Questbridge History major for HYPS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I am a current junior in need of some help. I know that chancing for any ivy league is usually unproductive, but I would really like to hear some thoughts on my strengths and weaknesses. Please chance me for QB National College Match for Yale, Princeton, Stanford(non-binding) in December. I will also apply to Harvard and the rest of the Ivy Leagues regular decision. Thank you for any help you can offer!!!

Personal Info: I am a white female, a single child raised by a single mother without contact with my father. No person in my family has attended college. My mother suffered a debilitating head injury a few years ago, and as a result of her inability to work we are on welfare and have an income of less than 15,000 (0 EFC). It might be useful to note that my mother and I were homeless during May 2015 after being evicted, and her condition has limited my ability to pursue school-based extracurricular activities. My interests include art history, history, and pre-law. I am in southern California.

Academics:
4.0 UW, 4.8 W
Rank 1/800 in large, semi-competitive public high school (10-15 to Ivy League every year)
Most difficult schedule (all Honors and AP, total of 15 AP classes once graduated)
35 ACT(36 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 29 writing)
Haven’t gotten March SAT back yet, will also take in June
SAT II: 800 WH, 800 USH, 770 Math 2
5: AP World
4: AP Physics
Projected: 5 APUSH, 5 AP Psych, 4 AP Seminar

Extracurriculars
President of school’s Quizbowl chapter (11)
President of school’s National Art Honors Society - art dept fundraising coordinator(10)
Art club treasurer (10, 11)
Mini online business buying and selling antiques to supplement income (9-12)
3 serious museum internships(9-10)
Volunteer art teacher at a senior living facility (9, 10)
Volunteer for Catholic organization that reaches out to the local homeless(10, 11)

Summer Activities
Freshman summer: Large museum unpaid intern
Sophomore summer: Smaller museum, paid assistant to curator
Junior summer: Pepperdine YCS and Stanford Humanities Institute

Awards
2 end-of-year awards from high school, Student of the month once (9, 10)
Chosen by YCS to represent my school
Questbridge College Prep Scholar

A note on essays: I want my essay to be really different from other applicants, so I’m working on formulating an interesting idea to focus on but it’ll integrate my interests and my struggles for sure.

THANKS AGAIN!

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I think you have a great chance!

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Wow that is a challenging background and I am very impressed at your achievements. I think you have an excellent chance for the QB college match

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@writer80 @“CS Wiz” iz Thank you very much! People like you make CC great :slight_smile:

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Don’t put that you’re interested in pre-law on your application. It’s a meaningless distinction. Any major is “pre-law”. Your stats looks great though, I can’t imagine a valedictorian with your ACT score and life story getting shut out of the top schools. Write a great essay and I’d say you’re likely to get at least one of HYPSC.

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@danfer91 Yeah I was iffy about putting pre-law on anything, thanks for confirming my suspicion. Thanks a bunch!

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you have a great chance, but if you’re applying to all of Ivies, maybe you’re doing a little too much rank-seeking. Maybe solidify your college choices and look for what you truly want from college. You’re an amazing applicant, so maybe give other people a chance? :wink:
BEST OF LUCK AND YOU’RE DESTINED FOR SUCCESS!