Please chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I would like to know your guys' opinions on what my chances are at these schools? :)</p>

<p>Female, Asian, foreign-born (which will be the topic of my essay: how I came here from a poor background when I was 6, etc. etc.)
GPA: 4.22 (weighted), 3.73 (unweighted)
SAT: 800 (CR), 780 (WR), 630 (M) - total of 2210
SAT II: 780 (LIT), 720 (USH), 680 (M2)
Rank: 2nd decile out of 297</p>

<p>Coarse load:
-Took no Honors or AP classes sophomore or freshman year :-P
-3 Honors, 1 AP junior year
-4 AP's and one Honors this year (senior year)</p>

<p>AP's:
US History - 5, English Language (independently studied) - 5</p>

<p>Misc:
Approx. 50-70 community service hours
President of Speech and Debate 11th and 12th grades
President of French Club 12th grade
Won school French Award 10th and 11th grades
National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>For the sake of chancing, assume that the essay will be sensational and the recommendations pretty stellar (hypothetically) :]</p>

<p>The reason for the relatively poor coarse load/GPA/rank is that I transferred 10th grade and my new school refused to let me into any "hard" classes because they thought it would be too rigorous for transfers. Could I possibly include this as an excuse in my apps if it would make me look like less of a lazy bum to the adm. officers?</p>

<p>Favored Schools:</p>

<p>NYU
Middlebury
Williams
Tufts
Cornell
Boston College
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Vassar
Wesleyan
Emerson
U of Chicago
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Thanks guys! :)</p>

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<p>NYU- ok chance
Middlebury- match
Williams- match
Tufts- match
Cornell- reach
Boston College- high match
UC Berkeley- (In state) match. (out of state) reach
UCLA- same for Berkeley
Vassar- high match
Wesleyan- low reach
Emerson- ?
U of Chicago- reach
Carnegie Mellon- reach</p>

<p>basically your GPA and rank is gonna hurt u the most.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you know much about LACs…</p>

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<p>nope, not really. Enlighten me please :)</p>

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<p>If Cornell is a reach, then Williams, Middlebury, Wesleyan, and Tufts are reaches as well. Williams is probably the most selective school on this list.</p>

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<p>Would you say NYU’s selectivity is comparable to those LACs?</p>

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<p>Uh oh… haha. Thanks though :-)</p>

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<p>NYU -reach
Middlebury - decent
Williams - n/a
Tufts - reach
Cornell - reach
Boston College - reach
UC Berkeley - decent if your a cal resident
UCLA - decent if your a cal resident
Vassar - n/a
Wesleyan - n/a
Emerson - n/a
U of Chicago - reach
Carnegie Mellon - reach</p>

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<p>I would consider maybe another decent/ safety school.</p>

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<p>NYU -low to mid reach… great stats thats why =D.
Middlebury - idk
Williams - idk
Tufts - idk
Cornell - reach
Boston College - reach
UC Berkeley - low reach if CA resident… HIGH REACH if your not.
UCLA - match if your CA resident… reach if your not.
Vassar - idk
Wesleyan - idk
Emerson - idk
U of Chicago - reach
Carnegie Mellon - reach
Great stats though… emphasis on that! Haha just write great essays and see what you come up with… With stats like those I wouldn’t worry too much about not getting into at least one of your reach schools… if only i had that sense of security… haha. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;