What are my Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>3.9 unweighted GPA at private high school (no rankings)
216 PSAT sophomore year, 229 PSAT junior year (both 99th percentile)
34 ACT
2320 SAT: 800 CR, 760 M, 760 W</p>

<p>ECs: Swimming (9th grade), fall dramas, musicals, Tech ( Drama Letter), Quiz Bowl, Math League, Newspaper (will be news editor next year), Shakespeare Club</p>

<p>Community service: preschools, visiting elderly, teaching Chinese to 2nd graders (about 20 hours a year since 9th grade), 90 service hours through ProjectLink, Service Award</p>

<p>Summers: 2 People to People trips (earned 2 college credits, 1 high school credit), next summer will be doing research at the University of St. Thomas</p>

<p>Classes:
Intro Chem/Phys
Hon. Adv. Alg.
Freshman English
Painting and drawing
Performance Physiology
Acting I
Roots of the Modern World
Chinese III</p>

<p>Molecular Biology
Sophomore English
Hon. Trig/Stat/precalc
AP European History
Beg/Adv. Ceramics
PE/Religion
Chinese IV</p>

<p>Studio Ceramics
American Literature
AP US history
AP calc AB
Chemistry
Physics
Chinese V</p>

<p>Next year:
AP Biology
Research
AP calc BC
Chinese VI
Honors Studio ceramics
AP English
Religion</p>

<p>Academic honors: State art award for ceramics through Scholastic Arts, member of the Cum Laude society, headmasters list every semester so far in high school, English departmental distinction award</p>

<p>Some colleges I’m considering: Middlebury, Cornell, Colgate, Princeton, Swarthmore, Duke, Georgetown, MIT, Williams, Amherst, Colombia, Yale, Northwestern</p>

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<p>Middlebury - match
Cornell - match
Colgate - match/safety
Princeton - reach
Swarthmore - match
Duke - reach/match
Georgetown - reach/match
MIT - reach
Williams - match
Amherst - reach/match
Columbia - reach
Yale - reach
Northwestern - match</p>

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<p>Middlebury - reach-ish
Cornell - reach
Colgate - match/safety
Princeton - reach
Swarthmore - match/reach
Duke - match/reach
Georgetown - match/reach
MIT - reach
Williams - match/reach
Amherst - match/reach
Columbia - reach
Yale - reach
Northwestern - match</p>

<p>Good luck! - I got into swat ED and my app was very similar to yours, so I tihnk you have a fair chance at at least swat, amherst and williams</p>

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<p>Hey, just throwing it out there but Dartmouth is an amazing school with much in common with many schools on your list (Middlebury, Amherst, Williams, Northwestern, Duke, Princeton, Cornell). I actually transferred from Columbia to Dartmouth, and honestly it was the best decision I EVER have made. The Dartmouth community is the best. My advice? Dump Columbia and add Dartmouth.</p>