Reaching too high?? Will Chance Back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White - Male - NJ - 1st Gen
GPA weighted - (98)
Top 10% - ~550 in class (doesn't give specific ranks)</p>

<p>Just about all AP and Honors courses throughout HS.
Thinking about majoring in BIO or Biochem</p>

<p>Senior Sched:</p>

<p>Spanish 4 Honors
Calculus AP
English 4 Honors
AP Macro-Economics
Ap Biology</p>

<p>SAT results (first try):
M-720
CR-610
W-600</p>

<p>SAT #2
M-710
CR-620
W-680</p>

<p>Best Sections...M-720,CR-620,W-680 - total=2020</p>

<p>I'm going to take it one more time and I am scheduled for USH and Math 2 SAT IIs</p>

<p>Working experience-</p>

<p>Pizza Shop - 9th to 11th - 12 hours per week
Babysitter- when needed</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Vice President of my class for 2 years
-Member of student council (all four years)
-Interact club -all 4 years (club that does community service)
-Vice President of club as a senior
-Italian-American Club - all 4 years
-Student Alliance - 11th + 12th (helps incoming freshmen)
-Philosophy Club - 11th
-Basketball league in which i've been playing since 2nd grade
-Another league in which i started playing since 6th grade
-National Honors Society
-Spanish Honors Society
-Accounting award for school
-Chemistry award</p>

<p>Volunteer:</p>

<p>Mentor to an autistic child
- Each week I spend one or two hours with an autistic child of a Families Fighting Autism family I know. Started in 11th grade to present.</p>

<p>Animal Orphanage
- Walk dogs at a local animal shelter</p>

<p>Highschool’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt
- Event when children come to Eastern and have a variety of acitivites to and food to eat. At the end, there is a egg hunt for all of the age groups.</p>

<p>Walk-a-Thon</p>

<p>Breakfast with Santa
- Annual event that children attend with many events going on and every child receives presents donated by the volunteers.</p>

<p>Senior Citizen Luncheon
- Annual event where the volunteers serve, talk, and entertain the the senior citizens who attend</p>

<p>Elementary Fair
- Volunteer at a elementary school (that i attended) annually when they have their fair</p>

<p>So what do you think my chances are at the following schools? (don't have to answer all, just as many as you feel like or as many as you know about):</p>

<p>Bucknell
College of New Jersey
Lehigh
Northeastern
Penn State - UP
Rutgers NB
University of Delaware
University of Maryland - College Park
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania (big reach)
University of Florida
University of Miami</p>

<p>So what do you guys think? Any other schools to look at?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>bumplingss</p>

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<p>College of New Jersey- In
Lehigh: In
Northeastern- Match
Penn State - Match
Rutgers NB- High Match
University of Delaware- Safety
University of Maryland - Match
University of Michigan- Reach
University of Virginia- Low Reach
University of North Carolina- Reach
University of Pennsylvania - High Reach
University of Florida- Low Reach
University of Miami- Match</p>

<p>A lot of the OOS state schools you are applying to are notoriously difficult OOS, especially UNC and UMich, in addition to UF to a lesser agree. </p>

<p>You should get into some of your state reaches, although Upenn looks like a long shot.</p>

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<p>my take</p>

<p>College of New Jersey- In
Lehigh: In
Northeastern- In
Penn State - Match
Rutgers NB- Match
University of Delaware- In
University of Maryland - Match
University of Michigan- Reach
University of Virginia- Reach
University of North Carolina- Low Reach
University of Pennsylvania - High Reach for anyone
University of Florida- Low Reach
University of Miami- In</p>

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