Bad Test Taker+Good Colleges= Possible?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Schools I’m applying to:
-UNC-Chapel Hill (Early Action…find out 1/31)
-University of Southern California
-Carnegie Mellon University
-Georgetown University
-University of San Diego (Early Action…find out 1/31)
-George Washington University
-Rhodes College
-Denison University (Dad went there)
-Loyola University at Chicago</p>

<p>White, Female, transfer student (I started at my new school as a junior), went to 2 great private schools, now I’m a CA resident</p>

<p>Reason for transfer: My dad’s job relocated him</p>

<p>GPA:
unweighted 3.7
weighted 3.9</p>

<p>SAT reasoning (yuck, i’m a bad test taker):
math 540
verbal 640
writing 590
essay:10</p>

<p>SAT II:
biology: 620</p>

<p>AP SCORES:
english-4
bio-2</p>

<p>Interviews and Recommendations are great! (thank god)</p>

<p>extracurriculars:
senior class president 12
jv swimming 9-10
science club 9,10,11,12
Musical Theater 10,11,12
Amnesty International Coordinator 11,12
Human Relations Council 10</p>

<p>Awards:
National Honor Society (2005-2006)
California Semi-Finalist for Drama Festival (2005)
Member of the “Who’s Who in America High School Students” (2005)
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine UCLA Debate Winner (2005) National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine Poster Session Finalist (2005) Notre Dame Academy Second Academic Honors (2005)
Notre Dame Academy Second Academic Honors (2004)
Nominated for the Heart of Mercy Award (2004)
California Semi-Finalist for Drama Festival (2004)
State of Michigan Poetry Contest: Editor’s Choice Award (2003)
National Biology Award (2002) </p>

<p>community service:
elementary school tutor for 200+ hours 9,10
aid at an assisted living home 11, 12 (still happening)</p>

<p>So please be a dear and tell me what you think will become of me! What are my reaches/good matches/safeties?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Please tell me you didn’t mention that on your application.</p>

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<p>No.!!!That’s an honor…you’re applying to some schools I am please mention it!!!</p>

<p>;-)</p>

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<p>i think you should consider less competitive schools esp since your white and obviously not underprivalged…i dont see why colleges would go easy on you</p>

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<p>UNC - no chance whatsoever
USC - "
CMU - "
Gtown - "
USD - good chance
Rhodes - "
Denison - "
Loyola- "</p>

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<p>sorry but not good chances given the number of qualified applicants nowadays with similat ECs but better stats</p>

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<p>The range of locations in the schools you are applying to doesn’t seem to justify this reason???</p>

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<p>i think she was refering to hs</p>

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<p>Georgetown? No better chance than a snowman in hell.</p>

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<p>To be honest, with those scores, you need more “safety” type schools. You are very top-heavy with your sats.</p>

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<p>Did u try the ACTs?</p>

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<p>i have a 2130 sat score with a 3.8uw/4.26 gpa and im not even looking at georgetown…although im really interested in carnegie mellon if i dont get into my ed2 school</p>

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<p>i wish i could be smarter</p>

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<p>i don’t expect to get into most of these schools, but it was just something i would have regretted if i had never tried</p>

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<p>besides your test scores, you have a nice package to present. take a look at fairtest.org to check out schools that dont require the SAT.</p>

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<p>wow you guys are brutal… but yeah just keep your head up</p>

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<p>Hey Joanna –</p>

<p>You must like DC, with G-town and GWU on your list. American U might be an easier admit for you. Chapel Hill is crazy hard to get in OOS.
You might also want to check out the Arizona schools and CSU’s.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>that’s your own loss. don’t tell her not to apply because you’re too scared to take the chance. in all fairness, you’d have a shot at gtown, anyways.</p>

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<p>i just applied to american university! woo-hoo! thanks for the advice dudedad</p>

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<p>blue_mouse- do you have any idea what your talking about…i NEVER said i even wanted to go to g-town…and im applying to sschools alot better than gtown</p>