Why chance me? Why not? (Well, I'll chance back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: Competitive public (#100 on Newsweek ranking, #250 on Washington Post)
State: TN
Race/Gender: Asian Female
Income Bracket: 250k+</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.2 W
SAT I: 750 CR, 700 M, 780 W
ACT: 34
SAT II: Haven't taken yet
Rank: Top 7%</p>

<p>AP Classes: Completed 6, passed 7 AP tests (AP Euro - 5, AP English Lit - 5, AP Calc -3, APUSH - 3, AP Physics - 3, AP Bio -3, AP Lang - 4)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:</p>

<p>AP Econ/Gov (We go to each class every other day)
AP Spanish V
AP Psych
AP Stat
Anatomy Honors
Great Books (Standard-level class, but I think I can get a rec letter from teacher explaining what it is)</p>

<p>Also taking Geography and Philosophy through dual enrollment.</p>

<p>Additionally, I took three college classes during the summer, with two through Gov School summer program (Religion, Music) and another through dual enrollment (Microecon). Got A's in all three classes.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<ul>
<li>Debate team ("Technical adviser" - in charge of handling evidence and stuff)</li>
<li>Quiz Bowl team (Restarted team, Captain)</li>
<li>Volunteered 150 hours at Youth Encouragement Services, program that works with at-risk, inner-city kids</li>
<li>Peer Tutor, 100 hours</li>
<li>Youth In Government Club - Attended Youth Legislature four years and Model UN two years, have positions (Blue Hour Floor Leader for Youth Leg, part of Secretariat for Model UN)</li>
<li>Played Cello, six years</li>
<li>"Resume adviser"</li>
<li>Math Team/Mu Alpha Theta (Uhhh...wrote prealgebra test)</li>
<li>National English Honor Society</li>
</ul>

<p>Also, I'm in the process of writing a novel. I should be done before the last of my apps get sent out. Planning to raise $75 from the books, with the proceeds going to an undecided charity.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>National Merit Semi-Finalist</li>
<li>National Spanish Exam Gold Award (95% and above) - three years</li>
<li>Selected for TN's Governor's School for the Humanities (< 25% acceptance rate)</li>
<li>Top 5 in National History Bee for TN</li>
<li>Top 10% for school during last three years</li>
<li>AP Scholar with Distinction (lol)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Downward trend. ): I had an incredibly rough year last year, unfortunately. I am planning on making this up through my midyear reports. If they don't reject me before then, that is.</p>

<p>Finally, the schools:</p>

<ul>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>CMC College</li>
<li>Emory</li>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>Princeton (I know it's a huuuge stretch)</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>U Chicago</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>Vandy</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Wellseley</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Oh yeah I’m also applying to Chicago EA and Brown ED.</p>

<p>Bump.</p>

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<p>looking at your academics, most of the schools that you want to get into are matches or reaches. Of course the Ivy Leagues and New Ivies might be a stretch for you. Only thing that brings you down is your SAT scores. You should google MyChances.com (its html is like [Parchment</a> | Parchment Inc.](<a href=“http://www.parchment.com%5DParchment”>http://www.parchment.com) or w/e) It allows to you to put in a lot of things like GPA, AP scores, SAT 1 and 2, ACT, etc. and it calculates for you. Note: however, that it gives you a percent, and then below it, is percent on how accurate that is.</p>

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<p>I also have to add, I got a 5 on my APUSH exam, not a 3. So I really have four 5’s, two 3’s, and one 4.</p>

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<p>You seem like a stellar student with solid grades, SATs, and ECs. On one hand, the couple of 3’s you got on APs may raise the question of grade inflation at your school considering your high GPA. However, I don’t think it will matter that much because you are top 10%.</p>

<ul>
<li>Brown- Reach, but it’s a reach for everybody.</li>
<li>Bowdoin- Don’t know enough about this school.</li>
<li>CMU- Match</li>
<li>Emory- Don’t know enough about this</li>
<li>NYU- Match </li>
<li>Princeton (I know it’s a huuuge stretch)- High reach, but once again, it’s a reach for everybody.</li>
<li>Swarthmore- Don’t know enough about this. </li>
<li>U Chicago- High Match/Low Reach</li>
<li>USC- Match</li>
<li>Vandy- High Match</li>
<li>Vassar- Don’t know enough about this</li>
<li>Wellseley- Don’t know enough about this.</li>
</ul>

<p>Sorry that I couldn’t chance you on some of the schools in your list, but I don’t really know enough about those schools to give you an accurate chance. Hope this helped!</p>

<p><em>edit</em> This is scatman45, just dug up this old account to check a thread I had made yeaars ago. Sorry lol :P</p>

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<p>Don’t waste an ED on Brown, it doesn’t offer one unless you have a hook like legacy or athletics. Generally, Academics aren’t a strong point. Gpa/class rank could be better for schools like Brown, Princeton, Swarthmore, and U Chicago. Other schools should be within range.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>

<p>I recalculated my UW GPA, and somehow, it is actually 3.78.</p>

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<p>Overall, I think you have a great resume for the schools you are applying to, though as the people before me have said, Princeton and Brown certainly are high reaches. I would say that your unweighted GPA is slightly low - given 3.8+ seems to be the standard for the high reach schools - but it shouldn’t be a big concern since you are in the top 10% of your class. I also think your SAT is fine, and I don’t see any of the colleges, other than Princeton perhaps, rejecting you solely on the basis of your SAT score.</p>

<p>Other than what I’ve said, you look solid. Good luck on your applications!</p>

<p>Would you mind responding to my own thread please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1200308-reasonable-chances-getting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1200308-reasonable-chances-getting.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ok, I did.</p>

<p>Any more chances?</p>

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<p>I am not very educated about these schools, but I know of Swarthmoore and I think you’re better than it! Low reach to the max!</p>

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<p>Thanks! I recalculated my GPA and it’s only 3.72, actually.</p>

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<ul>
<li>Brown - Reach</li>
<li>Bowdoin - High Match</li>
<li>CMU - Match </li>
<li>CMC College - Don’t know</li>
<li>Emory - Don’t know either</li>
<li>NYU - Match</li>
<li>Princeton (I know it’s a huuuge stretch) - High reach</li>
<li>Swarthmore - Reach </li>
<li>U Chicago - High match</li>
<li>USC - Match</li>
<li>Vandy - Don;t know</li>
<li>Vassar - Don’t know </li>
<li>Wellseley -Don’t know…</li>
</ul>

<p>Sorry about the ones I don’t know. </p>

<p>And I disagree with the gentleman/lady above me, in that ED’s don’t significantly increase your chances as everyone think. So I think it’s more than apt to aim high with it. Also LAC’s like Swarthmore takes considerably less consideration on your GPA’s and a LOT more on your EC’s and Essays and interviews. So although I did say it was a reach, there are ample opportunity for you to increase your chances in those schools (Swarthmore and Bowdoin)</p>

<p>p.s. chance me back? :slight_smile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1206111-chance-me-ivy-leagues-nyu-stanford-others.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1206111-chance-me-ivy-leagues-nyu-stanford-others.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What major are you trying to do?</p>

<ul>
<li>Brown-low reach</li>
<li>Bowdoin-idk</li>
<li>CMU-high match</li>
<li>CMC College-idk</li>
<li>Emory-high match</li>
<li>NYU-safety</li>
<li>Princeton (I know it’s a huuuge stretch) low reach</li>
<li>Swarthmore-low reach</li>
<li>U Chicago-low reach</li>
<li>USC -high match</li>
<li>Vandy- high match</li>
<li>Vassar-safety</li>
<li>Wellseley- low reach</li>
</ul>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1201620-chance-me-gt-others-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1201620-chance-me-gt-others-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<ul>
<li>Brown - Reach</li>
<li>Bowdoin - High Match</li>
<li>CMU - Match </li>
<li>CMC College - Don’t know</li>
<li>Emory - Don’t know either</li>
<li>NYU - Match</li>
<li>Princeton (I know it’s a huuuge stretch) - High reach</li>
<li>Swarthmore - Reach </li>
<li>U Chicago - High match</li>
<li>USC - Match</li>
<li>Vandy - Don;t know</li>
<li>Vassar - Don’t know </li>
<li>Wellseley -Don’t know…</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks for chancing me !</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies.</p>

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<p>You are a competitive applicant for all these schools if you think of applying. I think you should have a high chance of get into Vanderbilt and Vassar.</p>