AP scores are in.. need chances.. Duke Emory Georgetown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, could someone please chance me.
My Top Schools are: Duke, Emory, Penn, Northwestern, Georgetown, UNC, UGA Honors, GA Tech Honors
Major Reaches: Princeton, Stanford, Cornell (AEM)</p>

<p>I am interested in Leadership (team building/lecturing) and Non-Profit management so I am thinking public affairs/leadership and could also go the route of business management/marketing/industrial psychology
-Not afraid of a double major or special program to get leadership/public affairs/ and business</p>

<p>Rising Senior
Class Rank 19/882 excellent, competitive public school in the Georgia (sends 15+ to ivies/mit/chicago/stanford/duke each year, like 30 a year to ga tech)
GPA (only AP classes add 10 points at my school) 4.24 W, 3.9 UW
{Only classes with (natural B's) APWH 1 sem., APUSH 1 sem., CALC BC 2 sem.}
Everything Else throughout all of school K-11 are A's. </p>

<p>SAT I First Sitting: 2020 (700 W, 650 M, 670 CR)
Second Sitting 2170 (760 W, 720 M, 690 CR) - plan on taking it a third (final) time in OCT
SAT II: World History 730, Physics 700, US History 760
ACT: First Try: 32 (34 R, 32 M, 32 E, 31 S) waiting on writing score expecting 10-12
I will take again in september w/out writing... expect 33,34 will actually prepare...
Ap Exam 5- APWH, 5-USH, 5-Psych, 5-CALC BC, 5- Physics B</p>

<p>Junior Year (completed): APUSH, AP PHYS B, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, Gifted Spanish III, Gifted American Lit. </p>

<p>Next Year's Schedule: AP GOV, AP MACRO ECON, AP STAT, AP LANG, AP Euro, AP Chem, Gifted Spanish IV....... Maybe AP LIT self study OR AP Micro Econ self study</p>

<p>Freshman and Sophomore year: Gifted classes for every subject except band and music tech</p>

<p>EC's :
NHS (70+ hours per year) Senior President, Beta Club, Nat Span Honor Society (running for president), Nat Science Hon Society President, Mu Alpha Theta, Student Government, Science Olympiad (Regional,and State medals, went to nationals at UW madison, expect to return next year) , Academic Team (Fresh and Soph years) , Leader of School Leadership Team</p>

<p>As president of NHS, SNHS, and the Leadership Team, I have several things planned for my school this fall: Flash mob for obesity (themovement2011.org), Healthy Halloween Initiative, Walk it Out for Relay for Life, Leadership summit at my school, Open Mic (with bands) to raise money, other (smaller) community service opportunities (helping hands and hearts, relay for life initiatives, etc)</p>

<p>Member of County Student Leadership Team- It is a big deal in the state, pretty prestigious.. We meet with the superintendents, prominent businessmen, professional speakers, government officials etc...</p>

<p>Three Summers of Leadership Training with Student Leadership University- Have been to Orlando, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Normandy, Oxford for training. Had the opportunity to hear lectures from prominent senators, congressmen, civil activists, members from the house of lords.. VERY AWESOME experiences with this organization!!</p>

<p>Attended Foundation for Teaching Economics - Economics for Leaders Summer at Emory
- Incredible experience, will probably use in essay.</p>

<p>I really have a passion for leadership, and by that I do not mean taking positions to throw on my app, I mean learning about leadership (through lectures, stories, team building), learning about leaders, and teaching/sharing leadership skills to others.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help, any advice is greatly appreciated!
I will chance back if you provide link to your post!! thanks</p>

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<p>Wow… very impressive resume… Overall you have a very good academic record, and your high class rank will certainly help… The activities round out the complete package of your application as well. I don’t see you having a problem getting into most of your top schools you have listed… </p>

<p>I would say Stanford and Princeton are the only toss ups, which is due to the amount of applications and the inconsistency regarding who they enroll.</p>

<p>Hope it goes well!</p>

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<p>thanks, bump!</p>

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<p>I will take the negative –</p>

<p>Based on the facts:</p>

<p>SAT I First Sitting: 2020 (700 W, 650 M, 670 CR)
Second Sitting 2170 (760 W, 720 M, 690 CR) </p>

<p>COMMENT: These are below the 25% threshold for the reach schools (Duke, Penn, Georgetown), so not compelling on their own.</p>

<p>SAT II: World History 730, Physics 700, US History 760</p>

<p>COMMENT: It feels nice to get above “700” and looks good, but if you look at your score report it will tell you that these scores are about in the 60% - 70% range of test takers, so meh . . .</p>

<p>ACT: First Try: 32 (34 R, 32 M, 32 E, 31 S) waiting on writing score expecting 10-12 </p>

<p>COMMENT: Within the range (but not above the 25% threshold) for th reach schools</p>

<p>Ap Exam 5- APWH, 5-USH, 5-Psych, 5-CALC BC, 5- Physics B</p>

<p>COMMENT: These are your strengths and impressive.</p>

<p>Class Rank 19/882 excellent, competitive public school in the Georgia (sends 15+ to ivies/mit/chicago/stanford/duke each year, like 30 a year to ga tech)</p>

<p>COMMENT: This is great.</p>

<p>GPA (only AP classes add 10 points at my school) 4.24 W, 3.9 UW</p>

<p>COMMENT: The GPA here works as long as the schools you apply to KNOW your school and KNOW it is highly competitive. I am sure your school report will show the median SAT scores, etc. as well as the kinds of schools that accept kids from your school, so this should also be in your favor.</p>

<p>Conclusion on the facts: Acceptable GPA, borderline testing (although not necessarily a deal killer)</p>

<p>ECs –</p>

<p>Purely based on how you describe them, if you describe them in this way on your application in your essays, you will come across as remarkably uninspired and passive. For example, "Three Summers of Leadership Training with Student Leadership University- Have been to Orlando, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Normandy, Oxford for training. Had the opportunity to hear lectures from prominent senators, congressmen, civil activists, members from the house of lords… " sounds as if all you did was get your parents to pay for you to sit in a lecture hall on your butt and listen to impressive people. BFD. What did you DO with this “training”? What did the training result it? What did these people say that made you do something and what was the something that you did? In otherwords, show ACTION!!</p>

<p>RE: “As president of NHS, SNHS, and the Leadership Team, I have several things planned for my school this fall: Flash mob for obesity (themovement2011.org), Healthy Halloween Initiative, Walk it Out for Relay for Life, Leadership summit at my school, Open Mic (with bands) to raise money, other (smaller) community service opportunities (helping hands and hearts, relay for life initiatives, etc)”</p>

<p>I mean, fine, it looks like a lot of activity (almost at the laundry list level), but so conventionally and typically “high school” and non-academic and boring. An application reader might say to himself, “geez, with all this extraordinary leadership training, you would think he could come up with something a bit more dramatic and innovative. . . . all this stuff sounds like what we get from 10,000 other applicants and none of them ever went to leadership school.” In otherwords, if you hammer on your leadership “training,” you better show something different to show for it than what thousands of other non-trained leaders do every Fall for their own high schools.</p>

<p>Just something to think on.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the insightful response, I will definitely take to heart what you mentioned. I mention the leadership stuff because that is what I want to study in college as well, but I see exactly what you are saying, thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>Your stats are very impressive. Therefore, I think your chances of getting into your top schools and Cornell are very high. </p>

<p>Duke: Reach
Emory: Reach
Penn: Reach
Northwestern: Reach
Georgetown: Reach
UNC: Reach
UGA Honors: Reach
GA Tech Honors: Reach</p>

<p>Princeton: Far reach, but possible
Stanford: Far reach, but possible
Cornell: Reach</p>

<p>Keep up with the good work. And good luck with your SAT!</p>

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<p>Impressive ECs and good teset scores. Probably need to bump SAT above 2250 to be a lock for most on your list.</p>

<p>Duke: Reach
Emory: Reach
Penn: Reach
Northwestern: Reach
Georgetown: Reach
UNC: Easy Reach
UGA Honors: Easy Reach
GA Tech Honors: Reach</p>

<p>Princeton: Far reach
Stanford: Far reach
Cornell: Reach</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Incredible EC’s, so in that aspect I do believe you are great. Your test scores are good but I agree with bulldog for either a 2250 or 33 or higher on your tests and many of these places will open up without a doubt. I just see Princeton and Standford as toss ups! If you can do well on those tests in October, then I can surely see you as getting in. The rest should be great, Duke a lil on tougher side</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice everyone. I am actually going to prepare for the tests this time, I didnt study for sat or act much, so I hope that will help. I will chance back if you give your link!</p>

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<p>Wow, I was just looking over what I typed and I completely forgot Vanderbilt (peabody). It is one of my top choices, so if you read this please chance for it as well.</p>

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<p>bump… will chance back…</p>

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<p>You should be able to get into all of your top schools, with Duke being a reach. The Ivies are always a reach too, but I think Cornell isn’t a high reach. I hope you get in everywhere. Just try to raise your score a little if possible. Your ECs are very nice and will probably push you into Cornell.</p>

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<p>Thanks, bump!</p>

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<p>I’d say you will probably get into duke or Cornell. Ivy leagues with your SAT ACT might be a stretch. Amazing ap exams btw. Also what high school do you go to?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>solid gpa & testing. I would aim for a 2200+ on the SAT & a 33 on the ACT. you never know with Ivies. They can be finicky & random sometimes. Good luck!
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<p>If you can get the ACT up when you retake which you seem confident about, I’m sure you will get into a good number of these schools if you apply. You have a very well rounded resume and have quality things on your resume rather than random activities. Good luck!</p>

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<p>How do you know about LSMSA?</p>

<p>*Your SAT scores are great, and you’ll probably get *at least *a 34 on the ACT.
*Highly impressive ECs
*Equally impressive GPA + you go to a highly reputable school
*Rigorous academic schedule
???
Profit</p>

<p>I think your have an **AMAZING **chance of being admitted into ALL of your top schools.</p>

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<p>You are really qualified from what I can tell! There is almost no difference between a 2170 and a 2250 … so don’t even worry about that! Good luck! I think you have excellent chances at any of your schools!</p>

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