Please Chance Me~

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a Korean-American junior in a fairly very competitive school (many in Ivies) who wouldn't post this...except I'm really lost in where I stand. Any help would be appreciated. Since this is a list that my counselor recommended, I would really appreciate any other recommendations of school in the northwest.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.94 UW (will drop significantly due to junior year...)</p>

<p>PSAT: 231</p>

<p>SAT: 2400</p>

<p>SAT II: 770 Biology E, 800 Korean (will take more next year - Chemistry, Math II, and US History - hoping for all above 750?)</p>

<p>AP: sophomore year - European History 5
junior year - Calc BC, US History, Biology, Statistics
senior year - Masterpieces, Physics B, Government, Macroeconomics,...there was suppposed to be more...</p>

<p>E/Cs (main weaknesses):
~200 hours of community service in a hospital (clerical work - 2 summers only)
Math Team 10th grade, hopefully 12th grade
Science Olympiad 9, 10, 11, 12
Tri-M Music Honor Society - 9, 10, 11, 12
All County violin - 9, 10 -- just once a year
LISFA (orchestra) - 9, 10 -- just once a year
School's rock orchestra - 9, 10, 11, 12
Habitat for Humanity - 10, 11 (treasurer), 12 (president?)
Foreign Language Honor Society - 11, 12
National Honor Society - 11, 12
Columbia Science Honors Program - 11, 12 -- once a week
I'm going to be honest and say my essays and my recommendations won't be anywhere excellent...</p>

<p>Schools:
Columbia University
University of Chicago
Northwestern HPME
Brown PLME
New York University
Dartmouth
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Amherst
Georgetown
Princeton
Yale
Wesleyan
Tufts
Lehigh
Brandeis</p>

<p>...this is a long and ambitious list isn't it?...</p>

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<p>That is indeed a long and ambitious list. I’ll assume you’re just finishing up your junior year (?). I would NOT recommend applying to ALL of those schools - it will be extremely expensive, not to mention a very long and tedious process.</p>

<p>I think with oyur grades and scores you’re fine so far, especially if (as I suspect) your school uses a strict 4.0 scale. I would call all of the Ivies reaches, but only because they are reaches for EVERYONE - I think you probably have a slightly better chance than many others, but it’s still basically a crapshoot, especially in a school like Harvard, which admits 6.7% of its applicants. Northwestern, Amherst, and Gerogetown are still reaches, but less so than the Ivies (not sure exactly how the selectivity of HPME compares to Ivies); I’m pretty confident that you’ll get into one. I’m pretty sure you’ll get into the other schools on your list.</p>

<p>Have you visited any of them, or thought about the kind of college environment you want? The schools on this list seem to be very different - some big, some small, some urban, some rural, etc. Perhaps visiting (if this is financially feasable) could help you to narrow down your list?</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m not going to apply to all these schools, I just really needed an idea of where I stand so I can pick out the 10 schools I should apply to, and hopefully 3 top top ones that I can be hopeful for without there being a 99% chance of a rejection. I figured I’d have a dream school and a realistic school to really put my faith into but I’m kinda lost :).</p>

<p>Thank you so much~~</p>

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<p>If your class rank is good, your chances at those schools are better than most. The lack of leadership/depth in ECs might hurt a little.</p>

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<p>Our school doesn’t rank…which is good because we tend to be super competitive. The only thing I can say for sure is that I’m in top 5%? I think? That’s not good enough is it…?</p>

<p>Are there schools that I DEFINITELY won’t get into and should cross out? (Probably yes, idk how many though)</p>

<p>Thanks ^^</p>

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<p>Any other specific responses??</p>

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<p>What is a “significant drop” in your GPA? Your junior grades are usually the most important (along with whatever your semester senior grades will be). Of course, your 2400 will give you a good chance just about anywhere.</p>

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<p>it’s a 98.5/100 now, maybe will drop to like 96.5? 97?</p>

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<p>Well that would be a sub 94 Junior year GPA and a pretty bad GPA trend overall.</p>

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<p>I had a downward trend (3.8 fresh/soph, 3.5 junior) and that KILLED me at a lot of schools. But that 2400 is impressive.</p>

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<p>Oh nvm… I think the worst junior GPA I’m going to get is 95.5…speculating near 96/97
It’s dropping…but other than APs, it’s mostly because we switched from A+, A, B+… system to number grades, which tends to make every single test count a little lower… I don’t think it’s dropping that much hopefully…won’t know until the final report card comes</p>

<p>My GPA includes freshman year and even some high school courses I took in middle school - should those count?</p>

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<p>Is it ridiculous for me to apply to apply to the top 3 Ivies…?</p>

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<p>bububububump</p>

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<p>Bump???</p>