Typical what are my chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just got my first SAT results and I feel bittersweet. I'm happy because it's my first time taking it and I broke the 2000's (I got a 2010 composite score -660CR/650M/700W) but it's not good enough for the top schools. Ill take it again in October as I'm taking my US History, Math 2 and Spanish subject tests in June. I'm just another nervous kid without any college guidance available :S It would be very helpful if you guys could give me a genuine overall idea of what to aim. 100% fluent in another language and an URM. Here are my Stats/Creds for HS:</p>

<p>Freshman Year
3.8 unweighted GPA. No honors or AP courses available (International School not in US)
Sports: Vars Volleyball (regional and national school competitions)</p>

<p>Sophmore Year
4.0 unweighted GPA. No honors or AP courses available (International School not in US)
Sports: Vars Volleybal (regional and national school competitions)</p>

<p>Junior Year (Moved to US)
AP English Lang&Comp A/A
AP Spanish Lang&Culture A/A
AP US A/A
AP Stats A-/A
H. Precalc. A/A
H. Chemistry A/A
Sports Medicine A/A</p>

<p>4.57 weighted GPA. don't remember unweighted
Academic: STEM scholar
Sports: Cross Country/Varsity Volleyball (made it to state qualifiers)
Volunteer: 110 hours in total...</p>

<p>Senior Year: (US, REGISTERED CLASSES)
AP English Lit&Comp
AP Spanish Literature&Culture
AP Physics
AP Bio or Chem (i really like both :/)
AP Calc AB
H. Government</p>

<p>Doing the same sports senior year.</p>

<p>EC's:
Habitat for Humanity (9,10)
Operation Smile (9,10)
Founder and President (10) of ____ club (10)
Knowledge Bowl (9,10) (regional winners and national winners as well)
Model United Nations (9,10) (conference in Chicago and NY) and officer (10)
Student Government (9, 11)
NHS (11)</p>

<p>...I played in the band during 9,10 and can play the trumpet pretty well but idk if this counts lol...</p>

<p>My new school really doesn't offer any EC activities... not kidding)</p>

<p>I REALLY COULD USE SOME GUIDANCE! SOMEONE HELP ME MAKE A COLLEGE LIST OR SOMETHING I FEEL I'M ALONE IN THIS PROCES!!!!</p>

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<p>Since you have great grades and are URM you have a good chance at some top tier schools, just try to get that SAT up! Even if you stay in the same range 2000-2150, you will have your pick of some pretty great schools. Since it’s probably too late to get some more ECs, I’d say Ivies are not looking so good for you.
I don’t really know what schools you are looking at or what your intended major is so it’s a little hard to be more indepth. </p>

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<p>Or try the ACT… there are people who do significantly better on one than the other.</p>

<p>Perhaps your budget would help us too, on top of what the last poster asked for.</p>

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<p>Hmm I want to major in Economics and budget isn’t really a problem for me. Some of the schools I was looking into were Duke; UCLA and Berkley; maybe Stanford; perhaps lower Ivies like Cornell, Dartmouth or Brown; University of Chicago, etc. I don’t know where I could possibly get into. I have a couple of safety schools but I wouldn’t want to go to any of them!</p>

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<p>You have seven reaches… the more reachable of them are UCLA and Berkeley.</p>