Chance me please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I either applied or am applying to the following schools:</p>

<p>Brown
Columbia
Penn (both parents are faculty)
NYU
Vanderbilt
CMU
WashU
UChicago
Case Western
Cornell
Pitt-Accepted to honors college
Yale-Rejected EA</p>

<p>I feel like I have way too many reaches and not enough levels/safeties</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT1: CR 680 M 710 W 730
SAT2: Math 2 650 Hebrew 690
GPA: Probably around 3.7-3.8
Ranking: n/a
Course-load: The heaviest possible at my school (the highest classes offered in every subject since 9th grade. I have had 8 classes every semester until this year, when I have 9 plus 2 electives)
EC: Art stuff outside of school and at school, writer for two publications, art editor for one publication, commissioned paintings, painted a mural in my school, had a solo exhibition in 9th grade, Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts (summer program), two years of varsity baseball, two years in French Club, and probably some other stuff (I know one of my big weaknesses is the lack of leadership positions...I just hope it doesn't hurt me too much)
Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar, Scholastic Arts and Writing national and regional art awards, Congressional Art Award, Art Majors Award, French Honors Award (twice), admission to the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts (very competitive), invitation and attendance at Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium (very exclusive)</p>

<p>Essays: I think good except I found a typo in the one I sent to a few of the schools after I sent it
Recs: Probably good, not sure though</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are?</p>

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<p>From what I know about these schools, I would say…</p>

<p>Brown - low reach</p>

<p>Columbia - mid-range reach</p>

<p>Penn - depending on how much weight they put on the fact that your parents work there, I’d say a high match to low reach.</p>

<p>NYU - match or high match, IMO you’ll probably get in.</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - high match</p>

<p>CMU - match, I think you’re probably in.</p>

<p>WashU - low reach, and they’re kind of unpredictable with the waitlisting…</p>

<p>UChicago - high match</p>

<p>Case Western - low match, I say you’re in.</p>

<p>Cornell - low reach, but it also depends on which school. :)</p>

<p>I hope I was some help!</p>

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<p>Thank you :slight_smile: </p>

<p>and I guess I should add that I applied to CAS (or whatever their equivalent is) for all of these schools. I’m definitely more of a humanities person and will probably focus on anthropology/urban studies/architecture.</p>

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<p>I think you will get into Case and maybe CMU and NYU. Not sure on the others. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Brown - reach
Columbia - reach
Penn - low reach, might help that your parents are faculty
NYU - match
Vanderbilt - low reach/high match
CMU - match
WashU - low reach
UChicago - high match, write good essays
Case Western - match
Cornell - low reach
Good luck, you have a shot.</p>

<p>Please help me out?
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<p>Bump
…</p>

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<p>Oh, I decided that I might apply to Cornell’s College of Art, Architecture, and Planning. Is this easier to get into? It just so happens that my intended major (urban planning) happens to be in that school and not CAS. </p>

<p>Anyway, anybody else pleeease?</p>

<p>Opinions would be greatly appreciated :-)</p>

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<p>Also, I know my SAT 2’s are pretty weak. Will this hurt me a lot at the schools I listed? My SAT 1 was in one sitting with no prep. The reason I didn’t do as well on my SAT 2’s is partially because I stupidly did not take them seriously and didn’t study, and also because I just suck as content-based multiple choice tests. </p>

<p>Anyway, are SAT 2’s crucial? It makes me very nervous…</p>

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<p>Anyone? Please</p>

<p>Does no response mean that people think I don’t have a good chance anywhere?</p>

<p>:-&lt;/p>

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<p>Also, as you may or may not be able to tell from my EC’s, but I am very involved in art and I included an art supplement in my application. I don’t know how much of a different this will make, but here’s the link to my Common App art supplement: </p>

<p>[College</a> Art Supplement Portfolio pictures from friends & fun photos on webshots](<a href=“Desktop Wallpaper: Free Trial!”>Desktop Wallpaper: Free Trial!)</p>

<p>Feel free to tell me what you think, especially if you think it will affect my chances. I am primarily a painter but I tried to include works from a variety of media to illustrate both diversity in my work and my interest in architecture.</p>

<p>Annyyyyway, PLEASE tell me what you think. Thanks!</p>

<p>:-)</p>

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<p>You seem to lack Well-rounded activities. Clearly participating in every activity wouldn’t be the right think either. Good luck to the rest of your colleges. I saw your supplement. There are a couple of pieces that are respectable Nude Relaxing and nude sleeping (i think). Maybe trying to retest january 24 on other subject tests would help… they are a bit weak… keep your hopes up!
We are all on the same boat as you are… i am also applying to yale and cornell, except RD
constructive criticism is what I was aming for…
Best of luckssss!</p>

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<p>Many schools accept the January 24 SAT because they don’t start evaluation process until February!</p>

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<p>Thank you for the feedback</p>

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<p>Out of 60 applicants for URS at Cornell AAP, 40 or so are accepted so I’d say you have a pretty good chance. I just hope you don’t take my spot!</p>

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<p>That’s a promising statistic :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Hopefully we’ll both get in</p>

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<p>Buuummmp</p>

<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Just wondering, ZipZapZop, are you are about that statistic for Cornell’s AAP Urban and Regional Studies major? I read online that AAP has a 15% acceptance rate, even lower than CAS. I was pretty surprised. Is URS really that uncompetitive? Hmm… :-&lt;/p>