Chances at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Brown, Stanford

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Hello I am a rising senior interested in my chances at some of my reaches. Please give my chances at these colleges on a percentage scale (0-100 percent). Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Asian Male, 17
Cambridge, MA
GPA: 4.7
No class ranking at my school (but my guess is 10/500)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
1470 (old SAT)
2200 (new SAT)- retake in Oct. and expecting a 2300+
800,780,740,720,710,700 (SAT IIs)
5,5,4,4 (APs)</p>

<p>ECs:
Robotics team secretary, SAT program president, science club leader, pre-med club vp, magazine associate, NHS, chess club treasurer, volunteering (300+ hours), special olympics club (prez and founder), job (summer)</p>

<p>Awards:
Ap Scholar with Distinction (expected)
Essay on bullying published in a magazine
New England Mathematics League (NEML) 5th place
MA Science Olympiad 4th place
American Mathematics Competition (AMC) finalist & top scorer/ AIME qualifier
essay contest finalist
USA Mathematical Talent Search bronze prize winner
National Latin Exam perfect score
Some major school awards</p>

<p>Hooks:
1st generation to go to college
parents are divorced
low income (<20000)
older brother who smoked marijuana and is sometimes violent and abusive (how do i emphasive this on the college app?)</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You are an excellent candidate for:</p>

<p>1) All four of those schools with the exception of Harvard (Harvard only likes -for the most part - students who are sons or daughters of rich, political figures).</p>

<p>2) Close to a full ride scholarship for any of the schools.</p>

<p>BTW, I'm sorry that you had to grow up in such a nasty environment. </p>

<p>Def., apply to Berkeley and Cornell ( you have a fantastic shot at these schools).</p>

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<p>Epoch, I'd love to know what educates your impression of Harvard admissions. Don't get me wrong - I fully embrace the one-way rivalry that I, as a Brown student, have with Harvard, but I don't think bashing like this accomplishes much. Maybe you should take a look at Harvard's financial aid stats?</p>

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<p>You're from Cambridge so that automatically gives you a boost. Harvard takes a certain number of kids a year from Cambridge to get a tax cut or something. I take it you go to Ringe? Or maybe Newton Country Day or something like that?</p>

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<p>i had to throw political correctness out the door but a intelligent student from a disadvantaged background will have a great shot at some of the more lets say liberal institutions namely berkeley or the ivies, even the university of michigan</p>