UChicago, Rice, and others

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi. So I had posted another thread over a week ago with one response, so I thought I would try again with a different title. Looking for some feedback.</p>

<p>STATS (as a junior, with projected scores, etc. indicated by an asterisk)</p>

<p>•Junior. Female, Caucasian. Upper-middle class.
•3.8 Cumulative GPA
•Top 3% in class of 785+ (22/788 last I knew)
•1980 SAT (*aiming for 2200+)
•700 Bio SAT II </p>

<p>Classes</p>

<p>All As for semester grades, except two ** in both Geometry H, AICE Math, and AP Calc AB. One B second semester in AICE Thinking Skills I.</p>

<p>•APs and AICE (Honors/Reg only in math and foreign language. Highest difficulty levels offered for particular math and French courses, with honors and regular. Chemistry Honors.)</p>

<p>APs:
AP Environmental (4), AP Human (4), AP Bio (4)</p>

<p>Current Schedule:
AP Calc AB, APUSH, AP Psych, AP English and Comp.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>•Model UN (JV 10th, 11th. Competing at Harvard Convention at Boston Sheraton Jan/Feb 2013. <em>12th Varsity)
•JSA Chapter Founder (President 11th, 12th</em>. Spread political awareness/increase political involvement at school through a casual, student-centered forum consisting of unmoderated ad moderated debates; thought talks; appearances by guest speakers; and participation at local and state conferences.)
•NHS (10th, 11th, 12th<em>)
•School Newspaper (10th Copy Editor, 11th News Editor, 12th</em> Editor-in-Chief)
•Personal service project (11th, 12th* President and founder to send packages to children in Haiti. School chapter spread to community.)</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>•STEM cord
•AICE diploma with Merit
•AP Scholar
•President’s Gold Award-3.5+ GPA (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
•"Honor Roll"-3.5+ HPA (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th<em>)
•Top 5% Award (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th</em>)
•NOPE certified (I voluntarily wrote an essay, amongst other requirements, after a drug/alcohol overdose presentation by a local group against narcotics at my school. I received 30 service hours and eligibility for a scholarship.)</p>

<p>Volunteering</p>

<p>•110+ service hours (consistent volunteer with two legitimate, locally based organizations)</p>

<p>Essays/Recs</p>

<p>Both excellent.</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p>•P2P Student Ambassador Summer '12. Modern and Ancient Civilizations-Italy, Sicily, and Greece.
-•Summer at Yale/Cornell/UPenn '13
•I attend one of the top competitive public high schools in the nation.</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>UChicago (EA)
NYU (RD)
Georgetown (EA)
Boston College (RD)
Rice (RD)
Vanderbilt (RD)
BU (safety)
Northeastern (safety)
American U (safety)
GWU (RD)
Tufts (RD)
Yale (RD)
UPenn (RD)
*The last two are obviously high reaches…</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>This is assuming you get 2200 on the SAT. You certainly stand a chance at all the schools, so don’t hesitate applying widely. </p>

<p>UChicago (EA) - reach
NYU (RD) - match
Georgetown (EA) - low reach
Boston College (RD) - match
Rice (RD) - match
Vanderbilt (RD) - high match
BU (safety) - safety
Northeastern - safety
American U - safety
GWU - low match
Tufts - high match
Yale (RD) - high reach
UPenn (RD) - reach</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get into most of the non ivies and a few ivies with the 2200. Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1431373-chance-top-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1431373-chance-top-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Good luck! Be realistic with the SAT goal though. Also, you’re really good at AP tests. Why not take ACTs? You might even score higher than SATs.</p>

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<p>@Kobe Thanks! I’ll try and chance you back as soon as I can.</p>

<p>@ojsenga Thanks for the tip! I am still not sure whether I will take the ACT yet. Also, the 1980 was my first SAT ever, so I am hoping I can focus on areas of weakness to bring up that score.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>bump…!</p>

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<p>You are most likely in for all the schools that are not in the top 20 of us news. However, that is only if you get a 2200.</p>

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<p>And what about the schools that are in the top 20?</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>Anyone have anything to say?</p>

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<p>Please take the ACT. It’s school material based, just like APs as opposed to the SATs. You probably will do better on the ACTs than SATs.</p>

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<p>^I will certainly look into it in greater detail… Again, thanks for the suggestion.</p>

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<p>if you have a 2200+ on the SAT: then
UChicago - high reach
NYU reach
Georgetown reach
Boston College reach
Rice high reach
Vanderbilt reach
BU safety
Northeastern safety
American U safety
GWU safety
Tufts safety
Yale high reach
UPenn high reach</p>

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<p>^So you wouldn’t consider any of the schools listed to be matches?</p>

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<p>substitute BU, Taft with Match in my list above</p>

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<p>I don’t mean to sound rude, but BU for me is most definitely a safety.</p>

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<p>you’re in even with the 1980 SAT! :slight_smile: You’re doing amazing!!! Test scores probably matter the least to these schools. Once ure in the 1700+ range, all tht matters is who YOU are. Like rec letters, etc. No worries :slight_smile: have fun in hs!!!</p>