Please chance me on my list of schools~

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Grade: Senior
School: Best NYC public school
Students: Approx 1000 seniors
GPA: Not sure how to average my grades into GPA as our school does grades not letters. However it is averaged at 87.
ACT: 28
Ethnicity: Minor - Asian American
Religion - Catholic
Perfect attendance: All four years of H.S.
Classes: Law program in my school.
Regular classes in Freshman
Few honors in Sophmore/Junior
All honors/ AP English/ AP Psychology /Constitutional Law in senior.
My GPA has been consistent around 86-88 average. Hopefully I can get 90+ so it shows I'm going upwards and not downwards.</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chairman of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) (Junior/Senior year) - Won first place in Job interview and parliamentary procedures in City competition</li>
<li>Volunteer work - Founder/CEO of KAA Youth Volunteer (Approx: 250 hours of volunteer service) (Throughout 4 years of H.S) - NY Commemoration Commission</li>
<li>Law program in my school - Law internship (80 hours of work)</li>
<li>Worked at Kumon math and reading center (junior/present year - approx: 250 hours of work)</li>
<li>Basketball program for 3 years (sophomore - present) - Part of the program that won consecutive Borough Championships</li>
<li>Key Club (senior year)</li>
<li>Martial arts for about 5 years (8th grade - present)</li>
<li>Professor Recommendation from ST. Johns</li>
<li>Catholic alter service since I was 10</li>
<li>Play guitar/drums for my church</li>
<li>Interest/study in stock market since Junior year and currently investing in my own stocks.</li>
<li>Currently working on a non-profit entertainment organization</li>
</ul>

<p>A few other EC but this is a big chunk of my EC's.</p>

<p>I think I will mention that I had many extra curricular activities that it might have taken a minor effect on my grades. Yet the problem was solved because it has helped me strengthen my time management skills as well as helping me focus on what is important, which is helping others by volunteering and taking leadership roles.</p>

<p>So I made a list of colleges I wanted to go to. I also made safeties, matches, and reaches in my own opinion. So let me know on what you guys think.</p>

<p>Safeties:
Stony Brook
Penn State
Albany
Queens</p>

<p>Matches:
Binghamton
Geneseo
Syracuse
North Eastern
Boston University</p>

<p>Reaches:
Boston College
Brandeis
UMich (lived in Michigan for 12 years, so will focus a lot on that on my essay)
UCLA
North Western
NYU</p>

<p>Which school do you think should be arranged in safeties/matches/reaches? And which schools do I have a change to get into? Advanced thanks once again!</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump :)</p>

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<p>I’m a n00b user for CC. What DOES “bump” mean?</p>

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<p>Anyone chance me please?
Thank you</p>

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<p>From the reach category, you have a very high reach schools considering your current stats. Although I encourage you to give it a shot, you should still re-evaluate your preference (location, cost, course of study, programs, weather, etc.) and cut down two to three schools from the list. Good luck.</p>

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<p>anyone else have any inputs?</p>

<p>What are my chances on BU?</p>

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<p>Pretty good chances at BU. I agree with RealM, your average of 87 and 28 ACT are going to take you out of consideration at a lot of those reach schools, like BC, UCLA, NYU. Especially BC is a major reach in my opinion, the admissions counselor who came to my school said that they are looking for geographic diversity and thats it extremely difficult to get into BC with lower test scores if you live so close.</p>

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<p>Firstly, do you think its a better idea to add other clubs such as clubs that I join for fun? Like breakdance, gaming club, etc.? </p>

<p>The reason is because I don’t take any positions in those clubs, I just go for fun. Second its not a academic club, so is it better to leave it out or in?</p>

<p>Second, what should I work on? What can help me improve my chances into my reaches?
Aim for a higher act? My average will most likely stay at 87-88 (3.5 gpa)</p>

<p>Lastly, do colleges average the whole 4 years? (first semester for senior not second)?
Or only the first 3 years (fresh-junior)? Because I herd mixed answers. Some say colleges look at your first 3 years and consider first of your senior semester, some say the transcript has your first senior semester along with the 3 years. However my rank was averaged on how well I did on my freshman-Junior. I’m planning to do really well this year so I wanted to know if colleges see it and average it equally as the other 3 years.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Any advice/input?</p>

<p>thank you</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>