Worth Applying to Ivies/JHU/Georgetown/Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White female, large public school in the suburbs of Chicago (~1000 in my graduating class)</p>

<p>Stats:
Rank: 6th in class of ~1000
GPA: 3.95/4.00
Full AP/Honors curriculum
ACT Composite: 33 taken twice with same score
SAT: 730 CR, 770 Math, 720 Writing, 2220 Composite
SAT II's: 690 Literature, 780 Math II, 780 U.S. History (retook Lit and took Italian - still waiting on scores)
Taken 6 AP tests, all 5's: Euro, US History, US Gov, Comparative Gov, Music Theory, English Lang & Comp
Will take 7 more AP Exams this May: Lit & Comp, Physics C (both), Italian Lang & Culture, Macroecon, Microecon, and Calc BC</p>

<p>Activities:
Model UN: 4 yrs (leadership for 2 yrs)
Marching Band: 4 yrs (leadership for 2 yrs)
Synchronized (team) figure skating: 9 yrs (club sport outside of school)
Classically-trained pianist: 11.5 yrs
Tap Dance: 12 yrs</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
16th Nationally on National Italian Language Examination
School Honor Roll every term
Multiple Model UN awards (school team is highly ranked in the nation)
Multiple piano awards
Many wins with skating team (3 consecutive Midwest titles)
National Honor Society
Italian National Honor Society</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience
Regularly volunteer 2 hrs/week at a local charity that gives low-cost dental & health care to low-income families around my school's area
Summer internship with Federal Congressional Reelection Campaign
Summer internship with nonpartisan voter advocacy group in Chicago working to register young people of color to vote
Member of National Honor Society with over 200 volunteer hours logged</p>

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<p>Ivies: reach
UCB: high match but can you pay 55k/year if you are OOS?
JHU: low reach</p>

<p>What’s your W GPA? I think if you talk about figure skating-which can make your EC stand out-, it will be very interesting.</p>

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<p>@paul2752‌ I did talk about skating quite a bit, it was the subject of many of my essays. My school calculates Weighted GPA in a weird way… it’s a 5.25 because all of my A’s in honors/AP classes are weighted to 6 points, accel classes (only when I had to, like for my prerequisites to get to Italian AP) to 5 points, and prep classes (I only took prep for required courses like Consumer Ed) to 4 points.</p>

<p>And yes, I am willing to pay $55k for Berkeley. My parents are in a fairly high income bracket and I am not applying for financial/need-based aid</p>

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<p>If you did well on those weighted classes(say A or higher) you are set. </p>

<p>Good luck…what’s your major? You need some safeties because none of those schools are</p>

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<p>@paul2752‌ I only got B’s in 1 semester in AP Euro my sophomore year and Honors Algebra 1 semester my freshman year (so foolish)</p>

<p>My major will be International Relations (or whatever it is called at each specific school) and I do have safeties. I’ve already been accepted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and have applied to George Washington U and Univ of Michigan-Ann Arbor.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your advice.</p>