Tulane, BU, UCI + Others! Chances please :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm almost at the end of my junior year and I was wondering if you guys would chance me for:</p>

<p>Tulane University (Political Economy Major!!)
Boston University
UC Irvine
UCLA
Carnegie Mellon
Georgetown
NYU
And Cal Poly SLO/Pomona and Whittier College as safeties.</p>

<p>I'm a white female from Southern CA. First generation, including my older siblings. I go to a large public school (4000+ students).</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 UW/4.2 W
Rank: 46/850, top 5%
SAT: 2010, retaking in May, expecting 2200+
Also taking USH and Lit SATIIS in June.</p>

<p>Grade Breakdown:
Freshman Year:
Honors English: B+/B+
Physical Science: A+/A+
Spanish: A+/B+
PE: A+/A+
Drama/Tech Theatre: A+/A+
Algebra II: B+/B+</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English: A+/A
Honors World History: A/A
Spanish II: A/A
Biology: A/A
Pre-Calculus: A/A
PE: A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year (Including Predicted Scores)
Spanish III: B+/B+
Calculus: B+/B+
APUSH: B+/A
AP Environmental: A/A
Honors Chemistry: A/A
AP English A/A</p>

<p>My senior year schedule:
AP Physics
AP Gov/Honors Econ
AP English
AP Spanish IV
Co-Teacher AP Environmental
Photography</p>

<p>*By graduation I will have five courses at community college: Calculus II, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Pre-Civilization History.</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
Significant volunteer work tutoring ESL students in poorer area of my city.
NHS
SHS
Link Crew
Rotary Interact
Significant Tech Theatre Work: Technical Producer (Spanish Honor Society Talent Show), Lighting design and operation (Multiple shows), sound design, prop manager, stage crew, etc.
VP of Multicultural Dancing
Soccer for 12 years
Guitar (self taught) 6 years
Piano (self taught) 3 years.</p>

<p>I know, compared to all of the CCers on here, I suck. But hey, stuff happens and you can't get perfect grades all the time :p</p>

<p>Anyways, your input would be appreciated. Also, suggest any schools that I should look into :) I would really like to get OUT of CA.</p>

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<p>Oh, and I will chance back! :)</p>

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<p>bump! someoneeee chance me!</p>

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<p>With a 2200 SAT and a 4.2 W GPA you will be competitive. Your unweighted 3.7 GPA is a little low -but you know that already. You are very accomplished. Too bad your sophomore year was better than your Junior year. Schools like steady improvement. But you’ll get into a great college. You are obviously college material and already have college credits behind you.</p>

<p>Tulane University (Political Economy Major!!) - You will be competitive
Boston University - Reach school
UC Irvine- You will be competitive
UCLA - Reach school
Carnegie Mellon - Reach school
Georgetown - Reach school
NYU - Low reach school
Cal Poly SLO - This is not a safety school it is now a low reach for you</p>

<p>Pomona and Whittier College as safeties - You will be very competitive</p>

<p>Some amazing schools you might like are University of Virginia (UVA is an awesome school especially if you like politics and law it is one of the best in the nation and a beautiful campus), University of Colorado Boulder (to get out of CA and see some beauty), University of Washington (Seattle is the exact opposite of So Cal if you want a real change), also take a real serious look at Brown University. Brown might be an absolutely perfect fit for you. One more, William and Mary in Virginia. Excellent politics, law and dates back to colonial times. It is right up there with Georgetown, etc.</p>

<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>If you have schools that are even higher reaches you may want to add those too :)</p>

<p>I mean, your GPA is a 3.7 but with that class rank I think that could just be subjective to your school</p>

<p>You look very competitive though, especially if you get a 2200+</p>

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<p>So the fact that I’m top 5% of my class should help kind of make up for my low unweighted GPA?
I’ve considered Brown in the past, but I’ve always assumed that my GPA was way to low to get me in. :confused: I mean, it’s an amazing school in an amazing area. Do you really think that I have a shot? </p>

<p>What are some more match/high reach schools. I mean, I think I can present myself well. My school’s NHS is EXTREMELY competitive and I thought I wasn’t going to get in, but I somehow managed that one…
Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>Boston University is absolutely not a reach.
That class rank really puts your GPA in perspective. You are competative at all of those schools, but georgetown and Carnegie Melon will be reaches, and UCLA might be a low reach.
I wouldnt say you are definately in at all the others, but with that bomb SAT, amazing class rank and solid grades, and decently well rounded ECs, you certainly have a good shot with good essays, recs, and a good showing your senior year. Make your senior year count, like osakadad said, the downward trend can be offputting if you dont step it up your first semester senior year.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>I know this year was the WORST time to screw up. :confused: My best friend committed suicide and it was all around a bad year. I don’t really want to make excuses or whatever, but stuff happens. I just hope I can turn it around and get somewhere I really want to go. :slight_smile:
Thanks for all your guys’ help!</p>

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<p>Oy :confused:
If you put in the work and let colleges know that you had rough personal issues junior year I’m sure they will understand.</p>

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<p>How would I go about explaining that though?:confused: I don’t want to be a sob story or try to get sympathy, but if it wasn’t for those issues i would have gotten straight A’s.:l</p>

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<p>I just wanted to add a couple things to my stats:
Two academic letters.
CA distinguished graduate or whatever its called. (it has something to do with date testing)
High honor roll/deans list.</p>