Chances! Chances! Chances! Ivies + Top 20 Schools!!!

huutuyet · 12-02-2007, 11:07 PM

Hi, I am a senior.
I am applying to mostly privates because they offer good FA packages.
And this will my last chances thread. So I need lots of replies okay?
Thank you for your time.

Name: Huutuyet
Residence: California
Status: U.S. Citizen, Immigrant from Vietnam (refugee)
GPA: UW 3.95 W 4.48 UC GPA 4.60
Rank: 3/526
Eligible for ELC
APs: 3 on AP Bio, 5 on AP US, 5 ON AP WORLD

ACT: 30

SAT subjects: 660 US, 600 Chem, 640 Math 2, 600 World History

Taken most rigorous courseload offered at school.

Self-studied for AP World History
Senior Courseload is most rigorous at school.
AP STATS
AP Macroeconomics
AP Govt
AP English Lit
AP Spanish Lang
AP Physics Mechanics

now onto ECs. Hopefully they're better.
(IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT)

Culture Hip Hop Beats Dance team - (9, 10, 11,12) Cofounder and Captain of a breakdancing team: we perform at venues and stuff for little cash

Founder/President of Model United Nations (10, 11, 12) - raised over $5,000

City's Board Committee (10, 11,12 ) - Helps make decisions for youth of the city - Promoted Chair

Senator's Campaign Intern (11) : 150+ hours, lots of precinct walking

CA Golden Boys' State (11) - High Office (aka Treasurer and above)

SEMI-IMPORTANT
Library - tutors innercity youth (9, 10, 11) - 400+ hours
Attended Leadership Conference at UC Regents (10)
Attended Asian Leadership Conference in Sactown (11)
Member of Winning HS Academic Decathlon Team (11) School won 1st Place at County
UC EAOP Program - (10, 11, 12)
UC COSMOS Program (summer school for math and science) (11)
NHS (9,10, 11,12) - member
CSF (9,10,11,12) - member
Link Crew Leader - (10, 11,12)

Work Experience:
Boba place (9,10,11)
Swap meets (10, 11, 12)
Tutor (9)
Backroom Janitor (11, 12)

Major: International Relations
Family Income: Below 10,000

AWARDS/HONORS/HELP
Mayor for a day (hook maybe?)
Recital 1st place
Harvard Book Recipient
Questbridge Scholarship Recipient
Questbridge Finalist -----------> GOOD?
Amherst Telementoring Service
1st place TEAM LA County for Academic Decathlon

Most of the colleges I think are Need-Blind. I'm not sure how much money I'll get from them though.

COLLEGES (Reaches/Matches/Safetys)? Any more suggestions? Crossing out?

Georgetown (EA) School of Foreign Service
Boston College (EA)
Notre Dame (EA)
George Washington University
Tufts
Harvard College
Princeton U
Yale U
NYU
Carnegie Mellon U
Columbia University
Tulane (IN WITH MERIT SCHOLARSHIP) =]
UCLA
UCB
UCSD
UCSB

Thank you.
I appreciate your help.
This will be my last time.
Oh oh, um I have 1 FANTASTIC TEACHER REC
1 FANTASTIC COUNSELOR REC
and 1 GOOD TEACHER REC
=]
thanks a bunchhhhhhhhhhh!
Is it okay that my teacher mentioned i was homecoming king and i was nominated "most likely to succeed, most outgoing, and best personality"?
is that a plus?!

ConLax11 · 12-02-2007, 11:29 PM

Boston College has EA-restrictive which limits its early action applicants to only applying EA to BC and not EA to other schools. This means if you apply early to BC, then you cannot apply early to Gtown or ND. If you get into BC, you are not locked into going there so it is different then ED. BC is one of the few schools in the country who use EA-restrictive (also called EA-single choice).

huutuyet · 12-02-2007, 11:35 PM

to conlax:
on BC's website

Boston College does not permit students to apply under our Early Action program if they are applying to a binding Early Decision program at another college. Students are free to apply to other Early Action and Regular Decision programs.

romanigypsyeyes · 12-03-2007, 12:09 AM

Also, you don't HAVE to go there if they accept you:

Early Action at Boston College is a non-binding program; therefore, students admitted to Boston College in December will have until May 1st, the Candidate’s Reply Date, to make their enrollment decisions.

Boston College does not permit students to apply under our Early Action program if they are applying to a binding Early Decision program at another college. Students are free to apply to other Early Action and Regular Decision programs.

kyledavid80 · 12-03-2007, 12:56 AM

Strong GPA, good ACT, somewhat weak SAT IIs, good ECs and honors/awards.

Berkeley: high match (~60%)
UCLA: match
UCSD: safe match - safety
UCSB: safety
BC: match - safe match
CMU: match - safe match
NYU: match - safe match

rmadden15 · 05-26-2009, 09:48 PM

Ha, below 10,000 income. Are you a hobo?

eloiseee · 07-06-2009, 01:28 PM

ha, madden, are you an *******?

unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky enough as you to make enough money to finance their education.

blakebengals · 07-17-2009, 06:54 PM

SAT'S? 10char

Keasbey Nights · 07-17-2009, 07:24 PM

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SAT'S? 10char

ROFL, this was from 2007...

rmadden15 · 07-28-2009, 04:45 PM

Haha, this thread makes me laugh.

Oh, and eliosee, that is not enough money to live in the U.S. The OP=Hobo.

hmom5 · 07-28-2009, 06:24 PM

Your scores plus being an ORM from an over represented state make several schools on your list unrealistic. You know which ones. I would strongly consider replacing them with realistic schools that meet 100% of need. There are many good ones.

fairy_dreams · 07-28-2009, 06:34 PM

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Haha, this thread makes me laugh.

People bumping 2 year old chance threads make me laugh.

smilemyonly · 07-29-2009, 01:47 AM

Community service? Low SAT IIs. Low ACTS. Definitely retake & retake.

sprevite · 11-18-2009, 11:29 PM

Everything looks amazing, except for your standardized test scores, which aren't bad, but are somewhat subpar in comparison to those of ivy applicants. You'll get into your safeties, which I presume are BC NYU and GW . . . Georgetown's School of Foreign Service is the toughest one to get into, but I doubt you'll have a problem. As for the ivies, no one has a great shot at any, I would say retake the SAT IIs, as those are weighted heavily in the better schools and good luck!

aaronjv15 · 11-18-2009, 11:37 PM

UCGPA does not go up to 4.6, try again