Are my chances at Ivies ruined?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am applying to the follow ivies: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Princeton, and Yale.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>African American
ACT Superscore: 30/27/31/28/10 (English/Math/Reading/Science/Essay)
SAT II: 660 M1 620 CH
GPA: 3.94 Unweighted, but reporting 4.1 weighted
Class rank: top 12% (but likely I will be in top 10% by graduation...)
My application is FILLED with activities/volunteering/honors/awards; like I know they are great
I have AP Lit, APUSH, AP Chem, AP Spanish, and AP Gov pretty great for my HS the rest are honors/other classes</p>

<p>My question is: I have written great essays, a strong personal essay for commonapp, and I expect to get great recommendations, but I am worried that not being in the top 10% during application submission will hurt me; are my chances ruined?
What can I do to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>No, not being in the top 10% will not ruin your chances.</p>

<p>Your test scores are pretty low for Ivies though…</p>

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<p>the 30 ACT will hurt your chances much more than not being in the top 10%, along with the kinda unimpressive weighted gpa</p>

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<p>and low SAT II scores</p>

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<p>You could get into cornell. Idk about the others though.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the replies</p>

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<p>Given the current acceptance trends and affirmative action you can get into any of the ives depending on the quality of your essay.</p>

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<p>Cornell, possibly.</p>

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<p>Worst case scenario, if EA, is a deferal. You have time for test score increasing.</p>

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<p>lol’d hard at Brown crap school.</p>

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<p>safety at the crap schools (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Princeton)
low match for yale</p>

<p>mdr jk</p>

<p>but not being top 10% (how does your school report rank) , comparatively low wgpa, relatively low test score might subtract from your 3.94. listing your major ecs might help people gauge your chance. aa should help your cause! gl!</p>

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<p>Brown, Waitlisted
Columbia, Denied
Cornell, Accepted
UPenn, Waitlisted
Princeton, Denied
Yale, Denied</p>

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<p>Maybe he meant crap as in crap shoot, Brown’s ACT 25% was 28 not too long ago, and recently 29. So <25% had lower ACT scores than around 29 when admitted into Brown. Idk maybe it was a joke, but he could mean like a toss up?</p>

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<p>Thank you for the evaluations, DukeHopeful2014, I chanced you back! :)</p>

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<p>And thank you to everyone else sorry :)</p>

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<em>Thinks you overemphasize the value of Affirmative Action</em></p>

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<p>Cornell’s your best bet, but ivies are crapshoots for all, and there will be people with higher test scores.
You’re more likely to get into a lot of good schools that aren’t ivies given your test scores.
Just remember to have safeties & matches to go along with your ivy aspirations.
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>get your sat II scores up</p>

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<p>I will not be taking anymore tests :confused:
Where should I apply pre-med Bio: CALS HE or CAS OOS of course</p>

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<p>HumEc/CALs are lower score thresholds but require you to be a better “fit”</p>

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<p>Do you think you can go into detail over fit? Are there any current Cornell students i can ask some questions</p>