Chance a hopeful rising senior

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hi, my name is Carmen and I am beginning my application process. Im both nervous and excited. These are my stats, please chance me for the following schools:
Princeton
Stanford
NYU (my dream school)
Boston University
George Washington University
University of Florida
Loyola University- Chicago
Pace University
University of San Francisco
University of Central Florida

Location: Miami, FL
Gender: Female
Hooks: I am a first generation Hispanic immigrant.
Unweighted GPA: 3.64
(my classes have been extremely rigorous and it also takes into account some middle school classes I didn’t know counted)
Weighted GPA: 4.90 (my calculations however are a 5.2 I assume there was a bug in the system because for some reasons everyone’s weighted GPA is much lower than it should be)
SAT first try: 1980
CR: 620 M: 680 W: 680
Goal is 2150+
ACT: C: 32 E:33 M:30 R:32 S:33
Retaking and hoping for 34+
SAT Subject:
Planning on Spanish, Math Level 1 and U.S. History
Community Service: 150+ hours
Church volunteering, events with hospitals, random donations, special Olympics, I was recognized by my city for a service project.
Extracurriculars:
Debate/ MUN (projected 3 years, historian 10 and 11 VP next year) (Honorable Mention for Best Delegation + 1st Place Team Fairchild Challenge)
Spanish HS (11 and 12)
Chemistry Club (11 and 12 VP next year, secretary in 11)
Rho Kappa Social Studies HS (11 and 12 president 12)
NHS (12)
Portuguese Club (11 and 12 treasurer 12)
Students for Gender Equality (12 president)
Class clubs (9-12)
Interact club (11 and 12)
Show choir (9 and 10 for disbanded in 10 because of budget cuts)
I speak 3 languages and am learning a fourth
First generation immigrant
Hispanic female living in Miami

Schedule
Middle school courses that counted for high school:
Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology, Earth Space Science, Portuguese 1 and 2

9th Grade:
AP Human Geo: 4
AS Environmental Management: B on exam
Critical Thinking
Pre AICE Spanish
Personal Fitness
Acting 1
IGSCE Math 2
IGSCE English: B on test

10th Grade:
AP Gov: 3
AS Spanish: A on exam
IGSCE Math 3
Debate 1
Pre AICE Chemistry: B on exam
AICE General Paper: A on exam
AS Thinking Skills: B on exam
Creative Writing 1 and 2

11th Grade:
AICE English Langauge
AICE US History
AICE Global Perspectives
AICE Psychology
AICE Portuguese Language
AICE Chemistey AS level
AICE Spanish Literature
Pre Calculus Honors (dropped AICE Math because it was ruining my GPA)

Projected 12 Grade:
AICE English Literature
AICE International History
AP Calculus AB
AICE Marine Bio
Spanish 5 Honors (no more Spanish classes)
AICE Portuguese Literature
AICE Psychology A Level
Law Studies? AP Euro? Anatomy Honors? Research? (Depends on schedule)

These are the most advanced classes my school offers. It is highly competitive. It is also very likely that I will be in the Top 5% but I am guaranteed top 10%

Sorry it’s long but I really appreciate any help or suggestions

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bumpppppp

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Try to get your SAT above a 2100. You have sufficient extracurriculars. Make sure your essays are very good. I think it’s very reasonable to assume that, if you can improve your SAT and write very good essays, you’ll make your dream school.

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It looks as if you are going into grade 11 / junior year…you look as though you are on the right track, though standardized testing (at least SAT/AP) doesn’t seem to be your friend. Also, your list of ECs looks like a lot of moderate involvement but nothing particularly close to your heart. This would be a good year to work on developing depth in one or two of them. Come back next spring and tell us how you’re doing- that will be a better time for chancing.

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Hi! I think that you’re a match for Boston University and you can definitely get into Pace. I feel like NYU isn’t a reach for you if you bring up your SAT, esp. if your essays are great. Good luck, I hope you get into your dream school!

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I think several posters here are underestimating the difficulty of admission at Princeton and Stanford. Those test scores are low for either school, and a 3.64 GPA would put you well in the bottom 25% of applicants-most students with these stats who get in are accepted because of a unique talent (think Natalie Portman), sports, or extensive connections (think George Bush).

Raise the SAT to 2300 or the ACT to 35 and that may offset the GPA.

@collegemom3717 -From what I can tell, OP is going into her senior year. She says, for instance, in discussing her debate and MUN experience “historian 10 and 11 VP next year.” That, to me, implies that she’s entering grade 12.

Looking at her description of the Chemistry club, I get the same impression.

Unfortunately, there seems to be little time to develop these ECs beyond what they are at the present. Hopefully OP can raise her test scores some, and now the focus turns to essays and recs, but beyond that her profile is more or less a finished product.