UChicago, Columbia, or Harvard? Do I have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: gregb
Gender: M
Location: Florida
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.92
GPA - Weighted: 4.51
Class Rank: 1
Class Size: 535
AP tests by graduation:19</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 610
ACT: 33
SAT II World History: 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Tutoring, Math Honor Society,
Leadership positions: class VP freshman sophomore years
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Basketball- freshman and JV
cross country and track -JV
Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteer as a referee, coach, and instructor for basketball
Honors and Awards: Orlando's High School Chemistry Student of the Year,
2nd Place internationally for technical writing paper on a new synthetic model.</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type:
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000)</p>

<p>Harvard:
Columbia:
UChicago:
Emory:
Davidson:</p>

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<p>Hmmm I’m pretty sure that Harvard, Columbia, and UChicago are not small-medium small schools like you stated you so desired in your colleges… thinking about these palces just for the prestige then?</p>

<p>Anyways, Harvard, Columbia, and UChicago will be reaches for you (and large ones at that)… try to get your SAT scores up. Your GPA/rank is good, but it also seems like you just have run-of-the-mill EC’s (for Ivy applicants at least).</p>

<p>You have a relatively good shot at Davidson and Emory though.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry but how do you have 19 AP’s.</p>

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<p>You need to raise your SAT writing score…</p>

<p>Emory and UChicago may be possible with a lot of hard work.
You’re fine as is for Davidson
Harvard and Columbia are reaches as they are for most</p>

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<p>I’m curious about the 19 AP’s myself. I have 13, and I thought that’s a lot.
And what are your scores?</p>

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<p>freshman year: 2
bio and human geo, 3 and 5 respectively. gonna reake bio in college anyway
sophomore: 3
art history, world history, and chem, 4,5,4 resptively
junior year: 5
stats, eng lang, apush, physics b, psychology, not taken yet
senior year: 9( just the number of tests
macro, micro, gov, comparative gov, physics c mechanics, physics c electricity and magnetism, lit, calc bc, and computer science</p>

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<p>I think it’s reasonable for you to be looking at highly selective schools, as long as you take the SAT again and do a bit better. Emory and Davidson seem pretty reasonable, too. Make sure you look at schools that are matches and true safeties as well.</p>

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<p>i got a 33 on the act, couldn’t i just send that instead?</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppp</p>

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<p>what’s ur ethnicity?</p>

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<p>I’m white-Caucasian
nothing too special i’m afraid</p>

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<p>Definitely in the running for highly selective schools. Great chances at Davidson and UChicago. As was stated, SATs are a bit low (so are mine ha) but ACTs are solid. </p>

<p>Write some kick ass essays, get some kickass recommendations, and show each college that you bring something special to their respective campuses.</p>

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<p>i thank ya, fully appreciate it.</p>

<p>uchicago is number one right now (:</p>

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<p>Try to take another English AP your senior year, a class with lots of writing, which could help bring up your SAT writing score. Other than that, you are doing fine.</p>

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<p>thanks
i’m taking ap eng lang this year, and eng lit this year</p>

<p>i jsut had a bad day with the sat writing. i mean with the psat i would have gotten a 710</p>