Chance me for Ivies + West Point and Georgetown Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey CC! I’m a rising senior at a private school in the southeast. Could you guys please chance me for the ivies, West Point, and Georgetown. I plan on applying as a history major. I can give you guys any additional info you need if you ask.

Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.4
SAT: 1590 800 English 790 Math
ACT: 36
Subject Tests: Got a 780 on Math II, a 770 on Chem, a 790 on World, an 800 on US History, and a 760 on French. I plan on taking Literature next year.

Recommendations:
I plan on getting a recommendation from my AP Euro Teacher and from my AP Lang teacher. I can also get a recommendation from my rep/senator if needed for West Point.

Race/Ethnicity: White with an Ashkenazi background

ECs:
Top Debater in the Nation, with multiple State championships and a national championship

Captain on the speech and debate team

3x Varsity Letters for football, I was a captain my senior year

Vice President, and Treasurer in Student Gov

Officer for a niche club that helps terminally ill children in the hospital.

Internship for a State senator

APs Taken: APUSH, AP Comp Sci. Principles, AP Comp Sci. A, AP French, AP Physics, AP Lang, AP Lit (next year), AP Gov, AP Enviro (next year), AP Euro, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Psych (next year), AP Calc BC (next year), AP Calc AB.

Please chance me! Any aditional info I can provide. Is there anything I can do between this year and next year? Also, my little brother is following pretty much the same path as me (he’s a freshman), what advice should I give him? Thanks!

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Wow this is incredible. Just curious how you fit so many AP classes in? In my school, by the time I’m a senior the MOST APs I could’ve taken would be 8.

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Yeah! My school offers a lot of APs, and you can start taking them your freshman year.

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Don’t know what West Point looks for but clearly a very strong application for the other schools, so it’s down to the essays/recs and the numbers game/number of places available for unhooked applicants, and how you fit what they are looking for in a class profile.

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Hmm, lot’s of AP’s but very light on leadership. West Point is looking for all around skills plus excellent academics. Playing a single sport is great but many will have athletic feats on a national level and often in a couple of sports. Playing a sport at a high school is great but winning a national/state title is better. Leadership is something the reads across many areas. Does the kid create things and ways to help people. Is there something about that person that makes you think they are a natural born leader. The debate is great. I’d suggest having more national titles however. At you TOC material? Not all debate championships are equal.
I would say beef up the leadership.
My guesstimate would be a better chance at Georgetown than West Point ( honestly, I don’t see a strong chance here). Take a look at other West Pointers from your state and see what they have done. The student from our town who went to West Point had tons of things going on beyond being a great athlete in 3 sports.

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past tense?

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Whoops sorry! Got my tenses mixed up. WILL be a captain.

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Thanks, Happytimes, I probably need more sports stuff and leadership if I want to have a real chance at Westpoint, but I’ll still apply just in case. I’m more concerned about the Ivies and Georgetown. Otherwise, I definitely would’ve played more sports haha! When it comes to debate, I have championed some national tournaments, and I have been to the TOC 3 times so far, but I don’t like bragging about myself.

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Oh, I also forgot to mention that I went to a summer leadership camp, and I mentored younger kids at my school. That’ll probably help with the leadership too facepalm.

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Of the Ivy’s, an ED at Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn or Columbia would give you a better than average shot - assuming Fin Aid isn’t a critical issue as ED puts you at a disadvantage. For the other Ivy’s, certainly possible, but they are schools with single digit acceptance rates…