Chance me for more lenient Ivy's (Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I wanted to post my statistics for college as I am a high school senior and want to know what I can feasibly get into. My general overview is that I have pretty good stats and E.C’s (Extra Curriculars), but Im not developed enough in one area
Objective:
ACT: 34 composite (35 English, 31 Math, 36 Reading, 33 Science)
GPA: Unweighted 3.7 (my school has a college grading system, so if I went to public school it would be in the 3.9’s)
Weighted: 4.32 (same issue as above, would be more in the 4.7’s - 4.8’s, but I could be wrong)
School Type: Private, International Baccalaureate
Rank: 4/5 out of 75 (all IB students, so all very smart)
Intended major(s): 1. Business, 2. Econ, 3. Music
Location: California
Ethnicity/Race: White
Income Bracket: Middle- Upper-Middle

Awards/important recomenders:
Outstanding Scholar in IB Business Award
Outstanding actor in lead role in school play award
Honor roll all 4 years
All State Orchestra member
2nd place in several speech and debate tournaments
Stanford Econ professor who apparently loved my research paper
Music teacher at Stanford for Double Bass
Teacher recs all 10/10

E.C’s:
Have Played Double Bass for around 10 years, as was principal at Stanford’s youth orchestra and was second chair in their university orchestra
Have toured internationally with another orchestra
Principal (first chair) for some smaller orchestras as well
Vice President of Econ and Stock Market Club
T.A. for IB Econ Class
National Merit Commended Scholar
Have a 3.8 GPA/transcript at Stanford, as I already took classes
3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo
Lead Actor in school play

I have more small stuff like volunteer activities, but I don’t remember them right now. My overview is that Double Bass is a rare instrument and is desirable, but I’m not perfect/not developed enough

Thoughts?

Thanks so much

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“Low Ivies”…you are using everyone’s least favorite phrase!

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I’m sorry, I meant that in terms of better acceptance rate. Those three I mentioned have the most lenient acceptance rates of all the Ivy Leagues

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I think you have a decently good shot at the “low Ivies.” You can even take a risk, aim higher, and apply for some “high Ivies.”

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At least you didn’t say “lesser Ivies”! Everything looks good, as long as you have a good list of colleges and are not looking just to these.

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thanks I appreciate it, I already did apply Im just not hopeful for them. I mainly started this thread to see how I should feel for the more lenient Ivys. But thanks again!

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Yea I have a balanced list. I already got UT Austin and Indiana U Bloomington for their Business Schools as a Direct Admit, so I just wanted to see how I compared to the top of the nation. Thanks so much for your advice HRSMom!

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Awesome choices so far!! if you are thinking Cornell Dyson, the admit rate is lower than Harvard!

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Good to know, I applied there as a long shot, so I wont keep my hopes up to high. My fear though is that I didn’t play my music expertise right an apply music to departmental schools so I can switch out later. On the other hand, I don’t feel guilty that I applied to what i truly wanted. Thanks again!

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Good luck. I’d take UT and run!!:slight_smile: