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Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Now that I have your attention…
Hello, I’m fairly new to this website. </p>

<p>Freshman year I played jv soccer, quit because they drink and do drugs and stuff (one senior got caught my freshman year but most people did stuff)</p>

<p>Sophomore year I did marching band and drumline, but same story; three people got kicked off, two for being arrested at a party with drugs and one for drinking alcohol during rehearsal and band class. </p>

<p>Junior year I started speech team, my event is discussion, which involves reasoning and arguing civilly about various topics. I love it, its a great experience, I wish I had started sooner. I do it this year too, and am currently ranked first at my school (though to be honest, that changes). </p>

<p>IB Candidate
I have done model un all four years.
I have been a counselor at a camp for two years and am doing it later this year, a great experience where we train once a week for a couple months and then spend three days independently teaching jr high kids around camp, during the school year and through the school.<br>
Four year president of euchre club.
National merit semi finalist, and Hispanic recognition for that. (Puerto Rican)
35 on act with writing.
Highest GPA in class of +500, 4.733 (ranked 3rd until semester so technically have to say 3rd)
I love English and writing, I’ve taken IB English as required for the IB diploma, but I also got an a+ in aplac over the summer, and I’m taking aplit this year even though its not required. I got an 800 on the sat 2 subject test for literature and a 770 for us history. I’ve received 5s in world history, us history, micro economics, human geography, and ab calc.
Nhs jr and sr year
French club two years
Spanish club this year
Spanish tutor two years
Boys State delegate
Academic Superbowl Literature jr and sr
Member of a district wide committee for improving the school system, lead by the superintendent </p>

<p>Since jr. year I have had a job at an attorney’s office dealing with immigration law, where I use my Spanish to help deal with the clients as well as translate official documents, and I occasionally help with management of the cases and strategies (honestly, only occasionally, and nothing to do with a court). </p>

<p>I’m going to be an Econ major</p>

<p>Top Schools are

  1. Harvard
  2. Stanford
  3. Princeton
  4. U Chicago
  5. Notre Dame (I’m Christian, not Catholic) </p>

<p>So what I want most in a school is an exciting atmosphere, I like the city but not required. I want to feel like important things are happening, and I want to find people who will stimulate me. Also, I know it’s somewhat unrealistic, but I get along really well with academic types (don’t really like political or business people, at least the ones I’ve met) and I want to start a company, potentially including said academics. I really just don’t want to go to a school where I will be learning what is required for a diploma, that sounds extremely tedious and like a waste of money. So, if anyone has any suggestions for different schools as well as an idea of where I stand with these, that would be much appreciated.</p>

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<p>Also, should I mention soccer and drumline? I quit, so thats not great, but I don’t want to seem like I did nothing freshman and sophomore year</p>

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<p>I would omit soccer and drumline because you aren’t in desperate need of more ECs (your other ones are sweet!) All of the schools on your lists are reaches for EVERYONE! But, I think you are well above the average applicant, putting all of those (except for ND, that’s a match) into the low reach range. As far as schools, the academics in them all is similar, so is the face value of the degree. That is when you need to make your eventual decision on the culture. Based on your description of what you want and my brief knowledge of the schools, I think Stanford and Chicago are the best matches</p>