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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>so:
little bio: born in Mexico, raised in Mexico, Idaho, Indiana, Ohio.
Current school is on the foothills of the Indian Himalayas (since eleventh grade). Its a private school, but my great-aunt is paying for the whole thing, plus i'm on a scholarship. (nothing comes from my family's pockets)
other HS: okay public school in rural Idaho, okay public school in rural Ohio.
fluent in spanish!
American citizen! yay!
Parents both have graduate degrees.
Family income: $about 60,000 (my dad is unemployed since he got a terminal illness)
Rough stuff:
SAT CR: 700 M: 600 (i'm taking it once, hoping to get CR over 700 and Math around 650)
SAT II: Spanish, 760; Lit, 700; Bio, 700.
GPA. UW, 3.8 (little weird since I have switched schools a million times)
i'd say i'm in the top 8-15 in my class of 62ish
APs: AP Comp. Politics and Government, 5; AP English Language and Comp, 5.</p>

<p>Curriculum senior year:
AP English Lit and Comp
AP Euro Hist
AP USH
AP Environmental Science
AP Stats
(all grades are A- or above)
Hindi IV (skipped Hindi II and III and went from I in elevent to IV now)
advanced orchestra (1st chair clarinet), advanced band (principal clarinet), jazz band (1st chair tenor sax), indian music ensamble</p>

<p>i play the clarinet (since 5th grade), the sax, the tabla (an indian drum), and the violin. (submitted music supplement)</p>

<p>ECs: (not all at present school, some at old school)
FOUNDED Spanish club at my school in India (11 grade). Co-pres.
FOUNDED a program that takes high school musicians into the surrounding schools, hospitals, villages, etc. to give locals a chance to experience classical music which is HARDLY EVER possible in India
co-pres of debate club
speech and debate all four years
lots of community service always
RIDICULOUS amounts of theater at high school, colleges, community, semi-pro, and regional theaters, plus competitions
writing center coach--i tutor kids who have a hard time speaking or writing english about 2 hrs per week</p>

<p>other about me stuff:
i love languages, especially Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, and Sanskrit.
I love reading philosophy and reading in general
i love music and theater
i want to major in political science and foreign languages</p>

<p>essays: pretty good
recs: pretty good</p>

<p>college list:
U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM)
Georgetown
Columbia
Middlebury
Emory
WashU in StLouis
Vassar
Kenyon
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus
new college of florida
CCNY- city college</p>

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<p>U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM) - match/high match, as long as your essays are good
Georgetown - high match/low reach
Columbia - reach, but I think you stand an awesome chance it’s just that the Ivies are so competitive
Middlebury - match
Emory - match
WashU in StLouis - match
Vassar - don’t know enough to chance
Kenyon - don’t know enough to chance
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus - match
new college of florida - in
CCNY- city college - don’t know enough to chance</p>

<p>Your EC’s are awesome. You are definitely going somewhere great. Best of Luck to you!
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<p>AAAAAAAH!! ommmggg thank you so much you don’t know how better your chance made me feel haha :P</p>

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<p>U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM) - low reach/reach
Georgetown - high match/low reach
Columbia - reach/high reach
Middlebury - high match
Emory - match/high match
WashU in StLouis - high match/low reach
Vassar - high match/low reach
Kenyon - match/high match
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus - low match/match
new college of florida - low match</p>

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<p>Columbia-match
not sure about the other ones</p>

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<p>U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM) - low reach
Georgetown - low reach
Columbia - reach
Middlebury - high match
Emory - high match
WashU in StLouis - high match
Vassar - match
Kenyon - match
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus in
new college of florida - in
CCNY- city college - in</p>

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<p>U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM)- low reach
Georgetown-low reach
Columbia- reach
Middlebury- low reach
Emory-?
WashU in StLouis- high match/low reach
Vassar- high match
Kenyon- match
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus- ?
new college of florida- low match (probably in)
CCNY- city college-?</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>you need good essays for uchicago</p>

<p>chance me
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<p>You have a really interesting background. Given all the moving around you’ve done, I think that your ECs are great and you have a good academic profile. You definitely seem to get really involved in the activities you enjoy. I’d say:</p>

<p>U Chicago (SUPERDUEPREUBER DREAMMMM)- low reach
Georgetown-low reach
Columbia- reach
Middlebury- low reach
Emory- match/high match
WashU in StLouis- match
Vassar- match
Kenyon- match
U Pittsburgh, pittsburgh campus- safe
new college of florida- safe
CCNY- city college- safe</p>

<p>Chance me (I’ll PM you).</p>