IS it Worth ApplYing to thes e SchoOls?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>gpa weighted 93.5 (2 honors) 9th and 10th grade
skipped 11th grade( cuz my father was ill and i had to take care of him in Korea)
now taking 2 aps (12th) about 95+ weighted
interact - e board
international club- committee chair
mathelete- 4 yrs
church volunteer for disabled person - 2 yrs in summer
internship- summer
tennis - 3 yrs
track- 2yrs
cross country - 2 yrs
SAT
verbal- 500
math- 720
writing- 500
good recommandation (one is 400+ words and other one is 2 pages)
decent essay( counselor liked it)</p>

<p>colleges: syracuse, binghamton, emory, UIUC, UW madison, george washington university, boston u, stony brook, buffalo</p>

<p>Do i have chances?</p>

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<p>apply to wherever you want
it never hurts</p>

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<p>do i have chances at those schools? haha~</p>

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<p>colleges look at you hollistically, and yes, you do have a chance</p>

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<p>what do u mean by hollistically? oh thanks…which colleges do i have more chances over the others?</p>

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<p>bump~~~~~~~~</p>

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<p>I think that due to your special circumstances (skipping a grade), your essays will really be the defining factor in your application. If you can show the admissions officer what you learned from what happened and how it affected you then that will obviously help.</p>

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<p>GWU - reach</p>

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<p>university of wisconsin will definitely take you. Make sure to write good essays.</p>

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<p>He means holistically and its looking at you as a WHOLE rather than focusing in on one aspect.</p>

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<p>you’re pretty much guranteed for stony brook and buffalo and probably binghamton</p>

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<p>UW-Madison is actually a very selective school. You definitely won’t get into Wisconsin with a 1220.</p>

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<p>my brother got into UW madison with 1170 and 91 avg… about similar ecs and bad recs and essay…but since 9th grade he improved so much…60 to 95 with 2 aps…but he does not attend there now</p>

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<p>UW has an SAT range of 1180-1370. Your brother must have had some sort of hook (urm, atheletics, etc.) to get into a top 40 school like Madison.</p>

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<p>doesn’t also syracuse 1150-1320, binghamton 1170-1340, GWU 1180-1370, BU 1220-1390 and yada yada yada…and my brother got into all the schools i just mentioned above,and Henrym288, my brother wasn’t good athelete and he had ECs similar to mine</p>

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<p>if anyone appy to my post, it would be so helpful thank you</p>

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<p>your test scores are weak, but try to emphasize on your ECs. it’s amazing that you took care of your dad in korea… i think you can concentrate on service… taking care your dad and church volunteering…</p>

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<p>I think, in addition to special circumstances, schools look at how you’re going do when you’re actually there. And while you have an pretty good math SAT score, most colleges have General Education requirements which are heavy on writing / reading skills. I think just a 500 on the writing and CR sections is REALLY going to hurt, even with all of those special circumstances.</p>

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<p>could you get into UW-Madison with a 1260, 3.5 uw gpa, oos</p>

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<p>Focus on your unique experiences (i.e. Korea) as defining characteristics, write good essays, present your material well, and I’d say you have a chance at all of the schools.</p>