Chance me for Ivies? Particularly Columbia/UChicago/Princeton

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! Here is a summary of my stats and such:

Grade: Junior

GPA: *school does not do GPA, consider me an A/A-/B+ student
*I attend one of the top 5 high schools in the country according to US News and other sites
*My school does not do class rank
Course Rigor: Highly rigorous
ACT: 35
APs: My school ONLY offers APs from Junior year onwards and limits students to three APs per year, though only one junior is taking 3 APs. I am taking AP Chem and AP Stat and self-studied for AP Environmental Science and AP Psych.
SATII: Chem: 710, Math 1: 740, *studying for English and another one

ECs:
-Founder of an online news site with tens of thousands of monthly readers
-I distribute a weekly newsletter from this site to hundreds (maybe thousands, I should check :slight_smile:
- Over 50 international writers/reporters including 10 weekly columnists
-Sponsored and with advertisements from a bunch of businesses
-I write a weekly column which is syndicated internationally
-Contributor to a bunch of reputable and well-known news sites
-regular contributor to a bunch of radio stations both in England and America
-Featured op-ed writer on multiple occasion for a famous publication (I’ll leave the name out, but it has a circulation in the millions)

  • I am verified on Twitter (not sure if that means anything, or if I should include on application)
    -Over 100 hours of community service though I hope to reach 150+ by the end of the year
    -Internship at local newspaper and internship at hospital for kids with special needs
    -Professional reporter for weekly newspaper
    -Founded a magazine in school of which I am Editor-in-Chief
    -Junior editor of school newspaper and political magazine (the highest positions that can be reached for my years)
    -Design editor of another school publication
    -Model UN awards at both local/national conferences–I’ll admit, more local than national :slight_smile:
    -Co-president of Lincoln Douglas debate club
    -Volunteer for a local congressman (might try and flip this into an internship)
    Summer programs: prestigious journalism camp, only accepts 40 kids. internship at local paper aforementioned, summer course offered at school which will allow me to take an extra AP, MAYBE a research opportunity.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks for your time.

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I’m not sure what to say without a GPA but your ECs and ACT scores sound great. Is there a reason why Northwestern isn’t on your list? They have a super journalism program.

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UChicago is not an Ivy.

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Good point… I actually hope to do the journalism program that they have there next summer (if I get in, that is). Thanks!

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Top-tier schools.

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Number of each (A, B, C, D, F) kind of grade in academic (English, math, science, history, social studies, foreign language, art/music) courses?

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You need to sort out 1/2/3 on your short list so you can apply ED or SCEA. ED will give the bigger boost.

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Columbia, UChicago and Princeton are all reaches in the RD round. All three of those have RD admit rates under 5%.

Northwestern is also an academic powerhouse, with a J school second to none (and a bunch of other top-shelf majors). Their RD rate is also under 10%, but their ED rate is (I believe) still in the high-20s%. The other three have ED/SCEA rates in the teens.

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I think we can give more detailed/accurate chancing if you include a list of your courses and the respective grades. Also, are you an international student? How come your school doesn’t have GPA?

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You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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Very likely, depends on your essay as well.

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Hey Man,
I’m a high school student and i’m just wondering, how were you able to make your website so successful?