Applying to Ivies and other Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to: </p>

<p>Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Dartmouth
Princeton
Cornell
Duke
Hopkins
UVA
and then a safety, probably like JMU or something</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.59
Rank: 2/~320</p>

<h2>APs</h2>

<p>World History - 5
Biology - ?
Psychology - ?
Calculus AB - ?
US History - ?</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses
AP Calculus BC
AP Government
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP Economics Micro
AP Economics Macro
Independent Science Research
Teacher's Assistant AP Biology</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>SAT 1: 690 CR, 740 M, 780 W, 10 E (Going to re-take)
SAT 2: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology E, 760 Math 1 (not going to send)</p>

<p>Other Stuff (ECs, Awards, etc):
Boy Scouts with 8+ leadership positions, getting Eagle Scout in the next couple of months
NHS
Vice President Latin Club
Junior National Classical League (Latin Foreign Language Honors Society)
Athlete 2 Athlete officer (service organization helping mentally challenged high schoolers)
Academic Challenge Team
Marching Band
Winter Drumline
Volunteering at Hospital Surgery Center this summer
Junior Marshall
Probably Commended Student for PSAT</p>

<p>I'm an Indian Male. My school has only ever gotten 3 students into Ivy League schools (1 Yale, 2 Cornell).</p>

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<p>In addition to a true safety, you might want to apply to Stanford as well.</p>

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<p>Judging from your SAT’s, you should cross of Harvard, and Yale from the list.</p>

<p>Princeton is a high reach.
Hopkins is a high match.
Cornell is a high match.</p>

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<p>Bad advice. Plenty of people get in with that score or lower.</p>

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<p>Why?</p>

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<p>Does that really matter? He said his High School only had 3 people going to ivies, and 2 of them were from Cornell (One of the highest acceptance rate ivy league school).</p>

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<p>^ Basic rule of thumb: if you want to attend a given school, you should apply if you are at least somewhat competitive. The OP certainly falls into that category.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, forgot about that I guess.</p>

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<p>If it matters at all, my school generally fields bad SAT scores. The highest SAT before my year was a 2220. I got a 2210, two people in my year have a 2240 (one first time, one second time), one has a 2260 (second time) and one has a 2280 (first time). Nothing above that. We’ve only had like 5 or 6 perfect SAT subject tests before my year. So far my year has 4 perfect subject test scores, and two of them are mine. Also, I really appreciate the input from both of you.</p>

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Wow I didn’t know that Princeton was less selective than Harvard and Yale, thanks for clarifying that.</p>

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<p>HYP are of almost the exact same selectivity. Yale is slightly less selective than Harvard and slightly more selective than Princeton, but these differences are negligible for any single applicant.</p>

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<p>My mistake, but Princeton has a less selectivity then both of them, though it is almost non-existent.</p>

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<p>^ haha guys I was being sarcastic, since I actually thought Princeton was the most selective of the three. So yeah, now I feel like an idiot.</p>