<p>Hey bud I know it sucks but with these stats you’re destined for greatness, if you don’t get in at any of these schools I’d personally smack them. But honestly you SHOULD be getting in everywhere and knowing you personally I think any college would be a great fit for you</p>
<p>Penn took 49% of their incoming class ED. RD is gonna be over 20000 applicants for 1200 spots. Another crapshoot</p>
<p>@muckdogs07: </p>
<p>Our school sadly doesn’t offer Physics C but I do intend to self-study it after applications are in. </p>
<p>@somers17: </p>
<p>You are the second person I’ve met on CC that I actually have met in real life. That’s pretty ridiculous. Avoid chances posts, they make you feel awful most of the time because everyone seems to be such a great applicant.</p>
<p>I think you should stop bumping and reading this thread, and start working on your applications. Your school list is fine. You will likely get into several of them. No one can tell you anything here that will improve your chances at this point (it is too late to adjust anything that can make any difference except your essays). Your stats and ECs are very good, and I agree that you may get into a top school or two on you list IF YOU CAN SHOW “FIT” WITH THE SCHOOL IN YOUR APPLICATION. So stop with the generic searching for something in this thread, and get down to the actual applications.</p>
<p>i see no reason why you were not admitted but the most unfortunate of variables, chance.</p>
<p>you will gain admittance into a number of exceptional schools, so fret not. maintain hope, optimism, and strength.</p>
<p>one question, how did you get into writing for an online newspaper? writing/journalism is something in which i am very interested, but i do not know how to become involved in such an activity. any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>also, it would be awesome if you could chance me:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html</a></p>
<p>best of luck. you will go far.</p>
<p>Case Western
Johns Hopkins
Brandeis
University of Rochester</p>
<p>@Seabasstiano: </p>
<p>On the website, it mentioned an opportunity to write pieces as a featured writer; I send an email expressing my interest to one of the editors. He asked me to write a few pieces as sample work, and after a few weeks I got the job.</p>
<p>@bookmama22: </p>
<p>Are you telling me that I should add those schools to my list? I really can’t change my list now because all the deadlines are Jan. 1 and my school doesn’t meet again until after the deadline, so Recs, transcrips, etc. cannot be sent on time.</p>
<p>Just a post-application bump. Regarding essays, I personally feel that they were strong, but again, doesn’t everybody. I would say my strongest applications were for Swarthmore, Stanford, Williams, and Rice.</p>
<p>Regarding what muckdogs07 posted above about potentially playing for an athletic team: yes, I could play golf at a Division 3 school. I have talked with coaches from Williams, Swarthmore, and Carnegie Mellon, but they all say that they don’t have any pull in admissions for RD.</p>
<p>Update: </p>
<p>Accepted to UVa Echols!</p>
<p>Still worried about other schools though!</p>
<p>Anyone care to lend a hand to an MIT deferee: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1448970-oh-no-did-i-just-ruin-my-chances-my-grades-have-dropped-1st-sem-senior-year.html#post15353748[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1448970-oh-no-did-i-just-ruin-my-chances-my-grades-have-dropped-1st-sem-senior-year.html#post15353748</a></p>
<p>It would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>Midyear grades were all A’s. Doesn’t effect GPA but the midyear report should look nice =D! Also Presidential Scholar Nominee.</p>
<p>bump! More opinions would be pretty awesome!</p>
<p>I would try not to be too discouraged if I were you. With your stats you are bound to get into a few of those highly selective schools, and you still have a shot at princeton! Im sure you will be successful wherever you end up! Best of luck! Also, I think your activities are very solid. I doubt you have time for anything else, varsity sports are very time consuming. </p>
<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1451557-chances-colby-middlebury-kenyon-etc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1451557-chances-colby-middlebury-kenyon-etc.html</a></p>
<p>UPDATE:</p>
<p>Accepted everywhere except rejections from Stanford and Princeton and a waitlist from Penn. </p>
<p>Harvard 2017 :).</p>