Chance Me for Dartmouth ED, UVA, Vandy and More

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics:** Male, White, New Jersey, private religious High School

Intended Major(s): Computer science, math, econ

SAT: 1520 (740 rw, 780 math)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 102.1% weighted, school does not rank

Coursework:

AP Bio (5)

APUSH (5)

AP CSA (5)

AP Chem (4)

AP Lang (4)

Currently taking: AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Lit

All other classes honors, some required CP classes

Awards: National Italian Exam Bronze Medalist, National Merit Scholarship Commendation

Extracurriculars:

4 Year Crew Team, 3 Year Varsity – Participated in a variety of regattas, and medaled in some national competitions

Eagle Scout, Multiple leadership roles – Led troop of 30+ members for over a year

Founder and President, Science Honor Society – worked with school administration and national organization to establish chapter at my school

VP (11) President (12), Italian Honor Society

100+ Hours community service

Deli Worker

NHS Peer Tutor

English Peer Tutor, Math Peer tutor

Essays/LORs/Other:

Science teacher - 8/10

English teacher - 8.5/10

Peer Letter for Some schools: 9/10

Common App: 9/10, nearly the best I could have done

Supplementals: Vary by school, but around 8/10

Schools: Dartmouth (ED), CMU, JHU, Princeton, Providence College EA, UNC Chapel Hill (EA, Legacy), UVA (EA), Vanderbilt, Villanova (EA), Williams College, BC (EA)

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I think Providence and Nova are for sure.

The rest are a toss up - because - well - they’re hard.

But your record is outstanding - and I can see you getting into your ED and you are qualified for any school on your list.

For BC, did you mean ED2? They don’t have EA.

Good luck.

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Congratulations on all of your achievements you are competitive for any and all the schools you are applying to. I don’t want you to share which HS you are applying from but as I am sure you are well aware the NJ parochials (I am guessing based on your list) all have unique reputations and college relationships and placement histories.

Bergen Catholic, Don Bosco, CBA, St Aug, Seton Hall Prep, Delbarton, Paramus Catholic would each likely produce dramatically different results with the same stats.

I am very familiar with all of the aforementioned schools. Given you are a member of a crew team I can make a reasonable assumption as to your school and based on that be veryoptimistic about your results. If I am correct your GCs are top notch and you have received great advice.

I am surprised not to see Gtown or ND in place of either V or BC as this particular school places extremely well at both for students with your profile but limits you to applying to 2 of the 4.

Regardless I wish you luck and suspect you will be successful at several of the reach schools.

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I think you have a solid chance with your ED to Dartmouth, but it is still a long shot for all highly qualified at this level. Your leadership roles with scouts and having a job do help. They read the essays and I am sure those were where you spent a good amount of time since it was your ED.

Your out of state UVA and UNC chances may be tougher than some of the others. I am not sure UNC even cares about legacy.

PC, yes, they are a safety for you. Villanova, most likely. Vanderbilt and some of the others could defer you to RD rounds, or waitlist to see if you are really interested and protect their yield.

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Thank you all for your insight, I really appreciate it!

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You picked a list of schools that are insanely hard to get into and which reject kids whose credentials look just like yours, leaving everyone scratching their heads. But they also accept kids who look like you, so I think your chances are excellent if finding a landing spot at one or more of your top choices. I think you’re good at both Villanova and PC.

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your stats are convincing, the real game changer to take you ahead of the normal admission rate could be Men’s Crew application/support/LL

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U cant get in. Go home

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There’s always a comedian in every crowd. :grin:

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Sounds like OP and the comedian are both NJ parochial prep kids. Perhaps same school and seemingly very familiar to one another.

Good luck to both!

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