****ty GPA & Good Scores + EC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! </p>

<p>So I'm really conflicted as to what my chances are at schools considering that I have an insane upward trend but a relatively low average. I'd really appreciate the input!</p>

<p>9th grade: 85 uw
10th grade GPA: 91 uw
11th grade GPA: 98 uw</p>

<p>My school also doesn't rank which makes this process a lot more confusing. It's also top 50 in the nation.</p>

<p>ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 750 USH, 760 Chem</p>

<p>Courses:
All Honors if not AP
AP World - 5
AP US History - 5
AP Chemistry - 5
AP English - 5</p>

<p>Courses for next year:
BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Bio</p>

<p>ECs:
Senior President
Junior President
Co-founder and co-captain of our Policy Debate Team
Mock Trial
Key Club Divisional Secretary
Key Club VP
Key Club Treasurer
Patient Care at a specialty hospital
Assistant Researcher at a local college
Administrative Assistant on Wall St</p>

<p>Awards:
-New York City Policy Debate City Championships Semi-Finalist and a bunch of other debate things (best speaker, best team)
-New York City Science and Engineering Fair Third Place in Chemistry<br>
-Navy Marine Corps Award
-Qualified for New York State Policy Debate Championships<br>
-National Spanish Examination Gold Medalist
-Certificate of Excellence from Oracle ThinkQuest Competition (Top 10%)</p>

<p>Alright, if you somehow made it through all of that bless you.</p>

<p>I'm looking at:
-Boston College's Caroll School of Management
-UC Berk
-Notre Dame (EA) should I apply EA?
-Cornell
-Colgate
-Brandeis
-Georgetown
-Carnegie Mellon Tepper
-Emory
-UMich
-USC
-NYU Stern
-Villanova
-Stanford
-UPenn</p>

<p>Thank you sosososo much!</p>

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<p>-BC: mid match
-UCB: mid reach
-Notre Dame: mid match (apply early to a reach school, honestly)
-Cornell: low reach
-Colgate: high match
-Brandeis: low match
-Georgetown: high match / low reach
-Carnegie Mellon Tepper: high match / low reach
-Emory: high match / low reach
-UMich: low reach
-USC: high match / low reach
-NYU Stern: low reach (very competitive though)
-Villanova: high match
-Stanford: high reach
-UPenn: mid reach</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

<p>(BTW, your GPA isn’t bad at all!!)</p>

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<p>Generally agree with the above except:</p>

<p>Cornell: Reach
Brandeis: Low reach
Villanova: match
UPenn: High reach
NYU Stern: reach
CMU Tepper: reach</p>

<p>Thebeatlestoday:
Your assessment would imply that Villanova is harder to get into than Brandeis which I really don’t think is the case.</p>