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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Atlanta Public School
African American Male
Less than $30k income
GPA: 3.42
Living in Atlanta,GA
ACT: Hopefully a 31-32
Around top 25%
HUGE UPWARD TREND (Sophomore year dip in grades - death in family, will be explained)</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP world
AP Govt
AP econ
AP calculus
H. World lit</p>

<p>UCLA Transcript:
Biological Threats To Society: B
Sociology: B</p>

<p>A part-time job since Freshman year
President of FBLA
Vice-President/Founder of Psych. Book Club
Chess Club
French Club
Cultural Diversity Club
Math Team
100+ hours of volunteer.
Great Rec's & Essays (Including 1 from a known Georgetown Professor)</p>

<p>Schools:
Boston University - Match
Georgia Tech - Match
Syracuse - Match
NYU CAS - High Match
Emory
University of Rochester
Carnegie Mellon H&SS - High Match 3.58 CMU GPA
Georgetown - Cousin is a professor
Tufts
Cornell
UCSD - Seems like a match when looking at the website with the points (3.58 UC GPA)</p>

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<p>I have been thinking about taking Tufts off my list since it's the one I would least want to go to.</p>

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<p>Yeah, then take it off if you wouldn't like to go. It's also a reach so it's not especially likely you'll get in.</p>

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<p>What do you guys think of my list? What are your opinions on my safeties/match/reach?</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>Pretty accurate, I would put Carnegie melon as a Slight Reach, but High Match works as well :-)</p>

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<p>Only reason I put it as a high match is because of the school i'm applying to. H&SS, 3.5 is the average GPA, which mine is slightly higher, my ACT is right in the range too. But thanks alot!</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump
how does Cornell look for me?</p>

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<p>Cornell - Enormous Reach</p>

<p>You have grist for a compelling essay as well as work experience and URM status, which will help very much, but your ACTs/final GPA will largely dictate the success of your application.</p>

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<p>Lol I get extremely opposite responses in each forums...hmm</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=392379%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=392379&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>bump................</p>

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<p>Slight reach at Cornell and Match to slight reach at University of Rochester.</p>

<p>Don't know about Emory. It's the local top school, so probably depends on your major and how many others apply. I would think they would cut you a break--so it's probably High Match.</p>

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<p>Alright, that sounds more realistic than wayward_trojan's reply. ;) </p>

<p>I'm currently competing in Math Tournaments and FBLA tournaments to win some awards.</p>

<p>Thanks Calcruzer!
Any others?</p>

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<p>what is H&SS?</p>

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<p>College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS)</p>

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<p>...and what exactly are the classes you take? and major? jobs? etc</p>

<p>thanks lol</p>

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<p>? I'm not in college....
I already posted the classes I'm taking.
I'm a soccer Coach, and I work at the YMCA</p>

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<p>lol i am talking about within H&SS?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.cmu.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.cmu.edu&lt;/a> check it out :) I went on a presentation that Carnegie-Melon did. The school looks pretty fun, and H&SS is mostly Social Sciences, I'm not sure about the Career Opportunity though</p>

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<p>bump.......</p>