Senior looking for Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've been reading these as a guest for quite some time, and I think it is time for me to find out my chances. I will chance back if you post a link.</p>

<p>State: RI
School: Small Independent Private School
Class Rank: School doesn't rank but top 20% at least
SAT Scores: 770M 730CR 610W 1500/2110
SAT II Scores: BioM: 690 Chem: 700
GPA: 3.5 Unweighted
Course load: 8 honors courses, AB Calc, AP Physics, AP Bio, APUSH pretty typical course load for the best students. Not a lot of APs offered and APs are typically only for seniors.</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<ul>
<li>Robotics Club member for four years; semi-finalists freshman and junior year at BU Engineering Design Competition</li>
<li>Varsity Cross Country Team - 3 years and Captain for 1</li>
<li>Varsity Basketball 2 years, JV for 2 years, and Captain of JV for 1</li>
<li>Varsity Sailing 3 years</li>
<li>Senior Layout Editor for Newspaper for 1 year and member for 2</li>
<li>Captain Physics Team 1 year</li>
<li>Chem Team and came in 2nd place at RI Chem Exam. Smallest team there</li>
</ul>

<p>Work Experience</p>

<ul>
<li>CVS for the summer and this school year</li>
<li>Umpire - from start of my ninth grade year until the spring of 09.</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Coach's Awards - Cross Country 2007, 2008 and Sailing 2007
Honor Roll - Freshman through Junior year at the moment</p>

<p>Recs: Head of Science Department and Math Teacher of 3 years. Both are pretty good. Counselor rec is very good.</p>

<p>Essays: All my essays are pretty good maybe not the best ever, but I think they are pretty good.</p>

<p>Looking for Chances at:
Villanova - EA
UMiami - EA
BC - EA
Boston University
Northwestern
University of Florida
Brown - Legacy (Dad and Grandmother) but not a lot of money donation
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
UPenn</p>

<p>Plan on majoring in something science related, possibly engineering. If anyone has any ideas for schools that would be a good fit please suggest them.</p>

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<p>Your test scores may hold you back from the Ivies. I’d put those at a reach, Northwestern/JHU/UF (out of state is hard) at a very high match, and the rest at matches. Boston U might even be a safety for you.</p>

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<p>If only your writing SAT score was 700+ you would be greatly in the running at the ivies. </p>

<p>Your GPA is definitely too low for the ivies, and top 20% is not good enough when 95% of students at ivies come from at least top 10% of their schools. </p>

<p>Apply to your fav school ED, retake the SAT and if you improve to a 2200+, I think you can be in the running.</p>

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chance me back!</p>

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<p>NWestern JHU, Cornell, UPenn are reaches
everywhere else is a bretty good bet
if you make the admissions officers remember your essay at the end of the day, you will get into most of those</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who replied so far. I kind of figured that my GPA would hurt me at the upper end of the college spectrum.
How much will a 610 writing hurt me. It does not count for as much as the math or CR at most schools right? Also, class rank is a rough rough guesstimate. There are 40 kids in my class. </p>

<p>Other Schools I would like chances on:</p>

<p>UVA (OoS)
Carnegie Mellon
Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>Rice as well</p>

<p>bump…</p>