What are my chances? (Yale, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Gtown, Northwestern)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Public CT high school
Basic stats: female, Pakistani
SATs: 2230 (760 CR, 720 Math, 750 W) --- should I take these over?
PSAT: Jr yr 211 (might get some sort of prize or recognition for this, idk)
will be taking SAT 2 in Bio, US, and Math 2
GPA (UW): will be anywhere around 3.8-3.875 when I graduate, top 5% of class, but idk exact rank
Freshman & Soph yr: took as many Honors as possible
Jr yr courseload: AP Stat, Honors Precalc, AP English 11, AP US, Honors Physics, AP Bio
next yr's courseload: AP Calc AB, AP English 12, AP US Gov & Politics, AP Chem, AP Spanish, Senior Philosophy Seminar </p>

<p>Resume-ish, as of now:
Work Experience
Intern, local governor Campaign, June – August 2006
Intern, The American Red Cross, November 2005 – Present
High School State Director – Connecticut, Students for Barack Obama (SFBO), March 2007 – Present </p>

<p>Awards & Recognitions...
there are a few
Sheldon House Recognition Award (2004)
Latin Award (2004) (Cum Laude?? idk)
Governor’s Scholar Award Semi-Finalist (2007)
Vice President of Public Relations of the Year, Company of the Year Runner-Up – Junior Achievement of Southwest Connecticut Company Program (2006)
National Honors Society</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
The American Red Cross – Darien/Stamford Chapter (2005-Present)
some Hospital (Summer, 2004)</p>

<p>Activities </p>

<p>Active Member & possibly High School Representative – Lower Fairfield County Young Democrats (2007-Present)
News Editor, Copy Editor – Westword School Newspaper (2005-Present)
Co-Founder/Co-President – Model UN (2005-present) (member at old school, 2004-2005)
Vice President of Public Relations – Junior Achievement of Southwest Connecticut Company Program (2006) (will probably be VP of Marketing next year)
General Board Member – Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council (2007-Present)
Active Member – Future Business Leaders of America (2006-Present)
Religious Classes & Youth Group (2004-Present)
Freshman Editor – Yearbook (2004-2005)
National Honors Society
probably Columbia Science Honors Program (2007-2008)</p>

<p>Languages
Fluent Urdu
Spoken Hindi
Conversational Spanish</p>

<p>ETC:
brother went to Columbia
uhhh</p>

<p>what can I do to improve my chances? I need to do something over the summer, I know...My first choice is Yale at this point (unlikely, I know)</p>

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<p>bump?? :) help would be appreciated</p>

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<p>you have as good a chance as any!
you might want to slightly inc. your SAT marks...try and focus your essays on a single voluntary work or achievement and focus on that instead of creating a laundry list of achievements. that will show that you're passionate abt said achievement!</p>

<p>best of luck, although I HATE YALE!! and spoken urdu is pretty much the same as spoken hindi so i might as well mention that i know spoken urdu!!! good to see you've called yourself arctic_monkey!!</p>

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<p>unlikely?! i think you have quite a high chance :) that you've shown so much involvement and, indeed, potential in national and international politics - what with barack obama, model UN, future public leaders thingy... you'd be a great hit at highly politically-charged yale. and barack obama was a columbia alumnus :P what a candidate to support huh.</p>

<p>go for it. you might want to try retaking your SATs to bring it up to 2300, cos you definitely have language proficiency, and SAT I Math is something I think you're able to get 800 for with some work and mental discipline during the test.</p>

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<p>my GPA isn't too low then? I'm thinking it'll realistically be around 3.82 end of junior year...and uhh 4.45 weighted but I don't care about weighted</p>

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<p>wait, why do you hate Yale exactly?</p>

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<p>aaand another question, if I take the SATs in October, will I be fine for early decision/action?</p>

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<p>Double check the website of the early decision/action school you're applying to but most colleges accept the October (even November) SATs.</p>

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<p>shameless bumpage</p>

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<p>Bumpppppppppppppppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>Yale = Lower Reach, but you still have a good chance. you have a lot of great ECs that show your passion for business......so maybe do something business-related over the summer.</p>

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<p>I think I'm getting a (wellll-paid fulltime) internship with UBS. good?</p>

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<p>awesome, UBS is Swiss!</p>

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<p>Sadaffffffffffffffffffffffff</p>

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<p>i haaaaaaaaaaate you
just so you know</p>

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<p>I thought most of these internships were for undergrads..?</p>

<p>Anyways, I think your SAT and GPA is low for Yale, but good enough for anything else. Good luck</p>