Please chance me for Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgetown, and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Clemson, LSU, U Michigan, UNC, and Northwestern.
I'm applying ED Nov 1 to Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (690 CR, 700 M, 680 W)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 700 Spanish
GPA (out of 4.0): 4.45/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/482
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang and Culture (5), English Lang (5), Euro (3), Chem (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US Government, AP Art Hist, 2 terms of Advanced Journalism, AP Enviro, AP Psych, AP Human Geo</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-Spanish newscast at my school (founder, anchor, translator) [12]
-Spanish section of the school newspaper (editor, translator) [11,12]
-Junior State of America club (President) [11,12]
-Beyond Diversity club at the community college [11,12]
-Homeless outreach team (translator, team leader) [9,10,11,12]
-Big Brothers Big Sisters 9 (mentor) [11,12]
-Unpaid Spanish and English tutor [9,10,11,12]
-Mexico missions trips (translator, team leader) {9,11,12]
-California Scholarship Federation club [9,10,11,12]
-JV Volleyball [9,10]
-Club volleyball [10]</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:</p>

<p>-I work 20+ hours a week at a Brazilian steakhouse. I'm the lead hostess and the job requires me to speak in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Absolutely in love with my job. Began over summer and will continue working there until I go off to college.
-Soccer referee [10,11,12]</p>

<p>Summer activities:</p>

<p>-Junior: Took 2 classes at the local CC
-Senior: Work, Work, Work, Work</p>

<p>Intended major(s):
Latin American Studies, Public Policy </p>

<p>State: CA
School type: Large Public (2000+ students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income bracket: like 25k</p>

<p>Other important(ish) info:</p>

<p>-I speak Spanish, Portuguese, and English
-I had spinal surgery which is why I stopped playing volleyball after my sophomore year
-12 credits from local CC
-No impressive awards, just small ones in Spanish. I won most-spirited student for 2 years if that means anything lol. Super passionate about school spirit stuff.</p>

<p>Thanks so much guys! </p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt - Accepted/ Waitlisted Duke - Denied Georgetown - Waitlisted Harvard - Denied Princeton - Denied UC Berkeley - Accepted UCLA - Accepted USC - Accepted Clemson - Accepted LSU - Waitlisted U Michigan - Denied/ Waitlisted UNC - Denied/ Waitlisted and Northwestern - Denied
Your scores are a little weak for some of those schools but your grades are excellent! Good Luck!
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<p>What if OP applied to Duke ED, would he get in, theoretically</p>

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<p>bumppp</p>

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<p>honestly wouldn’t be worried if i were you! gpa is stellar, class rank is stellar, and you’ve got continuation in your activities. good luck, i’m sure you’ll get into your first choice!</p>

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<p>@fiestachicka thank you!</p>

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<p>Update: Got promoted at my work to an administrative position. I now translate a lot of docs, do organizational projects, train employees and all that jazz. My high school newspaper won a pretty significant national award too. </p>

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<p>Everything is great except for your SAT score…but with grades as good as yours I think you have a very good chance for Vanderbilt ED</p>