Please Chance Me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys. This is actually my first post. I'm currently in the process of applying to colleges and was wondering if you could give me some input as to my chances. My major would be pre-med.</p>

<p>I'm applying to:
SUNY Stony Brook and Binghamton
New York U
Columbia U
Boston U
Cornell and Brown
USC</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 95.6
Weighted GPA: 99.8
Class Rank: 5/216</p>

<p>APs:
Euro History (3)
Physics (3)
US History (4)
English Language (4)
Statistics (4)
Biology
US Gov
English Lit
Calculus AB</p>

<p>SAT: 2010 (1390 for M+CR)...but I just took it again so hopefully a higher score
SAT II:
Biology: 640
Math II: 610
Lit: 740</p>

<p>ECs (most are from 9th-12th grade):
-Key Club (treasurer)
-Culture Club
-Green Club (environmental club)
-National Honor Society
-Science Honor Society
-PAL tutoring (100+ hrs)
-SADD club (peer-mentoring against alcohol/drugs
-Community Service (300+ hrs)
-Science Research</p>

<p>Employment:
--Sylvan Learning Center--paid
Assistant teacher (few months)
--New York University--unpaid (summer of 10th and 11th grade)
Research intern: I worked with a research professor at NYU, who mentored me in my own neuroscience-based project (which I will enter into various science competitions this year).</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-SUNY Albany certificate for "Advanced Science research"
-Irish Cultural Society Merit Award</p>

<p>Letters of Rec:
AP English teacher: good
AP US History teacher: excellent
AP Physics teacher: excellent
NYU mentor: excellent</p>

<p>If possible, could you also please suggest any safety schools that are strong in their premed departments. That would be great. Thanks!</p>

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<p>*pre-med is a focus (just a group of pre-req classes needed for medical school), not a major. you’ll still have to pick a major. medical schools tend to like students who choose something other than biology, so i’d look into majoring in something that really interests you with the pre-med focus.</p>

<p>I think you have a really good chance at NYU. Your SAT scores are a little low for USC but I’d still say it’s a match, hopefully the retake scores will give you an ever better shot. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks, rosyhours. I was actually thinking of majoring in biology, neuroscience, or chemistry.</p>

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<p>^bump…</p>

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<p>^bump…</p>