Let's chance each other!!!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>This one is nice and streamlined. Objective at top, subjective at bottom. Will chance back.</p>

<p>SAT: 2130, 10 Essay (1420 CR + M )
SATII: 2240 (770 BioM, 740 Lit, 730 MathII)
ACT: 29, 9 Essay (30 W, 28 M, 34 R, 25 S) – Will Retake
GPA: 4.0 unweighted/ 5.0 weighted
Rank: 3/465 (1 & 2 are tied, so I’m prospective salutatorian!)
Major: Biology (molecular/genomics/neurobiology)</p>

<p>Schedule:</p>

<p>Hrs. Geometry
Hrs. English 9
Hrs. Biology
ROTC
Business Foundations
P.E./Health
Spanish I</p>

<p>Hrs. Alg II
Hrs. English 10
Hrs. Chemistry
AP World (4)
AP Human Geo. (5)
Spanish II
P.E./ Intro into 2D Art</p>

<p>Hrs. Pre-cal
AP Lit (5)
AP Biology (4)
AP US History (5)
AP Psychology (5)
Spanish III
Online Art Appreciation <---- LOLWUT</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP Lang
AP Govt/ Econ
AP Physics
Spanish IV
AP European History</p>

<p>Awards: Distinguished Academic Award, Centre Fellow, Tuskegee Airman, 1st Place in Graphite Medium (School Art Show), Outstanding Male Foreign Language Student (2013), Renaissance (Honor Roll), Academic Superbowl Awards, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Probably Nat’l Merit Commended (PSAT: 204), Probably Nat’l Achievement Semifinalist</p>

<p>*Independent study of a philosophy (9,10,11,12)
Student Council (11,12)
*Part-time job (9,10,11,12)
Boys State (11)
*Key Club (10,11,12)
National Honor Society (11,12)
Class Officer (11,12)
*Model United Nations (10,11,12)
Algebra Tutor (9,10,11,12) *Sporadically
Academic Superbowl (11,12)
Unspecified political activities (11)
Art Club (10)</p>

<p>*Most important extracurriculars </p>

<p>Attend large public high school in Indiana
Male
Black or African American
Single parent household
~30k income</p>

<p>Recs will (hopefully) be wonderful.
I write for fun, so essays should be superb. </p>

<p>Colleges:
UWisconsin - Madison
U Chicago
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Columbia</p>

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<p>Hey I have another chance thread on this page (I think called chance upenn, Yale, brown, NYU, Brandeis, etc…)</p>

<p>I think you’ve got a good chance at all schools except Yale(I think yale accepts a large amount of private school high income students). You’re certainly a competitive applicant. Good luck :)</p>

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<p>I believe that you have a great chance at all of these schools except Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia. I think if you can raise your ACT or SAT and get some leadership positions, you’ll have a good shot into those no problem.</p>

<p>Thanks, Please Chance back</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot to mention: I’m Treasurer of Student Council and an Officer of Key Club. I’m also the most senior delegate in Model United Nations. Do these count as leadership positions?</p>

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<p>Are you President of anything? Pres of MUN or any officer positions. Treasurer and officer of Key definitely are leadership positions. Please Chance back</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, no. I’d like to start a philosophy club be I doubt there’s much interest at my school. The only other leadership experience I have was acquired at Boys State. I was elected Minority Chairman of the Senate and worked on legislation - in the Education Committee - that became the first bill to be passed by both chambers of congress. Does that count?</p>

<p>As for MUN, we don’t have official positions. I am the senior delegate, though.</p>

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<p>That is unfortunate, but that bill is very impressive. haha I am a Muner too :)</p>

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<p>African American minority with stellar grades (really cant get any better!) despite rigorous course loads (i counted 11 APs) is a great start b/c all these top liberal Universities, like Harvard, Brown, UPenn, love diversity. Your EC are nothing special, but try to find a leadership role u can show off to admissions committees b/c they love that kind of quality in an applicant. Your SAT/ACT is low for some of your top choice schools (only 25% for Harvard 30%Yale, 30% at Princeton, and 40-50% at Brown, 40=45% at Columbia)
my rule of thumb, if and SAT is below 25% at a school, u only get in if u have athletics scholarship, legacy, or a building with your last name on campus, lol.
u should really try to have at least a 50% score to feel like a competitive applicant.
BUT since you are a minorty, u have a solid boost.</p>

<p>UWisconsin - Madison safety
U Chicago low reach
Princeton reach
Harvard low reach
Yale reach
Brown low reach
Columbia low reach</p>

<p>If i had to guess i would say u will be accepted to at least one Ivy League</p>

<p>chance back!!!</p>

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<p>Also, how significant is an independent study of philosophy? I wrote freshman and sophomore year ALOT. Since junior year I’ve read tons philosophy. Just recently, I’ve written a research essay on free will structured after the IB extended essay. Is this a significant EC?</p>

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<p>You have a really good chance for all those schools; especially because you’re part of a minority. I think you’d do great, and get into at least half of these schools. Good luck :slight_smile: Chance me back?
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<p>I beseech thee, approximate the certainty with which I shall matriculate into the various prestigious institutions of higher learning populating this most exceptional and magnanimous of organized socio-political structures.</p>

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<p>Okay, one last bump.</p>

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<p>UW Madison: safety
UChicago: high match/low reach
Princeton: reach
Harvard: reach
Yale: reach
Brown: reach
Columbia: reach</p>

<p>although all the ivies are reaches, theyre reaches for mostly everyone. i think you’ll definitely get into a handful of them. Good luck!:)</p>

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<p>UWisconsin - Madison: match
U Chicago: match/low reach
Princeton: reach
Harvard: reach
Yale : reach
Brown: reach
Columbia: reach</p>

<p>It’s always a reach for ivys because you never know what/who they want/are accepting. I wish you the best of luck! Your application is pretty solid though! :)</p>