Chance Me Please!

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hey I'm curious as to my chances of admission to Columbia (ED, school of engineering), U of Chicago, Northwestern, Amherst, MIT, Cornell, and BU honors program with money.</p>

<p>I am 2 of 270 in my class in a public high school from an affluent town in connecticuit, and while my grades are very good, my SAT scores are worrying me...</p>

<p>Rank: 2
SAT best 1470 (730 on verbal, 740 on math)
SAT total 2250 (800 on writing)
SAT Subject tests
Biology = 720
Chemistry = 750
Math 2 = 710
History = 760
(Columbia requires a math and a science subject test for engineering)</p>

<p>I took 4 AP classes my junior year, AP LIT, STAT, CHEM, and US HISTORY and got 5's on each exam, and I took AP BIO my sophmore year and also got a 5</p>

<p>I am taking an all AP schedule this year, with physics, french, english, calculus bc, and european history</p>

<p>I am captain of varsity track and varsity ice hockey (I don't know if this is applicable, but I hold school record in high hurdles)</p>

<p>I know that I have fantastic teacher recs</p>

<p>I have a very well written college essay</p>

<p>I won a regional character award, was a national merit semi finalist, run a summer book club, am founder and president of a table tennis/badminton club, write for the school newspaper, won the regional JETS competition with my school team, mock trial lawyer, and whatever other minor extras I do...</p>

<p>I am a white male from an affluent family, so I don't think that is a plus either...</p>

<p>Give me a brutally honest opinion, and thank you very much.</p>

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<p>*Note: this post belongs in the What Are My Chances? forum. You’ll get more responses there.</p>

<p>But I would feel bad not giving any feedback at all. So…</p>

<p>I think you’ll be very competitive for Columbia engineering ED. Assuming salutatorians in the past at your high school have gone to Ivies, you’re in good position. </p>

<p>You might want to reconsidering Engineering, though–they frown upon people who have their highest subject tests in History. Kidding!</p>

<p>Your secondary ECs seem a bit scattered, but your two Sports and captainships are great. That’s all you need.</p>

<p>If ED doesn’t work out, you’ve got a very good shot RD at every listed school, MIT being the exception. </p>

<p>Your Math section and math/science subject tests are low for MIT, sorry.</p>

<p>Good luck with applications!</p>

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<p>No he doesn’t. Chicago, Cornell, and NW RD are reaches. I don’t think you understand how hard RD is. Last year, Cornell and Chicago’s RD acceptance rates were about 10%.</p>

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<p>While I don’t know the OP’s specific school, being a salutatorian at an affluent CT school is likely impressive. Like I said, if past salutatorians in his school have gone Ivies, then I don’t think any of the RD schools I mentioned are huge reaches.</p>

<p>For example, at my school (which would be described similarly to the OP’s,) an applicant with similar rank and test scores would find a favorable Naviance graph.</p>

<p>I can modify my response to “a decent shot RD” if you prefer. Yes, that still means the admit rate is against him, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a competitive applicant.</p>

<p>And btw, Cornell’s RD rate for 2014 was around 15%, which is considerably higher when talking about stats like those.</p>

<p>source: [Ivy</a> League Admissions Statistics](<a href=“http://www.theivycoach.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics.html]Ivy”>Ivy League Acceptance Rates and Admissions Statistics | Ivy Coach)</p>

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<p>So RD pool is more competitive than ED for Cornell? I heard that athletes/legacies make Cornell admission rate in ED higher</p>

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<p>Yes, athletes/legacies do account for some of the 32.7 ED rate at Cornell. Early decision will still give you an advantage, but the ED rate isn’t as high for unhooked applicants.</p>

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<p>It’s a loooong time from November to September to make such a commitment to a school you’re not in love with, plenty of time to regret your decision; April 30 is more reasonable as a decision date in such a case. Be careful with ED!</p>

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<p>Sorry for the short response i have to get to bed soon, also thanks for chancing me.
If you want to get into something that competitive, get perfects on those sat 2’s. So get a higher score on your math sat 2.
Also to be ahead of everyone you should grab a intern with something related to your major and if you really want attention you should enter in sometime of math or engineering competition. These little things can give a big push in your application.</p>