Chance for Ivies/other top schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all, my name is Andrew.</p>

<p>I am wondering what the CC community thinks my chances are for the following universities:</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
NYU
Duke
UPenn
Stanford
UC Berkley
UF (In-state safety)
UCF(In-state safety)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 5.5
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: 1 (note, my school was ranked third in the nation by US News and World Report and is an extremely competitive magnet school, and I am the valedictorian).
SAT: CR 800; Math 800; Writing 800
SAT II: Literature 800; US History 800; World History 800; Mathematics 2 800; Chemistry 800; Physics 800
ACT: 36</p>

<p>AP Exam Results:</p>

<p>AP World History - 5
AP Human Geography - 5
AP English and Composition - 5
AP American Government - 5
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Physics B - 5
AP Spanish Language - 5
AP Statistics - 5
AP English Literature and Composition
AP US History - 5
AP Calculus BC - 5
AP Physics C - 5
AP Spanish Literature - 5
AP Music Theory - 5
AP Microeconomics - Expected 5
AP Chemistry - Expected 5
AP Macroeconomics - Expected 5
AP Psychology - Expected 5</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
- President of SGA
- Captain of the Debate Team (ranked nationally at public forum and LD)
- Captain of the Marching Band (largest student organization in the school and also PE credit) and section leader/first chair of the Saxophones as well as the entire woodwind section
- Ranked at the state level in Mu Alpha Theta (math club)
- Eagle Scout, boy scouts for 11 years
- Participated in model UN in Boston
- Spent summer before senior year in Southeast Asia living with local families, and helping build houses for Thai/Burmese peasants and locals as part of a Habitat for Humanity project.
- Various community service projects including building and painting local parks, serving in homeless shelters, holding fundraisers for different public service organizations raiding a total of around $30,000 and probably around 900 community service hours.</p>

<p>My essays were top notch and I'm certain they will enhance my chance significantly. My letters of recommendation came from my school principle, guidance counselor, and one of the US Senators from Florida and they were also extremely positive. I am also Hispanic, an underrepresented minority, I believe.</p>

<p>I am not sure what I want to major in, but I am thinking about Political Science, Economics, or Mathematics, or perhaps a combination of the three somehow. I plan on using scientific research and technological advancements in order to better our government's policy making. I've always dreamed of working at a kind of think tank like the RAND Corporation, maybe as a political or financial analyst. My biggest hobby is music, and it has been my passion and relief since I first learned piano at the age of three. That's pretty much all you should need, but feel free to ask questions.</p>

<p>Well, chance me!</p>

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<p>Anyone else hate this guy?
He supposedly is so perfect, but he can’t spell Stanford or competitive.</p>

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<p>^ He is very likely lying. :)</p>

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<p>I never imagined sayign this to anyone, but you’re in at all of them!!! :slight_smile: Your GPA and rank are especially good, considering that you’re from “an extremely competative magnet school”.</p>

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<p>I am surprised that both posters have been so credulous thus far, unless they are being ironic.</p>

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<p>^^ Oh, I envy you for your na</p>

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<p>^ Some would argue that ignorance is a bliss :)</p>

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<p>Oh, so I made two typos while typing fast, boo hoo. :p</p>

<p>And I can assure you I am not lying; remember that some of my AP tests I just predicted a score based on how I’m doing in the course now. I wouldn’t lie though, although I pity anyone who may think so.</p>

<p>I’ll chance back if wanted.</p>

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<p>Considering this year’s decisions are already released and you claiming that you have written your essay for next year’s common application topic is a logical fallacy, I would say one could safely assume that everything you have posted thus far is fabricated. </p>

<p>Your stupidity knows no bounds :)</p>

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<p>How was I possibly being credulous and naive? I was being absolutely serious guys - the OP’s a genius and will probably get into any school he wishes and accomplish everything in life (excepting to chance himself, obvoiusly). I would never be sarcastic about anything.</p>

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<p>(I’ll play along…)</p>

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<p>If you are qualified to chance anyone back in a meaningful fashion, you ought to know that you would be accepted anywhere and probably sit among a handful of the most likely-to-be-admitted college applicants ever. But you’re lying, so I say this for no reason. ;)</p>

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<p>Duly noted. :)</p>

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<p>So you guys think I’d be a reach at Duke?</p>

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<p>No way! It would be a match or safety. (But wait, I forgot, no one should call a top 10 school a safety… yeah it’s a reach.) But I heard that they waitlist a lot of over-qualified applicants, so you never know…</p>

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<p>Well, we don’t know your stats, so I can’t say for sure. Most likely, however, you are a reach for Duke.</p>

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<p>You live in Florida yet the third ranked high school is Whitney High School in Cerritos, CA…?</p>

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<p>You know, I think you’re all just jealous and bitter that you couldn’t have achieved as much as I did. By the way, I got accepted at Harvard; thanks everyone!</p>

<p>@clfdwlr, we were 3rd in 2007 and 7th in 2008.</p>

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With your penchant for lying, I would say any legitimized institution for higher education would be considered a reach. :)</p>

<p>I congratulate you on your acceptance to the Harvard Class of 2015, you may hold the record for earliest likely letter ever.</p>

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<p>^^That’s amazing!!:open_mouth: Good luck next year at Harvard! </p>

<p>Are you going to the admitted students weekend?</p>

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<p>Nah, I’ll be in Australia fixing global warming.</p>