<p>What school do you(the OP) attend in Houston?</p>
<p>I don't think that attending a highly prestigious high school necessarily gives you an advantage over someone who goes to a less competitive school. They look at your stats in context to those of other students at your school. Also, they assume that you have had fewer opportunities and not-so-good instruction, they definitely consider that.</p>
<p>Wait a second... If you go to a less competitve school Izalou you get GPA INFLATION not DEFLATION. I have no idea why you think going to a less competitive school with the same rank as someone who goes to a competitve school would get chosen over.</p>
<p>Unless the college is stupid. I could easily be top 10 rank wise at another school if I chose not to attend Plano. But here I am, not even close to top 100 (Class of 1250) <-- Yea pretty big.</p>
<p>Maybe true in some cases...they really do look a lot at what you do with what you have. All I know is that my ex-boyfriend who attended an INTENSE private school (4.65, 5 out of 400, 1470 SAT, 4th place in international science fair, swim team captain...) got into Stanford and NONE of the Ivies. And last year's valedictorian of my nothing school (4.44, 1460 SAT, national merit finalist, news editor of our scool newspaper, fairly good waterpolo player and swimmer) got into Yale, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, NOT Stanford. From what I can see, my ex had more of what colleges want to see...what happened?</p>
<p>the valedictorian did well in the enviroment they were placed, PEHAPS they showed commitment and/or love forthat certain college, but thats only an opinion. nothing personal either</p>
<p>Yo what school do you attend?</p>
<p>People place less stock in the "presentation" of an application than they should. Because the stats at this level are so similar, marketing the stats goes a long way. i.e. essay, interview, etc. is the cause of someone with "worse" stats being accepted over someone else (assuming the same geographic location, race, niche, etc.)</p>
<p>As for when someone says having two B's here is "bad," it's a relative statement. In general, that's awesome. But we're talking about someone applying to HYPSM, and for that group of students, it's bad. It's the same principle as when someone talks about sports. I can say Shaquille O'Neal sucks at basketball, but he would kick my ass any day.</p>
<p>ur stats seem impressive and you will be a competitive candiate</p>
<p>What school do I go to?</p>
<p>I'd rather not disclose the name of the school, but it isn't very competitve.</p>
<p>I do believe that the competitive nature of the school has a small but noticeable effect on the admissions process. If you look at the acceptance history of Houston from Ivies, you'll find that students from St. John's (a highly selective and extremely competitive HS in Houston) or other schools recognized as extremely difficult have a somewhat better chance. That's because the admissions offices in most colleges have people who know this area of Texas fairly well, so they can judge which of many comparable stats are harder to attain. On the other hand, it is definitely true that colleges also look at the socioeconomic status of the applicant, so that does negate some of the advantages granted, for example, to a St. John's student (their tuition is through the roof- you have to be rich to go there).</p>
<p>Um, I go to a nearby school to yours. Um, one of your ecs gave away your school name. But, let's just say I'm a Cardinal. Yeah, St.Johns and Kinkaid are really big in the admissions process. But this year, as a junior I got into Penn, and from what I see (and what I saw and talked about with the people at the Penn local meeting), you stand a really good chance there.</p>
<p>You got into Penn as a junior? Congrats!</p>
<p>Thanks for the reassurance. My dad's cousin got out of U Penn a couple of years ago and tells me it was great. Hope you have a good time there.</p>
<p>indians are the next asians... stupid comment right?</p>
<p>but i dont think it is, i think there is some truthy to it... maybe in a few years...</p>
<p>last time i checked, India was part of Asia.</p>
<p>Harvard-high reach: you're a dime a dozen at H</p>
<p>Princeton-(less) high reach (in my experience, you seem like a good candidate for Princeton--not quite HY caliber but you have the test scores)</p>
<p>MIT-high reach: same as Harvard; MIT loves rejecting applicants like you.</p>
<p>Duke-reach, but since Duke is not yield-sensitive and values SATs/class rank highly you should be in good shape.</p>
<p>Dartmouth-same as Duke. Dartmouth and Duke have very similar admissions practices.</p>
<p>U Penn-reach: I wouldn't be surprised if you were accepted or rejected. Penn is very yield-sensitive so if they think you wouldn't go they might reject you. Wharton is a high reach.</p>
<p>Brown-(sketchy) reach: Brown is very shady when it comes to applicants like you. I wouldn't be surprised if Brown rejected you. It seems like your "essence" is more important in getting into Brown than your academic qualifications. For example, I got into Princeton, Columbia, and Duke and was flat-out rejected by Brown. My friend who got into MIT was rejected also.</p>
<p>Columbia-reach: I wouldn't be surprised if you were accepted or wait-listed. When you get to your level of test scores, etc. Columbia is a little sketch.</p>
<p>Rice-reach/match: You are in Houston. I don't know if that will help or hurt you, but I've heard it hurts you. Apply ID, it's nice to get an acceptance in February (I know I thought so).</p>
<p>UCB-match: I think you're in good shape for Berkeley.</p>
<p>UT-You're top 10%, obviously a safety, probably set for Plan II honors.</p>
<p>"Princeton-(less) high reach (in my experience, you seem like a good candidate for Princeton--not quite HY caliber but you have the test scores)"</p>
<p>thats such BS. princeton is considered the second most selective school in the nation by guess who, US news. H=Y=P=S=M, noob.</p>
<p>I was just saying as a candidate with his credentials I think he'd have better luck getting into Princeton than Yale or Harvard. Relax. I know Princeton is very hard to get into--I applied and was accepted to it with similar credentials to the OP. I also applied EA to Yale and was deferred/wait-listed. Anyway, didn't mean to offend anyone...</p>
<p>"Man, to think that I would get so many bitter responses. Let's see, what else... I happen to like my church a lot, so don't give me anything about not being passionate where I volunteer. I also took sciences during my lunch, and hopefully that reflects my commitment to the subjects I like best."</p>
<p>you like church and science?</p>
<p>our val was deferred/rejected from Princeton, waitlisted at Yale. they each look for different types of people, but are just as selective.</p>
<p>btw will you be at princeton next year?</p>