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Wow this thread is really depressing. Looking at how so many people with amazing ECs and SAT scores got rejected, I’m not so sure about my chances at a good college anymore.
Maybe I shouldn’t have applied to so many reach colleges… :S
Accepted Yale EA, USC. Stats here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html</a>
Interestingly enough, I got accepted to Yale early but didn’t qualify for a Trustee/Presidential/Dean’s scholarship at USC 
Just goes to show you the arbitrariness of this whole process…
Good luck to all other applicants 
Well this thread scares me, and I’m considering giving up baseball to study more and do more community stuff. As long as my grades are good, and my EC’s are good, that seems like what’s most important. As a sophomore, I’m shooting for a 2000 SAT first try, and I didn’t do as well as I wanted on the PSAT, so I plan on studying a bunch.
Can somebody that DOESN’T have a 4.0 post their results lol. I have a 2.7 gpa with 1500 SAT, and I’m african american, and I need some ideas of schools to apply to.
Can someone with a 3.8 GPA and an 1820 SAT Please post, because I’m a sophomore and I just calculated my practice sat scores so far, and that’d be those. I’m going for 2000 first try in march, so wish me luck, but yeah, somebody not amazing please post. LoL.
Results from a normal student:
High School
UW: 3.91
W: 4.84
Rank: 3/555
SAT: 1990
Accepted: NC State, Clemson, UNC Chapel Hill
Rejected: Duke
Hope this helps!
SAT: 2350
Rank: 1/400
SAT II’s: 800, 800, 790
Accepted: Yale, UPenn (dual degree program: Wharton + engineering), Stanford, Columbia (after waitlist), Cornell, UCB, UCLA
Waitlisted/Rejected: Princeton, Harvard
Final choice was Wharton
Male- Caucasian
SAT: 1460/2160 (Math 740, Reading 720, Writing 700)
SATIIs: Lit- 760, Math1- 690
GPA: 3.7ish (Senior year 3.8/9) Took hardest courseload at school except for adv maths.
EC’s: Vice Prez Student Council
Class Rep 4 years
Drama Club 4 years
Relay for Life
Community Service Every Summer
Accepted: McGill, ED2 Tufts
ACT 34
SAT II: 780 790 800
2/380something Public School
Accepted: UPenn Applied Sciences & Engineering School EARLY DECISION
Applied nowhere else
This is my older friend who was on student council and told me his stats:
GPA: 4.0 uw, about 4.5 weighted (obviously he was valedictorian)
SATI: 2400
SATII: 800 math, 780 chemistry
School prez
Huge Volunteer
One competitive summer internship
Varsity track and field
Accepted: Cornell, Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern, Duke
Waitlisted: Stanford, Yale
Matriculated to: Washington University in St. Louis
Accepted UF (University of Florida) [yes, I did a chance thread!!]
GPA: 3.8/4.0 4.4/5.0
Rank: 25/450 more or less.
ACT: 29 [took twice]
No rec
ECs: #1 in ballroom dancing in state, set up grassroots project for Project Homeless Connect, ~75 hours as a language teacher for underprivelaged Asian-American children [first generation]
No school clubs excepting Spanish National Honor Society, VP of Junior Class.
UF -Accepted
FSU - likely acceptance
UCF - Accepted
USF - Accepted
4/4. That’s me! [:
Accepted: UGA, University of South Carolina - Columbia, Clemson, Auburn (& other small LACs)
Not Waitlisted, Deferred, Denied Anywhere
GPA: 3.83 (Core)
ACT: 32
Rank: Top 3%
ECs: Founded Club, President of 2 Clubs, blah
GPA: 4.0 UW, 7 IBs taken, full diploma candidate, all honors and AP for fresh and soph year
ACT: 34
EC’s: TASP, President of 2 clubs, founded 1, volunteering
Rank: We don’t rank, but top 1%
Major: Nursing
Accepted:
UMichigan (in-state)- Full ride
Villanova- Full ride
Truman State- Full ride
Case Western- $22,500 per year
UPittsburgh- Full tuition
Howard University: Full ride
Attending: UMichigan! Good luck to everyone else, and I hope this was helpful.
GPA: 4.4 weighted, all honors clases, 8 APs
SATI: 2250+
SATII: Took 8 (both math, two languages, three sciences, history), all 760+
ECs: National science competition winner, science bowl team captain, a lot of volunteering, research project, founded a club
Rank: Top 5% at a very competitive high school
Accepted:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD- Regents Scholarship
Washington University in St. Louis
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Attending: Washington University in St. Louis
Wow! Your scores aren’t as high as what people believe Berkeley/LA’s standards are. What do you think made you stand out? You’ve provided me with a glimmer of hope.
Haha thanks teaberry. I was actually even a semifinalist for the Berkeley Alumni scholarship. When I was applying though, I only applied to UC Berkeley, LA, and SD for the UCs because I believed I had a great shot at each (based on my academic scores). I was right. I remember at the time I was mostly worried about getting into Cornell and Washington University in St. Louis. Luckily I got into both. I’m at WashU now!
PM me if you have any more questions about applying to the UCs!
Zeinth: When did you hear from UCLA? All I received so far was an invite to attend UC Modesto LOL. But, UCLA has not sent a reject letter yet? Thxs
Hi nwfilmstudent,
First, I’d like to say again I am currently doing my undergrad, so college applications for me were 4 years ago. I remember, though, I got my UC acceptance letters around April or late March. The scholarship offers came jointly or soon after that. Please double check, though, because the application dates may have changed since I applied.
nwfilmstudent, I believe you mean UC Merced. There’s no UC in Modesto