting to do above 750 on those that I take.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 (i know…)

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank

AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5) GOV (2) Euro(4) Comp Gov (5) AP Lit (5) Ap Lang (5)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Not sure if these matter, but I placed top 10 in the state for speech. I also won several major awards for speech at national level tournaments. Qualified to the tournament of champions in extemp speaking.
First alternate to national tournament (Have won some state level tournaments in Starcraft as well as Magic the Gathering… lol)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Letter Awards
3x Speech
1x Debate
2x CrossCountry
1x Community Service

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross country (4 years Varsity) Track (4 years Varsity) Debate (3 years Varsity) Speech (Captain Varsity) Jewish Student Union 2 year member. Founder of organization with non profit status that tutors low income students. Co President of School Orchestra. Member of Church Leadership. Greek Culture Club. Also a coach at a district run writing program. Member of Chamber Orchestra.
Cello (8 years)
Piano (4 years)

-Super big passion for education policy.

Job/Work Experience: Worked as a tutor in various subjects for two years

Volunteer/Community service: 400+ Hours. Volunteered at a non-profit in Peru. I taught and helped create curriculum for children. I also interned at a railroad company while there. I Also volunteer as a translator at local libraries helping low income Hispanic families gain access to books. Also volunteered for local Democrat party. And a bit of volunteering at church level.

State (if domestic applicant): Minne(snowta)

School Type: Public Magnet. Number one ranked school in Minnesota by various nationally syndicated sources such as U.S News.

Ethnicity: Hispanic (yay!)

Gender:M
Income Bracket: 150K

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, also MASSIVE upward trend in my grades in junior year. 1ST GEN AMERICAN. Also national circuit extemp speaker that is English as a second language. Intended history major?

ART SUPPLEMENT: Photography portfolio from my time in Peru

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A upward trend in grades is good especially with a 3.75 GPA. You have good ECs (speech is awesome I’ve done extemp and a lot of other events too). Your ACT is good also. However Northwestern, Darthmouth, and Notre Dame (don’t know much about the last one) are very hard to get into. You do have good hooks (with 1st gen American being the best, I don’t really think URM helps you that much to be honest), however you going to need more if you want to be assured you can get into one of these schools. If your end of year grades are strong maybe apply ED to your top choice. Also essays will be important for you to distinguish yourself from everyone else. RD especially for schools like Northwestern is insanely competitive (acceptance rate of like 5% compared to 33% ED) because there’s no lack of competitive canidates with 3.85s or higher and as high an ACT.

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thank you :slight_smile:

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You have excellent hooks. However, your GPA is definitely low for these schools. Do your best to at least bring it above 3.8, and preferably 3.85 in the time you have left. Take a hard schedule senior year. I would also suggest applying Early Decision to Northwestern or Dartmouth to maximize your chances.

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If everything goes as planned, I should have a 3.85 half way through senior year after my mid year report. Is this any help?

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I think that would be very beneficial honestly.
I only applied to 2 of the 4 you listed but I did end up getting into both of them (Dartmouth and ND). I think your application will definitely be taken into consideration with your test scores and extra curriculars. Just really work on those essays and you have a very solid shot at these schools, although they’re still incredibly hard to get into. Best of luck! Let me know if you need any help or have any more questions :slight_smile: