Chance for Stanford, UPenn, and other Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can you guys chance me for Stanford and the other Ivies? My dream school is Stanford, but I feel like I'm nowhere near qualified.....</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: idk
SAT: 2280 (first sitting, retaking)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math II: 800, Chemistry: 790
Rank: School doesn't report, but I'm like 10/720
AP Scores: English Lang (5), Micro (5), Macro (5), Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Bio (5)
Senior Course load: AP Latin, AP Statistics, AP Physics 1+2, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP US History</p>

<p>Activities:
- Cello: Member of city's premiere youth symphony (just toured Europe), PMEA Honors, district, regional and all-state orchestra
- JV Tennis 9th/10th grade, Varsity 11th (letter earner)
- Science club (1st place, perfect score @ state science fair)
-Math team
-National Honors Society
-Volunteering @ VA Hospital: around 300 hours, founded the Silver Strings (volunteer quartet with a bunch of hours), Vacation Bible School (leader)
-Research @ University of Pittsburgh: Catalyst computational research, published paper
-Job: work @ Kumon</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
2012 - volunteering
2013- Volunteering, college courses, research
2014- Volunteering, research, working at Kumon, Pennsylvania Governor's School</p>

<p>Awards, competitions, etc.
-National Brain Bee: Championship finalist
-National Merit Semifinalist
-National Latin Exam Gold medal
-National Etymology Exam Bronze medal
-SACP Award for Best Technical Paper in Chemistry
-•American Chemical Society (Pittsburgh Section) Dr. James Manner Award
-Honor Roll x3</p>

<p>Teacher recommendation #1 (Chemistry) - Should be 8-9/10
Teacher recommendation #2 (English) - Should be 7-8/10
Guidance - 9-10/10</p>

<p>Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: $100,000-$150,000
Hooks: First generation to go to undergraduate studies in America, both cousins attend Stanford (maybe a legacy?), my father attended MIT and Harvard, but he has conferences at Penn, Brown, Yale, Caltech, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, etc.</p>

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<p>You have near-perfect numbers, but don’t forget that Ivy Leagues literally get thousands of applications with similar statistics. On paper, you are an ideal candidate for all the Ivies. You are certainly qualified for Stanford.</p>

<p>What will determine your admission result will be your essays. Don’t sweat the numbers; they mean nothing without the personality that accompanies them.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the tips. Anyone else? I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>Great stats, second rec might hurt you.
Youi should get into at least one of HYPS
chanc–<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1665744-accounting-chances.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1665744-accounting-chances.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>You’re a competitive applicant. Why are you bothering to retake the SAT? Nothing you can score can improve your objective stats. Spend the time you’d use to prepare for a worthless test on your essays.</p>