Chance a rising senior for top-tier schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys!
So I'm "man"-ing up (actually woman-ning up) and wanted to see what you thought about me applying for these schools. This is really preliminary, so there are a lot... </p>

<p>Stanford
UChicago
Princeton (wth, why not?)
UPenn
Columbia
Brown
USC*
UCLA
UCB
UCSB
UCSD
Occidental*
Wash U in St. Louis*
UWash*</p>

<p>*What are my chances at a merit scholarship, if you know anything about that? </p>

<p>Basics:
-white, female, Class of 2011
-GPA: 4.2 W, 4.0 UW
-SAT: 800-M, 800-CR, 800-CR
cumulative 2400 (one sitting)
-SAT-2: 800 U.S. History
770 Literature
710 Math (I am planning to take Math, Spanish, and something else in the fall.)
-AP Tests:
AP Lang and Comp (5)
APUSH (5)
AP Enviro (5)</p>

<p>School:
-top 100 small, public high school
-about 12 AP classes available
-next year's schedule:
AP Spanish
AP Euro
AP English
Honors Physics
Newspaper
AP Calculus (A/B)
Civics/Econ (required)</p>

<p>Recs: one pretty good, one excellent (we went walking a few day ago! haha) </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Mock Trial (10, 11, 12)
-Defense Attorney (10)/prosecution (11)
-county awards for no.2/1 atty, team placed 10th in state, "Team Spirit" award (hehe), team cap'n (12) </p>

<p>-Community Service (i.e. buildOn) (10, 11, 12)
-sponsored for 2.5 week "Trek" to Mali, W. Africa
-publicity officer (11)
-vice president (12)</p>

<p>-Newspaper (10, 11, 12)
-staff writer (10), circulation manager (11), editor-in-chief (12) </p>

<p>-School Councils (11, 12)
-High School rep @ School Site Council - makes school policy decisions with admin/parents
-" " " (1/1) at Curriculum Review - makes district-wide curriculum policy with...</p>

<p>-Miscellaneous Awards????
-Outstanding English Dept. Award (9,11) </p>

<p>Okay, well thanks so much for reading!! Please post below if you want. I can chance back (I'm not sure if I'm any good at it though). You can be harsh if you want to, I think a need a kick in the pants!</p>

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<p>I’d say you got a decent chance to all.</p>

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<p>Decent chance?
I’d say you’re pretty much in. Just from reading your post here on CC I can already tell you have a lot of personality, which I’m sure will show up in your essay.
Congrats on your achievements and good luck on CHOOSING where you would like to attend. :)</p>

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<p>Assuming you’re from CA,</p>

<p>You’re pretty much in to University of Washington, Occidental, USC, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UCB. You’ve got a very, very good shot at Washington University in St. Louis, and if you can write the creative essays that UChicago seems to look for, you’ve got a very, very good shot there too.</p>

<p>You have a great shot at the 4 Ivies + Stanford too. But it’s important to realize that a great shot at these 5 schools is very different from a great shot at the others. Your profile is fine (perhaps a little low on ECs), at this point you need to worry about essays, recommendations, etc. You have as good a chance as anyone, but to put it bluntly, you could still very well be rejected from all 5.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. Any one else’s suggestions? </p>

<p>@YeloPen: Yes, I’m from the Bay Area, CA. I see what you mean about the ECs. I’m not nationally ranked, nor do I have anything unusual like Taiko drumming or something. I probably will be rejected, and I’ve made my peace with that. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>But I’ve always been curious what people mean in terms of percentages when they say high reach, low reach, etc. Does a “great” shot for an Ivy-ish college mean something like 10%, or even as high as 15% or 20%? </p>

<p>@parthenon: You seem like a really nice person. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I have a sneaking suspicion you’ll be accepted to Princeton. I know, I know - everyone only types “high reach” in regards to HYPS to EVERYONE in these chance threads, and those who don’t are written off as insane or naive. </p>

<p>From what I gather, Princeton is more numbers-based and doesn’t place as much emphasis on ECs. With perfect numbers, I’d say you have a far better than average shot of getting in.</p>

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<p>Yeah you do have an excellent chance to all schools that you apply to. It will be important to explain your ECs well, and kind of bring them together to show what you are interested in. A little bit low on the number of APs, but that doesn’t really matter. Good luck, though I’m not sure if you need it.</p>

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