Chance For a Few Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, I've recetnly decided to add a few schools to my list and would like to know what my chances look like. Thanks!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: Do not plan on sending unless the school requires it (2090)
SAT II: 780 Chem, 760 US History, 740 Math II
ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 36R, 32S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):13/570</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): nine 5s (Human Geography, World History, Biology, Environmental Science, Language and Comp., Chemistry, Psychology, US History, European History) and one 4 (Physics B)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Art History
AP US Government/AP Macroeconomincs
AP Computer Science
Anatomy and Physiology (Dual Enrollment)
Genetics (Dual Enrollment)</p>

<p>Overall schedule all four years has been very rigorous</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Questbridge Finalist<br>
National AP Scholar
A few Science olympaid competitions awards
Some other regional academics competitions
A few school ones (ie. top science student)</p>

<p>Activities/Volunteer/Work
Environmental Club (4 years) Treasurer
National Honor Society (2 years) Vice President
French Club/French Honor Society (4 years/3 years) Vice President
Chemistry Club (3 years) President
Science Museum Volunteer (4 years)
Science Honor Society (2 years) President
Ultimate Frisbee (3 years)
Orchestra (violin 3 years)
- Violin for 7 years
Working at a tutoring company (1 year)</p>

<p>I feel that the classes I take and my extracurriculars definitely show that I am very interested in science</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Volunteer at the science museum
Volunteering library
Taking a class at a local college
Summer Science Program 2012 (the only big thing for Summer stuff)</p>

<p>Essays: Great! </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Havn't seen, but should be really good </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Does not know me that well, but she likes me and knows who I am and knows what I like, so it should be pretty good </p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation, Questbridge Finalist</p>

<p>Intended Major: Biology/Computer Science </p>

<p>Stanford
Columbia
Brown
Northwestren
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>You have a very good chance at Northwestern, the others are so hard to predict. I would say that you have a reasonable chance, Stanford and Columbia are definitely reaches, but who really knows! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Take a look at the “admitted class” stats at these schools. You’ll see that even if you’re among the highly qualified group, you have maybe a 10-20% chance of admission. No one outside of a school’s admissions office can really give you a better estimate.</p>

<p>Yes, the URM status should help, but I’d be sceptical of anyone who tells you that it makes you a shoo-in.</p>