chance me brown/cornell/dartmouth??

Applying to College
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<p>i go to the top public school in my state and am thinking about applying ED to either brown, cornell, or dartmouth. </p>

<p>gender: female
ethnicity: greek </p>

<p>freshman courses:
honors physics
honors world history
honors algebra
world literature
advanced spanish </p>

<p>sophomore courses:
honors biology
AP world history
honors geometry
honors english
advanced spanish II
advanced italian</p>

<p>junior courses:
honors chemistry
AP US history
honors precalculus
honors english 11
honors spanish
advanced italian II </p>

<p>senior courses:
AP biology
AP european history
AB calculus (AP)
AP English literature
AP spanish
honors italian</p>

<p>independent studies:
-published historical research paper
-language study in latin </p>

<p>all As in these courses except a B in honors math freshmen year and B+ in honors physics freshman year...took the most rigorous curriculum available at my school each year. </p>

<p>4.4 weighted/3.9 unweighted gpa. no ranking in my school but definitely in the top 10%</p>

<p>SAT I: 760 CR, 770 math, 780 writing
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: lit 790, chemistry 720, us history 780
APs: WH 5, US history 5</p>

<p>ECS:
-Class president for all 4 years of high school
-President of my school's chapter of NHS
-President of International Club for 2 years
-Varsity tennis for 4 years, captain for 2 years
-Varsity soccer for 3 years
-Violin since age of 8, played at a variety of concerts/recitals at my local music school
-Voice: participant in my school's exclusive choir
-Work/intern at a historical foundation in Greece for the past 3 summers (what i wrote my paper about)
-General volunteer at local hospital for 3 years
-head of winter coat clothing drive at my school for all 4 years
-head of garden maintenance at my school for all 4 years (gather kids once a month to volunteer) </p>

<p>Extras:
-fluent in English, Greek, and Spanish...advanced in Latin and Italian
-chosen as representative for state-wide leadership conference for my school
-about 10 departmental awards throughout high school (highest GPA in those classes/subjects)
-National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude Award-3 years in a row </p>

<p>please chance me for these 3 schools! Also feel free to advise me on which one to apply ED to/provide reasons for why you think I should do so...thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Honestly, I think you have the solid academic and extra curricular foundation that the Ivies look for. Although, I feel you need a WOW factor that will get you noticed out of the bunch. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Based on the stats you provided, you will be a strong candidate at the schools you mention and an other school in the US you apply to.</p>

<p>With these schools, it does become a numbers game that is somewhat unpredictable, given the low acceptance rates, but you have as good a chance as anyone, and a better chance than most.</p>

<p>You should apply ED to the school you want to go to the most. If, for example, Dartmouth was your first choice, but you applied to Brown ED and got in, wouldn’t you always wonder whether you could have gotten into Dartmouth if you had applied there.</p>

<p>All three schools are excellent, but they have different feels. Brown is in an urban setting. Dartmouth is a small rural school in a small town Cornell is a large rural school in a large town-small city. If you visit, it is likely that one of the three will appeal to you more than the others.</p>

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<p>bumpppp :)</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent chance. Better than most even on CC.</p>

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<p>your ECs are very impressive and definitely Ivy league caliber. However, you should have taken many more APs. It’s not so great the way you jump from having 1 ap in junior to like 5 in senior year and it’s not even that convincing that you can handle such a large increase. You really should have taken slightly more challenging classes in sophomore and junior year. If you apply ED then you should still have a reasonable chance due to your great ECs.</p>

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<p>bump bumppppp!</p>

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<p>Of the three, Cornell is the easiest to get into ED. But apply to the one you like best or if you can’t decide, apply to all three RD and let them choose YOU.</p>