Chances please- wisconsin

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hello,
I am a junior OOS from Maryland. I really really love the University of Wisconsin Madison. I am really interested in what they have to offer especially their Russian Flagship Program. The university is one of i think seven in the country that offer this program. The other ones are UCLA and a couple of liberal arts colleges located in the northeast. Please Chance Me and see wether I’d have a shot getting into my dream school.

GPA- UW: 3.63
GPA-W: 3.92

AP Classes: APUSH (3) , AP EURO, AP LANG( yet to be determined)

Other classes: all honors

ACT: 28

Extracurricular- Head of speech and debate team (9-11),
Speaks 6 languages ( Russian, French, Arabic, Chinese and German)

Executive Board Member of the Maryland Youth Advisory Council- appointed by the governor of Maryland to serve as a liaison between millions of maryland youth and policymakers.

Stanford China Scholar- one of twenty students in the nation chosen by Stanford university to do an in depth study of the relationship between the United States and China

Freer Sackler Teen Council Member- one of about twelve students in the DC area to intern with the Smithsonian Freer Sackler Gallery of Asian art and create a documentary about the bhuddist community living in DC. Creating a documentary about the first American Woman munk and entering into the Asian Pacific American film festival

Started the Chinese language program in my high school through the Confucius Institute and brought scholars from china to teach at my school

Host Sister- hosted 3 girls from China ( Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing) and 2 girls from Germany ( Ahlen, Cologne)

Awards: Global Excellence Award in Russian Studies- award this scholarship to study Russian in a Russian village for one month

8th best speaker at debate camp out of 92 kids
made
Honor Roll all four semesters - freshman through sophomore years.

Two time Nsliy semi finalist ( have interview tommrow- so hope for the best)

Person selected from school to go to HOBY MD

Summer Activities: Studied Arabic through the state department for six weeks- after freshman year

Lived in Russian Village- after sophomore year

Volunteer : Young Lives- volunteer by providing teen mothers with training to go back to school

Race: Black

Sex: F

Other circumstances: this is my junior year and I have been out sick for about three months with a serious illness. Should I terminate this year and start over next year, or should I keep on going. What will help me improve my chances of admissions?

Please tell me what you think. I really love this school and I want to continue my Russian studies.

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Please Chance me for other top schools I could be a good fit for also
Thanks!

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I live in WI, and based on who I know was accepted within my social sphere, you seem to hover a little lower than their average student in terms of GPA and AP’s. Your extracurriculars look great though, especially if you are pursuing Russian/E. European studies. Also, I don’t know if you’ve looked at the Common App yet, but there is a section specifically for explaining circumstances that would have affected your application. It would benefit you to enclose that you were sick for so long. I would definitely focus on raising your GPA and retaking your ACT though, because if anything held you back it would be those things. Don’t give them the chance to discredit your capabilities.