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CHANCE ME PLS PLS PLS!!! white girl attending a large public high school. 1550 SAT, 5s on AP World History, APUSH, AP Lang, AP Calc AB, 4 on AP Latin, currently taking AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP GOV, AP Art History. National Merit semifinalist. All As besides PreCalc sophomore year, and AP Lang and AP Calc first semester junior year (Bs). Editor in chief of HS newspaper, captain of debate team, ranked top 30 in debate nationally, wrote research paper, volunteer with and lecture at church, did multiple summer programs studying international relations and journalism. Legacy at Stanford. Chance me for Stanford, Georgetown, Columbia, Tufts, BU, BC, UVA, UCLA, Barnard, USC, Middlebury, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, NYU (applied to more but those are my reaches lolsies)
overall gpa- 3.21 (weighted, upwards trend of 3.9 gpa junior year with all IB classes)
act- 35
okayish ec’s- went to hosa states 3 years in a row (3rd place atc med math, 6th place chemistry, top 10 for 3 years at regionals), 1 board position, 100+ volunteer hours, did perry initiative, member of msa and red cross
lor and essay - decent
Hi I’m currently a junior with a 4.0 gpa, hoping to get it up to atleast 4.1 overall by start of senior year. I haven’t taken the SAT yet and my extracurriculars are pretty mid with being a competitive member of tsa since 9th grade, competitive member of FBLA and deca 11th and probably 12th grade. I don’t have leadership positions in any of these however and I won 4th place in state for video game design in tsa 9th grade. I also have a part time job as a flag football referee I’m also from Forsyth which I heard is more competitive than rest of the counties in Georgia. What should I do to increase my chances? Also chance me for Purdue (out of state)
applying as mech eng major 4.22 cal poly gpa ca resident 21+ hours ec with leadership position no APs but 5 college courses in STEM
Dm!!
Demographics:
White male; out of state; private school;
biology major
Academics:
ACT: 35 Composite
GPA: 4.0 UW 4.56 W
Courses All Ap and Honors:
AP World: 4
AP Bio: 5
APUSH: 4
AP Spanish Lang: 3
AP Physics 1: 4
AP English Lang: 4
AP Comp Sci A: 5
Currently Taking:
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
AP Comparative Government
AP English Lit
AP Physics C Mech
AP Physics C E&M
Awards:
National Merit Finalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
Published in Peer Reviewed Journal
Robotics Dean's List Award Finalist
Author in published pharmacology lab manuscript
Extracurriculars:
Pharmacology Lab Internship: data published and presented
Independent Research: published paper on cardiac diagnosis with a smartphone AI I made
Children's Hospital Volunteer
Robotics: Programming lead - state championship
JiuJitsu
Upright Bass in State Continental Orchestra
Independent Research (improvements to AI model in past paper): paper submitted to journal awaiting results
Varsity Programming Competitor for school
NHS
Personal Statement: how my interest in biology and cardiology have parallels to the leadership in the orchestra and jiujitsu
Thanks!!
-Sorry if this is wayyyy too long (I haven't been a part of this sub for long)
Demographics:
Male, Hispanic (Spanish-speaking second language), Massachusetts, Private Catholic School, am a pilot (about to take written exam), and have a really good essay (I hope), lots of extracurriculars
Intended major(s):
Entrepreneurship (Carroll School of Management)
Academics:
SAT: 1300 (720 English, 580 Math)
Class rank: Not available
UW/W GPA: 3.43 W / 3.08 UW (I think; not sure if I did the math right)
Coursework:
Awards:
Honor Roll (School): 9, 10, 11, 12
Extracurriculars:
Essays:
Extra:
Schools:
Demographics:
Male
Indian
NC
Competitive & Public HS
1st Generation
Intended Major(s): Pre-Med
ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1600, 36
UW/ GPA: 4.0/4.7 Rank: N/A
Coursework: 12 APs, All 5s, No DEs & IBs
Awards:
Placed in DECA States & Internationally for 3 years
Got DECA Test Proficiency 3 times
DECA Scholarship Reciever
CollegeBoard AP Scholar with Distinction
Bunch of XC and Track Awards
State & Regional Qualifier for XC 2x
State & Regional Qualifier for Track 4x
SciOly 3x Regionals 1st Place in Anatomy
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Track 3 Years & Varsity XC 2 Years
Red Cross Volunteer (150 Hours)
Chemistry YT Channel
Job at Local Tutoring Place
DECA
Anatomy and Physiology Club President
UNC Hospital Volunteer (100 Hours)
Couple UNC High School Programs
DUKE STAR Program
Shadowed Pediatrician (75 Hours)
Essays/LORs/Other: Essays: 8/10 LORs: 9/10
Schools: (All are RD except for Duke which is ED)
ECU
NC State
UNC Charlotte
UNC Chapel Hill
Duke
I'm Black and mexican, First generation
Low income: 35k ish
In State
1320 Sat: 700 math, 620 reading(average at my school was 830)
3.4 UW 4.1 Weighted Class rank is around 40/350
16 IB classes, 8 AP, the rest were honors
No extracurriculars since I take care of my grandparents who I live with, and babysit my little cousin for my uncle(He has serious health issues so needs my help a lot) I made sure to talk about this in commonapp.
intended major: computer engineering/ data science for harder colleges
gpa: 3.95 uw / 4.27 W UC GPA / around 4.5 W GPA(not really sure)
rigor: apush (4), ap lang (4), AP Calc BC (4), currently taking AP Stats, APCSA, AP Chem, and AP Macro. Taking Linear Algebra through a community college. Took Physics at CC through 11th-12th grade summer
test: 1400 SAT Superscore(not very good)
demographics: california, male, indian, second gen
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ec’s(mid):
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awards (lacking)
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other:
letters of rec: pretty good, one from my ap lang teacher, and one from my pre-calc teacher
essays: pretty solid, hopefully plays a big part
Regular Decision
Major: Biochem/Chem/Neuro depending on school
Test Optional??? I have a 1410
GPA: 102.07
ACTIVITIES
NHS President
MHS President
Newspaper President and feminist series founder
Debate Team President
Neuroscience lab internship
Advanced science research program
Founder of online science tutoring platform
EHS VP
Violinist and Tri M Officer
Part time job I’ve worked since ninth grade
RESUME: mindfulness club officer; hospital internship; 1:1 tutoring; science honor society
HONORS
Coca Cola scholars semifinalist
Local university science challenge finalist
Girls who code scholar and top participant award
County essay winner
School department and character awards (us history, physics, Spanish)
LOR:
Science research adviser (10/10)
History teacher (IDK I got on rlly well with him) (7/10)
Professor from lab internship (8/10)
Hello, here is my info if anyone wants to give me a guesstimate to my chances at U of R :)
My Chances for the University of Rochester
application type: ED 1
residence: upstate NY
unweighted gpa: 98
weighted gpa: 101.89
ACT/SAT: N/A (test optional)
AP scores: AP World - 3, APUSH - 4, AP Lit - 4, AP Econ - (taking this year)
class rank: N/A (my school doesn’t do class rank)
8th grade classes (took highschool classes early): Earth Science, Spanish 1
freshman year classes: Personal Heath (dual enrollment with cayuga community college), Algebra 1, Concert Choir, English 9 Honors, Global History I Honors, Biology, Phys ed, Spanish 2
sophomore year classes: Chamber Choir (dual enrollment with cayuga community college), Fitness Center I (phys ed dual enrollment with cayuga community college), AP World History, Chemistry, English 10 Honors, Geometry, Spanish 3
junior year classes: Chamber Choir (dual enrollment with cayuga community college), Spanish 4 (dual enrollment with SUNY Oswego), Algebra II, AP English, AP US History, Public speaking and theatre, Phys ed, Introduction to criminal justice careers, psychology
senior year classes: Chamber Choir (dual enrollment with cayuga community college), Onondaga Community College ENG 103 and 104 (dual enrollment with onondaga community college), Spanish 5 (dual enrollment with SUNY Oswego), World War II (dual enrollment with cayuga community college), AP Economics, Music Theory I, Phys Ed, Law in our lives
extracurriculars: Drama Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) (treasurer 11th and 12th), World Language Club (9th, 11th, 12th) (president 12th), Student Senate (11th, 12th), Chess Club (10th), Choir Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (vice president 10th, treasurer 11th, president 12th), Debate Club (11th) (treasurer 11th), NHS (11th, 12th) (treasurer 12th), Job Shadowing oswego hospital (10th), Job Shadowing Felasco and Cuomo Law (12th), part time employment at red lobster (11th, 12th), OCAY League (12), All county choir (9th, 10th, 12th), All State choir (12th)
community service: 55.5 hours
Majors: PPE (politics, philosophy, economics), or Political Science
minors: Pre-Law
ethnicity: white
gender: cis male
religion: christian (nondenominational)
sexuality: straight
supplemental essay: how UR would help me achieve my goals with the foundations for a law degree to help my community
main college essay: how my passion for theatre connects to law and how getting an education at UR would help me continue this passion forever
Letters of recommendation: Choir teacher, public speaking teacher, AP Econ teacher and English Honors teacher wrote mine, all I feel are very strong letters
demonstrated interest: research rochester, facetime interview, met with U of R representative at my school during college fair
awards: High Honor Roll With Distinction (Principal/school) (2022), Excellence in Algebra 1 Award (Teacher/school) (2022), High Honor Roll With Distinction (Principal/school) (2023), Excellence in AP World History Award (Teacher/school) (2023) Outstanding Junior Choral Musician Award (Teacher/school) (2024), Excellence in Criminal Justice Careers Award (Teacher/school) (2024), Achievement in Chamber Choir (Principal/school) (2024), University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award (University of Rochester) (2024), High Honor Roll With Distinction (Principal/school) (2024), AP Scholar Award (College Board) (2024)
University of South Carolina- OOS admission, but qualify for in state tuition, Attend extremely challenging high school, 3.5 w gpa, 2 APS, lots of honors, legacy (mom, aunt, uncle), 1280 sat, 27 act (31 science), public health major, unique essay on my adoption, key club, volunteering in South Carolina, online business, and job.
applying for the majority for biochem, ba/md, bs/md, bs/do
upper class asian male from california
i have a 4.69 w and 3.95 uw. upward trend
1560 sat not superscore
5 on ap lang, pcalc, csp, world history, spanish lang, hug, apush, env sci, bio
4 on phys 1, chem,
3 on csa
current: calc bc, stats, lit, macro
extracurriculars
- created a nonprofit & took a 1 month trip to vietnam in a group of 15 other students and volunteered in hospitals along rural towns, helped 4k people during this time. raised $100k through golf tournaments to fund the trip (medicines, travel, etc..)
- volunteered to teach free golf lessons weekly, since 2021. 2-4 hours a week through the first tee central coast. (500+ hours)
- d1 golfer (top 50 in state california for 2025)
750 service hours split up from 3 different foundations within 2 years.
volunteering at a non profit doctors clinic (helped translate spanish to english)
shadowing doctors from hospitals all over the central coast for about 150 hours total (with physicians mentoring program and lompoc valley hospital)
created multiple fundraisers for my school collecting ~25k to put towards athletics
member of city youth board. every week meeting.
attendance of mutliple stem camps in universities (villanova, cal poly, stanford, notre dame, ucla) each summer since 2020
working as a dental assistant 20 hours a week since 2020
play 5 instruments, apart of a band that plays gigs once a week and school band. produces music online for small growing artists. earned $15k from total.
essays are cooking 🙏
I am a soon to be graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where I will receive a double major in Political Science and History. I am applying to various maters programs at these London schools, studying programs such as international relations, human rights, peace and security studies, etc.
The minimum requirement for these schools is a 2:1 (upper second class) or the equivalent of a 3.5-3.7 GPA.
Here are my stats:
Graduating with 3.8 GPA (Summa Cum Laude)
Research intern for world's largest human rights data base
Intern for URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
Research Assistant for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Legal clerk internship at Boston Law Firm
AIFS Semester abroad London
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Alpha Theta (history honors society)
Pi SIgma Alpha (political science honor society)
Order of Omega (Greek life honors society)
Theta Xi National Fraternity
URI Musicians Guild (club)
URI Student Entertainment Committee Executive Board (Secretary)
Donald Strauss Scholarship award recipient
Bassist of local band, performs around the state
URI Global Brigades
URI College of A&S Fellow
College of A&S Academic mentor
Various other jobs throughout college school year and summer (Dunkin, Boys and Girls Club, Farmers Market)
I’m an American about to graduate from the University of Rhode Island with a double major in Political Science and History. I will be applying to various programs within the realm of international relations/human rights/security at all of the big 4 London schools.
Here are my stats:
3.8 GPA (Summa Cum Laude) Research intern for human rights data base, URI Center for Non Violence and Peace Studies Research intern for RFK Human Rights Legal clerk internship at Boston law firm AIFS Study Abroad London Phi Kappa Phi Phi Alpha Theta (history honors society) Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honors society) Order of Omega (Greek Life Honors society) Donald Strauss Scholarship recipient URI College of A&S Summer Fellowship URI College of A&S Academic Mentor Member of local RI band, performs around state Theta Xi national fraternity URI Student Entertainment Committee Secretary URI Global Brigades Other jobs throughout college (Boys and girls club staff, farmers market, Dunkin) Hugh O Brien Youth Leadership Award
The requirement for these programs is an upper 2:1 (3.5-3.7/4.0 gpa equivalent) I really hope to get in to one of these schools!!! Thank you guys!
Chance me and I'll chance you back!
Hello please give me a chance for if I'll be chanced, that is, if someone would give me a chance on r/chanceme
Resume:
Dual Enrolled in Tree Climbing Studies
SAT: 400 (I guess I got 300 points of extra credit)
Owner of Hustler's Univeristy Diploma
Discord Moderator
Winner of Collegiate Rock, Paper, Scissors! competition
Won a Beauty Pageant hosted by my grandmother (she told me I'm handsome)
PM for private chance me
you chance me i’ll chance you. pretty self explanatory
Pls be honest, I'm still probably going to apply regardless but oh well
Demographics: Female, white (immigrant), first-gen, low-medium income. I speak ~4 languages, English was my second. I survived cancer but I was rlly young so I didn't remember enough to write my essay about it lol
School: Public highschool, ranked 14/210, average school sat is like an 1150
Major: 1st choice Biology, 2nd Public Health
GPA: (had to do this math myself) uw 3.87 and w 4.07
SAT: 1380 superscore (670 math 💀, 710 english 💀) couldn't retake it anymore- maybe test optional? Need help deciding whether to go test opp or not
Coursework: AP Precalc (5), AP Calculus (currently taking), AP Biology (Currently taking) AP Chemistry (Currently taking), AP Lit + Comp (Currently taking). Projected 4s/5s for all.
6 Honors courses, 2 DE.
I dropped AP physics in junior year (i was passing and had like a C+, got into a regular class and got my grade up to an A). In 10th and 11th math (honors and AP) i had lower grades than my freshman and current grade, but I had the same teacher in 10th and 11th so?
Essay: Reviewed by like 5 people, all said it was really good, so I have hopes there
Awards (bad):
- National First-Generation Recognition Program (college board)
- Various awards for robotics. Motivate award, ranked 1,2,3 in competitions, best autonomous, etc.
- FTC Robotics Dean's List Nominee
-High honor roll all 4 years
-NHS, math, history, spanish honors society
- Seal of biliteracy in Polish? Idk
EC (not great):
- Robotics team leadership for 3 years. We went from being one of the lowest teams in the league to top 10 under my wing
- various other clubs (6ish?) in school with no leadership positions,
- volunteering at preschool every Saturday. I will have like 100 hours by the end of the year.
- Run an art tiktok account (it's lowkey a flop, but hey, i started it like 2 weeks ago. I have like 20 followers. yay)
- independent cosplayer who makes own costumes
- Guitar for about 4 years
- I have been doing art my entire life. Won a state competition in like 4th grade and had a few moments in high school but I focused on STEM so not much to show for art besides my own drawings
If I missed anything just ask I'll try my best to answer
throwaway acc 😁
I’m currently @ Stanford for STEM and was admitted to multiple other ivies!
I remember the anxiety and fear as ED/REA’s began to come out, and reddit chanceme’s/A2C were insanely helpful to see others also worry as much as I was.
So I just wanted to give back, PM chance me if you wanted any input or guesses or advice, I’m more than happy to help! Just beware I might not be immediately responsive b/c finals season 😅😅
Good luck!
EDIT; spelling
Info
Academics:
Awards
Extracurriculars:
personal statement i wrote about when i did fencing in elementary school and band, and connected them back to school work
thanks in advance :)
Demographics: White, fairly competitive public school, female, lgbt
Intended Major(s): biochem/molecular bio w/ public health double major (premed)
ACT/SAT/SAT II: 33 ACT, 1360 PSAT
UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.81uw, 4.25w (ranked 42/330)
Coursework: APCSA (3), planning to take Calc BC, Bio, and Psych. Part of school's selective biotechnology program, otherwise I take all honors courses
(I have a good sob story for this, undiagnosed chronic mystery illness made me miss almost 50% of school sophomore year, which led to choosing light in-person coursework for junior year to not further damage my gpa and take lots of dual enrollment classes that are more flex-paced)
Awards:
High honor roll
NHS
placed 6th in a statewide competition that only selected 10 semifinalists out of 1000+ applicants (think of it as MIT THINK but for ecology/environment awareness)
Extracurriculars:
FTC Robotics: junior team lead, have won many awards and consistently qualified for state competition and won highest possible awards in a very competitive region
Volunteering: haven't totaled up junior yr hours yet but in fresh/soph year i have collectively gotten ~180 hours, mostly volunteer with my robotics team to run tournaments and teach girl/boy scouts stem through robotics
Work: work at target full time in summer, part-time during school year to focus on academics
Research: through my school's biotech program I will have completed a research project my senior year
Clubs: INTERalliance (CS club), chess club, GSA (all fresh/soph year)
Shadowing: Part of a selective shadowing program at nearby hospital that allows high schoolers to shadow a variety of different specialties. Also working on shadowing an ID specialist near me
Essay: haven't written yet as I am a junior, but plan on using the immune system as a extended metaphor for struggles in my life and connecting it back to my interest medicine and my personal experience with immunodeficiency
Schools:
super mega reach: harvard, brown
reach: johns hopkins (absolute dream school), barnard, NYU
target: case western (also a dream), UCSC, UCSB, george washington university, pitt
safeties: ohio state, university of cincinnati
looking at some ivies, some state schools, some private schools and certain scholarshipd all on the east coast! dm me or reply with pm!!
Hi please dm me😭😭🙏
intended major: comp sci(💀)
gpa: 3.989 uw / 4.265 w
rigor: apush (5), ap lang (4), ap macro (3), currently taking AP Stats, AP Pre-Calc, AP CSP. Taking calc 1 through a community college. School has a cap of 3 AP’s per year
test: retaking SAT but prob test opp
demographics: nj, female, white, first gen
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ec’s:
VP of huge community service club in town/school, lots of impact & hours put into it. set up events within town, apart of for all 4 years
one of 10 high schoolers selected for non profit that helps women & elderly. state wide & holds events like toy drives, making baskets for homeless women, etc
treasurer of mu alpha theta (math honor society) we hold lots of fundraisers & events and i handle the money, i also tutor in math
girls who code summer program, attended immersion day in person & took multiple courses on cybersecurity & web dev
writer of a blog that advocates for women in stem, weekly articles & ran internationally. i write about women in comp sci, combined this with my tiktok acc about women who code
DTCC future stars program (selected for a program within this company, it’s about comp sci and we do coding workshops. supposed to help us work our way up and get an internship in the company & tech fields)
curriculum developer for this non profit that teaches coding to underprivileged kids, i help plan the lessons and the instructors teach
one on one mentoring in comp sci languages mainly python, im a mentor and i get matched with an internship within this non profit
school events for my grade that im always involved in, lip sync competition, multiple fundraisers, etc. (might replace this with a small marketing internship i got with a small company, not sure)
my job as a camp counselor
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awards (lacking)
this regional/international award that i got for my community service, got to stay at a college for 4 days and was nominated by school
all honors societies offered at school
ap scholar
honor roll all 4 years
(maybe) seal of bi-literacy in italian
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other:
letters of rec: pretty good, i got one from my club advisor, one from my apush teacher, and one from my alg II teacher
essays: my strong suit so hopefully they’ll carry me
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pls be honest!