ChAaNCe CHARLIE WILSON

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know I posted before, but that was a little while ago and I''m still hungry for feedback. So here it goes again:</p>

<p>White male, top income-bracket from one of the top 100 or so public schools in the nation. Out of a graduating class of around 190, my school sends around a dozen kids to Ivies and a few more to top 30 colleges/univerisites like Williams, UVA, etc. I'm from the Northeast. </p>

<p>Grades</p>

<p>UW Overall GPA: 3.9
Pre-HS and Freshman UW GPA: 3.78
Sophmore UW GPA: 3.95
Junior UW GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Test Scores</p>

<p>SAT I: 2400 (80 MC, 12 essay in a single-schitting)
SAT II: 800 World History, 770 Math II, 700 Physics
AP's: 5 World History, 5 USH, 5 English Lang., 4 Physics</p>

<p>National/Regional Awards</p>

<p>-National Silver Medal in Humor, Scholastic Writing Awards
-2x Gold Key Award, Scholastic Writing Awards
-Third in Category, Brigham Young University Wrioting Contest
-Silver Pedal on National Spanish Exam
-Probable National Ferit Finalist (231 PSAT)
-NCTE Nomination Pending along with a few other big contest results in wrioting and history. I realistically expect one, if the sun is smiling then maybe two, of these apples to fall in my basket. All I do now is cross my fingers from time to time, that's the way I think I got everything else. In all seriousness, I am a very superstitious boy.</p>

<p>Local Awards (details are omitted on porpoise)</p>

<p>-Winner of local writing contests
-School book award given annually to one junior for highest achievement, biggest bribe in history and the social sciences.
-Local physics award. I was nasty in physics and was supposed to devastate the standardized tests in physics too but I just didn't draw that card.<br>
-Won a school math contest. I get immense satisfaction from this one because I had to charge into battle against some of those math/science demi-god sort of people and emerged victorious.
-Boys' State, chosen to go from my school by the American Legion. I managed to stumble into an executive position at the county level, fell into some other positions, and got a rough idea of why democracy trips over its own feet.</p>

<p>I've got some phony awards like NYLC and the Inter-Galactic Poetry Contest but I don't wanna bother with those, they make me laugh once in a while but that's about all they're good for.</p>

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<p>It's people like you that make me second guess applying to Stanford SCEA.</p>

<p>Note: That might or might not be a compliment. It's up for you to decide.</p>

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<p>your credentials are really good. The ivies and stanford are definite possibilities for you. The others in the list would probably be matches, even safeties. good luck geoffrey.</p>

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<p>Bump, it was already on page 4...</p>

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<p>hmmm i coined you for more of an ivy person...</p>

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<p>Let's put it this way: you've got the dice, now throw them.</p>

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<p>final call, all aboard</p>

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<p>Looks like I'll be staying on the East Coast. Rejected from Stanford EA.</p>

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<p>HYP 35% chance (Might get into one)
Brown and Dartmouth: 55% chance (should get into one or both)
WashU: 70% chance (unless they pull something shady)
Rice: 75% chance (you're in)
Vandy: 85% chance (you're totally in)</p>

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<p>Everything but the Ivies, I'd say most likely to definitely. You have absolutely amazing stats, plus EC's that show direction (finally) and seem to know who you are. I would be extremely surprised if you didn't get into at least one Ivy (+ Stanford). We'll see, but from your information I would say don't worry too much. </p>

<p>Best of Luck! </p>

<p>P.S. I commend you on not trying to evaluate or explain your essays. =]</p>

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<p>Alright, I'm due for an update. It has always annoyed me when chance thread posters don't update, so I'll do it for myself.</p>

<p>Rejected from Stanford SCEA (if anyone from that institution called me or deigned speak to me, I think they would be traumatized for life based on what I would say). But I got into Tulane, Michigan, and received a DARTMOUTH likely letter, so that's all very promising news. But w/e, comment what you will.</p>

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<p>I visited this thread again out of curiosity, and to post my final results so all those currently where I was last year can take something from this. I’ll give a breakdown of my final results:</p>

<p>Admitted to: Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth (received likely letter), Duke (likely), Rice (likely w/ scholarship), Northwestern, Wash U St. Louis, Tulane (w/ scholarship), U Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill (likely)</p>

<p>Waitlisted at: Brown. I demonstrated zero interest in the school and couldn’t really see myself there, so maybe that had something to do with it. But maybe not.</p>

<p>Rejected from: Stanford EA and Yale RD</p>

<p>Overall, I was VERY happy with the way everything turned out given the super-competitive nature of elite college admissions today. Hopefully, though, the seeming “randomness” to these admissions results teaches you to stay humble but hopeful. BTW, I assure you that even these results are not random- yes, they may be unpredictable to somebody who sees only pieces of the application (everyone besides admissions), but to the admission office (the only place people see applications in their true entirety) I truly do not think they are.</p>

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<p>Your stats are incredible! Congratulations for what you have accomplished :)</p>

<p>So a 2400 is possible? Wow.</p>

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<p>Congrats GChaucer. Haven’t posted for a while, but went back to some of my posts and saw your update. So where did you decide on going?</p>

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<p>I’ll be heading up to Cambridge in only a few weeks.</p>