Chances at BC, Brown, Tufts?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>16 year old black male, senior
High school is pretty well ranked</p>

<p>Schools
BC
Brown
Holy Cross
Cornell
Quinnipiac
Trinity (CT)
Tufts (Grandmother did grad school there)
Uconn
Stony Brook<br>
Ursinus</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA – 3.67, our school doesn't do any weight. It was a 3.8 or 3.9 at my original high school, was there for two years</p>

<p>Rank – Again, two school.
First – 1/250
Now – top 10% out of 400 or so, no reported rankings</p>

<p>AP and Honors
There was zero options at my first school, instead they just did accelerated classes which I did literally all of them (but there weren't many).</p>

<p>11 – AP US, Honors Anatomy and Physiology
12 – AP French V, AP Physics, AP Calculus, Honors Civics</p>

<p>SAT I – 2000 total, 1360/1600
670 Math
690 CR
640 Writing</p>

<p>SAT II
US History – 720
Math I – Didn't get it back, but I am all but sure I got a minimum of 730</p>

<p>AP Scores, just a 5 on the APUSH test so far. I made it pretty far into the PSAT competition in the African American thing they have too.</p>

<p>EC's
Varsity Swimming, Four years, captain
Club swimming, one year
These both total almost 25 hours a week. I always feel like my EC comes across as thin, but I really do put almost all of my free time into this.</p>

<p>French club for two years
JV Baseball for two years</p>

<p>Employment
I'm a lifeguard and a swim lesson instructor year round, totaling about 35 hours a week in the summer and about ten during the school year.</p>

<p>Awards
NHS
Scholar athlete
Honor roll etc (changes names at different schools)</p>

<p>Essays were all pretty good, lots of editing and revising.
My GC rec was amazing (got to read it)
One teacher rec will be very good (didn't get to read it, but students all but beg for her letters every year, she limits it to her top 15 or so students).</p>

<p>I can do all the number crunching myself, I know. My test scores and GPA aren't exactly stellar, but I think they're pretty good. My EC is limited and not service oriented, but very narrow and lots and lots of hours go into it. Will that hurt me? I guess what I'm asking is if you think the fact that I've:</p>

<p>Moved around a lot, gone through two deployments of my father two Iraq, dealt with moving and high school and overcoming family issues with my father's PTSD and bi-polar disorder, all with consistent grades, activities etc. (all mentioned on app or in recs/essays).</p>

<p>Will give me a decent hook and help my chances? Thanks to anyone who chances me.</p>

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<p>BC-high match
Brown-high reach
Holy Cross-match
Cornell-reach
Quinnipiac-safety
Trinity (CT)-high match
Tufts (Grandmother did grad school there)
Uconn-saftey if in state
Stony Brook-no idea<br>
Ursinus-no idea</p>

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<p>I think that you will get accepted to all except you will be somewhat of a reach at Brown and Cornell but you have a chance at both.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Ok, so how does legacy really factor in? My grandmother isn't like, super tied to Tufts in anyway now that she's left, but she definately did well while she was their and is pretty renowned as far as her own limited field goes. Does that kind of thing factor in? Or would she have to be funneling money in and throwing the name around?</p>

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<p>Bump .</p>

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<p>Definitely Quinnipiac and UConn. I'd say Tufts, BC and Holy Cross are all good matches. Cornell and Brown will be reaches though.</p>

<p>Chance me if you have a minute!
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<p>good luck!!!</p>

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<p>Bummmmmp.</p>

<p>Kinda freaking out lol. Chance me and I'll chance back. I'm feeling like I'd be happy if I got into BC, Tufts, Cornell, or Brown without a doubt. Maybe it's just last second worrying, but what are my chances of getting into at least one of those? Well, I'd add HC to that too I guess.</p>

<p>I haven't applied to Trinity yet, and I don't know if I'm going to. It's EXTREMELY close to home and not especially appealing to me. Do you think I should add it? Give me some better odds?</p>

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<p>pleeeease?</p>

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<p>You have great stats. You will get into one of the colleges on your list. Don't apply to Trinity if you are not interested.</p>

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<p>Call Tufts to see if they count you as a legacy. Some schools do not consider offspring of their grad schools in that category. If you are a legacy, you have a strong shot there.</p>