<p>Note on grades: Sophomore year I did horribly, Junior year I did much better.</p>
<p>SAT I Total: 2320
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 780</p>
<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 720</p>
<p>Primary Extracurriculars:
- Youth Group
(International Board Member)
- Student Government
(Secretary, developed mobile application for school)
- Open Mic Club
(Co-Founder, Treasurer, Web Editor)
- Freshman/Transfer Transition Program
(Leadership Board Member)</p>
<p>Planned major: Computer Science</p>
<p>Please chance me for:
Harvey Mudd
UChicago
Brown
Yale
Swarthmore
UCLA
Brandeis</p>
<p>Obviously the Ivys and others are reaches... please help me figure out exactly how high or low of reaches they are. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m not too confident chancing you for Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore, or Brandeis.</p>
<p>UChicago - I would say that you’re a slightly above average applicant for them. Make sure your essays are very creative and unique - I’d say you have a 70/30 shot.</p>
<p>Brown and Yale would both be reaches. Your test scores are in range but most acceptances to Ivies have 3 pages of extracurriculars and extensive research/volunteer experience. However, a few good recs and a stellar interview can do wonders. I would say a 20/80 shot for those but it’s definitely not impossible!</p>
<p>UCLA seems very plausible. A solid essay would most likely get you an acceptance. 80/20 for UCLA.</p>
<p>^^ If OP is a slightly above-average applicant for UChicago, then OP will probably be put in the auto-reject file, considering that UChicago’s acceptance rate is 8.8%.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd - High Match
UChicago - Reach
Brown - Low Reach
Yale - Reach
Swarthmore - Low Reach
UCLA - Low Match
Brandeis - Safety</p>
<p>The fact that you have two 800 SAT’s, both math oriented, is a good sign for Harvey Mudd. </p>
<p>UChicago- Match / Crapshoot (I know a girl with a 34 ACT who was denied this year… not even waitlisted.)
Brown- Match (you’ll probably get in.)
Yale- Match / Crapshoot
Swarthmore- Match (they rely heavily on test scores)
UCLA- Low Match
Brandeis- Safety</p>
<p>Great test scores and extracurriculars from what I can see. GPA will hurt you a little bit but you have other things to cover for it. But yeah you know these are selective schools so be prepared for anything</p>
<p>UChicago - high match
Brown - reach
Yale- high reach
UCLA - match
sorry don’t know much about harvey mudd or swarthmore. </p>
<p>I don’t know about Swarthmore or Brandeis, but these are my opinions! Also, I think you’re there for the Ivy’s, but there is just so much competition for them that anything is unexpected!
Harvey Mudd - High Match
UChicago - Reach
Brown - Low Reach
Yale - Reach
UCLA - Low Match</p>
<p>You should also look into Berkeley, if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>to be honest your extracurriculars alone do not show much of a focus in computer science and a lot of students applying to the big schools will have those kinds of ECs. how do you stand out? (as a fellow prospective CS major)</p>
<p>at this point i’d say the Ivies are as reachy as for the average applicant with good grades/scores/fairly good ECs
Harvey Mudd - reach
UChicago - reach
Brown - reach
Yale - reach
Swarthmore - low reach/high match
UCLA - low reach/high match
Brandeis - match</p>
<p>Thank you everyone! I’ll try to chance you all back.</p>
<p>It won’t let me edit this thread, so I’m just going to add here that one of my recs will be stellar (once in a career student sort of thing) and my other will be great.</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot at ivies =D you test scores are great!!
Harvey Mudd: match
UChicago: mid reach
Brown: mid reach
Yale: reach
UCLA: low match
Brandeis: match</p>
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