Chances at a wide range of schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here's some condensed info that'll go on my application, but it's certainly not exhaustive : )</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted...my private school doesn't weight advanced classes, nor are they dubbed "AP." I'm hoping my counselor explains in my School Report how difficult the classes are, and that I've taken all the toughest available every year).</p>

<p>Class Rank: Valedictorian (but only out of 40 haha)</p>

<p>SAT 1: 1st try: 750 CR, 650 Math <- yikes, 720 Writing: 2120
2nd try: 750 CR, 710 Math <-meh, still low, 760 Writing: 2220</p>

<p>Sat IIs: I took Math IIC and Lit in June, scores come in this Saturday...</p>

<p>APS: here's the <em>ouch</em> part..since my school doesn't really support APs, I only took the Lit test this spring (scores come in soon). I expect a 5. Even though I plan on taking many AP tests independently NEXT spring, I obviously have to apply way before that : (</p>

<p>Honors: plenty of school-wide awards, but it's only worth mentioning the national ones, I suppose: Furman Scholar, Sewanee Book Award for Promising Writers, and National Merit (either CS or SF, we'll see.....).</p>

<p>ECs: -Forensics!! (aka Speech and Debate). Team Captain. I've placed regionally in literally every event (on the speech side, no LD or anything). I recently placed 18th nationally in Original Oratory.
-Varsity Basketball, starting point guard for two years
-Mock Trial, hoping for an Attorney award at State this year...
-Theatre, Leading roles in three productions</p>

<p>Community Service: not sure about the precise number of hours, but for the past 3 summers, I've volunteered as a counselor at a summer camp for underprivileged kids. My Freshman and Sophomore years, I volunteered as a tutor for underprivileged kids (same organization) once-a-week.</p>

<p>I write poetry and prose all the time, so I plan on developing some kick-butt essays, and perhaps sending in some supplemental work.</p>

<p>So, with all that in mind, what are my chances at:</p>

<p>Vanderbilt
Davidson
Georgetown
Duke
Harvard (yes.....I know lol)
Princeton ^^
Columbia ^^</p>

<p>Thanks, guys!</p>

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<p><em>buuuuuuump</em></p>

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<p>good lord, I need some input, people! Please?</p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt - match to safety
Davidson - ?
Georgetown - match to safety
Duke - slight reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Columbia - slight reach</p>

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<p>Thank you, RealM, for caring enough to respond haha
This stuff means a lot to me : )</p>

<p>lol, but judging by the fact that you don't know about Davidson, I'm guessing you're not necessarily an expert on college admissions (It's always ranked in the top 5-10 liberal arts colleges in the country, right up there with Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin). But I value your opinion anyway! Thanks!</p>

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<p>I really hope your high school does a good job of explaining why it doesn't offer AP classes, but you show great self-initiative by taking independent-study APs imo.</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - match
Davidson - match
Georgetown - match
Duke - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Columbia - reach</p>

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<p>Thank you, azngod, I appreciate that.</p>

<p>Yeah, I trust my college advisor, she's fantastic, so I'm confident that she'll write a great secondary school report. All of our high school classes from 9th grade on (even the "non-accelerated" courses) would be designated as "Honors" at least at area public schools.</p>

<p>Hmmm that's interesting to me that both of you put Georgetown as a match. I would've thought of it as higher than Duke, but I guess not!</p>

<p>azn, I'm glad you know about Davidson, lol</p>

<p>Just curious, does anyone even know about Forensics? Getting 18th at Nationals was HUGE for me, but I'm afraid AOs won't even know about it at all....</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>btw, azngod, I read your thread. You, sir, disgust me lol
2350, and you're even CONSIDERING retaking?! It will make almost no difference if you boost it a few points. Actually, chances are, you'll drop, and it'll look worse. My advice, start crankin out the essays, they're huge to AOs</p>

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<p>18th at nationals last year (team wise or speaker awards?). Impressive, must have overlooked that
My school doesn't offer debate team, but when I was at debate camp (i really have no idea why i went...but it was fun) getting to nationals was a pretty big thing. </p>

<p>Did you do policy debating? </p>

<p>eh..2400 to make up for low GPA :( <em>sniff</em></p>

<p>Yea, I'm starting to write my essays during the 4th of July weekend. Hopefully the fireworks and whatnot will give me inspiration.</p>

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<p>18th out of about 250 in Original Oratory ("OO") Keep in mind, those 250 are the leaders of their own districts. :)
You probably didn't hear a whole lot about it at debate camp, because it's sort of in the middle between Speech events (acting) and Debate events. Anyway, I was one point away from breaking to semis (top 14...there was a 4-way tie for 14th place, thus the 18th rank).</p>

<p>lol about the fireworks. That's a good idea. My theoretical future essay topic doesn't really have anything to do with the 4th of July though.</p>

<p>I was going to talk about John Keating's message of "Carpe Diem" from "Dead Poets' Society." Have you seen the movie?</p>

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<p>Ah, sounds like an interesting combination of debate and speech. I'm sure colleges love great orators. </p>

<p>lol, I doubt Fireworks will make me write my video-game essay any better :(</p>

<p>Nope, but it sounds like a very intellectual poem (just read the summary from wikipedia) and Ivy adcoms love those.</p>

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<p>wait, what poem?</p>

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<p>lol, us speech and debate nerds seem to be all over the place here on CC ;) I'm going to do OA next year (Original Advocacy-- close to Original Oratory, but a bit more law-and-order based).</p>

<p>Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia - reaches
Georgetown - slight reach
Vandy and Davidson - matches</p>

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<p>lol really? I'm relatively new, so I haven't noticed!
I'm hoping they're all over the place in adcom positions too lol</p>

<p>OA sounds cool! Where are you headed?</p>

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<p>bumpalicious</p>

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<p>bump, bump, bump</p>

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<p>bump, good grief, people post on other threads too fast! lol</p>

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<p>bump, bump bump it up!</p>

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<p>I mean the dead poet society (or w/e the movie's title was)</p>

<p>sorry...it was 1 in the morning over here when i typed it lol</p>

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<p>buuuump......</p>