<p>Brown, JHU, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Tufts, Stanford, Georgetown.
I'm currently a junior, and ya I know a lot these schools I'm looking to get into are hard to get into for anyone, but I'd still like some input, and I'd really appreciate any input anyone has that I can do to improve, but this is what my transcript will look like around the time of my application as of now:</p>
<p>GPA (UW): 4.26/4.33
Class rank: 2/~220
SAT: 2220 (720 M, 700 CR, 800W) - retaking soon, hopfully get up to 800M
SAT II: 730 W History, will take Chem, U.S. History, and Math (not sure I or II), hopefully get 800's
AP's (everything else honors): AP World history (5), AP English 11, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. History, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP English 12
PSAT: 221 (I think that means I will be NMSF)
School: relatively competitive private catholic school in north east
EC's:
4 years varsity tennis (chance at captain senior year)
NHS (10th-12th, chance at leadership position senior year)
French honors society (10th - 11th grade, president 11th)
Mu Alpha Theta (Co-founder/Vice president 11th grade)
Math Team (11th-12th Grade, team placing either 1st or 2nd in the local division this year)
4 Years of trombone in school Jazz Band (audition group)</p>
<p>To be completely honest, you probably won’t get into HYP. It’s not because you’re not good. These school are just so hypercompetitive. I see no compelling reason to accept you. You either need to be great at one thing (which your not) or you need to be very well rounded. You are kind of well rounded but not too much. Your stats arent going to inhibit you. Although getting the SAT up would help. Sorry if this is not what you wanted to hear.</p>
<p>thanks for the input, anyone else?</p>
<p>Minority status or legacy would help.</p>
<p>No one will “probably” get into these schools. When the ivies and Stanford accept less than 10% of the applicants and the others not so much more and they will all tell you that they could accept 3 times the students that they do and when they are proud that they reject valedictorians and students with perfect SATs, no one is a lock.<br>
Listening to people who chance you is dangerous. Keep working hard, try to get your SATs higher, work hard on your essays and apply to all and some safeties.
You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>All of these schools are incredibly hard to get into. I have to agree that most of them need something that will make you truly different, and I fear you may not possess that. I think all of them are at least a high match/low reach. Good luck.</p>
<p>Chance me?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html</a></p>
<p>I don’t see HYP happening (maybe Princeton if you really get those SATs up and some awesome leadership). You’re obviously very bright, but like others said, there’s no “wow” factor. Your ECs are lacking a bit. My best advice for you is that you raise those SAT scores as much as possible, and keep up your work at attempting leadership positions in your various pursuits. </p>
<p>Otherwise…
JHU- low reach-high match (not 100% sure of how selective they’ve become, but your stats look right for them)
Tufts- high match
Georgetown- match</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1097796-chance-me-ivys-uchicago-uva-always-chance-back.html#post12101540[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1097796-chance-me-ivys-uchicago-uva-always-chance-back.html#post12101540</a></p>
<p>Wow. We have nearly identical stats:
I applied to most of those this year with:
(700 CR, 730 M, 800 W, 4/210 class rank, and good Sat 2s)</p>
<p>I have been told repeatedly that my stats are fine. Could they be better? Yes, but the difference that will make relative to national level awards, research, etc. (ECs that catch attention) is negligible. Focus on reflecting on what makes you a unique, desirable addition to the university community. Once you find that, make it come through in your application and you should be fine. Good luck in the future!</p>
<p>You’re ECs are really weak.</p>
<p>Can some of you give an honest opinion for my son’s chances in Ivy league schools </p>
<p>My son is a Junior.
GPA 4, school does not rank students.
Top 10% of a pretty tough private school.
9 AP courses
(Does taking 9 AP courses help and he is projected to do pretty well in most of them)</p>
<p>4 SAT subject tests (at least 3 with 700+)
Captain of School Quiz Team, Math club
3rd board in Chess club, will be 2nd board next year.
Part of Theater production set construction team</p>
<p>Volunteered over 100 hours this year
Can read and write and speak 3 languages</p>
<p>PSAT 213
SAT - 2200 (will retake to improve by 50 pts)
ACT - 32 (will take it one more time to improve to a 33)</p>
<p>Four SAT subject tests - with at least 700+ in 3 of them.</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Stats-wise, you’re qualified. It’s up to the essays to distinguish you from the thousands of other applicants with the same exact stats.</p>