Chance a 15 year old applicant?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I decided that I need to shorten my chance threads up...sorry that I have already posted an almost identical one on here, I just wanted to get a few more opinions. I have tried to space things as much as possible to make it easy to read. I am applying to: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, Vanderbilt, Tufts, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Northwestern. Thank you SO much!</p>

<p>Numbers and Numbers:</p>

<p>SAT M: 800
SAT V: 740
SAT W: 800
SAT C: 2340</p>

<p>SAT Math II: 770
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Literature: 720</p>

<p>Class Rank: ~1/35
Small, Private School: rarely sends anyone to Ivy's / any good schools
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Geography: Midwest - Ohio
GPA U: 3.95 / 4.00
GPA W: 4.31 / 5.00
*No honors past 8th or 9th grade, hence low weighted GPA
Commonapp essay: About submitting a position paper to the Ohio Congress and receiving an offer of co-sponsorship of a bill
Activity essay: About my long-held interest in photography, an exhibition I have up, and the success of sales
Recs: Should be pretty great
AP U.S. History: 4
AP Literature: 4
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Statistics: 5</p>

<p>Senior Coursework:
AP Environmental Science
AP Composition
AP Government
AP Physics C - Mechanics
Linear Algebra / Differential Equations
Performance Ensemble Band</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>National Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12) <--- SCIENCE COMPETITION
-No officers; Founding member; Regional medalist; State medalist</p>

<p>Environmental Club (11, 12) <--- ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM CLUB
-Prepared position paper for Ohio legislature; Presented at International Conference; Founding Member</p>

<p>National Beta Club (9, 10, 11, 12) <--- SERVICE CLUB
-Treasurer, President</p>

<p>Varsity Jazz Band (9, 10, 11, 12) <--- HIGH SCHOOL'S JAZZ BAND
-First Trombone; Approx. 15 concerts/yr</p>

<p>International Thespian Society (9, 10, 11, 12) <--- DRAMA SOCIETY
-Approx. 8 productions/yr; Sound and light design and operation, Honor Bar)</p>

<p>Mock Trial team (9, 10, 11, 12) <--- MOOT COURT
-No officers; Founding member, Outstanding Attorney, Student of the year)</p>

<p>A bunch of other crap...</p>

<p>Awards and Distinctions:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
AIME Participant and School Winner
International Thespian Society Honor Bar Award (Highest level of distinction)
Front page article in Delaware Gazette for photography exhibition
First Degree Black Belt achieved in Taekwondo
Completion of the Suzuki method of Piano Instruction
Ohio Mathematics League Certificate of Merit for Superior Achievement (9, 10)
Griffin Scholar Award (9, 10, 11, 12; School-awarded merit-based $500 scholarship)
Bunch of Departmental Awards at School..</p>

<p>Science Olympiad awards:
TONS OF REGIONAL MEDALS
State Competition - 12th place team overall (11)
State Competition Personal Medals - 5th place Chemistry Lab (11)</p>

<p>Non-Scholastic Education:
Junior Statesmen of America Symposium, Columbus, OH
National Youth Leadership Forum on Law, Washington, D.C.
Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference, Washington, D.C.
YouthCaN Environmental Conference, New York City, NY </p>

<p>Service Activities:
Peer tutor in: Algebra II, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics (Fall 2009)
Volunteer staff for Vacation Bible School, (Summers 2003-2009)
Youth Works Mission Trip, Steubenville, OH (Summer 2008)
Mission Trip, El Hogar School, Honduras, C.A. (October 2009)
Total volunteer hours throughout high school: 550</p>

<p>If you have taken the time to read through all of this, I am very very grateful towards you. I will gladly look at any essay / chance thread in return, just send me a message or reply here.</p>

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<p>It’s hard to guarantee every school on the list, especially Harvard, but you seem good to go for more than half of them. In general I don’t think being younger than most applicants would be a plus or a minus, but in your case you are significantly younger and looks like you must have finished up Calculus at 13 or something. And your ECs indicate a reasonable level of social maturity. So it might help. </p>

<p>Of course, as with a lot of these over-the-top chance threads, I’m wondering why you think you are going to get some extra insight you don’t already possess by posting on here. And I’m wondering who the heck gave you the Bs? They must have been tough.</p>

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<p>It is very hard to guarantee anything for your schools. Their all too competitive. But seriously, your GPA and EC, and the SAT would put you in good shape for the competition. This thread was useless; let’s face it… you know you have a good chance anywhere. Thats a compliment by the way =D. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>fifteen years old?! wow. like the others said, it’s really hard to guarantee anything for those schools, since ivies are toss-ups. but i’d say washington is a definite possibility, as is northwestern. for the others you’ll just have to wait and see. good luck!</p>

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<p>The Ivies are unpredictable, but I would say good chances at ohns Hopkins, Wash U, Vanderbilt, Tufts, and Williams.</p>

<p>We have the same SAT score, too ^^ Chance me too? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/802020-texas-has-bison-but-vermont-has-ski-slopes-where-shall-i-end-up.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/802020-texas-has-bison-but-vermont-has-ski-slopes-where-shall-i-end-up.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>off topic, but what was highschool like at 11-12 years old in 9th? no offense, but how did you get friends</p>

<p>anyways, its fairly obvious that you have as a good a shot as you can get at any of those schools, I don’t know what your age means to admissions, If I were an officer I’d see it as a minus but I’m not… so good luck</p>

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<p>I think you should get that SAT V up a little bit more. I think you’re set for all the non-ivys, but the ivys may not get a full understanding of you enough considering your small and unusual school.</p>

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<p>danggggg you’re amazing</p>

<p>Everything’s good except maybe too few service hours, but that won’t hurt hurt your app considering your really good EC’s</p>

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<p>oh and for the age thing, I’ve heard the top colleges will consider it a plus as long as you show maturity since it means that you’re basically smart enough to skip grades</p>

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<p>Yale has an explicit policy of discriminating against younger students (I heard this from the adcom officer at the Yale Info Session). Just an FYI. Otherwise, you’re a decent candidate.</p>