CHANCE ME STANFORD/HARVARD/CORNELL

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Asian American - Punjabi Sikh
Female
Income bracket - 60-70K
I think I’m first generation college but my brother went? Some websites say no some say yes
Grade: 11
GPA: 3.92/4 or 6.86/7

Freshman Year: 6.714 (Low because mandated classes) but all A’s

Spanish III Honors
English Honors
Human Geography AP
Geometry Honors
Debate I (NO HONORS AVAILABLE)
MANDATED for all freshman: Health fall semester / PACE winter semester (NO HONORS AVAILABLE)
Biology Honors

Sophomore Year: 6.85 all A’s

English II Honors
Chemistry II Honors
World History AP
Computer Science Honors
Personal Finance Honors
Tech Theater (Not honors, mandated art credit)
Algebra II Honors

Junior Year: 7.0

Psychology AP fall semester
PASS/FAIL Sat Prep spring semester
Physics AP
United States history AP
European history AP
English III AP
Earth and Space Science Honors

AP Scores (predictions for junior as well:
Human Geo: 5
World History: 4 (bad teacher)
APUSH: 5
Euro: 5
Psych: 5
English: 4

predicted standardized tests:

SAT: 2200
ACT: 34
WHAP subject test: 780
APUSH subject test: 780

Extra curricular activities:

Debate (executive council since freshman year, predicted president for senior year)
Future Business Leaders of America (member since freshman year)
Key Club (member since freshman year)
Feminist Youth Association (president since freshman year)
Young Democrats (freshman rep, then president from sophomore year)
Science UIL (started junior year)

Head Field Intern for Wendy Davis for Texas (summer before sophomore year)
Head Field intern for Sylvester Turner for Houston (summer before junior and during junior year) HE WON!
Over 700+ hours of unpaid internship

Vasda Punjab Head Intern (non profit for Punjabi culture festivals)
200+ hours

Debate achievements: lol countless… top 20 in the country, Semi-finals at Harvard, triple quarter finalist at state, Top 100 at nationals during sophomore year, Emory University quarter finalist, George Mason University Quarter finalist… The list goes on and on (UIL champion two years running for districts)

FBLA: Sophomore year district champion in public speaking, Junior year (predicted) winning nationals in public speaking II

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You’re predicting that you’ll get test scores in the top 1% and win nationals in public speaking. Hard to give you an accurate guess until you know what your test scores/awards will really look like.

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Just curious, which of those AP scores are predictions and which of them are real? Your ECs are great, but it’s hard to chance without knowing standardized test scores.

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I know it isn’t what you want to hear, but @NotVerySmart hit it head on. You can’t predict those scores. Not only does it make you come off as cocky and overconfident, but scoring in the top 1% is not just something to be tossing around predictions for. Granted, it seems like you’re a smart student who would have as good a shot as any to do so, but never predict anything like that. The nationals win prediction was also premature. Your EC’s are good obviously. And as a side note, AP scores don’t matter for college admission, in fact, counselors don’t even look at those scores until enrollment. Now to the chancing… Cornell, I’m going to say you have a pretty good chance to get in. It’s just about the easiest Ivy to get into. Harvard and Stanford are going to be reaches just like the rest of the talented admission pool. It’s probably going to be decided in your essays, recommendations, and general feel you give off to the counselor. If I could offer a piece of advice, when writing your essays or when meeting an admissions counselor for an interview, try your best not to come off as overconfident. Look, you’re a great student with a bright future; you know that. You just seem to me like you kind of assume that you’re a little bit entitled to admission to these schools from your post. I’m not in any way trying to criticize you; I just don’t want that to be the only thing that keeps you from getting to go to your dream school. I wish the best of luck to you in your endeavors.

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Are your grades and activities predicted too?