Chances at competitive schools (some ivies, some liberal arts)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ACADEMICS
--SAT-1400
--AP Scholar with Distinction (3rd person in school history to get it before graduation--have passed 5 AP's with an average of a 4.1--APUSH-5; AP Eng Comp-5; AP Chem-4; AP Euro (took while sophomore)-4; AP Spanish-3)
--SAT IIs: Writing-720; US History-790; Math IC-760
--Commended Student on PSAT
--Bank of America Plaque of Achievement Winner in Liberal Arts
--Honors at Entrance to high school
--"Scholar/;at my school in Math, English, History
--class rank: N/A
--Avg. GPA: 4.41</p>

<p>ECs
--Founded "e-Len Designs"--organization that makes websites for good causes. Have designed websites for Long Beach Chapter of the National Organization for Women, several teachers at my school, a beginning entrepreneur, and a local preschool. I also taught the secretary at my school how to use Photoshop, and now school documents look much more professional. I also helped her improve the design of the school website--better design better for recruitment (private school). Said I did 5 hrs/wk for 40 wks/year - accurate if rounded out over four years but some weeks I spend 10-15 hours.
--President and committee chair of the National Honor Society (3 hrs/wk, 35 wks/year)
--Harvard Model Congress participant twice (8 hrs/week, 12 wks/year)
--Honor Committee volunteer all four years (2 hrs/week, 8 wks/year)
--Science Olympiad (9-11) (6 hrs/week, 8 wks/year)
--Library volunteer all four years (including Teen Board Member) (2 hrs/week, 40 wks/year)
--JV Soccer, freshman</p>

<p>HERITAGE
--Nicaraguan (essay about how I learned about being Nicaraguan--my grandmother who came her from Nicaragua died before I was born--it isn't cheesy at ALL, it's actually REALLY GOOD)
--White</p>

<p>chances at...
-princeton (english teacher--princeton alum--wrote recommendation)
-yale
-dartmouth
-swarthmore
-williams (got flown out for Williams Multicultural Weekend)
-stanford
-usc (both parents alums)</p>

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<p>You have excellent stats but these schools reject many SAT scores over 1500.
Princeton and Yale is a lottery for everyone this year. USC is the least selective.
The others are all reaches but a little easier than P and Y.
I would look at some safety schools such as Lafayette or Colgate and maybe Cornell as a match or slight reach. Your essays must make you stand out as well.</p>

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<p>As a URM, as long as your recs were good, you'll certainly get into some if not most.</p>

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<p>Multicultural Weekend at Williams practically guarentees admission. I'd say you have nothing to worry about at these schools. Obviously YPS are toss ups.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, my safety schools are:</p>

<p>USC (according to my counselor)
UC Davis</p>

<p>And moderate chances:
UC Berkeley
U Virginia</p>

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<p>Look your E.C's are excellent,
don't be surprised if you don't get into Princeton or Yale,
but I think they might look at your E.C. and be very impressed.
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<p>looks pretty good to me, but ivy admissions are a bit iffy, since they are kind of flip-flopping on who they accept and who they don`t. your GPA and SAT score will definitely help you and possibly get you into the league, though. like what the_wanderer said, your extracurriculars are looking great, and that might boost your status up as well.</p>