Yale, Brown,Vassar,Bard,Grinnell,UMD,Macalester,Occident al

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances</p>

<p>Race: African American
First generation college student
single mother/income: 21,000</p>

<p>GPA 9th:2.8
GPA 10th:2.9
GPA 11th:3.7
cum gpa:3.1</p>

<p>9th and 10th worked 30 hours a week to support family(thats why grades are low)
summer of 9th and 10th: *worked at camp for special needs children
*Interned with congressman</p>

<p>11th: started non-profit for special needs children raised over 1,000 dollars so far
business editor for newspaper
won 3 scholarships( Alexander Hamilton, Academic Paper Award and STAR scholarship)
selected as School Ambassdor</p>

<p>AP U.s. history: 5
Ap psy,lit, world, bio:waiting for results</p>

<p>*internship at autism society of america( this summer)</p>

<p>Just wanted to see other people's thoughts</p>

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<p>being african american will certainly help you… plus your gpa is on an upward trend, which is great. yale and brown are still reaches though. the rest are looking good.</p>

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<p>He’s posted 1 truly concrete stat (APUSH score) and you’re already telling him that he’s got a great chance at most of his schools?!</p>

<p>You’ve gotta have an SAT/ACT and some SAT2s in order to get a reasonable chance. What I can tell you is this: the GPA is on the low side for most of the schools you’re looking at; however, it is in an upward trend and you also are a 1st gen African-American so that will help you out.</p>

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<p>Even considering your URM status</p>

<p>Yale: Huge Reach (most likely reject)
Brown: Huge Reach (most likely reject)
Vassar: Large Reach
Bard: Reach
Grinnell: Reach (getting very selective recently, 26% acceptance rate this year)
UMD: Match
Macalester: Low Reach
Occidental: Low Reach/High Match</p>

<p>You definitely need a safety.</p>