Please Chance Me for Carleton, Emory, and Amherst!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>-3.75 unweighted GPA, approx. 4.27/4.3 weighted GPA
-31 ACT (taking it again in April)
-No SAT yet (Took it; getting scores back in a few weeks. Possibly a 2100+?)
-Have/am taking three AP’s (Psychology, American History, and English Language), and for senior year will take four (European History, English Language, Spanish, and Calc)
-Extracurriculars:
1. Model U.N.
2. Girl Scout working towards Gold Award (will be completed summer before entrance into college)
3. Marching Band for 4 years (will be section leader next year)
4. Church choir for 3 years
5. Students for Peace and Justice
6. Second Place winner for Martin Luther King Jr. Essay contest sophomore year
7. Finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Award for Creative Writing sophomore year
8. About eight years of playing flute–four years of co-curricular Concert Band/Wind Ensemble (One of top players in school–first and second chair in top ensembles)
9. Summer course (With an A for end grade) for creative writing at UChicago
10. Contributing writer for school newspaper/prospective editor in chief for senior year
11. Member of church’s Young People’s Department
12. Various awards for music performance
13. Applying to go on cultural trip to India for senior year with school</p>

<p>School Courses:
9th Grade:
-Honors Biology
-Honors World History
-Honors Algebra
-Honors Spanish
-Honors English
A/A- Average</p>

<p>10th Grade:
-Honors English/Journalism
-Honors Geometry
-AP Psychology (5 on exam)
-Honors Spanish
-Honors Chemistry
A/A- Average</p>

<p>11th Grade:
-Honors Physics
-Honors Trigonometry
-AP American History (no AP test yet)
-AP English Lit (no AP test yet)
-Honors Spanish
A Average</p>

<p><em>African American, if that slightly boosts my chances</em>
I know my list here is a bit weak, but any advice you could give me would be awesome and a big help! Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>intended major?
sending creative writing supplement?</p>

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<p>English is definitely my intended major, but I’m thinking about double majoring, perhaps in History. And yes, I’ll probably be sending in a creative writing supplement.</p>

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<p>Being a URM does in fact boost your chances. </p>

<p>don’t know much about Carleton, but your a fantastic candidate for emory and amherst.</p>

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<p>Yay! A fellow creative writer! :D</p>

<p>Into Emory I’d say, good chances at Amherst. Into Carleton.</p>

<p>I might just be biased though… #creativewriterpride</p>

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<p>~bummpppp!~</p>

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<p>Bum bumbumbumbum, bump bump bump! More input would be awesome; thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>bump …</p>