Chance Me For Harvard, Brown, and Johns Hopkins Please!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’d like to know if anyone has any advice for me to increase my chances! I’m planning on taking the SAT and ACT both for a second time later this year. As of right now, I will only be sending my ACT score. I’ve heard most people increase their scores the second time though! Will it hurt me if I don’t send any SAT II scores? I haven’t taken any :/</p>

<p>GPA weighted: 5.08
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank: 4/300
ACT: 30
math - 28
reading - 30
science - 31
writing - 31
essay - 8</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Gov
AP Physics
AP Stats
AP English Lit
Dual Enrollment Econ
Dual Enrollment Anatomy and Physiology</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
AP Scholar (Grade 10)
AP Scholar With Distinction (Grade 11)
Smith College Book Award (Grade 11)
Laureate Diploma Candidate
Cross Country Coaches’ Award (Grade 10,11)
Lacrosse All-Conference Player (Grade 11)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Varsity Cross Country (Grade 9-12) - Regional qualifying team 2013
Varsity Soccer (Grade 9-12)
Varsity Lacrosse (Grade 10-12)
Road Runners Club (Grade 9-12) - over 24 volunteer hours
Mu Alpha Theta (Grade 9-12)
National Honor Society (Grades 11, 12) - over 40 volunteer hours</p>

<p>Leadership:
Captain of Cross Country (Grades 11, 12)
Captain of Lacrosse (Grades 11, 12)
President of Road Runners Club (Grade 11)
Founder of fundraising color run (Grade 11)
Secretary of Mu Alpha Theta (Grade 11)
Vice President of Mu Alpha Theta (Grade 12)
Co-chair of Relay For Life setup (Grade 11)
Student Ambassador (Grade 11)
County Sheriff’s Office Teen Leadership Academy
Seminar For Tomorrow’s Leaders</p>

<p>Community Service/Volunteer Experience:
Coached a U7 girls soccer team (Grade 11, 12)
Various Road Races (Grades 9-12)
Conservancy Animal Hospital (Grade 10)
Tutoring 1 hr/wk for 36 wks (Grades 11-12)
School Events (Grade 11, 12)
Naples Community Hospital Volunteer (4 hrs/wk, October - )</p>

<p>Jobs and Internships:
Golf Club - Refreshment Cart (5 hrs/wk, September 2014 - )
The Prospect - Editorial Intern (3 hrs/wk, September 2014-December 2014)
Babysitting and Dogsitting- (1-3 nights/month, August 2011- )</p>

<p>Recommendations:
2 teacher recs (one is my cross country coach as well as teacher and he loves me so I’m sure it’s great!)
counselor rec (She is a family friend who thinks very highly of me and will put me in the best light on a personal level as well.)
Harvard rec (a younger teammate’s mom is an alumnus. I’ve somewhat mentored her daughter through high school and we’ve become close. )</p>

<p>Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out! Any college suggestions are welcome too!</p>

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<p>Intended major? </p>

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<p>@onlythebest13 Biology or psychology most likely!</p>

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<p>I would say high reach for harvard, low reach for Brown, and reach for Johns Hopkins. By the way, how do you have a weighted GPA higher than 5.0? Aren’t honors or AP classes weighted as 5.0?</p>

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<p>@onlythebest13‌ At my school honors classes add .04 to a gpa and AP classes add .08 to a gpa. So my classes have added 1.08 pts of weight onto my 4.0 unweighted gpa.</p>

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<p>Harvard: very high reach <5%
Brown: 20%
JHU: 50%</p>

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<p>@jomagiles‌ I’m still confused. Assuming that you took all AP classes, 1.08 points/.08 AP = 13.5 classes. So you would have had to take at least 13 AP classes to get to 1.08 weighted points, and if you took a mixture of weighted and AP classes, you would have to take even more of these classes. </p>

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<p>@onlythebest13‌ I have taken 6 AP classes, 2 AICE classes (AP weighting), 4 dual enrollment classes (honors weighting) and 7 honors classes. 8(0.08) + 11(0.04) = 1.08</p>

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<p>What were your SAT scores? Have you taken any SAT II tests yet? What subjects and what were your scores?</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance at all three of those colleges.
Chance me back? <a href=“GPA going to keep me out? - #3 by mnm111 - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>GPA going to keep me out? - #3 by mnm111 - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums;