Chance me at all the Ivy's, especially Harvard and Penn (Wharton)! Thank you!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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For clarification, I’m currently a junior in high school. I would like to major in business or economics.

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2300 (770/740/800/8) first and only sitting
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 (740), Lit (760)
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.9 ish UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP Lang (4). I’m only a junior. By the end of senior year I will have taken 10 AP courses.

Awards:

  • AP Scholar with Distinction*
  • National Merit Semifinalist*
  • High school award in math and science
  • second place in We The People state competition
  • outstanding achievement award in Johns Hopkins talent search
  • school nominee for NCTE
  • High honor roll, NHS, etc.

Extracurriculars:

  • Writer for the Huffington Post
  • School newspaper (co-editor in chief)
  • Editor for a national high school literary magazine
  • Contribute to my town's newspaper
  • Published in town's literary magazine
  • Published author of a novel
  • First place in a Yale University essay contest
  • First place in school essay contest
  • Have won and have been published in several online contests/publications
  • Class Treasurer
  • DECA (co-president)
  • President of a public speaking club
  • Black Belt in Karate
  • 2nd and 3rd place in town film festival
  • JV Crew and JV Lacrosse

Work/volunteer/summer experience:

  • manager/editor/reporter at a startup financial literacy website for young adults (5 hours/week)
  • manager/marketer/blogger at a startup educational company (5 hours/week)
  • internship at a local hedgefund or at a congressman's office (haven't decided yet)
  • paid private tutor (5-10 hours/week)
  • waiter at an inn
  • Yale Young Global Scholars program
  • volunteer tutor for struggling students in middle and high school

Recommendations:
I think I will get several great recommendations from two teachers and an employer.

Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Highly competitive state
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Part white, part asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: No financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): I wish

*please assume I won these awards. I know they haven’t come out yet.

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BUMP

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How did you get an 800 in writing with an 8 on the essay?

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And your 3 scores add up to 2310 not 2300

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My bad, I got a 790 on the writing. Don’t know why I wrote 800. And I got no writing multiple choice wrong so the 8 on the essay only took off 10 points.

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Writer for the Huffington Post?? Do they pay you? How did you get that job??

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Thanks but I did not write to brag. Can someone please chance me?

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BUMP

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Your chances are about as good as nearly everyone else who is applying- almost zero. With acceptances rates so low, it’s impossible to chance people at the very top schools. With your stats and extracurriculars, do you have a shot? Absolutely, but nothing is definite. There are people with perfect scores and extracurriculars, especially Asians, who got rejected from every Ivy.

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Your SAT II scores are quite low. Also, for people applying to Ivies, most of them already have several APs (usually around 4-6 AP exams) at the end of their junior year. Do you have any national awards or major hooks beside some school awards?

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You have a good chance…but still, it’s always possible to get denied all tbh. I have a friend with 2330 and 4.8 (4.0 UW) and she got denied UPenn and waitlisted dartmouth. Though, you will surely be admitted UCLA and Berkeley