UChicago, Emory, and Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schools: FAU, UCF, UMiami, UFlorida, Emory, Spelman, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, UChicago, UMich, and Stanford.</p>

<p>Academics
SAT 1: Math- 660 CR- 720 Writing- 650 Composite- 1380
ACT: Composite- 31 Composite Superscore- 32
SAT II: Math II- 610, Physics- 600, US History- 720, English Literature- 750
GPA: 3.48 UW, 4.67 W</p>

<p>AP: Human Geography- 4, Psychology- 5, English Lang- 4, Calculus AB- 2, Physics B- 3, U.S. History- 4</p>

<p>Rank: 38/494</p>

<p>Senior Curriculum: (first semester grade)
AP Biology w/ a lab as a separate honors class (B with a A in the lab)
AP English Lit. (A)
AP Stats (A)
AP U.S. Gov’t (A)
AP Comparative Gov’t (A)
Spanish 4 (B)</p>

<p>Awards: National Achievement Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society, TASSer in ’07, made it to finalist for TASP</p>

<p>Extracurriculars In School (leadership, awards)(years): Admittedly a weak area :-(
1) Relay for Life (Secretary and Team Captain)(11,12)
2) Asian Club
3) Young Democrats
4) National Honor Society
5) National English Honor Society</p>

<p>Extracurriculars Out of School (leadership, awards)(years):
1) Volunteer at my local children’s hospital (9, 10, 11, 12) While my only out of school extracurricular I have dedicated the most time to it by far. Eg. Whole summers, I have logged well over 200 hours there.</p>

<p>I’m a black, female living in South Florida</p>

<p>Future: I want to study Biology and possibly minor in Anthropology. I wish to attend medical school and then become a pediatrician. </p>

<p>Recommendations: My English and History teachers can, and did, speak highly of me because I was able to develop a solid out of the classroom rapport with them.</p>

<p>Essays: I feel that they expressed my voice and just tried exemplify who I was.</p>

<p>I have already gotten into FAU, UCF, and UM. I was deferred by both UMIch and UChicago but hold out hope for UChicago because it is my first choice school.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>UFlorida, Spelman I don't know anything about.
Emory, Cornell, UChicago, UMich you might have a shot but I dont't think you're the strongest applicant.
Yale, Columbia, Stanford I'll give you a 1% chance of getting into any of the three.</p>

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<p>Emory - I think it's a high match. SAT's are kind of low. Same w/ G.P.A. However, you're an URM
Spelman - no clue. sry
Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford - Even though you're an URM, I don't think your scores + G.P.A will cut it for you. Sry.. You got a lot of EC's, but no major award to back them up.. Still a chance, but quite small..
UChicago + UMich - These I would classify as Reach. Send in additional information if you have any for Uchicago. Then... just wait it out. I think you got a chance to get in 1 of the two.</p>

<p>Please help me out:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/647147-opinons-opinions-opinions-i-want-your-opinion.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/647147-opinons-opinions-opinions-i-want-your-opinion.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I'm not worried for the HYPS level schools on my list because really spending precious time contemplating them can be constructively been used elsewhere. Though the wait, even for the highly likely denial, is agony as you all well know.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot everywhere except for Yale, Columbia and Stanford. Your GPA is kind of low for Michigan and Chicago, but I wouldn't be surprised if you still got into one RD. You can get into all the Fla publics, and I think you have good chances at Spelman too. Match for Emory (whitest school ever, needs URMs). Cornell is unlikely but who knows (I feel like they admit based mostly on GPA, but hey maybe that's just the people I know)</p>

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<p>anymore thoughts?</p>

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<p>Maybe I just think its weird but can your'e weighted GPA really be that high? Anyway I say in at FAU, UCF, Spellman and Miami. Florida, Emory Michigan and Chicago (all essay for UC) are reaches. All of the ivy schools are under 15-20%.</p>

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<p>Yes my weighted can be that high, I've had a few AP's. I find it interesting that you see UF being harder to get into than Miami, but thanks for the input. : )</p>

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<p>Oh I know you have had a few AP's. It just looked particularly high to me. Wasn't trying to say you were lying or anything. Also Florida isn't that much of a reach. I thought you were oos for it.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>I'm also a tad confused by your weighted score. Unless you consider AP +2 GPA, and Honors +1, then the highest you can go up is one cumulative point (i.e. to a 4.48). </p>

<p>Also, I feel the others were a bit too critical with regards to JHU, it's hard to get into, and it's definately a reach, but I don't feel it's as bad as others are making it out; I think you have at least some chance (assuming your not applying BME there, in which case I would agree with them.</p>

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<p>I fear you have replied to the wrong thread because JHU is not on my list...</p>

<p>anyone else out there in CC land?</p>

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<p>insight? opinions? something?</p>

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<p>hello out there?</p>

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<p>You have low chances at the Ivies and Stanford (even though you are a URM).... it's just the fact that there are undoubtedly other URMs applying with better test scores than you.</p>

<p>And for the University of Chicago is also a big reach. They seem to be very big on test scores, and yours aren't competitive with much of the applicant pool. However, they also like well-written and thoughtful essays, so if those are good, then your chances may go up a bit.</p>

<p>But who else truly knows your chances besides the adcoms?</p>

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<p>just got into spelman</p>