Chance me please? Ivies and top LACs mostly

Applying to College
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<p>Schools: Vassar, Colgate, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Claremont Mckenna, UVA, William and Mary, Haverford(don’t worry, already accepted into some schools so I have safeties)</p>

<p>Caucasian white female(great group, i know)</p>

<p>Washington, DC</p>

<p>Private Catholic school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.87, 4.4 </p>

<p>Rank: unreported</p>

<p>SAT: 2160(only took it once due to ACT)</p>

<p>ACT: 34</p>

<p>Subject Tests: Lit 790, Math 1 730, Math 2 710</p>

<p>APs: US, Euro, Art History, Physics B, Environmental, English, Calc BC, French(test only) (I know its not many, but my school is strict about numbers and i took the max I could each year- I even didn’t take a lunch last year in order to take an ap history, my gc talked about it in his rec)</p>

<p>4 years language, science, math, english, and string ensemble</p>

<p>Member of honors program- only 13 students out of app 250</p>

<p>Recs: Math teacher(Hon Precal/ Calc BC) and English teacher (Hn. Brit Lit/ AP English)- both teach highly selective senior classes which I qualified for, both taught me last year and this year)</p>

<p>ECs: Hungarian Scouts; Four years trivia team, was on TV(founding member); Smithsonian Teen Video Host(filmed an introductory film to a museum);Three years school theatre, outside of school the same group since I was 5, plus a summer group; Summer swim team since age 5; first two years field hockey; Nine years Violin; Two years Viola(first chair Viola in school orchestra, as well as private lessons); Two years audition-only choir; Extracurricular musical theater class sophomore year; 2 year Latin Club(VP and cofounder); Venture Crew(Vp and cofounder); Senior rep for SGA; Church Choir for3 years; Peer Ministry(I run retreats and orientations, pretty much)</p>

<p>Leadership roles: One of four students chosen to attend a leadership conference last year; VP of Latin Club; Chosen through a selective process to be a peer minister; VP of Venture Crew; SGA. </p>

<p>Internships: Last summer with a DC Based nonprofit in their office(Worked directly with one of the founders); the summer before with the congresswoman for my district in her office on Capitol Hill, answering calls, doing copies, running messages and so forth.</p>

<p>Volunteer: Mother’s small nonprofit, Pets on Wheels, selling jewelry with the nonprofit I interned with, helping out at an elementary school </p>

<p>Languages: Fluent in French(French immersion school) and Hungarian(Hungarian father), some Russian, 4 years of Latin. </p>

<p>I’m translating my grandmother’s diary from Hungarian to English for a half semester independent study project for my honors program, and last year I took a socratic seminar course. </p>

<p>Hooks(I don’t know if they are): National Merit Semifinalist(I think finalist, since I haven’t heard back yet), Dual citizenship with Hungary; Hungarian Scouts(like girl scouts but Hungarian culture and history, more wilderness training)</p>

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<p>There is no way that a prestigious ivy league school would recognize a shoddy organization such as the hungarian scouts. What do they teach you paprika harvesting techniques?</p>

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<p>Hungarian scouts is internationally recognized, and there are thousands of scouts in the US alone. We actually do a lot more wilderness training than girl scouts, and more than a lot of boy scouts, depending on the camp(from what I’ve talked to my friends who are boy scouts). There’s a focus on culture. It all sounds really nerdy, but it is also completely legit. I really don’t appreciate your snarky comments.</p>

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<p>“Hooks(I don’t know if they are): National Merit Semifinalist(I think finalist, since I haven’t heard back yet), Dual citizenship with Hungary; Hungarian Scouts(like girl scouts but Hungarian culture and history, more wilderness training)”</p>

<p>None of these are really considered hooks; though I am a dual citizen of Austria (Austria-Hungary whatup!) – not to mention I also took 4 years of Latin (I love that language)</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance except at YPC, maybe Brown, but the other ones are low reach/high match</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I’d say probably no to YP, Columbia, and Brown and yes to the others.</p>