What are my chances for USC, Boston College, Georgetown.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, take a look at my stats and tell me what you think my chances for admission are for each school</p>

<p>GPA 4.41
Rank 1 of 384</p>

<p>Will have taken 32 College Credits in highschool upon graduation (the eqiuvalent of AP/IB courses.)</p>

<p>SAT: 1840 (CR:650 W:660 Essay:11 Math: 530)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars/Community Service is where I shine:</p>

<p>El Pomar Youth in Community Service or EPYCS; 9th-12th Grade; 9 hours per week; 37 weeks per year; a philanthropic youth group that grants $8,000.00 dollars to local nonprofit organizations each year; Selected to lead program as President from sophomore year to senior graduation, Under my leadership we have been awarded school of the region three years consecutively</p>

<p>Student Council; 9th-12th Grade; 12 hours per week; 37 weeks per year; organization in dedicated to service to community and school; Student Body President 12th Grade year, Outstanding Leader 10th Grade, Outstanding Public Speaker 9th Grade, Three Year Letterman.</p>

<p>Miles for Michael; 11th Grade; 11 hours per week; 12 weeks per year; conceived and organized independently a fundraising walk in which 500 members of the community participated walked for a friend that was deemed terminally ill from cancer; Featured in CEO of Givemeaning.com’s blog, numerous newspapers, and local news. The walk raised $10,000. Featured in local news media.</p>

<p>Project Xylem;11th-12th Grades; concieved began project in which I shoot edit and produce socially consious films that tell the stories of members of our community. Designed webpage- <a href="http://www.xylemproductions.info%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.xylemproductions.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Young Life; 9th-12th Grade; 2 hours per week; 56 weeks per year; Christian group that meets once a week to play games, sing songs, and build relations between kids, and eventually take them to camp; Student Leader 10th through 12th Grades.</p>

<p>Young Life Work Crew; 11th Grade; 74 hours per week; 4 weeks per year;Summer of sophomore year I vounteered in northern California washing over 500 camper's dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily for a month with no pay.</p>

<p>Varsity Outdoor Track and Field; 9th-12th Grade; 2 hours per week; 17 weeks per year; Captain 12th Grade, Qualified for State Competition sophomore, and junior years, Four year lettermen.</p>

<p>Trojan of the Year; 10th and 11th Grade;Award given to one outstanding student at Fountain Ft-Carson High School for their service, academics, and leadership in the school. Won Sophomore and Junior years.</p>

<p>Keynote Speaker at the El Pomar Foundation;10th Grade-11 Grade;Selected to speak to every high school EPYCS program in the Pikes Peak area concerning the EPYCS year.</p>

<p>Youth in Philanthropy Summit; 11th Grade; Chosen as one of seven students from the nation to attend the inaugural Youth in Philanthropy Summit, Speaking with adults and exchanging ideas on the advancement of youth in philanthropy.</p>

<p>Mayor’s Top 100 Teens; Recognized for work in the community, academics, and character as one of the top 100 teens in the Colorado Springs area. Biography is printed in a widely circulated magazine placed in waiting rooms, city offices, and businesses throughout the area.</p>

<p>EF Tour to Italy,Greece, and Turkey;10th Grade Traveled with Educational Tours for fifteen days in Europe.</p>

<p>Close Up Tour to Washington D.C., New York, and Philadelphia; 11th Grade; Learned through seminars, debates, and eye witness more about the American government and the birth place of Democracy for 9 days.</p>

<p>Fountain City Council Youth Board; 11th and 12th Grade; 3 hours per week 24 weeks per year; liaison between city for youth needs, Elected as Mayor of board, responsible for fundraising and community service project as well as attending City Council meetings.</p>

<p>NHS; 11th-12th Grade; 2 hours per week; 37 weeks per year; Representative junior year, elected as Treasurer senior year.</p>

<p>Total Vounteer Hours: Somewhere in the upper hundreds to low thousands. Legit.</p>

<p>What do you think? Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>wow, you have great ECs and your gpa is also solid, you might want to retake the SATs if possible to improve your chances. Best of luck! :)
btw: I saw the Xylem Project, and it was really inspirational. All I can say is that the xylem project can be a definite hook (in my opinion, at least)</p>

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<p>I forogot to mention I am in that Princeton Review Class for the SAT and will retake them in October as well as the SATII in Literature and US History. Thanks though!</p>

<p>And i know very well the CEO of Productions for IMAGINE Entertainment (Curiuous George, Flight Plan, Cinderlla Man) and he is a alumni of USC and Georgetown. With that relation factored in what do you think?</p>

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<p>well, then you should be good to go!</p>

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<p>anyone else have thoughts?</p>

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<p>Nice e.c.s</p>

<p>Stab yourself in the leg and make a miraculous comeback and put that down and you'll get in.</p>

<p>But seriously, why try so hard?</p>

<p>But seriously, you're probably in.</p>

<p>But seriously, get your SAT's up a little bit higher. Consider the ACT as well.</p>

<p>But seriously, ***?</p>

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<p>anyone else? how do my low SATs play in, will my ECs EXCELLENT Teacher Evalas and unique essay do the trick?</p>

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<p>Have you ever thought about applying to some of the ivies?</p>

<p>if you raised your SAT scores to 2100+, youd have a shot at some of them. esp cornell</p>

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<p>i haven't really thought about it because i assumed my SATs were always going to be too low. Thanks for the advice man!</p>

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<p>You should consider the ACT if you don't think you can raise your SAT. There used to be a thread in the testing area where people with low SATs gained (proportionally) 200~300 worth of SAT points by taking the ACT. People with 1700s got 33s (equivalent to 2150~22xx) and so on. If you're taking your current situation, I would say that BC is a match. USC is a high match, and Georgetown is a slight reach. Everything is seriously riding on that test right now, since you have very impressive ECs and class rank/GPA. If you can break 2100 on the SAT or the equivalent of such on the ACT, I would even consider some top 20 schools as well.</p>

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<p>any others?</p>

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<p>Only thing: RETAKE YOUR SATS (or ACT)!!!!! Then you'll be a sure-in at those schools. If you dont raise that score your chances plummet.</p>

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<p>i just have such a hard time with the math portion of the SAT and ACT. I'll study hard though!</p>

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<p>what type of school do you go to? I could see a problem arising with your rank vs. SAT, kinda a strange margin.</p>

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<p>ur good....</p>

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<p>i go to a public school. I am not brilliant by any means. I am just super involved and have worked really hard in school. I don't test well in Math either I suppose. Do you think colleges will think there is some sort of credibility gap or something?</p>

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<p>They might think that your school was going easy on you, which is where most of the rumors of top schools rejecting valedictorians comes from. I do think you'll likely do better on the ACT, though, simply because you can dilute the effects of a low math section with 3 other sections. In addition, from my friends that took it, it seems as though the ACT takes a different approach to testing aptitude. Instead of making those annoying tricks and turns that plague the SAT (CR section anybody?), the ACT more accurately tests you for what you know, not for whether you bought the SAT books and figured out how to get past the tricky language on the test.</p>