Anybody get into a college they thought they might have no chance with?

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<p>I'm just curious to know</p>

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<p>Well, to be frank, obviously.</p>

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<p>@ys6strings</p>

<p>Someone is going to win millions of dollars on a $1 lottery ticket this weekend. So what does that and the fact that some people squeak into selective colleges have to do with you and your application?</p>

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<p>Got into Vanderbilt, UNC - Chapel Hill, and CMU with a 3.2 UW GPA and top 30-40% or so class rank. Asian, middle-class, no hooks. </p>

<p>But yeah, T26E4’s got a point.</p>

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<p>I got into WashU with a decent SAT score but a GPA/class percentile well below their average without demonstrating any interest in the school (I decided to apply like two weeks before the deadline). It certainly happens, so if application fees are no matter to you, sometimes it is best to just go for it.</p>

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<p>Got into MIT, Brown, and Dartmouth as rank 25/258 and a 1980 (2070) super-score SAT. I obviously know why they accepted me, but in the eyes of people on this board it is an impossibility.</p>

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<p>Why’d they accept you?</p>

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<p>^<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1369535-chance-me-ucb-mit-brown-dartmouth.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1369535-chance-me-ucb-mit-brown-dartmouth.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wow. 10char</p>

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<p>timidapplicant: can you clear up your true situation? Are you saying you’ve already been admitted or that you are a prospective HS senior? You can’t be both.</p>

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<p>Timidapplicant obviously we would view it as an impossibility because you left out the Hispanic and low income adversity part.</p>

<p>Edit: nvm lol</p>

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<p>I’m also a little confused since 3 days ago Timidapplicant was a prospective student in the chance me thread…</p>

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<p>Many people get into colleges they think they have no chance with. Majority of Ivy applicants for sure. Basically, if a school is a reach then you probably don’t expect to get accepted. So anyone accepted to a reach could answer yes to this question. </p>

<p>With that being said, every applicant is different. Hooked applicants can generally get in with lower stats than unhooked applicants. timidapplicant is hispanic which is a hook for college admissions. I believe the difference in average SAT scores between hispanics and asians for top tier schools is around 300 points (not sure on the exact number, but it’s 170 from asians to whites and more from asians to hispanics).</p>

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<p>Thing is, timidapplicant didn’t get into those schools; he made a chance thread for them just a couple of days ago. Plus, he wouldn’t be able to get into any of them with those scores even if he were hooked.</p>

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<p>To clear it up, I made the “chance me” thread to show a friend of mine that there is no reason to listen to other people about the admissions process. This friend believes that she has no chance because of other people’s successes, thus I decided to show her that what other people say has no importance.</p>

<p>I am an incoming freshman at MIT. I’ll be studying course 6 and 15. Sorry to have caused the confusion.</p>

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<p>Haha, I was totally right in that thread.</p>

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<p>Indeed you were. I was no shoo-in–I was denied by HYS and UCLA. Every school that I had an interview to (for some reason Harvard didn’t get to me), besides Yale, I got into. What I tell people is this: scores get you considered, who you are gets you accepted.</p>

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<p>In my case, no. NC State was the only school I got into that wasn’t a shoo-in. And even then, it was more of a match.</p>

<p>I was rejected from UNC and Wake Forest, but those were reaches so I wasn’t surprised. I also got waitlisted at Elon, and then didn’t make it off.</p>

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<p>My older brother had merely good SAT scores and grades, no hook or amazing E.C.s and got into Yale >__> (off waitlist, for the record)</p>

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<p>@timidapplicant</p>

<p>Scores AND any hook.</p>