What Hurts the Most...

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>is not being accepted by your dream school. As a result, I had to complete a plethora of other apps so please chance me for these schools RD.</p>

<p>My high school information:
Top 200 public schools in the nation.</p>

<p>ACTs/Standardized Test Scores:
Composite: 33</p>

<p>Math II Subject test: 780
Biology (E): 730</p>

<p>APs:
Calculus AB (5)
Chinese (5)
U.S. Government (4)
Calculus BC (5)
Calculus AB Subscore (5)
Psychology (3)
Biology (4)
U.S. History (5)</p>

<p>Unweighted: 3.52 rough Junior year due to family issues will mention in essay
Weighted: 4.24 (top 20%)</p>

<p>Courses: </p>

<p>Freshman:
GT Humanities English
GT Humanities World History
GT Biology
GT Pre-Calculus
H French II
Concert Choir
PE/Health</p>

<p>Sophomore:
GT Humanities II English
AP Humanities II U.S. Government
GT Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
H French III
H Computer Science
Women's Choir</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Humanities III English Lang.
AP Humanities III U.S. History
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
Madrigals
AP Psychology
H French IV</p>

<p>Senior
AP Humanities IV English Lit.
GT Humanities IV Modern World History
AP Statistics
GT Physics
Madrigals
AP Micro/Macro-economics
GT Intern/Mentor Program</p>

<p>ECs:
- Choir all four years
- President of local tutoring club: Junior to Senior
- Spring Coordinator of Model United Nations Club: Sophmore-Senior
- Volunteer trip to an impoverished region of China this summer, I taught kids art and music
- Founder and Co-president of a club which fundraises and writes letters to students I taught during my volunteer trip: Senior
- Salvation Army: Freshman
- National Honor Society: Junior-Senior
-Public Relations Officer at my Chinese School SGA
-Volunteered/Interned at the University of Maryland Medical School
-Intern at a local business</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation:
Math: Good because I was a Junior is a mainly-Senior based Calculus BC class and did decently in the class
English: Good because I always participated in class and did well
Choir: Really good because I had him for three years and I was one of the best singers in my choir(not to be cocky he told me himself)</p>

<p>College Choices:
-Univeristy of California Berkeley
-Cornell University
-Johns Hopkins University
-Wellesley College
-Smith College
-New York University (and Stern)
-Haverford College
-Carleton College</p>

<p>Thank you so much! I will chance back</p>

2

<p>While you had a death in the family, most of these top colleges have 90% of people at the top 10% of their class, including athletes, legacies, VIPs, etc… So I would look that number up for these colleges. My guess is that the death explanation won’t help too much. Your GPA is pretty low. Too low for at least Berkeley, Cornell, JHU, Wellesley, and I think Carleton. I don’t know much about the others.</p>

3

<p>Cornell: Reach
Berkeley: High match (if OOS full-pay)
JHU: Reach
Wellesley: Match
Smith: Low match
NYU CAS/Gallatin/Steinhardt: Match
NYU Stern: Reach
Haverford: Reach
Carleton: Reach</p>

<p>Do you have a safety?</p>

4

<p>yeah U Maryland College Park…I am from Maryland too</p>

5

<p>anyone else?</p>

6

<p>I disagree with the others. Your EC’s are quite solid, and your GPA is good enough in my opinion. I’m making a slightly similar case with dealing with a long-long disability and still doing well in school when making my case to colleges. I think NYU and Berkeley are definitely likely! :)</p>

<p>Check out my thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1443598-chance-me-marist-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1443598-chance-me-marist-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

7

<p>All the reaches that CATRIA mentioned are I think are actually Low Reaches or even Matches for you because of your AP scores, Golden rule: 5 APs with 5s</p>

8

<p>The reaches are reachable, I’ll grant you that, maybe I was overly harsh on certain schools.</p>

<p>NYU Stern: High match
Haverford: High match
JHU: High match
Carleton: High match</p>

9

<p>I disagree with fatherofm. Aps are self reported and barely looked at by the colleges if at all. GPA is low but act is good. You ll get in at some and rejected at others</p>

10

<p>Seven or eight years ago, five Advancement Placement exams with a score of five would warrant the top score in Duke’s achievement category. Today, about half of the applicants meet this standard.</p>

<p>This is from Duke, You can imagine other schools. Words of MR. Guttentag.</p>

11

<p>Thanks so guys for the feedback! Yeah I know with my GPA my chances at some of these schools are quite slim, but you only apply to college so many times. And fatherofm thanks so much for your encouragement, I kind of need it after being rejected from my dream school. :)</p>

12

<p>-Univeristy of California Berkeley: high match
-Cornell University: reach
-Johns Hopkins University: reach
-New York University (and Stern): high match</p>

<p>Good luck!
Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1429851-chance-me-top-ucs-other.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1429851-chance-me-top-ucs-other.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

13

<p>thanks! i most definitely will.</p>