Chance for Duke, HPS, Chicago, JHU, Cornell, Penn, WUSTL,

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>General Information:
Age When Graduating: 17
Graduating Class Size: 780
School Prestige: HIGH, top public school in Western Canada
Ethnicity: Nigerian (African-Canadian)/Black
Location: Alberta, Canada
Hooks: URM, First Generation College in North America
Income: $150,000+ per year (4 kids, 2 adults - both parents work)</p>

<p>Statistics:
SAT: 2160: 740 CR, 730 M, 690 W (8 Essay) (I don't get how CR magically became my best section)
SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 750
GPA: 91% (GPA equivalent is 4.0 according to counselor)
Class Rank: N/A (Does not rank)</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload:
Chemistry 30
French 20 IB SL (Currently 94%)
French 30 IB SL
Physics 20 IB SL (Currently 98%)
Physics 30 IB SL
ELA 30-1 (Currently 92%)
Social 30-1</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
-JV Basketball (2 years)
-JV/V Football (2 years)
-Community basketball (8 years)
-Club Basketball (5 years)
-Royal Canadian Air Cadets - Corporal Rank (3 co-piloted flights and much more) (4 years)
-Patti Falconer Acting/Modelling Agency - Commercial appearance and lead role movie offer; scholarship offers to many premier acting schools (3 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:</p>

<ul>
<li>A TON of volunteer hours from Air Cadets, can't put a number on how many though; likely in the 100s.</li>
<li>Church Youth Teacher/Leader (6 years)</li>
<li>Vacation Bible School Crew Leader (2 weeks over two years, all day during summer)</li>
<li>Basketball Referee (2 years, 3 games/week $13/hr)</li>
<li>Miscellaneous other things, that I can't be bothered to list :P</li>
</ul>

<p>The Rest of It:</p>

<ul>
<li>I can get great teacher recommendations from 2 teachers in my school that essentially adore me so that's not a problem.</li>
<li>I'm a good writer, so I'll be able to write essays that display my passion in certain areas particularly basketball.</li>
<li>I will apply for financial aid, but I may or may not need it depending on how many scholarships I can amass.</li>
</ul>

<p>Schools
Duke (ED)
Cornell
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Princeton
Stanford
Chicago
Penn
Washington in St. Louis</p>

<p>(And don't worry I do have safeties, several Canadian schools)</p>

2

<p>Bump, could someone please chance this?</p>

3

<p>I’m not sure why URMs with good test scores and ECs ask people to chance them…</p>

4

<p>^^^ Because there are never any guarantees lol, please chance.</p>

5

<p>Honestly, I’m probably about to tell you something you already know: You’re right, there are no guarantees. However, you’re a URM with great test scores. You definitely have a shot at getting into Duke ED. Being from Canada also truly helps and I’d be surprised if you didn’t get in. </p>

<p>Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1021592-freaking-out-just-applied-ea-uchicago-could-someone-please-gauge-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1021592-freaking-out-just-applied-ea-uchicago-could-someone-please-gauge-my-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

6

<p>^^^Being international does not help…</p>

7

<p>I’m surprised to see that my chances are apparently this good. </p>

<p>NCBoy can you weigh in?</p>

8

<p>Internationals are at a disadvantage because of the limited spots available to them. Think about it like this: there are thousands of international applicants, who apply to such schools. Of all these internationals, only around 15% of the total admitted students are international. I’m not going to bore you, but just keep in mind that students from many, many countries apply to these prestigious schools.</p>

<p>Anyways, a URM with those stats and ECs shouldn’t have ANY problem getting admitted to most of those schools, albeit an international applicant.</p>

<p>My prediction: Duke (ED) accepted.</p>

<p>Chance me back, thanks!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1023716-chances-upenn-cornell-rice-uc-berkeley-cmu-nyu-boston-c-rd.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1023716-chances-upenn-cornell-rice-uc-berkeley-cmu-nyu-boston-c-rd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

9

<p>^^^ Really didn’t realize being a URM was THAT big of a boost. It’s nice to see I had a great chance, I thought my sub 2200 SAT was gonna hurt.</p>

<p>Chanced back btw.</p>

10

<p>Bumpity bump.</p>

11

<p>Probably only Duke, if any.
My friend had a 2300+ with a ton of other great EC and whatnot. But she got rejected at every IVy colleges.
Duke is a little better than ivies</p>

12

<p>I think you have a good shot at all your schools, but in all honesty, you won’t need it. I think you have a good chance of getting into Duke ED. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1023812-chances-nd-bc-usc-wake-more.html#post1065818140[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1023812-chances-nd-bc-usc-wake-more.html#post1065818140&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

13

<p>“Duke is a little better than ivies”</p>

<p>What? Depends which ones, HYP are definitely better. Penn and Columbia are debatable. Duke is better than the others though.</p>

14

<p>Application has officially been sent, now all I can do is wait.</p>

15

<p>I’m sorry I mean ‘better’ as in chance wise. Not the quality of the school.</p>

16

<p>^^^ Oh I see dhs, yes I would agree with you for most Ivies.</p>

17

<p>Bump, want to see some more opinions on this :)</p>

18

<p>Bump 10char</p>

19

<p>Bump 10char</p>

20

<p>It’s an ambitious list, but I think you have the stats. Just hope for the best, and I’m sure you’re going to get into at least a few of those schools.
Good luck! and thanks for the chance :)</p>