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Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Grade: 3.96/4.0 cumulative
PSAT: 228 (Semi-finalist)
SAT: 2200 (1520 excluding writing)
ACT: don’t know
SAT II: Math Ic: 760; IIC: 800; chem: 800: WH: 730 </p>

<p>community service-

  • interacted with prisoners
  • Habitat for Humanity - helped landscape the houses
  • Resque Mission (homeless shelters) - cleaned/folded clothes
  • “Gleaning”- distributing unspoiled food to shelters and schools from farms
  • Kenya- UNICEF work- helping out in AID hospitals; working with patients afflicted with AIDS or other non-contagious diseases </p>

<p>EC-
won some international and national competitions this year for leadership and writing.
Constant flute player- have been in several bands (actually invited to Europe to play in the summer)
Tennis (Varsity, state champs)
Model UN- head director at school, Outstanding Speaker at college conference
Newspaper head editor; editor-in-chief </p>

<p>Recs are going to be very strong. Getting one from a dean in the humanities department. Another one is from my sophomore and (probably senior) year teacher (only sophomore in the AP BC class) </p>

<p>AP BC: 5; predicting a 5 for Chem
Going to take (next year) AP Stats, Lit, Spanish, Bio, Micro, AP Linear Algebra
IBs: Lit and Spanish </p>

<p>I think I need to improve my SAt scores? My mom is pretty–no not pretty-- really really discontent with my grade. Is it that bad? I had one A- in freshman year, 4.0 soph, and 3 in junior year. I’ve tried to explain that the classes this year was hard, but she doens’ tcare. </p>

<p>Responses please :D</p>

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<p>AP Linear Algebra?</p>

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<p>haha ya. </p>

<p>Our class is hardcore for math. I took AP Bc in soph year, multi-variable junior year, linear algebra senior yr</p>

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<p>For which schools?</p>

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<p>harvard
yale
wharton (upenn)
princeton
berkeley
georgetown
stanford
columbia
Amherst
UChicago
MIT business</p>

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<p>^ Ivies are a big reach for anyone. And your ECs, at least the way you present them kind of make me go ‘eh’.</p>

<p>Stanford probably isn’t going to happen. And everything else is reach-y for anyone, let’s be honest.</p>

<p>ADD MATCHES AND SAFETIES. And then go back and think about how you’re presenting your ECs on your app.</p>

<p>Apply to a handful (3/4 TOPS) of these reaches. And replace the rest with more reasonable goals. Playing russian roulette with colleges can lead to heart ache.</p>

<p>Best wishes.</p>

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<p>haha thanks. </p>

<p>btw, my extracurriculars are OUTSTANDING :)</p>