chance me please to high level colleges. 2300 sat

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>where im applying-</p>

<p>ive applied to
JHU
duke
northeastern
fordham
yale
cornell
dartmouth
bowdoin
davidson
notre dame
bates
colby</p>

<p>should i apply to princeton? or is the $65 not even worth it because i have like no shot to get in?</p>

<p>what are my chances, in this ranking</p>

<p>high reach (<10%)
reach (10-20%)
low reach (20-30%)
high match (30-50%)
match (50-70%)
low match (70-90%)
safety</p>

<p>Grades- </p>

<p>my freshman and sophomore year grades were low, but i have an essay that really shows why, and i think that with the essay i can explain it a bit. </p>

<p>freshman year GPA around 3.5/4
Alg 2 analysis H A-
Bio H A-
Eng H A-
spanish Acc A-
Theo H B
history H A-
theater. A-</p>

<p>Sophomore year GPA 3.2ish</p>

<p>Chemistry H (hardest teacher in region) B-
Geo/trig H B-
English H A-
spanish H B
Theo A-
History H A-</p>

<p>junior year GPA 3.7</p>

<p>Bio AP A-
Stat AP A-
English H A-
History AP A-
spanish 3 Acc A
Theo H A-</p>

<p>senior year GPA 3.85
Calc BC A
Physics C AP A (fused class to physicalc)
Eng AP B
Euro history AP A-
Theo A-
math elite HR A
psychology A</p>

<p>final GPA (atm) 3.5ish, top 10% of our class (no one has a 4.0 here, veryyyy rigourous environement)</p>

<p>so as you can see my grades sprial upwards. </p>

<p>TESTING</p>

<p>SAT IIs </p>

<p>Chem SATII (sophomore year) 740
Math 1 SATII (soph yr) 730
Math 2 SATII (soph yr) 740
Math 1 SATII (sen yr) 800
Math 2 SATII (sen yr) 800</p>

<p>SAT</p>

<p>may 2010 630CR,700M,700w
oct 2010 670CR,800M,600W
nov 2010, 800CR,770M,650+W</p>

<p>superscore 800,800,700</p>

<p>AP tests</p>

<p>US history 4
English 4
Stat 4
Bio 4
Calc BC
physics C
chem
English lit
Euro history</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
4 years wrestling (JV)
200+ volunteer hours
job (mcdonalds) 1 year
Chess (1 year)
guitar (6 years)
guitar ensamble (1 year)
pro life (1 year)
tennis (1 year)
basketball intramurals (2 years)
Math team HR (team leader, highest scorer, 4 years)
Academic Decathalon (silver in chem, silver in math, bronze in econ, silver in team)
hiking club (1 year)
skiing club (1 year)
Billiards team (2 years)
class rep (2 years)</p>

<p>awards
national honors society
national english honors society
edmund rice scholar
National merit semifinalist (or better)
AP scholar with honors (so far)
WPI math competition winner for our school
Academic Decathalon prizes (mentioned above)
Math team high scorer (mentioned above)
National Spanish Exam (bronze medal)</p>

<p>Essay
- i believe that this essay will be able to strongly cover my freshman and sophomore year grades.</p>

<p>Recommendations
- my math teacher, saludictorian at bates, pretty much garunteed me he would write the best essay possible for me, because of our good standings. ( he can pretty mcuh write "this guy is a genius"). my guidence counsellor also holds a similar view.</p>

<p>other HOOKS?
-brother is autistic
-parents are divorced
- large family (5 children).</p>

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<p>duke- high reach
northeastern- match
fordham- match
yale- high reach
cornell- high reach
dartmouth- high reach
bowdoin- reach
davidson- low reach
notre dame- reach
bates- high match
colby- high match</p>

<p>You are too top-heavy, imo, based on your stats and resume and need to add at least one more match and at least one safety to your list, including a financial match and safety (in-state schools).</p>

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<p>northeastern is my safety. ■■■■■ i get a full ride there because im a national merit finalist. same with fordham</p>

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<p>You have the rank, test scores, and course rigor to get in to basically all the schools on your list. Your ECs are a tad scattered (I can’t really tell what your passions are), and awards aren’t OMG awesome-like. Just curious, what do you want to study? Good luck :)</p>

<p>JHU-low reach/high match
duke-low reach
northeastern-in
fordham-in
yale-high reach
cornell-low reach
dartmouth-mid reach
bowdoin-low reach
davidson-high match/low reach
notre dame-high match/low reach
bates-high match
colby-high match</p>

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<p>You are basing your 2300 SAT score off a “projected” 800 in CR for Nov.-- are they posted yet? Your EC’s are really thin to be competitive at many of your top-tier schools.</p>

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<p>yeah, i cant really discover my passion yet tbh. I love music, and practiced guitar avidly. I also love math, and i wrote a few of my suppliment essays on that, and will probably write my extracurricular on that as well.</p>

<p>im probably gonna major in math, and then go to medical school</p>

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<p>Well as long as you demonstrated a love for music and math, then you’ll let the admcoms know who you are. After scanning your first post again, I see you did mention guitar and some math competitions. I hope it all works out for you :slight_smile: You seem really chill lol.</p>

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<p>@ jshain no they arent out yet, but i had a test from a previous year, and after the test i found the answers to the test and realized i got none wrong. If i accidentally missed one, its still an 800. So lets just assume for now the 800 is set in stone. k?</p>

<p>and yeah, the extracurriculars thing. im going to be applying for an internship at a hospital through my school for about 100 hours throughout the schoolyear, should i put that in my extracurriculars even though it hasnt happened yet?</p>

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<p>bumpidybump</p>

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<p>JHU - low reach
duke - high reach
northeastern - low reach
fordham - in
yale - high reach
cornell - low reach
dartmouth - reach
bowdoin - low reach
davidson - match
notre dame - high match
bates - high match
colby - high match</p>

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<p>■■■■■ i love when people keep messing up northeastern with northwestern ;)</p>

<p>northeastern is definately NOT a “low reach” im garunteed a full ride there already. </p>

<p>northwestern maybe ;)</p>

<p>however, thanks for the rest of the chances :)</p>

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<p>JHU - Low reach
duke - Mid reach
northeastern - In In In In In
(northwestern)? - high match/low reach
fordham - In In In In
yale - High reach
cornell - high match
dartmouth - low reach</p>

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<p>GOOD LUCK!!!</p>

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<p>thanks rick :slight_smile: kinda suprised that u ranked duke harder to get into than dartmouth.</p>

<p>an alumni is writing a letter of recomendation for me to dartmouth. how much will this help my chances? does anyone really know?</p>

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<p>JHU-low reach
duke-low reach
northeastern-low match
northwestern-low reach
fordham-not familiar
yale- high reach
cornell-low reach
dartmouth-reach
bowdoin-high match
davidson-match
notre dame-high match
bates-unfamiliar
colby-unfamiliar</p>

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<p>You have great test scores and grades, and even though your ECs aren’t over-the-top like some people’s on here, you’ve got a great chance of getting in everywhere. Yale is the only one that I would say is a “high reach,” the rest of them are basically matches or low reaches, good luck wherever you go man :).</p>

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<p>thanks! im kinda hoping itl be like this! i wanna get into a few of these schools!</p>

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<p>I’d say Yale is a high reach and Notre Dame is a reach.</p>

<p>JHU, Duke, NU all low reach.</p>

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<p>thanks truzz</p>

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<p>Good range of schools. Might also look at Holy Cross and Colgate.</p>

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<p>bumpidybump</p>