Chance for Top Schools - Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior
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4/4.6 GPA [Discounting Freshmen year.. where I got a B in pottery and keyboarding. Yeah.]
**Ranked 15th / 400 [Ranked 20th Highschool in Nation]
SAT: 1600/1600 : 2290/2400
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 US History, 750 Molecular Biology</p>

<p>AP Tests: Seven 5s [World, US, Computer Science A, Calculus AB, Psychology, 2D Design, Biology], One 4 [Language, GAH]</p>

<p>Senior Course Load: Intense. [AP Micro + Macro Econ, Adv. Calculus, AP Comparative Gov + American Gov, AP Literature, AP Chemistry]</p>

<p>Total APs Taken: 15 by Graduation</p>

<p>**
Main Extracurriculars:**
Creative Services Internship @ Top Cancer Research Facility [competed against undergraduates for position. Highly sought after internship with only 3 spots]
Art / Photography
Varsity + Invite Team Track and Field
Volunteering at Hospital</p>

<p>Essays: Very well written. Might be a little weird.. my common app essay is essentially an essay talking about itself.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Top 25%, not sure about my counselor's rec.
Teacher Recommendations: Top 5%, the teachers that I asked are two of the most highly sought after teachers for recommendations, and they placed me at the top of their lists.</p>

<p>Not sure if this makes a difference but my parents combined income is ~$40,000 / year.
I have absolutely NO assets or financial aid from my parents coming my way at all, dunno if that affects the acceptance rate or not, would like some input!</p>

<p>Basically undecided regarding major, but I have a slight inclination towards applied math and economics.
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Schools:
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University of Chicago EA - Already applied, EK!</p>

<p>NYU
Brown
Cornell
Wash. U. in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins
UPenn
Dartmouth</p>

<p>Caltech</p>

<p>Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Harvard</p>

<p>Thanks and good luck ~</p>

<p>Leave link in post! I'll chance back :]</p>

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<p>I’d say you’ve got a strong chance at the first 8. In fact, I’d be surprised if you were denied. I’m unsure with Caltech. Stanford would probably accept you. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale are iffy, they’ve got thousands of clones of you that apply every year. I really don’t know though, seeing as I’m not one of their admission officers.</p>

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<p>NYU- in
Brown- in likely
Cornell- in likely
Wash. U. in St. Louis- in
Johns Hopkins- in likely
UPenn- depends. Wharton = reach, SEAS and others = high match
Dartmouth- low reach</p>

<p>Caltech- if u are passionate about science, then 50/50. if not then high reach</p>

<p>Stanford- reach
Yale- reach
Princeton- reach
Harvard- reach</p>

<p>Why Caltech but no MIT?</p>

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<p>Whoa, you applied to way to many schools but anyway you’ll get in Chicago.</p>

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<p>Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Harvard</p>

<p>For those guys I’d say it’s definitely a stretch. I would say if you had anymore extracurricular or honors to make you stand out or even something quirky you were really good at especially any town honors of local achievements. </p>

<p>My Valedictorian goes to Harvard. Smart kid his entire life… always involved in stuff in school in the community… Didn’t know him all that well so I guess my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt but the kid was smart ever since middle school and everyone knew it lol</p>

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<p>University of Chicago: IN
NYU: IN
Brown: High Match-Low Reach (just because you’re competing with very similar students)
Cornell: IN
Wash. U. in St. Louis: IN
Johns Hopkins: IN
UPenn: High Match-Low Reach
Dartmouth: High Match-Low Reach
Caltech: Reasonable Reach (these are THE BEST tech students in the country, so it’ll be extremely competitive, even for you, haha)
Stanford: Reasonable Reach
Yale: Reasonable Reach
Princeton: Reasonable Reach
Harvard: Reasonable Reach</p>

<p>lol, I can’t really say you have a big reach, b/c your grades/boards are outstanding. I’d say the last 4 and Caltech are your biggest reaches, but def worth applying… the only thing that screamed out at me, was besides the amazing internship, your lack of EC’s and leadership in them (something competitors will have an edge over you)… your essay seems iffy, but the recs sound awesome; your transcript is knock-out</p>

<p>If you mind, can you please chance me… I have threads for all of my schools, thanks!</p>

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<p>Oh I forgot the biggest part of my application [eek…], my art supplement!
It’s going to consist of 12 studio-level shots.</p>

<p>Here is an example of my work:</p>

<p>[Portrait</a> #1 - Phillip on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/krnpro/4079559008/]Portrait”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/krnpro/4079559008/)</p>

<p>Thanks! I’ll get around to chancing some of you!</p>

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<p>I like the lighting of that photo!</p>

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<p>Thank you! It’s a completely unedited shot, only ‘edits’ was making it websized [originally it was ~40 megapixels… ouch!].</p>

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<p>I’d say youre best luck is at Stanford, Princeton and/or Brown. You lack ECs but the grades do make up for that…Chance me back please</p>

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<p>University of Chicago-match
NYU-low match
Brown-reach
Cornell-match
Wash. U. in St. Louis-low match
Johns Hopkins-low match
UPenn-reach
Dartmouth-reach
Caltech-reach
Stanford-high reach
Yale-high reach
Princeton-high reach
Harvard-high reach
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<p>I think you’ll definitely get into Cornell with those fantastic grades :)</p>

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