UCHICAGO, DARTMOUTH, UPENN, NYU etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>dartmouth probably ed
georgetown uchicago bu upenn nyu cornell </p>

<p>dartmouth ED, uchicago, BU, cornell, george washington, georgetown, vassar</p>

<p>Female/Born in Bangladesh/ came here 7 years old
Top ranked high school
Rank-no rank, top 25%-- 900 students in my grade
Average- 90
SAT- 750 MATH 700 READING 750 WRITING- 2200
SAT II- 750 math 2c, 800 american, 800 physics
Income-- less than 20,000
First generation college student</p>

<p>ap classes- world his, american his, physics b</p>

<p>senior year- ap environmental, ap eng, ap stats, calc honors, ap gov.</p>

<p>academic awards- honor society in school, service award, semi finalist in nasa dream comp., and several other awards from competitions </p>

<p>Extra- Working at pathology lab 25 hours a week as a research assistant for one year, ---- Volunteer at american cancer society 3 years and internship for one summer --organize the big events (walks etc)-- official advocator for my school
- Tutor disadvantaged children for one hour
-volunteer at hospital
-volunteer during science festivals in nyc</p>

<p>clubs--
School newspaper 3 years-- editor in chief
president of breast cancer fundraising club--organized a ball to raise over $2,000,created special bracelets sold through out school
model united nations--secretary 3 years
key club</p>

<p>I have very poor grades my first year of high school..I was going through a lot of personal/ family things
freshman year avgs- 75, 80
soph year -- 90,85
junior year- 93, 102 (last report card)</p>

<p>I was diagnosed with arthritis junior year, i don't think that matters. Working in the pathology lab, changed my life and made me a dedicated student and passionate--plan to write about it for essay</p>

<p>top 25%...screwing me over?</p>

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<p>what school in NYU?</p>

<p>(but you really should post this in the “what are my chances?” forum)</p>

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<p>Post this in the chances forum.</p>

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<p>No shot at uchi,Dartmouth, and uPenn</p>

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<p>10char bump</p>

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<p>Good scores but your ECs are a little weak. Make sure you get good recs and qwrite killer essays, then maybe you’ll have a shot.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>You need to do the math. Your math SAT is 10 points above median and your CR 30 points below. 6% were not in the top 10% of their HS class. Good but not over the top ECs. Low income/first generation is a tip, but not a hook. Doesn’t sound like you go to an underperforming school which is where the real tip would come in.</p>

<p>My guess is there is no way you will see an ED acceptance so I would use it at a school where it will be an advantage to you and try Dartmouth RD after raising scores.</p>

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<p>I keep hearing that the ECs aren’t “colorful.” I mean, i don’t really understand…what should I have done? Gone to zimbabwe and handed out mosquito nets?</p>

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<p>um, yeah, that’s what i did.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>lol @ stephen</p>

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<p>I don’t think ECs are necessarily the issue so much as class rank. I know kids (including myself) who got in unhooked with a similar level of ECs. But the not top 10% may very well screw you over for top school in which that is really one of the key admission factors, and I would look at your SAT score as a possible weakness as well.</p>