Chance me please for all IVIES/stanford/duke/uchicago?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me please for all IVIES/stanford/duke/uchicago? I'll appreciate it forever and more. I'm a class of 2014 rising senior. </p>

<p>I'm thinking of applying Single Choice Early App to Yale... should I? Any advice is helpful. </p>

<p>School Type: Public Magnet
Location: Florida
Race/Gender: Asian Female (Indian)
Prospective Major: Pre-Med
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.92
Class rank: 1 of 380</p>

<p>SAT I Superscore
SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 800</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
(taking in October, expecting to be in the 700s) </p>

<p>APs: world history (4) euro history (4) psychology (5), calc AB (5), stats (5), us history (5), eng lang (5)</p>

<p>IB French SL: 7 </p>

<p>ECs:
-Science National Honor Society: member since sophomore, President
-Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society: member since middle school, historian, secretary, -probably president senior year
-NHS: VP senior year, member junior and senior year
-Creative Action Service Club: Member since soph year, president senior year, ran a jeans drive in my neighborhood and collected 150 jeans in 2 weeks
-Junior Civitans: member since soph year, secretary junior year (ran my own service projects)
-Started my own tutoring program with local underprivileged elementary and middle school
-HandsOn youth leadership council (member, completed my own service project on bullying at after school program)
-National English Honor Society: Treasurer
-Editor for the International Baccalaureate Magazine at my school
--playing piano for 10 years
-Varsity Scholar Bowl</p>

<p>Awards:
JU Team Chemistry SME day Competition: 1st place
Yale Book Award
4.0 GPA Award
Yale Global Leadership Champion Delegation
AP Scholar
NMS commended
Regional Math Awards for MAO
4 and 5th place at Gator Math Competition
Honorable Mention for Poetry Competition at State Level
Varsity Scholar Bowl 2nd place
Academic Worldquest State 3rd place
-1st at school science fair/went to Regional Science Fair in 10th</p>

<p>Summer Programs/Work
Freshman year: volunteer at YMCA, hospital
Sophomore Year: volunteer at YMCA, hospital, Yale Ivy Scholar Global Leadership Program
Junior Year: Student Research Intern in Radiology at #1 Hospital In the US. I'm publishing two papers in medicine based on my research in England and US, one on glaucoma and one on CTs, probably in medical journals and medical conferences</p>

<p>Around 400/500 Volunteer Hours</p>

<p>Hook? : Dad did residency at Yale's Medical School </p>

<p>Also, I am getting an additional rec from a top radiologist who is a Assistant Professor at Harvard Med School at this prestigious hospital</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s pretty impressive. You should get in anywhere. That’s really impressive. If you don’t mind saying, what school do you go to?</p>

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<p>Obviously you have a very good shot at most of these schools. Does it really matter what people chance you at since Ivies and Stanford are crapshoots? You’ll probably get into Duke and UChicago.</p>

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<p>^^You are terribly uninformed…it’s people like you that are driving up the application numbers to schools like Chicago…all ivys are not created equal…some are easier to get into than others…so please get educated!</p>

<p>[Stanford</a> beats out all of the Ivy League schools by having the toughest admissions rate of all | Mail Online](<a href=“http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302966/Stanford-beats-Ivy-League-schools-having-toughest-admissions-rate-all.html]Stanford”>Stanford beats out all of the Ivy League schools by having the toughest admissions rate of all | Daily Mail Online)</p>

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<p>Haha I go to a public magnet IB school in Florida… I probably just gave my identity away LOL… </p>

<p>LOL IKR - they are crapshoots! Just hoping for the best really…</p>

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<p>Not sure if this was to me or not. But the Ivys aren’t all the same difficulty to get into, but they are all crapshoots for the most part… even Cornell to some degree. I know 2300+ scorers with stellar ECs who didn’t get into Cornell.</p>

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<p>Wow I think you should definitely go for yale! You’re an awesome applicant overall :)</p>

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<p>thanks! I’m hoping for the best…</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a pretty good shot at the ivys, reaches for all of them except cornell which is a low reach, since they’re all crapshoots
But I think you should apply early to Yale, esp since your dad went there for med and you’ve done some programs associated with the university </p>

<p>Duke and UChicago - low reach
Stanford- reach</p>

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<p>I would say low reach for Stanford and Harvard, match for the rest.</p>

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<p>Cornell: Solid chances
Penn: Low Reach
Other Ivies, Stanford, Chicago and Duke: Reach to high reach</p>

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<p>thank you everyone! =D</p>

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<p>Thats incredible! If you write a great essay on your application you should be golden. </p>

<p>Low Ivies (Dartmouth/Brown/Cornell/Columbia) Match
Upper Ivies (Princeton/Harvard/Yale) Low Reach (as they are for everybody)
UChicago and Duke are both Matches</p>

<p>Best of luck!! Super impressive! glowing recs and interesting essays should seal the deal. :)</p>

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<p>thanks! =D hoping for the best, crossing my fingers…</p>

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<p>You are match for Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and UPenn. I would say low reach for Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. Your extracurriculars are very good, especially, the research. As collegeyeaaah said, the main things now are your essays and recs (the rec from the institution should seal it). Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>You’re a pretty strong applicant i think you should definitely apply to all of your chosen unis. Brilliant EC’s by the way :)</p>

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<p>Your EC’s are very good, and your academics are about at ivy league level. Unfortunately, as you are asian, it’s going to be a little tougher. You could choose to leave the race box blank, unless it’s really obvious in your name.</p>

<p>Stanford - mid to high reach
Duke - mid match/match
Uchicago - mid match/match
Cornell - mid to low reach
Brown - mid to high reach
Dartmouth - mid to high reach
Columbia - mid to high reach
Harvard - high reach
Yale - high reach
Princeton - high reach
Upenn - mid to low reach</p>

<p>Good luck with your apps!</p>

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<p>It’s impossible with schools at such a high level to mark them as “match” or not, but I’d definitely say at least low reach for all of them. Right now, with your test scores, grades, and amount of ECs, you look exactly like every other Ivy/top-school applicant. What you need to stand out are stellar teacher recs and a unique and well-crafted essay. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>What are your safeties?</p>

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<p>With few exceptions, all schools with acceptance rates in the single digits or low double digits are reaches. Put some safeties on the list. And think about what makes each school right for you, other than ranking.</p>