CHANCE ME FOR IVIES & OTHER SELECTIVE SCHOOLS

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can you chance me for the following schools?? (By the way, I have already been accepted to two safety schools)</p>

<p>Brown
UPenn Wharton
Cornell
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Vanderbilt
Duke
Emory
Dartmouth
Stanford</p>

<p>=PROFILE=
White Male
Georgia Resident
Competitive Public High School</p>

<p>=TEST SCORES=
ACT: 34 Superscore, 33 Highest One-Sitting (10 writing)</p>

<p>=ACADEMICS=
GPAs: Unweighted 3.89, Weighted 4.25 (Upward Trend: 3.7, 3.9, 4.2, 4.63)
Advanced Courses:
AP English Literature (A)
AP English Language (A)
AP Psychology (A)
AP European History (A)
DE Statistics (A)
DE Calculus (A)
DE Economics (A)
Honors Conceptual Physics (B)
Honors French I-III (A,A,A)
Honors English I (A)
Honors English II (A)
Honors Algebra I (B)
Honors Algebra II (A)
Honors Geometry (B)
Honors PreCalculus (A)</p>

<p>=ECs=
- DECA 3 Time State Champion, Region Champion, International Qualifier
- Peer Mentoring Committee Leader (Responsible for acclimating the new freshman to the high school environment by serving as a mentor and keeping regular communication with them)
- Leader and Organizer/Planner for Local Community a Service Effort (I am responsible for coordinating volunteer retreats and serving as a leader when on-site at the volunteer locations)
- Online College Courses (Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society, Introduction for Marketing), Certificate of Completion with Distinction in both)
- Club Basketball (4 years, several awards for performance)
- FBLA member
- National Honor Society Inductee, Member
- Hundreds of community service hours (several organizations)</p>

<p>=ESSAYS=
My essays are EXCELLENT.</p>

<p>=TEACHER RECS=
I have one from the teacher of my business courses (DECA advisor)
I have one from my French professor (PHD in linguistics)</p>

<p>They should be great. As should my counselor recommendation.</p>

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<p>Looks good buddy, shows passion for business. What high school in ga do you attend?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Being 3 time state champion at anything is impressive. I should know this but what is DECA? Have you visited these colleges or otherwise taken steps to show interest? Assume class rank is suitably high. Your list is a bit “top heavy” in case you are wondering. In additon to safety schools you probably should have at least several target schools included</p>

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<p>@wje9164be DECA is a business club. International qualification isn’t as prestigious as Intel STS but roughly about a state science fair level prestiege at an top state (NY, TX, CA) </p>

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<p>Your main weakness is leadership in ECs when it comes to these schools, but still I was accepted to Wharton with stats simialar to yours (except I had 9 APs and applied ED) but still I think you a great shot at these schools.</p>

<p>UPenn Wharton reach
Cornell low reach
Harvard reach
Princeton reach
Yale reach
Vanderbilt low reach
Duke low reach
Emory high match
Dartmouth low reach
Stanford reach</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, an unfocused and unoriginal college list can sometimes indicate the same for the applications. </p>

<p>I wish you the best of luck, but certainly prepare yourself for the most likely outcome.</p>