Updated Stats + Chance Me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! I’m currently a senior awaiting for some results from colleges. Here are my stats:
Objective:
UW GPA: 3.975, W GPA: 4.329 (the only thing tainting my GPA is a B in Painting during 9th grade :frowning: )
Rank: 5/370 (will change to 2 or 3)
Course load: IB Language and Literature HL, IB Math SL, ID Chemistry SL, IB History of Americas HL, IB Visual Arts HL, German ab initio, Theory of Knowledge, AP Psychology (this is the most rigorous course load available in my school - only offer SLs for the SLs I am taking)
ACT: 32 (waiting for my October results still!!!)
SAT Subject: waiting for my November results! But first time mid-to-high 600’s

Extra Curricular Activities:
Tennis 3 years, 2 years varsity doubles/singles
Karate, 6 years, brown belt
Amnesty International board member, 2 years
Journalism editor (board), 2 years
Class officer, 2 years
Volunteer at work, 4 years (~200 hours)
President of grant writing grant (in charge of funding environmental/social/health projects to school, all are pending as of late), 2 years
Girls Build Los Angeles (program to empower women throughout LA area, focus: mental health and sex ed)

Awards:
High honor roll (ever since 9th grade, awarded to students with GPA 3.75+)
AP Scholar with Distinction (4 AP World, 5 AP Environmental Science, 5 AP Human Geo, 3 AP Cal, 4 AP US History - AP US History was self study)
IB DP candidate
No more perfect attendance because I’ve attended fly-ins :frowning:

Summer activities:
-Eco-Interns program (revitalization of the Los Angeles River; study DO, pH, turbidity; spread awareness about keeping waters clean/safe, community forum to address the public about our findings), tennis practice to train for varsity
-JSA at Princeton (International Relations, received 88%), tennis practice

Other:
School type: Mid-sized public (I’m magnet/IB, and my graduating class will be the first in our district to graduate with an IB diploma)
State: CA
Country: US
Race: Filipino
Gender: F
Intended major: International Relations/Sociology
Income: will qualify for substantial FA

Schools (in order of preference):

  1. Princeton (SCEA)
  2. Swarthmore (DiscoSwat fly-in)
  3. UPenn (applying Huntsman if Pton doesn’t pull through)
  4. Dartmouth (accepted into Dartmouth Bound, but couldn’t go b/c JSA at Princeton)
  5. Brown
  6. Northwestern
  7. Duke
  8. Emory
  9. Tulane (already submitted RD)
  10. Kenyon (Cultural Connections fly-in)
  11. Pitzer (visited - live very nearby)
  12. Wesleyan
  13. UVA (EA)
  14. UNC Chapel Hill (EA)
  15. UCs: Berkeley, LA, SB, D
  16. Cal Poly SLO (brother attends, already submitted RD)

Thank ya’ll for your feedback/responses! I really appreciate it.

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That B in Painting actually made me laugh. =D>
The thing that strikes me about your statistics and other things in your post is how similar we are. However, we have very different college lists with only very little overlap. That said, here is what I think. I would advise you to take this with a grain of salt of course, as I’m also a senior completing my first application cycle.

Princeton (SCEA) - high reach for absolutely everyone
UPenn (applying Huntsman if Pton doesn’t pull through) - low reach
Dartmouth (accepted into Dartmouth Bound, but couldn’t go b/c JSA at Princeton) - reach
Brown - reach
Northwestern - reach
Duke - reach
(These are reaches because of test scores. Get it up to a 2150 or so and you’ll be more competitive.)
Tulane (already submitted RD) - match with likely merit aid
UVA (EA) - low match
UNC Chapel Hill (EA) - high match (difficult for OOS)
UC Berkeley - high match
UCLA - match
Cal Poly SLO (brother attends, already submitted RD) - match

The rest I’m not familiar enough that I would feel comfortable commenting, sorry.

I think your strengths really lie in your academics. You’ve taken an extremely rigorous course load (I’m also going through HL Lit and History) with lots of IB and AP work, and you’ve had a high degree of success. The thing that is pulling you down, for me, is your testing. Doesn’t quite match up with your nearly perfect GPA. I would wait to see what scores come in for the ACT/SAT and hopefully they bump you up.

Would you mind taking a look at my thread, since we have similar interests? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1830636-180-days-to-go-so-help-me-stay-sane-by-predicting-my-chances.html

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Curious why didn’t you do EA for Tulane?

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@Chopinspiano Princeton is SCEA, so I can’t apply to any other privates EA. I would’ve otherwise

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UPDATE: ACT retake is a 34! 36 E, 29 M, 36 R, 34 S

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bumpity bump bump bump

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Schools (in order of preference):

  1. Princeton (SCEA)- deny
  2. Swarthmore (DiscoSwat fly-in)- deny
  3. UPenn (applying Huntsman if Pton doesn’t pull through)- low reach
  4. Dartmouth (accepted into Dartmouth Bound, but couldn’t go b/c JSA at Princeton)- reach
  5. Brown- reach
  6. Northwestern- reach
  7. Duke- low reach
  8. Emory- high match
  9. Tulane (already submitted RD)- match
  10. Kenyon (Cultural Connections fly-in)- high match
  11. Pitzer (visited - live very nearby)- n/a
  12. Wesleyan- high match
  13. UVA (EA)- deny (SUPER HARD FOR OOS)
  14. UNC Chapel Hill (EA)- high match
  15. UCs: Berkeley: low reach
    LA: low reach
    Davis: match
    SD: high match
  16. Cal Poly SLO (brother attends, already submitted RD)- match

If u get the score up to 33+, I would say NW, Brown, and Duke will become high matches. Good luck!! Just be aware that as you are applying to a multitude of difficult schools, that you can’t get into all of them (chance and luck won’t allow it generally).

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can u chance me too? :slight_smile: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1838238-ucla-berkeley-cornell-will-chance-back.html#latest

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Congrats on 34, I bet Princeton accepts you.

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DEFERRED Princeton, so I applied to the other schools on the list + Reed. I could really use some input right now!

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Congrats on that 34 C! Your numbers are now good enough to pull you through the first round for most colleges. However, what do you think is going to pull you through the applicant pool once your academics have been assessed? The fact that I’m asking this question will probably be asked by an adcom, which may indicate that there isn’t an apparent sort of dedication within your app. What are you passionate about? How in depth did you go with a certain EC or two? Overall, you have a pretty good chance for most of your the colleges that you’re applying to.

Chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1847372-final-chance-thread-ivies-stanford-ucb-p1.html

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UPDATE: I received a $30K scholarship to Tulane!!!

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UPDATE: I JUST GOT INTO UVa