What do you think?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Im a junior in H.S. now, my classes this year are:</p>

<p>AP U.S.
AP english lang.
precalc
french 3
accounting 1/2
chem</p>

<p>next year i will be taking:</p>

<p>AP gov (comparative and U.S.)
AP lit
AP euro
honors calc
honors french 4
physics</p>

<p>I have a 3.4 unweighted GPA with 1360/2030 SAT’s on my 1st try, my school is known to be very hard in grading and always has alot of student go to top schools.</p>

<p>my extra curriculars are:
varsity lacrosse all 4 years, starter 3 years,will probably be captain next year
football freshman/soph years
3 years FBLA, will probably be officer next year
3 years big brother/big sister
2 years harvard model UN, will be captain next year
a little under 100 hours of hospital volunteering
2nd generation french, speak converationally
long distance cycling, 100+ miles, numerous rides for multiple sclerosis
Several contributions to school litterary mgazine
Hockey referee- Level 3 USA hockey
-refereed several state and new-england championships
Soccer referee- Level 7 USSF
-youngest referee ever in my state to attain grade 7 certification
-level 7 attained by only 7% of referees nationally
-2008 CT youth referee of the year
-Invited to referee state, regional and national championship games

  • referee- 2007 under-20 north american championships
  • 2008- invited to national proffesional list
    -2007- refereed first proffesional soccer game
    -2007-present youngest referee in state 1st division amateur matches
    -2007-2008 invited to tampa for premier international youth tournament
    -2006-present- referee mentor</p>

<p>my possible essay topics are:

  1. overcoming reconstructive knee surgery in my junior year to get A’s in a few classes
  2. Something in my refereeing</p>

<p>I want to major in business administration with a specialization in finance
the schools im looking at are:</p>

<p>reach:
Cornell (overall 1st choice)
UPenn</p>

<p>Match:
Villanova (probable 1st choice)
UVA
UNC
Northeastern</p>

<p>Safeties:
UConn (legacy)
Penn State</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>I think UNC OOS would fall more into the “reach” category than the matches. The same can be said about UVA. (UNC OOS is ridiculously hard to get into.)</p>

<p>However, I think all of those refereeing awards are great! It shows leadership, at least according to my teachers, especially since you excel at it as you do. That would probably be your “hook”, as the lingo on the website goes.</p>

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<p>Sorry, but you are definitely not a safety match with Penn State University Park with a 3.4. That puts you under the average gpa for incoming freshmen. I think you should shuffle northeastern down to being a safety, move Penn State to a match, Villanova up to a low reach, and UNC/UVA up to reaches because you are out of state. Congrats on doing well on the SAT, but unfortunately at schools like PSU that is only 1/3 of the admission decision.</p>

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<p>I think your refereeing is really good cause it helps seperate you from the crowd. It’s pretty impressive. But your academics is not. Your GPA is too low for you reach schools and for your saftey schools its about average. Also, the ppl who get into ivy league schools have usually at least 2200 on their SAT. But the rest of your ECs are good. If you could get a few more awards rather than more activities, it would be even better.</p>