CC Predictions

Applying to College
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<p>So, I posted my stats a few months ago, and this is the consensus you guys came to about me:</p>

<li>Yale - Big reach</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania - Reach</li>
<li>Dartmouth - Reach</li>
<li>Brown - Reach</li>
<li>Tufts - Slight Reach</li>
<li>Georgetown (I applied to their school of foreign service, not expecting to get in) - Reach</li>
<li>Boston University - Low Match</li>
<li>Amherst College - Reach</li>
<li>Boston College - Match</li>
<li>Middlebury - Slight Reach</li>
<li>Binghamton (safety) - Safety</li>
</ol>

<p>This is where I’m at so far:
Yale - accepted
UPenn - waitlisted
Dartmouth - accepted
Brown - accepted
Tufts - accepted
Boston Uni - accepted (Honors Program)
Boston College - accepted (Honors Program)
Binghamton - accepted (Scholars Program)</p>

<p>I haven’t heard back from the rest yet.</p>

<p>So for all you people freaking out about predictions based on stats, they’re not terribly accurate!!!</p>

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<p>I totally agree with you quark49 people have said I have average/low chances at HYPS but I got into Yale and Stanford so yeah...</p>

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<p>What are your stats?</p>

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<p>From her chances thread:</p>

<p>I know I'm a reach for Yale, but I think I have a chance at the University of Pennsylvania, and I'd be over the moon if I got in. </p>

<p>White female, public school in New York</p>

<p>Rank: 1/578 for all four years of high school
GPA (unweighted):
9th - 99 (5 honors classes)
10th - 98 (5 honors classes -I skipped ahead a year in French this year and took the state exam early)
11th - 97 (4 AP classes, 3 honors classes)
12 - not sure, 7 AP classes, I have an A in all of them except Calc BC, where I have a B- (eep)</p>

<p>SAT I (I took this once) 2260
SAT IIs (I know these suck, I took them long after I took the classes and had forgotten everything, are they terribly important? I just think it's a waste of time to study for standardized tests.)
French 590
Matt II 670
Physics 660
US History 680</p>

<p>AP Exams
Psych 5
US History 5
English Comp 5
Physics B 3</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars
Varsity Winter Track & Field for two years
Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper, staff member for 4 years
Secretary of the Tri-M Music Honors Society for two years
Member of the Brookhaven Youth Court for four years (community service kind of thing)
Leadership board for Brookhaven Youth Court for two years
Select Chorus for two years
All-County Choir
Science summer research at Stony Brook University- Simons Fellowship (I didn't enter my work in any competitions, though)
Brain Bee (neuroscience competition) for two years, never placed, though
There's a lot more, but I think those are the important (and most time consuming) ones.</p>

<p>Other stuff
National Merit Semifinalist (probably a finalist, I got a 2310 on my PSAT).
I've won tons of awards at my high school- do they care about those, or only awards on a larger level?
My essays are pretty kick ass, if I do say so myself. I wouldn't really change them even if someone asked me to.
My teacher recommendation letters (from an english teacher and a physics teacher) are very good as well.</p>

<p>So yeah, this is my list of schools, I'm mostly concerned with the top 3:
1. Yale
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. Dartmouth
4. Brown
5. Tufts
6. Georgetown (I applied to their school of foreign service, not expecting to get in)
7. Boston University
8. Amherst College
9. Boston College
10. Middlebury
11. Binghamton (safety)</p>

<p>I had two interviews for Yale, which is pretty cool- a student interview and an alumni interview. The alumni actually went to my high school- I have no idea how he got in, we haven't sent anyone to a HPY school (as you guys call 'em) in a long while. I had a Georgetown interview, too, but I'm not even sure I want to go there, I'd just be impressed with myself if I did.</p>

<p>Copy and pasted from her chances thread</p>

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<p>Reach doesn't imply a rejection, but congrats on all the acceptances.</p>

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<p>What the heck? Whoever said all those were reaches/big reaches had no idea what he/she was talking about (you had great chances at all of them).</p>

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<p>Yeah colege's stats are wonderful definetely up to par with those schools.</p>

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<p>Updates: </p>

<p>In at Georgetown SFS and waitlisted at Amherst.</p>

<p>We'll see what Middlebury has to say!</p>

<p>I made this thread mostly to comfort the worried browsers of the Chances Forum, because essentially, the decision DOES involve a lot more than rank, GPA, SAT scores, and a dry list of ECs. Have faith, little ones, and put a lot of effort into all those short answers that you'd rather skip over!</p>

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<p>Hey quark, remember me? :-)</p>

<p>I didn't get into Penn either, but I got into tufts. you should go...haha I know you'd never turn down those other schools for it. Great job on admissions!</p>

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<p>Ivies are reaches for just about EVERYONE, even with your remarkable stats--so you should be extremely elated that you got into two of them! Congratulations. :)</p>

<p>Anyone who was saying it's a "Big Reach", though, was probably trying to intimidate you or was just on acid.</p>