Rising Junior: my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to be a junior this fall and these are my stats so far. Included are some plans for junior and senior year. The *s are non-school activities.</p>

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<p>9th Grade:</p>

<p>*Children's Museum, Volunteer (30 Hours)</p>

<p>*"Teens Against Tobacco Use" Performance, Actor </p>

<p>Black History Month Performance, Actor</p>

<p>School Newspaper ,Staff Writer and Assistant News Editor</p>

<p>Charity Club, Member</p>

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<p>10th Grade:</p>

<p>*Hospital, Volunteer (78 Hours)</p>

<p>Extended School Day Classes (Journalism), Student</p>

<p>School Play (Fiddler on The Roof), Actor</p>

<p>Interact Club, Co-Vice President and Volunteer (6 Hours)</p>

<p>Students Against Destructive Decisons, Vice President</p>

<p>School Newspaper , Staff Writer and Layout/Copy Editor</p>

<p>Junior States of America, Member</p>

<p>Amnesty International, Member</p>

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<p>11th Grade:</p>

<h2>Same asSophomoreYear, but an officer in Amnesty Intl.</h2>

<p>12th Grade:</p>

<h2>Same as Junior year, but hopefully an officer in all clubs, and about 300 hours volunteer service by application time.</h2>

<p>Other Notables:
-Inducted into National Honor Society (10)
-Member of National Society of High School Scholars (10)
-Member of Who's Who Among American High School Students (10)
-Accepted into MichiganTech Explorations in Engineering Summer Program (10)</p>

<h2>-Accepted into Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference (10)</h2>

<p>Projected unweighted GPA: 3.4-3.5</p>

<h2>Weighted: 3.6</h2>

<p>SAT (8th grade) = 1040
SATII Bio E (9th grade) = 620
PSAT (10th grade) = 193
APWH taken 10th grade (hopefully a 4)
SATIIWH taken 10th grade (hopefully 650 or higher)
APUS planned for 11th grade (hopefully a 4)
AP Bio planned for 12th (hopefully a 4)</p>

<h2>AP Spanish planned for 12th (5 without a doubt i basically think in spanish already)</h2>

<h2>Taken all advanced courses with the exception of advanced calculus, and including college credit language courses.</h2>

<p>Schools I want to know my chances for: Stanford, UCLA, Cornell, MIT, NYU, Brown, Columbia, Northeastern, Boston U.</p>

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<p>Krelian393:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCLA: Reach</p>

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<p>Sorry I should have mentioned, I'm a NY resident, an international student (lived in US for 10 years by time applying for college).</p>

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<p>Are your applying for financial aid?
If so it will hurt your chances because only a handfull of schools are need-blind for internationals.</p>

<p>Stanford--huge reach
Cornell--big reach
MIT--huge reach
NYU--reach
Brown--big reach
Columbia--big reach
Boston U.--reach</p>

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<p>I'm not sure if I'm applying for financial aid. The only aid my siblings got were scholarships from the schools that they didnt even have to apply for specifically to be given, and I know we've never done loans or anything like that. So, no.</p>

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<p>you definitely need to pick a couple of matches and safeties- unfortunately with a 3.4 gpa all of those schools range from slight reaches to ridiculous reaches</p>

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<p>Krelian393:</p>

<p>UCLA: Super Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>though your ec's are interesting, i would have to say all those schools are more or less reaches.</p>

<p>pick a couple of safeties and matches other than these schools. still apply to the ones you've pick, don't let these comments discourage you! Write amazing essays, and perhaps you'll get accepted.</p>

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<p>Maybe you stand a shot at northeastern and BU, but all those others are out of your league. Its a harsh reality, but how many kids really are MIT worthy? I had to come to terms with the same reality, didn't even apply to any Ivy's and am now thrilled with where I'm going anyway. You need to take another look at where you plan to apply, because while your EC's are great and blow a lot of kids out of the water, your stats are run of the mill.</p>