So, what do you think?!!!!??!?!??!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here are some of my stats: </p>

<p>17 year old Mexican American Junior(family makes less than 50k/year). First Generation College Student. From a small but growing rural Texas town. I plan on going pre med.</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 4.63 (as of the end of my junior year)
Unweighted GPA: not sure really(make A's above 96's usually)
Rank: 1</p>

<p>AP Classes </p>

<p>Junior Year: English, US History, Spanish 4, Calculus AB </p>

<p>Senior Year AP Classes I plan to take:English, Gov't, Economics, Biology, Calculus BC, Computer Science, Music Theory </p>

<p>Scores: </p>

<p>SAT(will take again): </p>

<p>V-720
M-670
W-760 </p>

<p>ACT(will take again): composite - 31
Science - 26
Math - 29
Writing - 33
Reading - 36 </p>

<p>Essay - 10 </p>

<p>Subject Tests: </p>

<p>Math 1C - 720
US History - 740
Spanish - 780 </p>

<p>AP's: </p>

<p>US History - 5
English Language - 5
Spanish - 5
Calculus - 2 (that test day was the worst day of my life...i completely blanked/choked/froze during the test. I don't feel that this score reflects my true calculus abilities)</p>

<p>Extras: </p>

<p>*Come from a brand new high school that had 8,9,10 grade its first year.
*Play the Bassoon in the Wind Ensemble(all 4 years )
*Have made All-District Band, and All-Region Band(twice). I plan to make it to All-State next year.
*Have been on the School's Drumline, once in the Front Ensemble, and the the past two years on the bass line(section leader). I will play snare next year. I'm thinking my hook could be a drum playing bassonist. I don't know if that's enough though.
*Have been in many UIL academic events. All-district ready writer.
*Been President of NJHS, Crime Stoppers
Been in Student Council for all of high school(been treasurer three times)
*Have won some school awards in web design and world history
*Then I've been in a few smaller school clubs for a year or so, but my main things are StuCo, Band, and Academic Stuff.<br>
*I've gotten 3rd place in The Austin American Statesman's Excellence in Writing Contest.
*In Student Council, I have attended a summer leadership workshop, 2 state conventions, and many district conferences.
*I also volunteer weekly at my church, at least 1.5 hours a week.</p>

<p>**Senior year:
*I will be president of NHS.
*Will be treasurer of Student Council again.
*Will be playing snare as a bassoon player</p>

<p>Schools: I'm not really sure yet, but I'm thinking about the University of Chicago, University of Michigan - Ann Harbor, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, and Priceton. Basically, all of the top colleges. </p>

<p>Of course I have some safeties:
UT, Texas State, and/or Baylor </p>

<p>So, what do you think?</p>

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<p>Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, etc. are all going to be big reaches. You seem like a pretty good canidate, and your marching band stuff is great, but it takes a lot to get into a school like this and it's going to be a banner year. And Stanford is just a killer regardless. You've got a shot, but I don't think you could get more than one of those.</p>

<p>UMichigan I think you can get fairly easily. Ditto with Rice. And Duke, too, seems like a good bet. Hopkins and Uchicago are a little reachier.</p>

<p>Find more intermediate schools! It shouldn't be Harvard or UTexas. There are TONS of other good schools in between.</p>

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<p>Given that you can show a school like UChicago (or any school, really) that you want to attend, I think you have a very good shot.</p>

<p>If you go to Chicago, you'll graduate debt-free. :-)</p>

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<p>respectfully disagree with all above me...PM me when you get into them all, mexican or not</p>

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<p>Yeah, i'll probably look for some more intermediate colleges, I have some in mind, but not really, cuz i forgot them.</p>

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<p>OK, i found another college. How does Pomona sound?</p>

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<p>Pomona is a great school. But it's tiny. I know two girls who got into Yale regular and did not get into Pomona. One was waitlisted, one was rejected. An intermediate school would be a Macalester/Carleton/Connecticut College sort of place.</p>

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<p>you're a URM with decent stats, you're in if the rest of the application is good :)</p>

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<p>You mean in to Pomona or in to any of the schools? Just wondering. </p>

<p>I always thought of schools like Baylor or UT as being good schools, maybe in that intermediate level.</p>