Chance me at the Ivies, Vanderbilt, Duke, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for
Brown
Cornell
Columbia
Dartmouth
Duke
Harvard
UMich
Penn
Princeton
Yale
Vanderbilt
UVA</p>

<p>I am hoping to study business. </p>

<p>Like basically do I have a shot at any of these schools, lol</p>

<p>Profile:
White Male
Junior at a VERY competitive high school (nationally ranked)
ACT Composite: 34
(English 36, Math 32, Reading 34, Science 33)
ACT Writing: 11
UW GPA: 3.9+
Weighted GPA: 4.3+</p>

<p>7 Honors Classes Completed
- Honors Physics, B
- Honors Algebra I, B
- Honors Geometry, A
- Honors Algebra II, A
- Honors Pre-Calculus, A
- Honors English I, A
- Honors English II, A</p>

<p>3 AP's
- AP English Literature (5 on exam)
- AP English Language (yet to test)
- AP European History (yet to test)</p>

<p>1 Dual Enrollment
DE Statistics and local university</p>

<p>=ATTRIBUTES=
- DECA Vice President
- SGA Secretary
- National Honor Society VP & Inductee
- Basketball Team
- Bowling Team
- Peer Mentoring Committee
- FBLA
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Key Club
- Prom Committee
- YoungLife</p>

<p>During high school, I have volunteered with numerous organizations and have accumulated a great deal of volunteer hours (100+). This summer, I will be obtaining quite a few hours of volunteer work. </p>

<p>I currently hold a job at a retail store and work 20+ hours per week.
Also, I am an entrepreneur and have created a very successful clothing business. I've been able to obtain knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship first hand. </p>

<p>During this summer and next school year, I will be completing two internships -- each with different businesses. </p>

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<p>Just a quick reminder; my opinions are just what I think, and it’s not professional in any way.
I’d say you have a fair chance of getting into a ‘minor’ Ivy, like Cornell or Dartmouth, though any Ivy is amazing. I was a little apprehensive when I saw that you had 3 AP’s only; you could have used more. How many AP classes does your school offer? If those are the only three, than it isn’t anything too major. Your business and high GPA are great attributes, plus accounting how many clubs you are involved in. Just FYI, some colleges might take so many clubs as a detriment. If you are a minor participant in the clubs, they won’t care, but if your one of the best, most participating, or on the executive board, they will. I’m not trying to be racist or anything, but being a white male certainly helps. I’ve seen Asian male’s who’ve created businesses and non-profits and clubs and almost perfect SAT’s get turned down by every single Ivy. As for business, it’d be easier if you were female to get into business, but you’re not lol. Anyway, you seem to have a pretty strong resume. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@angelacao My school does offer quite a few AP’s. My senior schedule is not set in stone, so I could add a couple more (AP Euro History and AP Environmental Science) Would that help my case any?</p>

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<p>Yeah, taking more AP’S would definitely help rise you in the ranks of the applicants :slight_smile: Good luck!</p>

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<p>You definitely need more AP, my son is a junior with 10 AP’s, 34 ACT, will be a national merit finalist (234 score psat) and tons of EC, still he realistically knows his chance of an Ivy is low, due to low admittance rate. Up your AP’s and try to take AP Math/Science. Also need maybe one more leadership? Make sure you have some great volunteer stuff too. </p>