Sorry! just once more...this time looking for matches

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>** well im just copying and pasting all the info from my last chances thread. the reason im asking this is i need match schools to look into. i wanna go around over spring break and look but i cant only get committed to my reaches. so any advice on matches? here is my previous chances stats: **</p>

<p>im a male from NJ.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7ish uw, 3.987 weighted at the moment, by the end of the year i expect it to be about a 4.02 (probably bottom of top 10%, did poorly freshman year)
SAT I: 2110 - 720m, 700cr, 690w...will prolly retake in june or sept.
SATII: USHist 740, will be taking world history and either spanish or physics after this year</p>

<p>APs: soph year - UShist, junior year - Euro, Physics B, senior(scheduled) - english, art history, chem, calc AB, stat...at my school you really cant take more than 1-2 soph year and 2-3 junior year depending on your schedule.</p>

<p>ECs: Teachers assistant at synogouge, will get teacher cert. at end of year
Post-confirmation religious s**chool (its most forum/debate oriented now and i dedicate time to it)
League bowling
school bowling 9, 10
school volleyball 10, 11, (12)
Volunteer at library and historical society
Intl. Affairs Club
My schools version of NHS
philosophy club
peer tutoring</p>

<p>Hooks: nothing really super, maybe teacher cert? i also applied for congressional page program so i hope i get accepted, if not ill just be doing an internship. and then these arent hooks but might be interesting essay topics: strugge with disease miller fischer syndrome (guilliam barre) in 5th grade and travels to eastern europe and israel for nonvacation purposes.</p>

<p>well thats about it...i can only apply and hope but im just curious how any of this is looking now. I really wish i didnt mess around my freshman year but i wasnt very college conscious then :-( Thanks!</p>

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<p>you dont have any colleges/universities in mind?</p>

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<p>i do but theyre all reaches according to people on here: georgetown, brown, johns hopkins, tufts, u chicago</p>

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<p>matches por favor!?!?</p>

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<p>tuft and chicago aren't reaches</p>

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<p>oh really? some people told me i had no chanec at chicago :&lt;/p>

<p>im just really nervous now as I heare about people with great scores get rejections.</p>

<p>I feel like nothing about my application makes me good enough for a top 20 school. My GPA isnt great...i had a few Bs and even a B- freshman year (i SUCK at bio)! I had straight As last year. this year i have B+s in APs and As. That freshman year is killing me though GPA wise. SAT, while I did well, just doesnt seem to be as well as everyone else :(((. and my ECs suck, i had to try so hard just to buff it up to the list above. sorry about all the complaining im just pretty depressed about all this right now :((( </p>

<p>ANYWAY, thanks. any other schools?</p>

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<p>pleasseeee :)</p>

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<p>what are you looking for in a school? location? size? major? etc ?</p>

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<p>looking for any type but i need a school with a campus. urban schools are fine but i love quads etc, so if you can compare like NYU and columbia or GW and Georetown, the latter in each has a campus feel while the former is just a part of the city. thats how i feel at least</p>

<p>location id prefer Northeast but id also possibly consider california, mid-south, and the illinois area</p>

<p>size small or medium, no real huge state schools (maryland, penn state, etc)</p>

<p>major international business or international affairs</p>

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<p>anyone? im most worried about my GPA</p>

<p>oh and i MIGHT be co-founding/president of a new club next year that works with one of my volunteer things</p>

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<p>pleaseeeeeee</p>

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<p>come on i know you guys can help</p>

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<p>look at University of Southern California...your SAT score is good. As long as you're on an upward trend, don't worry about GPA too much.</p>

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<p>Andrassy:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)
UCSD: Match (out of state)
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Safe Match (out of state)
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safety (out of state)</p>

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<p>hm would i have a chance at berkeley? never even considered it</p>

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<p>University of Michigan would be a nice match...</p>

<p>Yes you have a chance at Berkeley...but you don't want to be there trust me.</p>

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<p>lol ok. i dont know anything about it. is UMich really big? i kinda wanted to stay away from state schools because of size</p>

<p>see the thing is that i really want to go to a high quality school and really want to get the best education possible but from here i think the ivies and top schools are out of my range, but maybe im wrong...</p>

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<p>UMich...at 24000, it's one of the smaller state schools...but I wouldn't say it's REALLY big...</p>

<p>U of Arizona=~30000
Arizona State U.=~38k
etc. etc.</p>

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<p>cal seems slight reach for you according to cc peoples...
but there is nothing harm you to apply...</p>

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<p>the problem is that i dont know if i wanan go that far away :&lt;/p>