Well, everybody else is doing it...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>blaaahhh</p>

<p>Here comes the slaughter: what are my chances at Northwestern, Colorado College, and Brandeis?</p>

<p>Academics:
College prep parochial high school
GPA - Unweighted: 3.40?
GPA - Weighted: 3.57?
school doesn’t rank</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 680
SAT II Literature: 630
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 570
SAT II French: 610
AP French Language - 3
AP English Language & Composition - 4
AP Statistics - senior year
AP US Government and Politics - senior year</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
National Forensic League degress of Merit, Honor, Excellence and Distinction
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist</p>

<p>Major Extracurriculars:
church youth group (9-12) - peer leader 11, 12
school newspaper (9-12) - editor in chief 12
speech and debate (10-12) - co-captain 10, 11
Amnesty International (9-12)
community organizing group (10-11)
run own web site (9-12)
soup kitchen volunteer (9-12)
middle school honor band mentor/assistant (9)
local public library volunteer (9)
elementary school teaching assistant (11)
Summer
camp for gifted and talented at Univ. of Northern Colorado (2004-2005)
leadership camp at Univ. of Northern Colorado (2006-2007)
internship with national magazine (2006)</p>

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<p>Good chances at Colorado College. Northwestern is a reach and I don’t know anything about Brandeis. Also look at Skidmore and Union (NY). Good luck!</p>

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<p>northwestern is a definite reach, mostly because of your gpa…standardized testing is ok, but nothing special (your sat II’s might hurt you here)…but as in all cases, great essays/recs can definitely help out. your ec’s are solid as well. don’t know about the other schools…good luck for all of them!</p>

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<p>Gpa is going to hurt you a bit here.
If your Gpa is keep improving, then maybe it’ll help.</p>

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<p>Thanks, you three.
poi: A lot of the kids I know applying to CC are applying to Skidmore, heh.</p>

<p>I totally know Northwestern is a reach, but it’s worth a shot, right?
Anyone know how they feel about supplemental materials? I’m a Medill hopeful, and I was thinking about assembling a portfolio of some stuff I’ve written for my internship, web site, etc.</p>

<p>Also, any ideas about Brandeis? That’s the school I know the least about.</p>

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<p>Sorry to bump, but any guesses on Brandeis (or the other two, of course)?</p>

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<p>I just love how 3.4’s are looked down upon on College Confidential, yet in actual life, it’s pretty good. haha. us overachievers.</p>

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<p>it depends, uve taken 4 ap classes which is good but not great…</p>

<p>how demanding is the rest of ur schedual…</p>

<p>if your in top 10% of class I would say mabye at brandeis…</p>

<p>cc and northwestern are reaches</p>