Chances at Brown, Lehigh, etc? [revamped]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>In my other topic, I did a brief overview of my situation and credentials, in this topic I will post more and explain more.</p>

<p>General
-White Middle-Class Male
-Located in Central New Jersey
-Attend Public High School with decent ratings</p>

<p>Class Load:</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Biology Honors: B+
Geometry Honors: A
Modern World Civilizations Honors: A-
English I Honors: B+
Latin I: A
Theater I: A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Chemistry Honors: A-
Algebra II Honors: B+
English II Honors: A-
American Civilizations I: A+
Computer Science: A+
Latin II: A</p>

<p>Junior Year (Predicted)
Physics Honors: A
Pre-Calc Honors: A
English III Honors: B
American Civilizations II: A-
Cisco I: A+
Latin III: B+</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
AP Physics
AP Calc BC
AP Government
AP Macroeconomics
English IV Honors
Cisco II</p>

<p>GPA/Rank/SAT:
GPA: 4.1 weighted, 3.8ish unweighted
Rank: 34/390, expecting up in rank though (20s)
SAT: Around 2100, will retake in October, do better</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Science Olympiad
Junior Year: Vice-President, Senior Year: President (I will be)
NJ Southern Regional: 1st Astronomy, 1st Robot Ramble, 3rd Computer This!
NJ States: 1st Astronomy
Also help start a fundrasing program were we take donated items and sell them on eBay</p>

<p>Environmental Club
Sophomore Year: Secretary, Junior Year: Co-President, Senior Year: Co-President
We created the paper recycling program at our school, and continue to campaign for it - it has been a difficult process
Also had beach clean-ups, T-Shirt sales for the Rainforest</p>

<p>School Newspaper
Editor-in-Chief, also Editor of the Student Voice/School News Section</p>

<p>Model U.N.
Co-founder, also will perhaps be an officer next year</p>

<p>Other Activities
Math League (might have position next year)
Peer Leadership (have to apply to get in, help with Freshman Orientation)
Member of District Media Center (volunteer to help fix tech things in the school during Study Hall/Lunch)
Drama Club, also have sub-lead roles in Freshman/Sophomore Years
National Honor Society
Political Group (Political Leaders of Tomorrow)
Computer Club</p>

<p>Community Service</p>

<p>I lack in this area, I probably have about 30-40 hours under my belt at the moment. I plan to volunteer at the local hospitals and other locations this summer.</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p>I should have very good recommendations from teachers I'm close with.<br>
My essay should be pretty good, I've a creative person. I'll try to display my love for the sciences, possibly outlining the great experiences I've had at Science Olympiad.</p>

<p>What are my chances for:
[ul]
[<em>]Brown (legacy, father went there)
[</em>]Cornell
[<em>]Columbia
[</em>]Colgate
[<em>]Lehigh
[</em>]Bucknell
[li]University of Chicago[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I'm planning to major in Physics/Math perhaps.</p>

<p>Please be sure to recommend other colleges that might be a good match for me, I'd love that. Please keep to East Coast/close to EC.</p>

<p>And most of all, thank you.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Good luck and pick up sats and do well on sat 2s.
brown: match/slight reach for you.
columbia: reach
Cornell: match
Colgate: match
Lehigh: unsure
Bucknell: unsure
University of Chicago: match
Swarthmore has a great math program, but it is a comp. college</p>

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<p>Bump......</p>

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<p>Bump.........</p>

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<p>D was accepted ED at Lehigh with comparable academics. Her SAT's were slightly lower. Her EC's were a little different as she played 2 varsity sports.<br>
For class of 2010 Lehigh received over 11,000 applications for 1140 freshman slots. Dean of Adm said that this was their toughest year ever.
Last year, we put all her data through College Board search and Lehigh came out as a match. I think you would come out the same.<br>
Good luck.</p>

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<p>Your stats would make you a good match for Case Western, where you probably could get some money as well. :) And it's a good place for people with interests outside of Math/science as you seem to have.</p>

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<p>Ok, that's nice to hear.</p>

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<p>Here's a hint on how to get into Lehigh: visit - and visit more than once if you can. Make sure you register each time at the admissions office. Schedule an interview with an admissions officer. With those stats, you have an excellent chance at Lehigh as long as you show strong interest. </p>

<p>Bucknell is comparable in terms of the types of students it attracts. (My d. got into both Lehigh and Bucknell.)</p>

<p>I would say that Lehigh, Bucknell, Colgate, and Cornell are match schools. University of Chicago is a slight reach. Brown and Swarthmore are reaches. Although you may very well get into all of these schools, you should apply to more match schools and include a couple of safeties. </p>

<p>Take a look at Dickinson (safety), Gettysburg (safety), Lafayette (match), Haverford (reach), Tufts(? match to slight reach), Trinity (match), College of William and Mary (reach, because of OOS acceptance rate), Villanova (match to safety), Boston College (match), Boston University (safety), Hamilton (match), and Bates (match). Since you're willing to travel to University of Chicago, you might want to add Kenyon (match) and Oberlin (slight reach) to your list.</p>

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<p>What about Olin? (I know its probably a huge reach)</p>

<p>But what about it?</p>

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<p>i dont often make bucknell plugs, but it is a FANTASTIC school for mathematics majors. three liberal arts colleges have finished in the top ten in the putnam collegiate mathematics competition in the last twelve years. two are obvious: swarthmore and harvey mudd. one is not: bucknell, the most recent lac to accomplish this feat. (the other seven american universities in the top ten in 2004 were mit, princeton, duke, caltech, harvard, berkeley and stanford.)</p>

<p>on the chance-o-meter id put it at a safe match, which i guess means id be moderately surprised if you didnt get in.</p>

<p>defintely look into swarthmore, haverford and williams; make sure a school like carnegie mellon isnt for you; and perhaps visit wesleyan, vassar and oberlin; add lafayette for another safe match. allegheny would be a great true safety lac, though getting into a school like penn state or michigan early in the fall could ease those fears.</p>

<p>several words of advice from a math major: be careful when choosing a program that its not TOO small. very small departments will have faculty with fairly limited research interests and areas of expertise in addition to limited course offerings. you dont want to fall in love with something and find that your faculty can only take you so far.</p>

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<p>I don't usually comment on chances threads, but it looks like we have similar goals (I made a similar thread a few weeks ago --> <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=185270&highlight=Chances)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=185270&highlight=Chances)&lt;/a>. I'm also a junior (almost, a senior!) and planning on majoring in physics or engineering. </p>

<p>If you like a small engineering school like Olin, you might also like Harvey Mudd (it is on the west coast, but from what I have read is very similar). Other small schools for physics I've looked into include: Case Western, Williams, Swartmore, Rice, and Carleton. Good luck!</p>

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<p>It is very refreshing to see a great student who does not have all A's. I don't know why but that makes me think higher of you than someone who has straight A's. Perhaps that is because you have a life?</p>

<p>Well, I would say that Harvey Mudd would be a great school for you... but you stated east coast only... so never mind.</p>