UPenn, MIT, Columbia, Harvard? will chance back.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>The title of this thread consists of the names of my reach schools. I know they're all crapshoots but this might either calm me down or give me a dose of reality :) I'm a junior at a top public school in NJ- could you chance me given my stats?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.94 unweighted
PSAT: 234
SAT: 2360
Class rank: not released, estimated top 7 in a class of 450
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)</p>

<p>Classes:
9th grade- Honors Alg 2, Honors English, Honors Physics, Spanish 4, World Studies, Orchestra
10th grade- Honors Precalculus, Honors English, AP Chemistry, AP US 1 (two-part course), French 4, Orchestra
11th grade- AP Calc AB, AP US 2, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP English Lang, Orchestra
12th (projected)- AP Calc BC, AP GovPol, AP Econ, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, Orchestra</p>

<p>Grades: As and A minuses, one B+
AP Exams: 5s on Chem and Music Theory (self studied) but haven't taken the rest yet.
Misc: Concertmistress of school orchestra, member of chamber orchestra for 3 years so far.</p>

<p>ECs:
-Model UN (2-time elected President of General Assembly, nominated for Premier Delegate, president of school chapter)
-Mock Trial (awarded Best Witness in regional scrimmages, team captain)
-Youth in Government (attended conference, on the board in my school chapter)
-Regional orchestra 2 years on violin
-Carnatic vocal Music (Indian classical art form) = my "hook" or whatever haha. Learned for 13 years, won around 30 competitions, performed around 15 full-length concerts in USA, UK, India, raised $12,000 in a benefit concert in NJ for women's education in India, recognized by and performed with renowned artists, go to India every year to perform in music festival.
-Selected for Partners in Science (state-funded science research program) summer of sophomore year; spent the summer researching nanotechnology)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Princeton Hospital (courier)
Interact club at school (miscellaneous)
Benefit concert (described above)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Going to ask AP Chem teacher and AP English teacher; they liked me a lot.</p>

<p>I know these colleges are so so so hard to get into. Is it worth applying?</p>

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<p>It’s definitely worth applying. I don’t see much wrong–be it numbers or EC-wise. Nice work! Just remember to take the SAT II.</p>

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<p>Oh, sorry! I forgot to mention SATIIs.
Chem: 790
Math: 800
Spanish: 760</p>

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<p>As I said before, nothing sticks out to me as wrong. Very unique. I see you being very happy.</p>

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<p>My one question is why you suddenly switched to French sophomore year, but you’re not planning on taking it again?</p>

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<p>Idk, I don’t enjoy French as much as I enjoy Spanish. I would like to continue courses in high school in which I won’t die of boredom :P</p>

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<p>Bah, French is better than Spanish, imo. Sounds more beautiful, grammar’s less complicated, and more popular around the world.</p>

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<p>I could argue Spanish for all those aspects :wink: but seeing as your username has “francais” in it, I’ll just nod in agreement.</p>

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<p>Hey, after looking over this thread and chancing, would anyone mind chancing me at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1093143-chances-some-elite-institutions.html#post12054776[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1093143-chances-some-elite-institutions.html#post12054776&lt;/a&gt; ? :-)</p>

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<p>i see you getting in to all those schools mentioned, you are a gem. however nothing is for sure. chance me back</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1086809-what-chances-do-i-have-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1086809-what-chances-do-i-have-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>We can agree to disagree, I suppose :slight_smile: I like Spanish at times; I think it’s just that it doesn’t surprise me due to my studies in French.</p>

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<p>“Learned for 13 years, won around 30 competitions, performed around 15 full-length concerts in USA, UK, India, raised $12,000 in a benefit concert in NJ for women’s education in India, recognized by and performed with renowned artists, go to India every year to perform in music festival.”</p>

<p>Interesting!!!</p>

<p>Make sure to write good essays (SATRT EARLY!!!)</p>

<p>Scores look good!</p>

<p>Better chances at Penn and Columbia.</p>

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<p>thank you for your honest opinions everyone :slight_smile: can anyone else give me some advice?</p>

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<p>Ivies are always reaches… but not as much for you
UPenn, Columbia- low reach/high match
Harvard- reach
MIT- reach</p>

<p>definitely apply though. you have as good a chance as most people.
also, how did you jump directly into spanish 4 and directly from there into french 4? are these the entry level courses, or had you already had 3 years of spanish and 3 years of french before high school?</p>

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<p>Thank you! I’d studied French while living abroad in London as a child, and it turned out to be useful after all. I studied Spanish in middle school and skipped a few levels. Languages are something I really enjoy :)</p>

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<p>Those are some pretty solid stats… you definitely have a shot at all of those … probably the best chance at UPENN and MIT… Columbia also you got a good shot… and Harvard is a reach for everyone so …</p>

<p>chance back
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1079059-chance-me-ambitious-applicant.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1079059-chance-me-ambitious-applicant.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ah, now that’s something we can agree on. I’ve studied French since 7th grade, and I started Spanish in the August before my junior year (now taking AP Sp Lang). Not planning on continuing Spanish in college, but definitely majoring in French.</p>

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<p>Commendable- although I would go on with Spanish if I were you! I’m thinking about medicine as a profession though, so I’ll have to continue with languages on the side.</p>

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<p>You have only taken 1-1.5 years of spanish and yet you are already in ap spanish language? how?</p>

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<p>The long story is that I did middle school Spanish on my own in the weeks before school, did freshman Spanish for a couple weeks before my teacher recommended I move on, finished the ear in sophomore Spanish, started junior Spanish level 1 (level below AP), but was recommended to move up to AP part way through the year.</p>

<p>TL;DR: French is a huge help.</p>

<p>@violinpiano: Was thinking of starting a new language that’d be really exotic to me. I was gonna go with Ancient Greek.</p>