Chance me? Black at H/P/Y? Am I shooting too high? My friends and advisors say I am!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying to all of the following colleges and I would love to see what people on CC think versus what will actually occur. I'm also just curious. </p>

<p>Very competitive private day school
African-American
GPA: 83/100 (87 Junior year, probably the same or higher Senior year)
ACT: 30
SAT IIs:780-US History
APs: US History- 5, Macroeconomics- 4 (accidentally wrote vertical demand curve!!!), English Language and Composition- 4</p>

<p>Scores that I am not submitting (lulz): 560 Biology, 520 Spanish, 600 Literature, 1830 SAT I (650-CR/550-M/630-W)</p>

<p>I'm waiting on SATs for Math Level 1, Literature and Spanish and I expect a slightly higher (maybe 1 or 2 points) for the ACT</p>

<p>Founded week-long school program for all entering middle schoolers (about 100 students participate per year)
Business manager, staff writer, copy editor, student government liaison for school newspaper
Founder of quiz bowl team, shown on public access on weekends
Designing database for legal documents for entire city public library system
Founder of Political discussion club
Photographer (150k views on website) published in magazines and internet
Student mentor for current 8th & 9th graders
Member: Model UN, Black Awareness
Sports: Squash, Tennis
Spanish Class Trip to Argentina
Served on committee for new Dining Hall, Senior Gift, Hiring of History Department Chair,
I write daily for my personal blog</p>

<p>Attended Harvard SSP this summer: both grades were B+
Four years of Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth</p>

<p>The colleges that I am applying to:
- University of Chicago
- Dartmouth College
- University of Delaware
- Harvard College (2 uncles and cousin attended/attending, but I'm sure it has no effect)
- Indiana University, Bloomington (legacy/count as in-state)
- Johns Hopkins University (they take about 50% at my school)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (in-state)
- University of Maryland, College Park (in-state)
- Middlebury College (attended weekend-long program for URMs)
- Princeton University- first choice, my photographs published in Departmental Magazine and for fund raising advertisement, letter of recommendation written by Board of Trustee member
- Trinity College (will be attending weekend-long program for URMs)
- University of Virginia
- Yale College (will be applying SCEA)</p>

<p>I will not be requesting financial aid. </p>

<p>Will I be left outside the gates or will they let me in?</p>

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<p>shooting WAY too high</p>

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<p>HYP and Ivys are a reach. (sorry)</p>

<p>It depends on how lucky you are and how good your essays are.
Your SAT score is not good enough for big name colleges.</p>

<p>Hope this helped. Shoot for a merit-scholarship at a public school.</p>

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<p>I think if your ACT score is higher as you’re hoping & your SAT IIs come back well you’ll have a better chance. (: What grade did you take the SAT in?</p>

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<p>Counselors at high schools like the one you describe typically have a very good idea of what it will take from your school.</p>

<p>I’d have to agree that given your opportunities and affluence, your stats are low for ivies.</p>

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<p>You were at DiscoMidd2009? I was too!</p>

<p>Your EC’s and everything else look great. The only things that might be to your disadvantage are your GPA and standardized test scores. You’ve still got time to bring the latter up though!</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I’m from MD as well. What private school do you attend? :)</p>

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<p>And these are arguably the two most important admissions factors.</p>

<p>As a URM from a private HS, who has attended expensive summer programs and doesn’t need FA, you will not get a bump on gpa or test scores, your stats will have to be the same as all other competitive candidates.</p>

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<p>I have retaken the ACT for the fourth time and my score is a 30/31 (superscore). My GPA should be an 85 cumulative by the end of this semester</p>

<p>I was rejected by Yale SCEA and admitted by Indiana. </p>

<p>I have applied to the following colleges RD:

  • Princeton University
  • Harvard College
  • Bowdoin College
  • University of Chicago
  • Dartmouth College
  • University of Delaware
  • Hamilton College
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Maryland- Baltimore County
  • University of Maryland- College Park
  • Middlebury College
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vassar College
  • University of Virginia
  • Trinity College
  • Washington and Lee University</p>
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<p>HPY + Ivies + Chicago are reaching a bit high. Your GPA + Standardized Scores are far too low even as a URM.</p>

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<ul>
<li>University of Chicago - no</li>
<li>Dartmouth College - no</li>
<li>University of Delaware - match</li>
<li>Harvard College - no</li>
<li>Indiana University, Bloomington - reach</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University - reach</li>
<li>University of Maryland, Baltimore County - in</li>
<li>University of Maryland, College Park - reach</li>
<li>Middlebury College - ?</li>
<li>Princeton University - no</li>
<li>Trinity College - ?</li>
<li>University of Virginia - reach</li>
<li>Yale College - no</li>
</ul>

<p>I have same GPA and similar test scores and I am shooting a little lower I just got rejected from Penn State a few hours ago let alone Harvard.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/830978-i-just-got-rejected-accepted-same-time-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/830978-i-just-got-rejected-accepted-same-time-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The Ivies are a high reach. Your standardized tests are too low. There are sufficient numbers of black students now achieving 2100 and many many of them are applying to the Ivy League schools. Our son who has a 2120 3.7 gpa/4.3 weighted AP 5s, 800 Math II and APUSH…with 13 years of classical vioin training plus other ECs and summer jobs was just deferred by YALE. He attends a very rigorous private school. One of his friends, also black/AA had 2320 SAT and 3.8 GPA, National Merit Semi Finalist --he was accepted. Of the 7 seniors who applied 2 were accepted, 4 deferred and 1 rejected. The one child who was rejected was a young woman with a 3.6.</p>

<p>These schools tend to cut folks first at the baseline stats.</p>

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<p>yeah, like above. your SATs don’t even put you in the 25th percentile of these schools sorry :confused: your SAT would have to be 2100+ but you never know, dont give up hope!</p>

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<p>Its fine. Just boost your SAT man. Theres tons of state schools that will take you. HPY, is really to high man. But with a boost in your SAT you can probably get atleast two of those reach schools. Hey I knew a black kid who got into Dartmouth after having a lowww freshman/sophmore scores but a boost junior/senior year, oh and he was an immigrant from Nigeria though.</p>

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<p>Harvard princeton yale=High reach
Rest=idk</p>

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<p>An update:</p>

<p>Admit at Indiana University
Admit at University of Maryland, College Park
Admit at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Reject at Yale College</p>

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<p>OP update: admit at the University of Delaware and waitlist at the University of Chicago.</p>