Sigh.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ahoy!</p>

<p>Type: High school senior
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
High School: Small but high-ranked in college town</p>

<p>PSAT: 219
SAT: 2180 (800 CR, 670 Math, 710 Writing; I've only taken it once)
SAT II: Literature (690), US History (740)
AP: US Gov't (5), English Language (5)</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.5
- There was a pretty substantial decline in the second semester of my junior year, caused by something that I cannot reasonably talk about on the application. My grades for the first semester of senior year are much, much better, but very few schools will see those.</p>

<p>Rank: I don't know, but in a very competitive high school, probably not as high as I ought to be.</p>

<p>Course Load: Always quite difficult, though my school offers very few APs. Starting Junior year my school lets you take college courses for free at the University in-town, and I've taken many courses there (18 credit hours junior year, on a 3 credit-per-class basis, with 11 more this semester) including several 300-level classes in History, my intended major, doing quite well (one of my recommendations comes from one of my college history professors).</p>

<p>Awards:
- Honor Roll
- National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- JSA (9-12, President, Vice President)
- Knowledge Bowl (9-12, Captain)
- Drama (11-12)
- Science Bowl (10-11, but probably not this year)</p>

<p>Schools:
- University of Washington
- Reed College
- Lewis & Clark College*
- Tulane University
- Northwestern University
- Fordham University
- Eugene Lang College*
- Bard College
- Skidmore College
- Trinity College
- Hampshire College</p>

<p>*: Schools with deadlines late enough to see this semester's grades.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Your SAT and PSAT looks fine for the colleges you have chosen. Northwestern looks to be a Reach though, with your mediocre (dare I say?) extracurriculars. Your GPA is not the end of the world, although I wouldn't consider it to be terribly competitive. If you have a reason for the decline, at least indirectly mention it in your application. You don't have to stress it if you don't want to.</p>

<p>Ethnicity and SAT II's won't help you, but it won't hurt you either.
But... Have some hope! You don't need to worry too much with your stats. Its still way above a lot of people. Just spend these last few days re-writing and perfecting your essays, and you'll get into more colleges than you might care to admit.</p>

<p>So, Reach for NW, High Match or Matches on most of the other colleges.</p>

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<p>Oh, don't worry, I'm not too worried about getting into some of these schools (Bard and Skidmore are my top choices). I'm mostly posting this to see whether other people are.</p>

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<p>I think most other people will agree with me!</p>

<p>Again, I think you are already a foot in Skidmore and Bard. </p>

<p>I don't have that much confidence in my schools... I mainly applied to reaches and therefore I'm pretty nervous. So your confidence in your choices is definitely well-deserved and a step ahead of your peers. :)</p>

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<p>Well, thank you.</p>

<p>Anyone else want to venture an opinion?</p>

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<p>I think NWestern is a reach and rest are fine. Reed likes to see intellectual spark.</p>