what are my chances for the following colleges? Chance me please!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Colleges currently looking at:
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
HPME program @ Northwestern
GPPA medicine @ UIC
Loyola
John Hopkins
guaranteed medical school enrollment @ penn</p>

<p>Just wondering if i stand a chance for any of these schools
Ethnicity: Egyptian</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>G.P.A. weighted: 5.2 </p>

<p>rank: top quartile, our school doesn't have a ranking system</p>

<p>ACT: highest I got is a 33 but I took it two more times and waiting for my scores</p>

<p>SAT II: planning on taking Biology and Math II </p>

<p>AP classes
Calc BC: 3 (took it sophomore year though after I skipped pre-calculus)
World History: 3
Language, Biology, Stats, Chemistry, Physics C, French: will take</p>

<p>E.C.s
Tennis team: JV freshman year
Science Olympiad: 3 years and will be captain next year
Service club: 2 years and continuing next year
National honor society
french club
Volunteer: tutoring middle school students weekly for 2 years and applied for a volunteer position at a hospital</p>

<p>Awards: 3rd place at regionals for science olympiad
academic achievement: honor roll</p>

<p>what do you think is it too impossible?</p>

<p>P.S.: I moved to the US in eighth grade</p>

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<p>What’s your UW GPA in 4.0 scale?</p>

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<p>Unweighted it is 3.7 on a 4.0 scale</p>

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<p>GPA 3.7 / ACT 33:</p>

<p>University of Chicago: high match
Northwestern University: high match
John Hopkins: High match/low reach</p>

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<p>High match as in I have a decent chance? also what do you think for the GPPA @ UIC?</p>

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<p>The low APs will hurt. For highly selective/most selective, 3s are embarrassing, 4s in non-core fields O.K. but not much help. </p>

<p>At this rate six more will sink you. Instead, if your goal is a pre-med or combined med program, do what it takes to ace Bio and Chem (and/or those SAT IIs).</p>

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<p>I know that the 3s aren’t of any help but last year I had some issues so I couldn’t do as well at school. I am doing a lot better this year so I think I have a decent chance of acing the AP tests this year. Thanks for the replies though.</p>

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<p>It’s been heavily debated whether AP scores actually directly affect your admissions decision for some schools. Even though the chances are that it doesn’t greatly affect your decision, I would still aim for high scores, nonetheless. </p>

<p>But it definitely won’t be a deciding factor either way.</p>

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<p>Disagree. To some degree at highly selectives, and especially at most selectives like UC or JHU, a collection of AP 4s-5s is an expected part of your portfolio, not (mainly) a source of AP credit. Their absence would be conspicuous.</p>

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<p>well what about my extracurricular activities? Are they good enough?</p>

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<p>AP scores have little role in admission as you don’t submit AP scores until you are committed.</p>

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<p>When do you submit AP scores then? I thought you send them along with the application</p>

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<p>You don’t need to submit AP scores till you finish senior year and then submit all the AP scores to the committed school all at once. There is no stat on AP score for school admissions. It is reflected on your transcript as grades and course load though. For senior students that have committed to a school that does not consider credit or placement advantage for certain AP class, you may skip that AP test and save that $100.</p>

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<p>oh okay, I thought these scores were a strong factor in getting accepted by schools. Guess not.</p>