Chance me at Ivies!?!?!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>chance me and I will chance you back!
here goes:</p>

<p>GOOD STUFF</p>

<p>2300 SAT (800 CR, 760 W, 740 M)
SAT II's: 740 Bio-E, 730 Lit, 690 USh
3.9 unweighted GPA
Class rank 2/7
Good essay IMHO
PSAT Commended
AP Scholar (5 World History, 5 Biology, 4 English Lit)</p>

<p>BAD STUFF</p>

<p>weak EC's (internship, summer volunteering, barely any clubs)
1 year abroad really screwed up my classes
No real hook</p>

<p>I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but can't think of it right now.</p>

<p>Princeton: top choice
looking at all other ivies, University of Michigan, UChicago, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Duke</p>

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<p>that’s a very good stat! Your chances are very high.</p>

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<p>Hmmn. I think academically you are fine but your stats may be a dime a dozen. you need something more to make you stand out! What do you do other than study?</p>

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<p>STUFF I FORGOT</p>

<p>varsity basketball- captain </p>

<p>School is really small, so we have absolutely no clubs.</p>

<p>middle-eastern, both parents went to college.</p>

<p>2 siblings.</p>

<p>That’s all I can think of, for the time being.</p>

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<p>shameless self-bump</p>

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<p>you graduating class is fascinatingly small.</p>

<p>most of the ivies are very, very different from one another, both in terms of selectivity and school environment. are you going to be happy at any of them?</p>

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<p>try to think of some “hidden” ECs. do you have any particular hobbies that are interesting/different? really significant/personal volunteering? and good recs will definitely help! those scores are excellent, which gives you an extra push. definitely worth a shot at most top schools :]</p>

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<p>Your stats are excellent and definitely comparable to others applying to these schools. great work. like others have said, you really need to somehow distinguish yourself, as i’m sure you know, great grades aren’t enough to get into these schools!! work on emphasizing something special or an extracurricular and you’ll be fine. good luck!</p>

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<p>@mauraquinn: believe it or not you jogged my memory :P</p>

<p>Hmm. 9/10 for recommendations, my teachers all love me; did lots of volunteering in Egypt, where I lived for a year. I think the volunteer work is pretty awesome because it was a chance for me to utilize my arab-american heritage being able to speak English and Arabic with equal proficiency.</p>

<p>Internship with Congresswoman in my district, working on her campaign.
the only other EC i can think of is my suicide attempt, which category would i put that under on the Common App? :P</p>

<p>(That was a joke. :P)</p>

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<p>Definitely include the Egypt thing. High marks for that. The most I’ve done volunteering is right here within driving distance! haha.</p>

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<p>That’s awesome and you should include that in your app ^^ (the living/working abroad thing).</p>

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<p>Your situation is so unique that accurate chancing is impossible (and that even assumes that accurate chancing for anyone is possible.) Just make the most compelling case you can, and roll the dice with everyone else.</p>

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<p>That i can live with. Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>Great scores and GPA, and at least you have SOME EC’s at a school with a graduating class of 7! I guess if you elaborate on this in an additional information section it shouldn’t count too much against you.
IMO qualified when considering scores, but as it has been pointed out before it will come down to your essay, recs, etc…In the same boat as all of us I guess, gotta love the Ivy lottery!</p>

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<p>I like your chances at all the non-ivies, the Ivies are crazy, I’m sure you can get into one of them, I’m just not sure which one. (Harvard, Yale, Princeton and maybe columbia are definate streches, but they are for most people that go)</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get into any school you want thats not ivy league with scholarships and everything. since yo udon’t have that many unique markers i say write a really stellar essay. like incredible.i’m sure you’ll get into u of M which is where i’m also applying but i dont have your scores. you should include some of your pre high school activities if they were important enough because they do look at those
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<p>u of m = safety
all others = reaches since they’re all competitive. HYP seems unlikely since valedictorians in schools of 1000 ppl with perfect everythings are rejected. others seem like you should get into a couple
just write good essays and u should be fine. also, how does your school do generally? how many do they send to ivies out of 7 etc?</p>

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<p>The most selective school anyone at my school has ever been accepted to is UChicago. Other than that, mostly OSU and community college.</p>

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<p>Duke jhp and ivies except cornell and brown will be slight reaches for you…but it is for everyone else too</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a shot. Your rank, GPA, and testing are all good. Your extracurriculars aren’t bad, and it seems like you do have quite a few great outside experiences. Also, being Middle Eastern could help, though it is not actually considered an un-represented minority at colleges (the % of Middle Eastern people in college is higher than the % of Middle Easterners in the US; this is the opposite with African Americans).</p>

<p>The Ivies are reaches for everyone. Remember that there are tons of great schools out there that aren’t Ivies- the Ivy League is just an athletic conference. Some schools like Duke, Swarthmore, Williams, etc. are equally strong and selective- just as hard to get into as the Ivies. Others such as Middlebury, Colgate, Georgetown, etc are equally great schools and slightly less selective. Explore your options, keep on track, and you should be fine.</p>