Chance a NORTH DAKOTA guy. (Mostly big 10's)

<p>Hello there…</p>

<p>I tried to narrow my list down a little bit, but actually I just made it longer. Sorry.</p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>White Male from Minot, North Dakota
HS Class of 2010 (junior)
1st Generation College Student
Highly Ranked Public High School (at least for ND)
GPA (unweighted): 3.858
GPA (weighted): 3.962
ACT: 35 (w/ 10 writing)
I never took the SAT, but I got 226 on the PSAT
Class Rank: 5/174
Major: Undecided. NOT engineering.</p>

<p>CLASSES (HP=Honors Placement)
FRESHMAN: Spanish 1, HP Earth Science, HP US History, HP English 9, HP Geometry, Band
SOPHOMORE: HP Spanish 2, AP Biology, APUSH, HP English 10, HP Algebra 2, AP Gov, Band
JUNIOR: HP Spanish 3, AP Chemistry, AP Euro, AP English, HP Pre-Calc, Band, Music Lab
SENIOR: AP Spanish, AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP English, AP Calc AB, Band, AP Music Theory</p>

<p>AP Scores up to date:
APUSH: 4
AP Gov: 3
AP Bio: 1 (all we did was watch TV in class)</p>

<p>EC’s:</p>

<li>Band, Band, Band, more band… Band…</li>
<li>Percussionist</li>
<li>4 years of High School Band.</li>
<li>1st Chair since sophomore year</li>
<li>Made the most Elite Audition band in my school 10th-12th grade</li>
<li>3 Music Letters, all from various Band Activities
<strong>Marching Band</strong>
-5 years, 8th-12th grade.</li>
<li>Section Leader for upcoming season</li>
<li>Co-Section Leader last year
<strong>Drum Line</strong></li>
<li>Co-Captaining the Drum-Line</li>
<li>5 years</li>
<li>Our group won 2 state titles
<strong>Pep-Band</strong></li>
<li>Section Leader junior year</li>
<li>Winter and Spring</li>
<li>Composed a song that we performed
<strong>Jazz Ensemble</strong></li>
<li>1st Chair Pianist/ doubled up on bass when needed</li>
<li>3 years</li>
<li>Performed in DC
<strong>Solo & Ensemble</strong></li>
<li>Played a Sax Solo sophomore year and received a superior rating</li>
<li><p>Fresh-Junior Year: Played with group and got excellent/superior ratings
<strong>Traveled to Spain last summer with the band to perform in Madrid</strong>
<strong>Accepted into the North Dakota state High School Honor Band</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)</p></li>
<li><p>1 mile, 2 mile, 4X400 m. Relay</p></li>
<li><p>Captain Junior Year for Indoor</p></li>
<li><p>Freshman Year-Senior</p></li>
<li><p>National Honor Society</p></li>
<li><p>300 Community Service Hours to this point</p></li>
<li><p>Includes peer tutoring to disabled children in the elementary school</p></li>
</ol>

<p>And the colleges, in order of preference:</p>

<li><p>U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</p></li>
<li><p>Indiana University-Bloomington</p></li>
<li><p>University of Wisconsin-Madison</p></li>
<li><p>U of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p></li>
<li><p>U of Washington</p></li>
<li><p>U of MN Twin Cities</p></li>
<li><p>UNC Chapel Hill</p></li>
<li><p>University of Chicago</p></li>
<li><p>UC-Berkeley</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA</p></li>
<li><p>Northeastern</p></li>
<li><p>Yale</p></li>
</ol>

<p>…chances, please.</p>

<p>I applied to a lot of these same places, so here’s my best guess:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: In. 90%</p></li>
<li><p>Indiana University-Bloomington: In. 99.999%</p></li>
<li><p>University of Wisconsin-Madison: Almost In. 85%.</p></li>
<li><p>U of Michigan-Ann Arbor: Probably in. 77%.</p></li>
<li><p>U of Washington: In. 88%.</p></li>
<li><p>U of MN Twin Cities: In. 96%.</p></li>
<li><p>UNC Chapel Hill: Match, 50-50</p></li>
<li><p>University of Chicago: Not in. 30%.</p></li>
<li><p>UC-Berkeley: Not in, buy maybe. 40%</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA: 50-50, I got in with less</p></li>
<li><p>Northeastern: In ? 60%.</p></li>
<li><p>Yale: Not in. 15%.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>bumppppppp</p>

<p>oddly enough, i think you guys are being harsh. ND is an underrepresented state. he has a 35 on his ACT, a solid GPA, and some ECs to boot. if you care about prestige, you should apply to some better schools.</p>

<p>negatives to your APP:</p>

<p>APs, which leads me to think you might not do well on SATIIs, which are required for Ivies. nothing some studying couldn’t prepare you for though. </p>

<p>ECs aren’t that amazing. </p>

<p>recs and essays can always fix a lot as well. </p>

<ol>
<li>U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IN</li>
<li>Indiana University-Bloomington - IN</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin-Madison - IN</li>
<li>U of Michigan-Ann Arbor - IN</li>
<li>U of Washington - IN</li>
<li>U of MN Twin Cities - IN</li>
<li>UNC Chapel Hill - Match</li>
<li>University of Chicago - slight reach</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley - slight reach</li>
<li>UCLA - slight reach</li>
<li>Northeastern - IN</li>
<li>Yale - high reach</li>
</ol>

<p>LoonLake, I like your stats and you look like you have a nice chance at most of the colleges that you plan to apply to. </p>

<p>I think that you’re a low reach at: UChicago, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.</p>

<p>However, I feel that you’re a high reach for Yale, sorry (I like your band participation and community service-play this up when applying if you truly love it)</p>

<p>Can you chance me back, please?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/699897-am-i-track-ivies-duke-wake-vanderbilt-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/699897-am-i-track-ivies-duke-wake-vanderbilt-4.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UChicago is a definite if you write well.</p>

<p>Good luck man!</p>

<p>May I add Emory and Carleton to my list?</p>

<p>I really think you should make a few changes to the order of preference…</p>

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<p>After the first 2 on the list, they weren’t really in preference order anymore. My top 5 are U of I, IU, Emory, Minnesota Twin Cities, and OSU.</p>