Chances at Georgetown, WashU, GWU...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>what are my chances at these schools</p>

<p>Georgetown
George Washington U
Washington and Lee
UVA
Boston College
Boston University
American University
Washington U STL
Vanderbilt
Emory University
Dartmouth
Princeton
Stanford</p>

<p>White Male, Very Competitive Private High School in Missouri</p>

<p>UW gpa (using A=4, A-=3.66, B+=3.33...) 3.77-3.88</p>

<p>Toughest Courseload possible except for Advanced Chemistry in Grade 10</p>

<p>Grade 9
English 9 A-,A
World History A-,A-
Geometry/Algebra II (Honors) A-, A
Biology A-,A-
Advanced French II (Honors) A-,A
Drama A-,A-</p>

<p>Grade 10
English 10 A-,A-
AP Euro B+,B+ 5
Function/Stats/Trig (Honors Pre-Calc?) A,A
Advanced French III (Honors) A,A
Chemistry (3 levels, took middle one) A-,A
Photography A,A-</p>

<p>Grade 11 expectations
AP US History B+ or A-
AP AB Calc A
AP French IV Language A
English 11 A- or A
Physics (Honors) A
Web Design A- or A
U.S. Govt (just taking the test)</p>

<p>Grade 12 Projected Schedule
AP BC Calc
AP French IV Language
AP Economics (Macro and Micro)
AP Physics or AP Bio or both
English 12
History elective (maybe AP Comp. Govt, Cold War, WWII)</p>

<p>Latest PSAT (practice) scores
Math 80, CR 71, W, 68 (plan to be 80-73-71)</p>

<p>EC: not enough to stand out, but not poor
Model UN (9-11)
Campus Republicans (9-11) Vice President/Debate Organizer
Math Competitions (9 and 11) no individual awards and never have a complete team
Peer Tutoring (11)
Science Olympiad (11)
Community Service at Temple
Piano (8 years old-now)
Cello (11 years old-10th grade, but a little bit now)</p>

<p>now I know my 11th grade grades are just projections, but I am more than confident in getting those grades (same with SATs)</p>

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<p>Dude, it's junior year. Wayyyyyyyy too early.</p>

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<p>way to early in your high school career to give you an estimate.</p>

<p>practice test scores also arn't helpful - your real performance is all that matters. i never got an 800 practice math score on the SATs but i got one when i really took them. I also never got below a 750 on practice verbal section at home, but couldnt get it after 3 attempts at the real thing.</p>

<p>also, needless to say, i didn't do very well on my SAT 2s even though i did well on practice tests at home.</p>

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<p>assuming I get those grades junior year, and for arguments sake I get 750 M, 700 CR, 700 W what would be my matches, safeties, and reaches?</p>

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<p>Not too early to start thinking....and planning. Keep it up!</p>

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<p>Okay, 8 AP year-long courses, plus 4 year-long honors courses--meaning half of your schedule is advanced courses. We'll presume you go 3.83 UW GPA--and we'll assume that gives you a rank of 4/350.
We'll presume you go SAT I 750 M, 700 CR, 700 W, and SAT IIs of 720/720/720 (you need to take 3 SAT IIs for some of these schools)</p>

<p>This makes your AI (academic index) a 217.5. We'll presume that you get at least some award, like NMS finalist, or a science olympiad award of some sort.</p>

<p>Based upon this, your odds would be as follows:</p>

<p>Georgetown--Match
George Washington U--Safe Match
Washington and Lee--Safe Match
UVA--Match (OOS)
Boston College--Match
Boston University--Safe Match
American University--Safety
Washington U STL--Match to Slight Reach
Vanderbilt--Slight Reach
Emory University--Match
Dartmouth--Reach
Princeton--Reach
Stanford--Reach</p>

<p>You would also be:
UPenn (but not Wharton)--Match to Slight Reach
UPenn (Wharton)--Reach
Brown--Slight Reach
Cornell--Match
MIT--Reach</p>

<p>You really need more ECs and with leadership or academic awards for Dartmouth, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT. Other than that, you would look pretty good at most schools.</p>

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<p>Calcruzer, WuSTL is a lot more difficult to get into these days than Vanderbilt.
Brown can not be a "Slight Reach" for anybody and the same appies to "Cornell--Match".</p>

<p>I would say:</p>

<p>Washington U STL-- Reach
Vanderbilt--Slight Reach
Emory University--Slight Reach
Dartmouth--Reach
Princeton--Unlikely Reach
Stanford--Unlikely Reach
UPenn (but not Wharton)--Reach
UPenn (Wharton)--Unlikely Reach
MIT--Unlikely Reach</p>

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<p>WU STL is easier than Vandy. WU is not a great school.</p>

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<p>WUSTL is actually a very good school, the Harvard of the midwest</p>