CHANCE ME (uChicago, Swarthmore, Princeton, Davidson, Dartmouth, Cornell)

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

GPA: school doesn’t calculate unweighted but is around 3.9
ACT: Have not taken yet, will take for essay component if I apply to princeton/essay req. schools
SAT: 1570 (790M 780CR)
Class Rank: school hasn’t updated w/ grades for this year but will be somewhere between 5 and 10 out of 243
AP classes taken/will take: AP World History, APUSH, Spanish V AP, English Language and Composition AP, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Gov
Other courses of note: Dual Enrollment Philosophy through local community college, Dual Enrollment Spanish VI (Film Course)

EC’s
Varsity soccer captain
Club soccer captain (coach selected and team voted) throughout high school, have played 10+ seasons w/ club
Spanish/French club
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Model United Nations
-Conference @ UNC Chapel Hill: received Verbal Commendation at awards ceremony
-Conference @ high school: named Best Delegate
Philosophy Club
3rd Place in U18 bracket of Charlottesville VA 1/2 Marathon
2nd place local history bee ($750 cash prize)

Other tests:
AP World: 3 (misread directions on essay section, will not include)
APUSH/English Lang/Comp/AP Spanish: pending, expecting 5’s on at least two with 4 or 5 on the third
NOCTI Accounting Certification test for entry level accounting

2

Your GPA and test scores are great (although I would recommend taking SAT subject tests). What do you plan on majoring in? It would be easier to chance you and assess you based on the major.

3

I’ll almost certainly major in finance or economics, outside chance of something like marketing.

4

Very impressive. You are a solid candidate for those schools, but it is still a coin toss. So many people with high stats get rejected from those schools. I think you have a good chance, but make sure you have a couple safeties and high match schools.

5

I think you have decent chances at Davidson and Swarthmore, but depends on your essays!

6

For the Ivy level schools, I would try showing that you are interested in economics by starting an economics club, investing stocks, writing an economics paper, etc. They want to see that you have potential for success in economics in the future by seeing current achievements. If you can do that, then you have a great chance at these schools.