Even though no one can say for sure...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>What are my chances?</p>

<p>Half Puerto Rican, half white female from western MA</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW
SAT: 720 V 640 M 770 W, without studying - I plan to actually study and retake in the fall
PSAT: 206 (Commended Scholar, unlikely I’d be in the running for semifinalist in MA, but I am in the running for National Hispanic)</p>

<p>FRESHMAN:
English A/Honors - A
English B/Honors - A-
Earth Sci A/Honors - A-
Earth Sci B/Honors - B
Geometry - A-
Russian Intermediate I - A-
World Civilizations/Honors - A
Acting I - A
Foundations of Art A - A
Clothing I - A
Health - A-</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE:
Oral Communications/Honors - A
Literature as Social Criticism/Honors - A
Biology/Honors - A
Algebra II - A+
Russian Advanced I - B
U.S. History/Honors - A-
Foundations of Art B - A
World of Dance - A
Choreography - A
Drawing - A</p>

<p>JUNIOR:
AP World Lit - A
Bible & Related Lit/Honors - A at midterm
Chemistry/Honors - B+ at midterm
Trigonometry & Math Modeling - A at midterm
Russian Advanced II/Honors - A-
AP History of Europe - A-
Art Portfolio - A
Acting II - A at midterm
Independent Study in Oil Painting</p>

<p>Plan for Senior Year:
Renaissance & Modern Lit and Philosophy/Honors
Journalism/Honors
AP Environmental Science
Quantitative Reasoning/Honors
Russian Advanced Coversation & Composition (class at Amherst College)
Constitutional Law/Honors
American Society & Film (my splurge)
Chorus (I auditioned to get in)
Printmaking
Some kind of independent study or internship</p>

<p>ECs:
FRESHMAN:
Russian Club secretary
Russian Choir
Foreign exchange - hosted Russian student and traveled to Russia
JVB Ultimate Frisbee
Summer: 2-week overnight art camp; ran weeklong cooking camp for elementary school kids</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE:
Russian Club treasurer
Russian Choir
JV Cross-Country
Ensemble role in Urinetown: The Musical
Lead role in Student-Written Plays
JVB Ultimate Frisbee co-captain
Harry Potter Club founder/co-president
Summer: Counselor-in-training at summer arts camp for 6 weeks; worked as dishwasher/occasional prep cook in cafe, 8 hours/week</p>

<p>JUNIOR:
Russian Club president
Harry Potter Club co-president
Russian Choir
JV Cross-Country
Headed design/construction of four amazing, man-eating plants for school production of Little Shop of Horrors
Designed and built wire cat mask for school production of CATS
Lead role in Student-Written Plays
Summer plans: Juniper Institute for Young Writers at UMass; hopefully working a good amount; writing a cookbook with my friend; working on my own writing</p>

<p>AWARDS/HONORS:
Achievement in Art (9th grade)
3-time National Russian Essay Contest gold medalist; silver medalist (10th grade) and gold medalist (11th grade) at international level
New England Olimpiada of Spoken Russian gold medalist and first runner-up for grand prize of trip to Russia (11th grade)</p>

<p>I’ve done TRACE amounts of volunteer work.</p>

<p>The kicker: I was suspended in 9th grade for drinking on that foreign exchange, though my crime was having a sip of someone else’s beverage, and I don’t drink on principle.</p>

<p>Russian Club and my study of the Russian language is huge for me, and I’ll probably write an essay about it - though I don’t want to major in Russian.</p>

<p>I want to be a creative writing major, and I’m also looking for strong programs in Russian and art.</p>

<p>I’m thinking about:
Middlebury (1st choice)
Brown
Oberlin
Grinnell
Sarah Lawrence
Yale
Beloit (safety)</p>

<p>…Chances?</p>

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<p>Wow. Sorry. This is really long. I can’t imagine someone taking an honest interest in all these facts about me…</p>

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<p>Hmm…</p>

<p>JVB Ultimate Frisbee co-captain –>not an NCAA sport, so this prob. won’t help that much
Harry Potter Club co-president–>shows your personality, but that’s about it…</p>

<p>The rest of your ECs look good. If you can bring up your SAT I Math score, your SAT I would be decent. BEING COMMENDED FOR THE PSAT IS HUGE, AS IS NATIONAL HISPANIC. PUT THAT FIRST IN YOUR EXTRACURRICULARS PORTION OF YOUR COMMON APP. You probably should’ve taken more APs also, but nothing you can do about that now.</p>

<p>That being said, I’d say your chances at Yale are not good, your chances at Middlebury are fair, and your chances at Oberlin and Grinnell are both quite decent.</p>

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<p>there is a class in clothing…?</p>

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<p>Damn, you have pretty good chances at Yale and Brown. =)</p>

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<p>You’re a match to all the schools and with Yale it’s always a crapshot, but the fact that you have high grades and high SAT’s with the fact that you are a hispanic makes your chances really high.</p>

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<p>“The kicker: I was suspended in 9th grade for drinking on that foreign exchange,”</p>

<p>lol.</p>

<p>I’d say you look pretty good almost anywhere, but of course a lot of places are crapshoots now</p>

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<p>I think Ultimate Frisbee shows a lot of character. Not that you’d get recruited, but I think it helps, not many people have it.</p>

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<p>Sarah Lawrence is an ultimate safety for you. Plan on a drug-induced atmosphere.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all these replies! I feel really calm now.</p>

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<p>(…bump!)</p>

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<p>(bump bump this is embarassing)</p>

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<p>My favorite part of your stats is your passion for the Russian culture and language. I think that you have followed that passion for most of your high school career, and that having so many achievements and awards is awesome. You also found a way to tie it into your courseload at school! It’s just too bad that there’s no SAT II or CLEP for Russian! Your SAT scores are high, your GPA is high, and your PSAT is high. You have a good shot at all of the colleges you want to apply to!</p>

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<p>thanks very much, it’s my favorite part too</p>