What to do now?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey, I’m new to the forums.</p>

<p>just got deferred by hopkins, totally destroyed…just wanted feedback on my chances elsewhere…</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2050 (680v, 670m, 700w) - going to retake this one, realistic score: over 2150</p>

<p>SAT 2: 720 lit, 750 us hist, 740 bio</p>

<p>AP: 5 bio, 5 english, 4 us hist</p>

<p>in all ap and honors classes, GPA: 3.6 uw, school does not weight or rank</p>

<p>also taking anatomy and physiology at local community college for college credit - grade=99%</p>

<p>EC: </p>

<p>founder and president of world soccer club
created fundraiser for german honor society
worked on research project to isolate cancer-causing gene- got rec from phd in charge of lab
accepted as an intern at national aids research institute in india for summer 2006
captain of jv tennis team
played violin in honors orchestra for 2 years
first aid and cpr certified, hipaa certified (random extras lol)</p>

<p>yeah, so if anyone could let me know my chance in:</p>

<p>nyu
columbia
georgetown
hopkins (again)
duke
umich ann arbor</p>

<p>or if anyone has suggestions other than raising sat 1 score</p>

<p>forgot to add:</p>

<p>over 140 hours volunteering at local hospital
about 30 hours volunteering at soup kitchen in trenton
designed webpages for Univeristy of Medicine and Denstistry of NJ and for a univeristy in rural India</p>

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<p>can anyone post some feedback please?</p>

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<p>bump…bump</p>

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<p>bump, dont wanna get lost in the middle</p>

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<p>wow, not even one reply, i need something catchy in here</p>

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<p>You need a safety school. With a 3.6 GPA, you can’t be guaranteed admission at any of these schools. Michigan, you’re probably thinking of as a safety, has higher standards for OOS applicants, and if you haven’t applied yet, you may not get in. Your GPA is below average for an OOS student, and your test scores are just average for an OOS applicant. It’s almost a 50/50 chance at Michigan, and that’s not a safety. You could easily be rejected.</p>

<p>All your schools are going to be very hard to get into with a 3.6. And even if you were a very qualified applicant, these schools have very low acceptance rates in the first place. Duke (26%), Georgetown (22%), Columbia (11%), NYU (35%), Hopkins (30%). All those schools take less than 1 in 3, meaning you need to have something that stands out, putting you ahead of the applicant pool. And a 3.6 will put you behind the pool to start with. </p>

<p>Look at less prestigious schools. The only school I see you possibly getting admitted to here is Michigan. Test scores and GPA just too low, and combine that with the fact that these schools don’t admit many applicants to begin with.</p>

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<p>i have backup schools already, i was just posting these schools, thanks for the post though</p>

<p>i am retaking the sat 1, and my research experience is designed to help me stick out, i do have a published project</p>