Chance a Junior with 36 ACT, 2380 SAT, 3.68 GPA.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,
I attend one of the top 5 private high schools in the country and although we don't rank, I'd say that I'm somewhere around the 20th percentile in a grade with almost 200 students. I've taken the most rigorous course load possible in all classes, and although that means no AP scores yet, I am taking several this year and expect 4's or 5's on all of them. Our IVY/MIT percentage varies from 20-33% in any given year (though a lot of it is due to where people ultimately decide to attend. </p>

<p>My 9-11 GPA is 3.68, and my 10-11 GPA is 3.72, so there's not too much variation there. </p>

<p>SAT: 2380 (800 CR/800 M/780 W)
ACT: 36 Composite (36 R/36 M/36 S/35 W/12 Essay)
SAT 2's: Chemistry (800), Biology (800), World History (780)</p>

<p>Sports: Varsity Tennis (we have one of the best programs in the country, and the best in the state.</p>

<p>EC's: Numerous clubs (4), VP of 1, President of 1. Working a job 10 hours/week.</p>

<p>Essays: Excellent</p>

<p>REC's: Will be excellent most likely, not sure yet.</p>

<p>Hooks: URM (African-American and double legacy at Princeton)
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Chance me at...
Princeton
Columbia
MIT
Yale
Dartmouth
Cornell
Wash U
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Vanderbilt
Williams
USC</p>

<p>Safeties:
U Mich
NYU
Boston College</p>

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<p>I didn’t think I would ever say this: “You are pretty much in at Princeton”.</p>

<p>You are black/URM, have an almost perfect SAT, go to an excellent private school and have two 800’s on your SAT II’s. I think you are basically in.</p>

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<p>Princeton: High match (double legacy + URM)
Columbia: Reach
MIT: Reach
Yale: Reach
Dartmouth: High match
WUSTL: High match
NWU: High match
JHU: Match/High match
Vanderbilt: High match
Williams: Match/High match
USC: Match
UMI: Safety
NYU: Low match
BC: Low match</p>

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<p>Your GPA is a little low so that’s the only wild card, but here are my guesses:</p>

<p>Princeton: In
Columbia: High match
MIT: High match
Yale: High match
Dartmouth: Match
Cornell: Match
Wash U: Low match
Northwestern: Low match/Match
Johns Hopkins: Low match
Vanderbilt: Low match
Williams: Match
USC: Safety</p>

<p>Btw, Catria is hyping up the difficulty of getting accepted IMO. The OP would probably be in the highest percentile of applicants that Vanderbilt admits, so how can it be a “high” match?!</p>

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<p>Has anyone ever noticed that people who play the race card usually only have one post?</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who’s chanced me… I really appreciate it. </p>

<p>And @sosomenza, you have to start somewhere, no? So please cool it with the implications that I’m lying.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry Surculla. Sosomenza is probably worried because your profile is better than hers. I would be too if I were a freshman applicant.</p>

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<p>Apply SCEA at Princeton if it is your first choice… then Princeton will be better than a high match (which is no small feat).</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Match
Cornell: Match</p>