puleez chance me!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me
1

Hi! I am a senior at an extremely competitive public high school in Southern California. My dream schools have been UPenn, Vanderbilt, and UCLA since I was in middle school. I am applying ED1 to UPenn and ED2 to Vanderbilt. I am interested in hearing others’ opinions on my chances of getting accepted to these schools. Other schools I am applying to include: Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Occidental College, Pomona College, Swarthmore, Tufts, Smith, USC, Vassar, and Washington Univ in St. Louis. Thank you!!

ACT: composite (34), superscore (35)
composite breakdown: English (36), math (35), reading (34), science (31)
unweighted GPA: 3.9302
weighted GPA: 4.349
rank: unavailable
AP scores: European History (3), US History (3), Biology (4), Art History(5), English Language (5)
SAT subject scores: Korean with listening (770), math II (680), literature (650) [I am probably not going to send these unless necessary]

Extracurriculars:

  • sports page editor for high school publication (10-12)
    • our high school newspaper is extremely high ranked internationally and widely acknowledged
  • Model United Nations member (9-12)
    • publicity officer (11), president (12)
  • job at a bakery (12)
  • JV Girls tennis (9-11)
  • internship at an asset management company (12)
  • volunteer at a senior rehab/hospital (10)
  • volunteer for after school program (11-12)
  • social media manager for my church’s high school ministry (10-12)
  • National Honor Society member (10-12)
  • There is a high chance that I will be interning at a photo printing company as well this year.

Awards:

  • excellence award for sports writing in National Journalism Convention write-offs
  • 14th place for sports writing in SoCal Journalism write-offs
  • 7th place for sports writing in county journalism write-offs
  • top of class award for AP Art History
  • research award for Model UN conference
  • JV Girls tennis most improved player

Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female
Intended major(s): Communications, English, or Art History [ranked from most to least interested]
I plan to get my letter of recommendations from my journalism advisor and AP Art History teacher.

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your ECs strike me as a little all over the place–somewhat in a good way but also a double edged sword in that I can’t really tell who you are based on this list except that you work really hard! And then again this is only a list–so make sure your essays tell a compelling story that can weave a story about the ECs most important to you.

Otherwise, I think you have a good shot at Upenn.

3

Your stats are great. I think that you have a chance at every school on your list. I also think that you very likely would do well at any school on your list.

I am trying to decide whether USC or Smith or Occidental is a safety. I will admit that I barely knew that Occidental College even existed. I don’t know these schools well enough to know if they are safeties for you but it seems your chances should be very good at each of them.

The other issue is whether the schools on your list will be affordable. Do you have any financial constraints?

4

The problem is not getting rejected. It’s getting accepted and finding out it doesn’t work. All of these schools are either private or out of state schools. Are you parents willing to pay $200k for a bachelors degree?