**What are my Chances? (UC Berkeley, Brown, JHU, Northwestern, Cornell, Columbia)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a high school senior, now working on my college apps. Sigh*</p>

<h2>I understand that my GPA is on the lower end and I'm curious/worried about whether I can make it to these schools. and with my major, I have more competition to get into private schools. So please please help me by chancing me? :)</h2>

<p><strong>Colleges/Major</strong>
Brown University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Rice University
U.C. Berkeley</p>

<p>*Majors I'm considering:
-Neuroscience (1st choice)
-Philosophy
-Journalism
-Sociology</p>

<p>btw, I'm an Asian girl in California. go to a competitive public school. </p>

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<p><strong>The Basics (GPA/rank)</strong></p>

<p>GPA: weighted 4.16,
unweighted 3.6</p>

<h2>rank: 12/570 (?). about top 2%</h2>

<p><strong>Test scores (SAT/AP)</strong></p>

<p>SAT I: 2270 (CR: 760, M: 780, W: 730; essay 10)
SAT II: Math 800, U.S. history 800, Biology 760, Korean 790</p>

<h2>AP exams: World History 5, U.S. History 5, Calculus BC 5, Biology 5, English Language 4, Physics Mechanics 4, Physics E&M 2...</h2>

<p><strong>Extracurricular Activities</strong></p>

<p>Sports:
Girls Varsity Tennis for 4 years
Captain of the team, senior year
MVP sophomore year
East Bay Area League tournament consolation champion</p>

<p>Clubs/Class:
*Journalism for 4 years
- Society editor, Copy editor, Photo editor, Online editor
- Made the first online school newspaper/site
- Wrote for the local newspaper for two years
*President and founder of philosophy club
*Vice President of DECA (business club)
-Northern California business competition 2nd place in business plan
-State business competition - 4th place in business plan
-State business competition - 3rd place in business presentation</p>

<h2> -International business competition participant</h2>

<p><strong>Community Service/Hobbies</strong></p>

<p>-Tutored as a book club teacher for 2nd language korean students 4 years
-Volunteer for Congressman Jerry McNerney's campaign (10 hours)
-played piano for 8 years</p>

<h2>-tutored my neighbors in math over summer.</h2>

<p><strong>Letters of Recommendation</strong>
one from my sophomore english teacher - i think it'd be great
one from my calculus/bio/world history teacher- eh... okay-ish</p>

<h2>one extra from my journalism teacher - awesome</h2>

<p>I would GREATLY appreciate it if you chance me
and I will try to chance you back if you have a threat posted.
thank you!</p>

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<p>Brown University match
Johns Hopkins University match
Northwestern University match
Cornell University match
Columbia University low reach
Rice University low safety
U.C. Berkeley in state safety. oos match</p>

<p>chance me back please</p>

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<p>All ivies are very unpredictable - so I disagree that they are matches.</p>

<p>Brown University: reach
Johns Hopkins University: low reach
Northwestern University: high match
Cornell University: low reach
Columbia University: reach
Rice University: low match
U.C. Berkeley: match</p>

<p>Chance back please :)</p>

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