Temple / NYU / U Penn / U Chicago / Ohio State

Chance Me / Match Me
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Objective:

ACT: I’ll take it this fall, but I got a 29 on my first practice
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.32
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/~170
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP Spanish Lang (4), AP Psychology (5), AP English Lit (4)
Senior Year Course Load: CCP English, Human Anat&Phys, Spanish 5, French 3, AP Gov, (maybe) AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Spanish 3 Student of the Year, High Honor Roll (every year), NHS

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club, Spanish Club (Founder, President), Yearbook (Photographer, Editor, Writer), Ohio Model United Nations
Job/Work Experience: Dairy Queen (end of 10th-beginning of 11th), Babysitting (since 7th grade), Photography (3 years paid)
Volunteer/Community service: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Summer Activities: Volunteering, Travel
Essays: Common App Essay about how learning multiple Foreign Languages has made me a more empathetic, curious, and culturally accepting person and also how foreign languages have helped me find my voice and not be a shy, quiet person.

Other

State: OH
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White / very small percent hispanic (Spain) – not sure if I should actually check this on an application
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): passion, languages, travel, first generation, cancer survivor
Reflection
Strengths: essays, passion, languages, cancer survivor
Weaknesses: math, ECs

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In rank from most likely to least likely

Match - Temple
Match - OSU

Reach - NYU

Big Reach - UPENN
Big Reach - UChicago

It might go up if you take the ACT and get a score of 33 or higher, but your UW GPA and scores are a bit low. That being said, your essays and recommendations could hit it out of the park and the cancer survivor could be really great to talk about. I do know your chances are always much greater if you apply. A self-study ACT and SAT online course might go a long way in helping you.

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Thank you! I’m planning on getting an ACT practice book in addition to the online ones I’m doing. My HS doesn’t offer many AP classes, so I’ve only taken 1 so far. I’ll take 3 this coming year, so hopefully that will help with my GPA.

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I think your academics and EC’s are relatively mediocre (unless you boost that ACT and UW GPA). I think def focus on your traveling and languages as that is the most unique. It also matters how proficient you are in these languages, as not taking an AP test for the languages or getting an award for it or doing some program related to these programs might cause question. What you listed under hooks is really strong

I agree with Brian’s chance.

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Thanks! I forgot to mention that I’m also in Student Council and a club that basically helps/mentors freshmen