Chance Me and Application Help [OH resident, 3.98 GPA, 1550 SAT]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographic: US citizen; Ohio; Private School; no demographic hooks

Budget: Financial aid is required but most top-colleges cover an amount in which parents feel comfortable with paying

Academics

Small Private school in Ohio

4.125 GPA, 1550 SAT, 1460 PSAT

National Merit Scholar, 5 APs, (5, 5, 4) School only lets juniors-seniors take AP and max 3.

Extracurricular

Speech and Debate - 4 year varsity 3x state qualifier, State Champion, 2x Nationals Qualifer, 1st in the state, 15th in the Nation

Varsity XC and Track - 7 varsity letters, Qualifed to Regionals x2, Conference Honorable Mention and Second Team All-Conference, Top 10 Sophmore and Junior All-Time School Time

Violin

8 years, Section Leader, 2nd Chair, Chamber Strings Northeast Regional Orchestra 2nd Violin

Leadership

Speech and Debate Captain 2x

Varsity Cross Country and Track Captain

School Sustainability Council Co-Chair

National High School Climate Forum Co-President

Asian Nation Co-Leader

Jobs/Internship

Legal Assistant

4 Month Paid-Internship as a legal assistant to a work and employment lawyer, filed motions, interrogatories and mainly handled paperwork and filing

Researcher

3 month researcher in a Pharmacology Lab researching protein mutation and structure of 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase. Places top 12 at school STEMM Symposium and qualified to regional state science competition and placed 3rd in Biology Section

Volunteer

Baker

Samaritan Meals Ministry

Delivered home cooked meals to families struggling during times of grief or medical emergencies through my church.

Tutor

Tutored immigrant refugees from Afghanistan for a school year, met weekly and communicated about their school subjects and culture adjustments

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What’s your unweighted GPA?

If it’s 4.0 or close to that then with your strong test scores and solid extracurriculars you are academically competitive almost everywhere. Highly rejective schools are still reaches even for top students but you certainly have a shot. Good luck!

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It seems you are interested in biology and biochemistry. Do these fields represent potential majors of interest for you?

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Hi! They don’t, I did scientific research for a summer and really did not enjoy the process, as a debater I’ve really developed an affinity for all things reading, writing, critical thinking, and argumentation

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my unweighted is a 3.98! Do you think it would be worth REA-ing to a school like Yale or saving that for RD? I was thinking of REA-ing to Yale and ED2 to UChicago. I think my essays are really good.

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If these are your top two choices, go for it! The UChicago essay prompts are very unique so don’t leave them until the last minute. As with any candidate, you should have a solid list of target and a safety or two. Good luck to you!

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Yes! If Yale is top choice and affordable then REA. If declined then ED2 to your second choice if affordable. If deferred from Yale then you have another choice to make!!

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You may be able to enhance you college list by researching the schools in this site: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/writing-programs. As a further suggestion, you may benefit from considering LACs, such as Amherst, Hamilton, Williams and Vassar, along with your university choices.

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You know that as a National Merit Scholar - if a semi or finalist, you can go for free to very good Tulsa or just about free at various large publics.

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