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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:
Graduation year: 2009
School Type: Public but sends tons of grads to top schools
Courseload: Most rigorous academic
GPA: UW around 3.7, W around 4.5
Class Rank: School doesn't disclose to colleges, but should be top 5%, maybe 10%
SAT: M 760 CR 750 W 800 (11 Essay) 2310 total
SAT 2: Math IIC 800, World History 770, Physics 740, Chem 720
AP: Euro 5, Calc AB 5, Eng Lang 4 (might rescore)
Awards: Should get my state's scholar, AP scholar, national merit semi at least (PSAT 226), National Latin Exam gold medalist
ECs:
JSA member
Mensa member (just joined to put on app)
VP chess club (i know, i'm hardcore)
Fencing (high school)
Squad captain 2 years probably team captain this year, best in weapon award 2 years, most improved award last year, won soph state championship last year, won district championship this year, bronze medalist at this year's state championship, local paper athlete of the week/first team all area, state paper third team all state
Fencing (USFA)
"B" national classification (second highest), won/medal many local tournaments, medal at sectional championship, medal at nationals (team event), consist competitor in national championships/junior olympics (always make top 64)</p>

<p>Work:
Legal department of major engineering firm for last three summers (can get awesome rec)</p>

<p>Community Service:
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL</p>

<p>Hooks: bilingual/first generation american? (parents russian), possible recruited athlete </p>

<p>Weirdnesses in transcript: Withdraw passing Latin this year, Math is the only subject (other than one science class (chem) and one english class) I haven't gotten A's in (B geometry, C+ precalc (i know), B+ AB Calc) but i get my highest standardized test scores in math</p>

<p>Schools shortlist
Columbia ED
Yale
Upenn
Dartmouth
NYU stern
Northwestern
Georgetown
Emory
George Washington
My state school
Possibly some of the UC's
If you've taken the time to read this, you are a better man than I. Thank you and chance away!</p>

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<p>Columbia ED - Reach
Yale - Reach
Upenn - Reach
Dartmouth - Reach
NYU stern - Match
Northwestern - Low Reach
Georgetown - Match
Emory - Low Reach
George Washington - Low Match</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances to get into a bunch of these colleges. However, your ec’s don’t seem particularly focused aside from the fencing.<br>
And the Mensa member thingy…don’t put that on your app…colleges will be able to tell if you’re just padding your resume. If you’re going to, make sure you contribute a lot to your club next year. Colleges don’t care about the amount of memberships, but rather what you do in them.</p>

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<p>Community Service:
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL</p>

<p>What, no ECs?</p>

<p>And I wouldn’t put the Mensa membership on your application, it’s not a very selective group, nor does it really do much except play word games [at least the ones in my area].</p>

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<p>Ok…so decent GPA…good SAT’s. The top four schools on your list are gonna be a little bit of a reach. However…if you could write great essays and tie in all your EC’s together with a strong essay, then I think you may well get into most of these schools.
Good Luck!
chance me back, Thanks.
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<p>From the perspective of a parent of a recruited fencer:</p>

<p>Your reaches become matches if you get the coaches support. As a “B” rated fencer the coaches probably won’t be calling you, but there is still a good likliehood you can be supported if you are proactive.</p>

<p>If you haven’t already done so, go to the team web sites for the schools with fencing, and check out each team’s roster to see which schools will be over or under stocked in your weapon. Focus on the teams that are weak in your weapon. Email the coaches a short resume summarizing your academic and athletic achievements. Don’t bother telling the coaches about chess or Mensa or any of that; they won’t care. All they will care about is if they could use you on the team and if your grades and test scores meet a certain threshold.</p>

<p>As for the UC’s, check out UCSD. It’s a great school in a nice place, and it isn’t too tough to get recruited there.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the feedback guys. Really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>c’mon y’all, you can do better than 5</p>

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<p>Columbia ED - low reach
Yale - reach
Upenn - low reach
Dartmouth - low reach
NYU stern - match
Northwestern - match
Georgetown - high match/low reach
Emory - match
George Washington - safety
UCs - all reaches if you’re OOS</p>

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<p>I agree with Soulside’s assesment.</p>

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