Chances at Harvard, Georgetown, UVA...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White male
New Jersey</p>

<p>Freshman year
Geometry Honors
World History Honors
English Honors
Honors science
French 2 Honors
Band</p>

<p>All C's
GPA: 2.0 (except band which doesnt count)</p>

<p>Sophmore year
Algebra 2 Honors
Us History 1AP
Chemistry Honors
Biology Honors
French 3 Honors
English Honors
Band
3 As
3Bs
GPA: 3.5</p>

<p>Junios Year
AP Chemistry
AP USHistory 2
Physics Honors
French 4 AP
Enlgish Honors
PreCalculus Honors</p>

<p>All As</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Senior year
AP Physics
AP Biology
French 5AP
AP Enlgish Lit
Stat AP
Calc AP BC</p>

<p>all As
GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>10 APs in all
All Honors classes</p>

<p>AP tests-
Junior year-
Chem (5)
US History(5)
World History(self Study- but i pretty much knew it from freshman year) (4)
US Government(ss)(4)</p>

<p>Senior year(planned)
Calc BC
Physics
Biology
Statistics
French
English Lit</p>

<p>Probably self study
Macro + Micro economics(I dont know how this works)
Euro History
Geograph
Comparative Government- maybe</p>

<p>Overall GPA: 3.43</p>

<p>Rank (based on weighted, which I dont know) - 44/408</p>

<p>SATs
Math- 800
CR- 780
W- 800
Taken once, October 2005</p>

<p>SAT IIs
French- 770
World History- 780
Math Level 1- 760
Math IIc- 800
Chemistry- 800
Biology- 760</p>

<p>All these were over the course of last May/June (3 each time)</p>

<p>EC
Soccer 4 years ( all conference(5 teams) defender senior year JV captain juior year)
Tennis 4 years, varsity 2 years
Wrestling(JV 4 years, no honors)
BoyScouts- Eagle scout (Senior patrol leader 3 years)</p>

<p>thats it, I have 4 ECs, but i have a HUGE commitment to them all</p>

<p>Recs- havent read either, but heres my predictions</p>

<p>AMAZING rec from my french teacher(who ive had 4 years) tells colleges how I transformed from a slacker to a hard worker, etc etc</p>

<p>Average Rec from Biology Honors teacher</p>

<p>Essays- I think they are good (original witty), but lets say average</p>

<p>Schools:
Harvard
Georgetown
UVA
Stanford
MIT
Penn
Northwestern
Princeton
Yale</p>

<p>Safety- Delaware Honors</p>

<p>Need any other info?</p>

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<p>what were you thinking in freshmen year?!
but holy ***** high test scores that are gonna get you into most of those schools</p>

<p>gl</p>

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<p>a very close family friend of mine had a 2.1 GPA freshman year and ended up going to yale. This year she was a rhodes scholar.</p>

<p>So don't give up hope!</p>

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<p>Classof08, I strongly disagree. Just because he has a 2380, does not guarantee him admission at "many of those schools." Sure his grades have an upward trend but still a 2.0 is hard to overlook.</p>

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<p>My guess is that Delaware honors is not even a safety. You never know how schools will react to that GPA, despite your strong test scores.</p>

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<p>oh come on. freshman year will have been three years old by the time he enrolls in college. i think you've got a pretty good chance.</p>

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<p>decent chance. You've got the scores, the essay, the recs, the sport, possible downsides - lack of ECs, any other awards? academically, etc?</p>

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<p>Just because your GPA sucks monkey nuts! Don't be dissing the smart people.</p>

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<p>I'm gonna go ahead and say you'll be rejected from almost all of those schools. The others ones are still large reaches.</p>

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<p>His GPA sucks! He took Geometry as a freshman!!!</p>

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<p>what does taking geometry as a freshman have anything to do with his GPA... A lot of people take Geometry as a freshman, I've even heard of some people that finish AP Calc BC as a sophomore!</p>

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<p>I'm making fun of him because I think he is being rude.</p>

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<p>I think a lot of people think they're better than they really are just by looking at that list of schools... although Stanford doesn't really care what you did in 9th grade so you'll be ok there</p>

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<p>dude just because you've got high scores doesn't "guarantee" you s**t. I have pretty high scores (2310) and got deferred EA from Stanford. Plus I have all A's and I'm ranked #1. I'm not saying that 2.0 freshman year is gonna bring you down a whole lot. I'm just saying the test scores don't necessarily push you up a whole lot. You have as decent a chance as most people at those schools, which sadly is not too high.</p>

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<p>DanJH, scores are one thing, but ECs, honors, leadership, essays, and recs are also included</p>

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<p>tru dat. I'm not saying I thought I was a shoe-in for stanford, I knew it was a long shot. I'm just saying that just because he turned his grades around and got good scores doesn't meen he's guaranteed anything like Classof08 said.</p>

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<p>I took geometry freshman year and i got into Harvard...</p>

<p>Good luck. I had a shoddy freshman year too (not 2.0 tho). I think the essay will make or break u.</p>

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<p>Schools:
Harvard~rejected
Georgetown~in
UVA~in
Stanford~rejected
MIT~rejected
Penn~rejected
Northwestern~in
Princeton~rejected
Yale~rejected</p>

<p>Safety- Delaware Honors ~in</p>

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<p>^ I completley disagree.</p>

<p>Colleges will look at your grades and then look at your scores and see that you have "intellectual flare", something very hard to distinguish from hard work. This alone will probably get you into one of the nation's most prestigious colleges. The upward grade trend really helps. Btw, you should also include an explanation of your freshman year grades...it will help colleges to see that you really wish to attend their schools. Here is what I think will happen to you</p>

<p>Schools:
Harvard-Rejected/Waitlist
Georgetown-In
UVA-In
Stanford-In (they dont look at freshman grades)
MIT-In, only if you have varied extrtacurriculars though
Penn-Rejected (penn looks at the whole picture)
Northwestern-iffy, you'll probably get in though
Princeton-waitlist
Yale-In</p>

<p>Safety- Delaware Honors -In</p>

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<p>you have good chances... but...</p>

<p>... as if you arent trying to get attention yourself...</p>