Chance a junior for Ivies, Duke, others (please i'll love you)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Duke, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Georgetown, University of Maryland, Vanderbilt, Brown, Pomona</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (790 CR, 720 W, 770 M)
First time, taking once more will probably be 2300+
SAT II: 800 Math II, got 690 Bio M and 620 Math 1 freshman year but probably won't send them.
I also plan to take Spanish and Chem this June and know I can get at least 750.
UW GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We don't rank, all i know is top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): None yet. Taking Chem, Spanish, English Lang, US Government, and Calc AB this May and expect mostly 5s, possibly one or two 4s.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Euro, AP Macro/Micro, AP Physics B, and French 5/AP French (not sure yet)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-National Merit Semifinalist (not offical yet but I got a 233 PSAT)
-School awards? I doubt those count for much though</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
-Varsity Crew(10-12), went to nationals last year and expect to again this year, probably captain next year
-Mock Trial(10-12), will be captain senior year
-Model United Nations club, probably president next year but uncertain
-French Honor Society (VP), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society
-Hospital Volunteer
-Just Co-founded a nonprofit that aims to increase youth literacy around the world, but it's new so we haven't done all that much yet, and not sure whether it will really take off or not
Summer Activities: Nothing really important, Summer @Brown last year, various rowing camps this year</p>

<p>Also, I am white, upper middle-class, male, so nothing there. I have legacies at Duke and Cornell.</p>

<p>I'm kind of worried extracurricular-wise because rowing takes up almost all my time and everything else is rather insignificant. Also I don't really have any awards or anything.</p>

<p>Any opinions? Please?</p>

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<p>match for Cornell, Pomona, Goergetown, UMaryland, reach for rest. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks! anyone else? also do you think my legacy will help for duke?</p>

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<p>…bump…</p>

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<p>Hey njlokk. I think that rowing crew is a major asset. The ivy league schools look at commitment more than they look at all the things you do. You seem very committed to crew so that should help. Also, I read somewhere that hipster sports (aka fencing, row, sports that not everyone usually does) are good for ivies. Your sats are good and your legacy will help but won’t guarantee. I think that cornell and duke are pretty good matches. Chance me please :)</p>

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<p>I can reasonably see somebody with your stats here at Duke. Legacy should be a pretty big plus.</p>

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<p>What is legacy?</p>

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<p>Legacy means you’re the child of an undergraduate alum</p>

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<p>thanks! i have a question about legacies: does how many people in your family have gone there matter? both my mom and her father (my grandfather) went to cornell. My dad went to duke and my brother is currently a student there. Is this any more of a factor than a standard one parent legacy?</p>

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<p>What no instrument? Just kidding, your stats are teriffic. You’ve done all you can-apply away & GL</p>

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<p>haha. so you think i have a shot at all of the schools?</p>

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<p>I think you’re definitely a competitive applicant, however, theres a lot of kids with the same ecs/grades/test scores etc. give or take. Just make sure your essays and reccomendations are stellar! And yeah being a legacy at Duke will at the very least get your application a second read. You might want to watch the dean of admissions video on applying. Good luck(:</p>

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<p>Your UW GPA is 4.0 and your class rank is 25%, I hope you are not another Mr. Tr. If not explain which school in this world enjoys that privilege.</p>

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<p>all they give out is quartiles. so i know for sure top 25% but i’m definitely way lower than that, there’s just no way to know</p>

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<p>So you are saying in your school 25% of the sudents got 4.0 UW GPA. I am wondering if there is a school in this world that can produce that kind of numbers. That is just incredulous to me. Maybe I am wrong and somebody in the forum could correct me if I am.</p>

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<p>What he’s saying is that his school only tells him if he is in the top 25%, top 50%, or top 75%. He’s in the top 25%. He could very well be in the top 5%, which is within the top 25%, but his school does not provide that specific of information.</p>

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<p>I give a percentage for the ones that I have a great level of research done on, and I’ll be less specific with the others.
Duke: Match
Princeton: 35%
Yale: 35%
Cornell: 75%
Georgetown: Low Match
Maryland: No research basis, so I won’t pretend
Vanderbilt: 55%
Brown: 45%
Ponoma: Match
Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>Metaphysicize thanks for the explanation. Now I get it.</p>

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<p>yeah meta is exactly right, thanks. also, letransfwa, when you say match, how does that compare percentage wise to the other ones where you listed a percentage?</p>

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<p>Good question njlokka: I consider a “match” school to be anywhere from 40-60 percent. If I say that, however, it means I haven’t done enough research on that school to give a closer estimate. For the ones that I have a percentile down, I’m pretty sure (>10 hours of research). A low match would be more than 65% chancing.</p>

<p>(Oh, and my percentages can be taken to be accurate to about 10 percent, nothing more)</p>