Please help me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm asking for a chance to Cambridge University (Law), Columbia, and Georgetown. Thank you!</p>

<p>Gender: F
Ethnicity: Asian; (parents are immigrants but I'm not)
Location: SoCal
College Class Year: 2019
High School: Public
High School Type: Public Prep School (like a magnet but technically not really)</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.82
GPA - Weighted: 4.43 (10-12); 4.27
Class Rank: top 15%
Class Size: 167</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT: 2000; retaking</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 (World History); taking 3 more</p>

<p>AP Lang: 5
AP Stats: 5
AP USH: 5
AP World: 5
AP Comp Sci: 5
AP HUG: 5
AP Calc BC: 5
AP Chem: 4
AP Physics B: 3</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Red Cross, Speech and Debate, Instrumental Music Council</p>

<p>Leadership positions: President of Red Cross (former Historian); President of Instrumental Music Council (former Publicities, event coordinator); Treasurer of Speech and Debate (former Public Forum Jr. Captain)</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level: 9-11th - Varsity Girls' Baskeball</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: 134+ hours through Key Club; 123+ hours through Red Cross; 67 hours through my local library's Summer Reading Program; 20 hours as a tutor for NHS</p>

<p>Significant Achievements:
- International Humanitarian Law project chosen by the American Red Cross to be presented @‌ a youth symposium in DC
- Director's Award from my Instrumental Music class (concert wind ensemble)
- Public Forum: 3rd place @ Schurr High School and Doubles Finalist at Berkeley Invitational
- STEM: 7th place in Forensics at regional Sci Oly (highest my school has ever achieved) and 5th place at Troy High School Coding Contest
- Bronze Member: Key Club</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>Top Choices: Cambridge, Columbia, Georgetown (maybe HPYS but I think my chance of getting into there are the same as Columbia)</p>

<p>Others: Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Cal Berk, and UCLA</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Forgot to add:</p>

<p>Currently taking Multivarible Calculus and College Chemistry at local college</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Considering your achievements in the sciences, why wouldn’t you apply to Harvey Mudd and Olin?
(At HarveyMudd, very advanced math students are common, so that your taking multivariable calc wouldn’t seem out of the ordinary, but it’s still very much appreciated for admissions).</p>

<p>Are you done with your Cambridge application? Your teacher or guidance counselor should finish it on Monday at the latest. Impossible to chance since the process is so different.</p>

<p>What are your safeties?</p>

<p>A difficulty would be to find matches - with high stats students, it’s difficult to find schools that admit at least 30% students, even if it’s easy to find schools where they’re at or near the top 25%. </p>

<p>All the schools on your list are reaches by virtue of admission rate. You MUST add two with 30% admission rate and two with 40% admission rate otherwise you risk a shutout. In California, it means starting at a community college (or doing a gap year) but it’d be a shame considering your background.</p>

<p>You’re competitive for Columbia, Georgetown, and Northwestern. Odds are still about 1 in 5 (which is way better than average, but still a risk of 4 out of 5). For CMU, UCB, and UCLA, it depends on the major you’re applying for.</p>

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<p>You need some match schools with a 2000 and a 3.82 UW GPA. All of the schools on your list besides UCLA and maybe UC Berkeley are reaches.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys! I redid my SAT (2290) and took the SAT IIs (800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 770 Lit) so now I’m a lot more competitive haha</p>

<p>I also got into University of Surrey and Queen Mary University of London, so I have my safeties already.</p>