Chance for Lower Ivies and Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background: Male, White, Attends public school in New York (Long Island)</p>

<p>Major: Psychology + Possibly Human Development/Cognitive Science Minors</p>

<p>SAT I: 2140 (CR - 670, Math - 790, Writing - 680) Probably will not submit to places who do not require all of the scores
SAT II: 710 Math II, 690 Math I, 650 Biology E (self studied after being in Regents Bio) and taking US History in June.
ACT: 34 (35 Science, 34 English, 33 Reading, 33 Math) Probably will submit</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 96.5
Unweighted GPA: 94.2
Class Size: Around 400
Class Rank: Does Not Rank!</p>

<p>Courses taken:</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English - A
Honors Global History I - A
Honors Math AB - B+
Honors Spanish II - A
Regular Earth Science - A+
Journalism - A+
Gourmet Foods - A+
Media Arts - A+
Gym - A+</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP European History - A (got a 4 on the AP Exam btw)
Honors English - A
Honors Math B - A
Honors Spanish III - A
Regular Biology - A+
Health - A+
Photography - A+
Gym - A+
Debate - A+</p>

<p>Junior Year (for now) :
AP Psychology - A
AP Language + Composition - A+
AP American History - A
Honors Chemistry - A+
Honors Math 12 - A
Honors Spanish IV - A+
INDEPENDENT STUDY German - A+
Reading for the New SAT - A+
Film Criticism - A+
Gym - A+
Drivers Ed - P</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Biology
AP Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Literature
Honors Physics
Sociology
Heroes, Myths and Monsters
Gym</p>

<p>ECs:
- 4 years of Spanish Club
- 4 years of Key Club
- 3 years of Teen Animal Protectors (President for 2 years)
- 3 years of Environmental Club (VP and Secretary for 2 years)
- 3 years of Philosophy Club (Publicist for 2 years)
- 3 years of Future Educators (Executive Board Member for 2 years)
- 3 years of Spanish Honor Society
- 2 years of Varsity Tennis, 2 years of JV Tennis
- 1 year of Mock Trial
- 1 year of Euro Challenge (President)</p>

<p>Other Achievements:
- Commended on 2009 PSAT (202)
- Bronze Medal on National Spanish Exam
- Tennis Captain for 2 years
- Received Sportsmanship Award every year (4 years)
- Member of National Honor Society
- Member of National Spanish Exam
- Probable AP Scholar w/Distinction or National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Colleges:
Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, U Rochester, SUNY Geneseo, Williams, Lehigh, Lafayette, BC, Middlebury</p>

<p>Could you please rate a couple of them with Reach, Match or Safety. Thank you so much in advance!</p>

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<p>Bump ittt!</p>

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<p>Come on people!! BUMPPP</p>

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<p>i really think you have an excellent chance at all these schools. i’m jealous :slight_smile:
Dartmouth- M
Cornell- M
Brown- M/ R
All others= Safeties?</p>

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<p>Really Chicago? I don’t think that the Ivies can bematches for anyone, but thanks for your input. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>i think youve got a great shot, the 3 ivies are most likely low reaches(probably in) as they are for most people… :slight_smile:
the rest, id say you def in :slight_smile: which is awesome ^^ good job :)</p>

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<p>Your resume is really strong, so I would say in at all schools with slight reaches at the Ivies.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Your application is strong, but I would not call the Ivies matches.</p>

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<p>good chances most</p>

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<p>You’re definitely in at Rochester and Geneseo.</p>

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<p>Nearly all of the above ‘chancers’ are extremely naive.</p>

<p>Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and Williams are definitely reaches for you, as they are for nearly everyone else. Your SAT II scores are extremely low for these schools.</p>

<p>Middlebury is probably a high match (it’s much better than what most people think, and many haven’t even heard of the school), BC is a match.</p>

<p>University of Rochester, SUNY Geneseo, Lehigh, and Lafayette can pretty much be considered safeties.</p>

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<p>As I previously alluded to, I agree with The Government.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much to everyone! Especially the Government… you really broke it down the most realistically (you too turtle).</p>

<p>Any more opinions anyone?</p>

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<p>The only thing really ‘keeping you down’ are your SAT II scores… everything else looks really good.</p>

<p>But then again, at these highly selective schools, it takes very little for adcoms to reject you.</p>

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<p>Well… I am taking another SAT II in June (USH) and hoping to get above a 700. The only places where I will be “forced” to submit the SAT II’s are Dartmouth, Cornell, Lehigh and Lafayette. Can I choose to send my best two SAT II’s to them instead of all 4?</p>

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<p>I think you are making a good call not submitting your SAT I/II scores when possible. Your ACT score is much stronger. I’ve never seen a Reading for the New SAT class before (I don’t think that will help or hurt…just interesting) although they may laugh when you just submit the ACT lol. Anyways, the ivies are definitely reaches but it’s not out of the question you have a very strong resume.</p>

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<p>Why not consider Maine schools–Bates, Bowdoin, Colby? Bowdoin and at least one other is SAT optional, so your scores would not be an issue. Check out their rankings in USNWR if that is important to you, or check out their selectivity rate. They have a number of cross-applications with some of the schools you have mentioned. See Williams/Bowdoin/Macalester thread going on right now.</p>

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<p>^ Well… I actually am making one last visit very soon to the colleges that I already listed and I will not be able to make a trip up to Maine. ^</p>

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<p>All the Ivy’s are reaches anymore, no guarantees for anyone but a select few with some sort of hook (rich alumni, URM, athlete). Geneseo and U of R , rest are matches/safeties.</p>