Zoidberg93's [hopefully] final chance thread

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Going to try to apply to all my colleges next week. Final list friends :)</p>

<p>BU
Northeastern
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Brandeis
NYU
Fordham
George Washington
UMass Amherst
UNH
Cornell
UPenn</p>

<p>My Stats are:</p>

<p>GPA Unweighted: about 3.8 or 3.9
GPA Weighted: 4.1563
Class Rank: 8 out of 486</p>

<p>SAT:
December 2010: 2000 (CR: 670 M: 670 W:660)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Biology: 740 World History: 640</p>

<p>AP Exams:
Biology: 5
Statistics: senior year
Chemistry: senior year
Calculus: senior year</p>

<p>Classes and Grades: Here’s a copy of my transcript,*
<a href=“http://i1178.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/x373/Zoidberg93/highschooltranscript.jpg[/url]”>http://i1178.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/x373/Zoidberg93/highschooltranscript.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Recreational soccer (since sophomore year)
Youth group (since freshman year, but skipped junior year)
Hindi school (same as youth group)
Dartmouth Community Medical Lectures (since sophomore year)
Debate Team (sophomore year only)
Free Thinkers Club (junior year only)
Young Democrats (sophomore)
Key Club (senior year)
Tennis Lessons (sophomore year)</p>

<p>Community Service/Volunteer:
Tutored other high school students through peer tutoring program at school
Various Key Club and NHS activities
Volunteered during the 2008 elections</p>

<p>Honors:
National Honor Society
1st place in Western New England College Engineering Competition
St. Anselm Book Award
Model UN Delegate of the Year
High Honors Roll</p>

<p>Extra Stuff:</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian (of the South Asian variety, not Native American)</p>

<p>High School: Above average public school, usually a handful of students get into top-tier schools every year.</p>

<p>Location: NH</p>

<p>Also, I have some credits from a local community college.</p>

<p>If any part needs clarification, don’t hesitate to ask! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Please use the following classification system:
In with money, Safety, Match, High Match, Low Reach, Mid-Reach, High Reach</p>

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<p>BU - Match
Northeastern - Match
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy - Unsure
Brandeis - Unsure
NYU - Low Reach
Fordham - Match
George Washington - High Match/Low Reach
UMass Amherst High Match
UNH - Safety
Cornell - Reach
UPenn - High Reach</p>

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<p>*Special note:
Applying to college of arts and sciences at all of these (except MCP)</p>

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<p>BU - Match/In
Northeastern - Match/In
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy - No Idea
Brandeis - Match
NYU - Match
Fordham - Macth
George Washington - Match
UMass Amherst - In
UNH - In
Cornell - Low-ish Reach
UPenn - Reach</p>

<p>You really shouldn’t worry much about any of these except Penn due to your sats</p>

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<p>BU - match
Northeastern - match
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy - uhh
Brandeis - match
NYU - low match
Fordham - match
George Washington - match
UMass Amherst - high match
UNH - in?
Cornell - low reach
UPenn - reach (because of SAT)</p>

<p>Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1056376-chance-me-plz.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1056376-chance-me-plz.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Why is umass amherst a high match? Is it because I’m out of state?</p>

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<p>A summary of pro’s and con’s to make chancing easier:</p>

<p>Pros:
GPA
Class Rank
Fairly Rigorous course load
Straight A’s
SAT is decent
AP’s
A few decent awards</p>

<p>Cons:
SAT Scores (for Ivies and tougher schools)
Inconsistent Extracurriculars
Barely any volunteering
Essays arn’t the best in the world
ORM Ethnicity (Indian)</p>

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<p>Chanced back. Keep the chances coming!</p>

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<p>Happy Holidays everyone. Bump.</p>

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<p>…will chance back</p>

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<p>First bump of 2011. Happy New Years CCers</p>

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<p>Gvgvygivigcfyyijn grrrrrrrrr</p>

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<p>BU low reach/high match
Northeastern match/high
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy idk school
Brandeis idk school
NYU high match/low reach
Fordham low/match
George Washington high match
UMass Amherst low match
UNH-in
Cornell low/mid reach
UPenn mid reach (CAS is easier than wharton by far.)</p>

<p>Good luck, no worry about SAT’s…you are a solid applicant.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1061231-chance-me-top-schools-ill-chance-back-100-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1061231-chance-me-top-schools-ill-chance-back-100-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thank you! chanced back =]</p>

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<p>Results so far:</p>

<p>BU no decision yet
Northeastern in with scholarship
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in with scholarship
Brandeis in
NYU in
Fordham don’t know
George Washington don’t know
UMass Amherst in with scholarship
UNH in with scholarship</p>