Please, chances...I'm terrified

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I would really appreciate it if you could make some comments...I have done pretty well in high school but I am not a brilliant student researcher or anything, and I am really scared that I am applying to a list that won't accept me, so thanks...here are my stats</p>

<p>Asian Female from...New Jersey!</p>

<p>TESTING:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2360
SAT II Chemistry: 590
SAT II Biology: 690
SAT II Literature : 750+
SATII Math IIc: 700-</p>

<p>AP Language: 5
AP US History: 5
AP Biology: 5</p>

<p>IB Spanish: 6
IB Biology: 6</p>

<p>AP Scholar
National Merit Commended Student</p>

<p>CURRICULUM:(toughest, but with some bad grades) </p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 uw, 4.5 w
Class Rank: top decile
6 APs out of 9
IB Diploma Courseload</p>

<p>C+ in Geometry
4 B+s</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>Model United Nations: Secretary
Literary Magazine: Member
Debate Club: Member</p>

<p>Volunteer at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Volunteer at Hospital
South Africa Workcamp (school requirement)
350 Hours of Community Service
Woodworking (art)</p>

<p>Work as Waitress at Indian Restaurant</p>

<p>Computer Science Class in the Summer
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
Shadowed a Doctor</p>

<p>Varsity Track Captain
Junior Varsity Equestrian Captain</p>

<p>COLLEGE LIST: </p>

<p>Washington U in St. Louis
University of Chicago
Yale University (EA)
Amherst College
University of Michigan
University of Rochester
Brown University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
New York University</p>

<p>I would really appreciate it if you would comment on reaches, matches, etc...I know Yale is very very unlikely. Do you think my grades will hurt a lot? And my low SAT IIs? Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Grades will definately hurt and theres nothing you can do to change those low marks in the past. Try to raise that with good senior grades. And retake those SAT IIs!!!!</p>

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<p>retake your SAT 2's (especially Biology and Chemistry-aim for 750 on each). School grades will go against you.</p>

<p>Yale-reach
Wash. U, U Chicago, -slight reach/match
Amherst, Cornell- reach</p>

<p>I am not too sure about the others</p>

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<p>Give Yale a shot, but... well, you know how it is. Competition is insane. Depending on your essays, i'd give you a 5% - 10% chance at Yale, which is about average. The others on your list are much more realistic, and you have a chance at all of them.</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who posted!</p>

<p>I just wanted to mention one more thing- if my school has a very difficult grade distribution, where only two or three people have straight A's, does that make my situation any different? </p>

<p>Also, do SAT IIs reallly matter that much if my APs are 5s?</p>

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<p>Yes they do. Definitely....</p>

<p>ummm...just a question...You got a 2360 on the SAT and then you have sub-par SATII scores (compared to your SATI)...What's up with that?</p>

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<p>Yess...</p>

<p>My chemistry class did not teach to the SAT II test- we never learned organic chemistry and din't do half as much of the math stuff</p>

<p>The other three aren't that bad. Not great, but not bad. </p>

<p>The SAT IIs are just...well, I don't do well on them. I don't know why.</p>