Chances at Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown

Chance Me / Match Me
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SAT: 2100 (760 W, 690 CR, 650 M)
ACT: 31 (34 E, 32 CR, 31 M, 28 S)
SAT IIs: plan on taking Math 2, English Lit, US History in Sept. 2015
GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
Class rank: 10 of 366 (based on weighted GPA), 9 based on unweighted
APs: Euro History 3, Macroeconomics 3, Environmental Science 4, US History 5, English Lang 5
Senior Year Classes: AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP French, Ceramics, Physics, AP Gov’t., Senior Project
Junior Year Courses: APUSH, AP English Lang, Pre-Calculus, Philosophy/AP Macro, AP Environmental Science, Honors French 3

Academia Civitas: Four-year honors program in Political Science. 5-honors courses completed: Intro to Poly Sci, State and Local Gov’t., Int’l Relations, Speech, Philosophy. 100+ hours of “service learning,” completed internship at the California Department of Education, Senior Project to come fall 2015: recycling advocacy and expansion of my club to include more of the student population - liaisons for each sports team responsible for collecting recyclables at games

Extracurriculars: Rio Recycles - on-campus recycling program that donates profits back to programs at school - ie Athletic Boosters, band, Avid, theater, PTSA. VP last year, President this year. French Club- 4-year member and 2-year Secretary, Rio Model UN- 4 year member, Women in Leadership Senior member
Varsity Basketball - Coach’s Award as sophomore, All-league Honorable Mention
JV Basketball - MVP as freshman, 10-0 in league
Upper Natoma Rowing Club - three years (one novice, two varsity). Spring 2015 Most Improved Rower. Highly Competitive
Summer 2015 internship at the California Department of Education
Summer 2014 attended Leadership Institute at Georgetown University,
Volunteer work: 200+ total community service hours, 113 hours as camp counselor at Sacramento Zoo, phone bank on a 2012 election, additional 75 hours working for variety of causes- river clean-ups, manning fun-runs, serving homeless, tutoring, etc.

Intended studies: Major in Poly Sci w/ minor in Econ
other info: CA resident, white female, $200k+ tax bracket

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HPS are high reaches, Georgetown is a low reach but I think you will get in there. Good luck!
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Of course all of those schools are reach schools for anyone (specifically HSP), but I think you have a shot. Although your test scores are a bit on the lower side, your GPA, extracurriculars, and volunteer work are fantastic. You don’t have too many automatic hooks, so make sure your essay is stellar to set yourself apart from all the other applicants. But with what you have, it’s definitely worth applying! :slight_smile: Would you mind chancing me back?

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I agree - Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford are high reaches. Your SAT/ACT scores could be more competitive, especially because your ECs aren’t particularly outstanding (even though they are definitely solid). I don’t know too much about Georgetown, but I think you’d have a better chance there than at HPS. Since you’ve done a summer program at Georgetown, try to use that to your advantage on your application. Good luck!
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