Huh. Single mother, cheerleading captain. 4.0. Where have you been all my life?
Seriously, I think you’re good. The only thing you need to worry about is transcending your niche as an overrepresented race. For example, as an Asian I self studied Russian. You will have the best chance if you have things no one have, as 4.0s and 2200s are pretty mundane for Ivies. On a sidenote, I don’t think applying to all ivies is a good thing because their locations are extremely different. Try the ones you actually like.
couple more additions:
Nebraska DECA 3rd place human resource management
Academic Decathlon state: Essay 2nd place, Interview 4th place, 2nd place overall team, 1st place super quiz
More input is always appreciated 
Looks great. You say that you are a URM but you are white. What did you mean by that?
@gearmom In my opinion, a URM can go further than race. Yes, it is typically thought of in that aspect, but I do come from an underrepresented group: children from less wealthy, single mothers. Additionally, I put that under hooks, not specifically URM
Gosh, read that wrong. Makes sense now. Still think it looks great but also have some less competitive schools match that you would love to go to and great financial safeties.
Ill start with advice. Stop lying on CC (http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1525424-chance-a-rising-senior-yale-stanford-vanderbilt-penn-wharton-notre-dame.html). Stop making up “oh I think I will” things. Work on what you want to do instead of spending time crafting the “perfect” application.
You’ve posted multiple profiles that don’t line up. You had AP scores last time… now you don’t. You had no awards then and now you have tons? You made up stats sophomore year and I guess you’ve gotten some of them. Who knows? Is your ACT score real? awards?
I guess ill chance based upon this version of “you.”
Your scores are pretty good but not great. Your GPA is obviously weighted based upon honors since you’ve only completed 1 AP, so the GPA isn’t near as impressive as it seems. Your ECs consist of cheerleading, newspaper, and academic decathalon. All of of those are cool;however, listing every award you’ve ever gotten in them, like you seem to do, would be like someone who plays varsity soccer listing every goal that he has made. Also, those cheerleading awards are by no means comparable to USAMO/ISEF stuff… Id consider them just part of cheerleading in he same way a state title is just football.
Frankly, like you’ve heard, your ECs have very little depth outside of two or three that have a bit. Your course rigor is lacking a bit for those schools. Just at 10 APs? At a school of that size, you’ll be beat out in class ranking in no time unless they restrict you or weight honors the same as AP. Your scores and GPA are good now tho.
I hope you realize that lying on here and chancing fake you’s is just wasting your own time. Go be who you want to be and don’t worry about what chances to get into college that gives you.
P.S. Sorry for the grammar and spelling.
@reddropper I made a profile freshman or early sophomore year based on things I thought were going to happen. While many of them have, many things have changed. This is an accurate listing of my grades, extracurriculars, etc.
@reddropper As far as the cheer awards, less than 10% of people who try out for All-American actually get it. So no, it is not “just a part of cheerleading.” You’re unqualified to a point of absurdity to speak about these things.
I would also like to point out that many people make “fake” profiles early on in high school. I think that it’s a helpful tool to gauge how on track someone is, and to get advice early on. It’s not uncommon.
Furthermore, I have an issue with your “go be who you want to be” and “work on what you want to” advice. The college application process is important to me and thousands of others. To insinuate that I am attempting to craft some false identity in order to gain admittance into a college is an unfounded generalization, and an insult.
You’re doing very well. Write good essays, get good recommendations, and you should have a great chance. Ivy League admissions are a crapshoot, so I can’t really say anything about which schools you would get in…
If you think being in the top 10% of something makes you ivy materiel, you’re nothing but mistaken. They’re not major awards. The reason I compared it to USAMO is because USAMO is a good example of a major award; it is something that very few people in the world have done. Being a top 10% cheerleader is not even comparable to that. As a previous international award recipient(not in cheer), and someone with a wife who coaches cheer, I’m pretty far from unfamiliar with it.
Every sports player applying does not list won state championship or played all state as a major award. They might list them as awards but they are not way major awards.
You posted a “perfect you” profile and have obviously spent some time trying to live up to your own standard(s). That’s not really question. You may or may not like it but it is pretty apparant.
About your fake profiles… you talk about them as if they were forty years ago… they were last year. I’m totally fine with your “would a senior with ____ have good chance?” The issue is when you say that that is current you. There is no need for that and it just confuses people.
It’s great that the college application process is important to you;however, if you spend your highschool years crafting the “college application” you, there is a good chance you’ll regret it even if you get into your dream school. Obviously that isn’t a fact but it is definitely a possibility. When you look back on the years, do you want to see that you spent hours crafting an application or see yourself working towards a passion? No doubt that you can do both,but working towards a passion at a international level(past just all american) can make your application infinitely stronger.
@reddropper Oh, so you are an adult. That makes it a lot better.
Let’s spend some time worrying about ourselves, shall we? You are an international award winner, so you say. You even have a wife. I would really hope that you had something better to do with your time than put down a child and their own college aspirations. Constructive criticism is one thing, seeking to embarrass/“teach a lesson” to someone over a website is another. You act as though I’ve acted with malicious intent, when, from my perspective, the only foul play here is from your side.
Let’s not concern ourselves with technicalities of chance threads, let’s remember where we are. This is an online forum. This isn’t a college application, nor is it an official resume. Let’s say I posted a thread stating that I got a 36 on my ACT and qualified for USAMO (which I didn’t), honestly, who cares.
Finally, forgive me for trying to legitimize an award that I worked hard for, and received, that you insulted. I don’t care what “international awards” you’ve received (which obviously qualifies you to speak on the merit of ALL awards, in any sport or organization) the term “major award” is subjective and open to interpretation. If the people on this website only listed awards such as USAMO, there wouldn’t be a whole lot in that category for most. Also, did I list being awarded All-American and All-American only? Clearly, I am aware of the fact that being in the “top 10%” of a group does not immediately qualify me as an Ivy League-worthy student. You are greatly overestimating my naivety, as well as your knowledge of the subject. Your wife is a cheer coach. You must know everything there is to know about high school cheer through all of America, right?
Many of the awards that I have posted haven’t been with the intent to “impress” or really add to my qualifications. Truthfully, this thread has been a way to keep track of my own accomplishments, no matter how small. I did say “for my own sake,” didn’t I?
As far as the “passion” and “crafting an application” nonsense, you are simply incorrect. I have nothing else to offer you except for the fact that you are just wrong. Maybe if you reread the beginning of the original post you would understand that.
If we aren’t being productive, let’s worry about ourselves. Especially if one of us is a grown man.
Drama:
Kelsey, whether you like his opinions or not doesn’t matter, there is no need to insult people even if you think he is insulting you. It doesn’t matter whether he is a 12 year old or a 70 year old grandpa, his opinion still holds the same merit as anyone else’s on here. I don’t know how you judge how qualified somone is, but having someone who works in a related field seems pretty good to me. I guess being a cheer judge(or however that works) might be more qualified if that is the type of qualification you’re looking for tho but then who would be qualified to speak about cheer?
Do you honestly think his comments are that hateful or trying to embarass you? Even though he isn’t very nice and posdibly condescending, it doesn’t seem like an attack on your life force. I mean really, he even said your GPA and ACT were good.
The issue that I think he is talking about is that it makes people confused and wastes people’s time to be chancing people that aren’t real. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with it, it is pretty dang annoying. How would you feel if people were to tell you “oh I’m a great cheerleader, I know XYZ moves” then showing up to try out and saying “oh I never knew those” That’s a stretch of an example but still.
Chance:
Your application looks good, your courses are a little light, but I think the test scores will work out in your favor. Lots of cheer is good, if you get recruited(not sure if they recruit for cheer) you’d have a great chance anywhere.
It ia really cool that you want to track your accomplishments. Have you considered blog or something for it?
You probably have a slightly above average chance for top schools.
Note, he could be a 22 year old that just graduated from college. Strange how people see that the same as a 50 year old.