Applying To Top Schools. Will Chance Back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances if I were to apply early to each one.</p>

<p>Cornell ORIE (ED)
MIT Sloan Management Science (EA)
Princeton ORFE (SCEA)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (36 Reading, 36 Sci, 34 Math, 29 Eng, 12 Essay)
SAT: 2190 (790M, 690CR, 710W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 800 US History
PSAT: 212 (80M, don't remember others) - Merit Commendation
AP tests so Far: Stat (5) US (5) Physics B (5) English Language (5) World (4)
GPA: 100/100 (Max, Straight As, never below an A)
Rank: Top 5% (School doesn't rank, but this is an estimate, could be better, but not worse).</p>

<p>Senior courseload (hardest in grade, literally, my rigor has always been the hardest available at my school)
AP Us Gov
AP Comp Gov
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish Language
AP English Literature
AP Physics C Mech
AP Physics C E & M
AP Macro Economics
AP Micro Economics
Research (Intel competitor)
(Advanced) Computer Programming</p>

<p>ECs:
-Cornell Summer College (3 credits) - Completed, A in the class</p>

<p>-Intel Research</p>

<p>-Intern at business in the city over the summer (80 Hours, Paid)</p>

<p>-Debate Team Captain (Forensics) 9-12</p>

<p>-Chess Team President (have a USCF rating and one of the best seniors in my county, with 16 teams) 9-12</p>

<p>-Mathletes Officer Position Treasurer 10-12</p>

<p>-Treasurer of local community service extension run by Cornell (just got shut down due to budget cuts, may start again, was invited to the state competition in public speaking with this club, I was in it when it first started this year through the end)</p>

<p>-President of Spanish Honor Society (Picked by several teachers out of a group of many other students)</p>

<p>-Member of National Honor Society</p>

<p>-Member of Political Science Club (just started this year)</p>

<p>-Helping a teacher run a new business/website by writing articles about finance (just senior year)</p>

<p>-Working at a nursing home this summer for 50-60 hours, already have 30-40 hours of service before this</p>

<p>Me
-Male
-White
-VERY Competitive Public School (Sends dozens of kids to Ivies per year)
-Don't know income bracket, but will apply for financial aid.</p>

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<p>Cornell ORIE (ED) - Match
MIT Sloan Management Science (EA) - High match
Princeton ORFE (SCEA) - Low reach.</p>

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<p>I agree with Rev sam, with Cornell, however both MIT and PRinceton may be tougher due to the competition of applicants, who most have 2300+ SATs</p>

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<p>Yeah that’s my worry and is why I’m leaning towards Cornell ED. I think the ACT 34 is good though right? I just think Cornell ED would be the best way to go, they love my school (they accepted 26 kids last year from my school).</p>

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<p>The ACT is better than your SAT, however Northeast schools tend to have more SAT applicants (could be an advantage or disadvantage) I would have to say you would have no problem getting into Cornell ED with that record, however the ED decision is always challenging as you dont want to waste it. AT all three schools ED will help your chances as well, and you have solid EC’s so i could see MIT as plausible, with Princeton as below avg chance</p>

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<p>Yeah I spent my summer at cornell this year and I love it there, so I wouldn’t call it wasting an ED, but I would love to know if I could get into MIT/Pton which are my super reach/dream schools.</p>

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<p>No by wasting i meant ed ing a school like princeton and not getting in, when you couldve gotten in to MIT or Cornell. The fact of the matter is, although the schools are somewhat different, they all are elite schools that will set you up nicely in the future. If you love ithaca and Cornell, then it seems like a great choice for you</p>

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<p>Obviously these schools are tough to predict but I’d say you could get into Cornell without the ED (but my friend who got into Harvard and Princeton and wait listed at Stanford got flat out denied from Cornell so who knows). With the ED I think you have a very strong chance though, and still a strong chance without it. Applying to MIT early helps a little, but not too much. I’m not sure about Princeton because it’s the first year back, but I’m guessing they don’t want to over enroll so it will be similar (maybe slightly easier) than RD. I’d say is a low-low reach while Princeton is a low reach (MIT is slightly easier, but still tough)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1191394-will-i-competitive-duke.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1191394-will-i-competitive-duke.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah idk this is a tough choice for anyone hahaha, but we’ll see anyway.
Thanks for the input, and chanced back.</p>

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<p>No problem, you are in a good place to be haha. I updated my post (well added stuff in a new post) so hopefully that gives you a better idea for my chances)</p>

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<p>Cornell-match
MIT-high match
Princeton-low reach (but a great chance)</p>

<p>I think you’ll be a super competitive applicant wherever you apply to.</p>

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<p>Looks good to me!
Cornell-match
MIT-high match
Princeton-low reach</p>

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<p>Cornell ORIE (ED) - low Match
MIT Sloan Management Science (EA) - reach for everyone
Princeton ORFE (SCEA) - possible
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-2015/1179344-chance-my-friend.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-2015/1179344-chance-my-friend.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Cornell ORIE (ED)–match
MIT Sloan Management Science (EA)–reach
Princeton ORFE (SCEA)–reach</p>

<p>I might retake that SAT to up it just a bit but your GPA is very astounding, especially for the RIGOR of your schedule! Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me!!
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<p>All chanced!
Thanks for the input guys!</p>