Chances at Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Penn, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Just got deferred at Yale, so... that might not be the best sign. Then again, no one's gotten into Yale at my school in six years, but they've gotten into all the other Ivies, so we'll see.</p>

<p>SCHOOL LIST:
[ul][<em>] Yale (deferred, but I'm still hoping)
[</em>] Harvard (three people got in early from my school, so that'll probably kill my chances at regular, even if my GPA is higher than a few of them)
[<em>] Princeton
[</em>] Wharton @ UPenn (legacy)
[<em>] Dartmouth
[</em>] Brown
[<em>] Duke
[</em>] Williams
[<em>] Tufts
[</em>] Georgetown
[<em>] Bowdoin
[</em>] BC
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT I: 790M / 760V / 720W (2270 C)
SAT II: 800 Latin / 800 Math II / 770 Math I / 680 US Hist
ACT: 33 (don't know if I'll send it, though)
GPA: 4.79W / 3.99UW
Rank: School "doesn't rank," but I'm #1 or 2
AP Scores: Latin Lit (5), US Hist (5), English Language (5)
Current Courses AP US Gov, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP English Lit, a few electives
Grades All regular As except for BC Calc (B+, but I'll hopefully get it up). Besides my current B+, I've only had two A-s in AP Lang & Latin last year, and the rest As.</p>

<p>ECs:
School Clubs
Math Team (9-12, Captain 12; 2nd place in the South Division the past two years)
Mock Trial (9-12, Captain 11+12)
Alliance for Acceptance & Understanding (10-12, Co-Pres 11+12)
Lit Mag (10-12, Secretary 11+12)
NHS (11+12)
Physics Olympics (11+12)
Tufts EPIIC (10)
Model UN (Founder & Pres--started it up this year)
AFS (10-12)
Set Crew (9+10)</p>

<p>Sports
Field Hockey (4 yrs, 2 on Varisity, League All-Star 12th Grade)
Tennis (4 yrs, all Varsity)
Basketball (played 2 yrs, managed 11+12)</p>

<p>Leadership
School Council Class Rep (10-12)
Student Council (12)
NEASC Committee (11)
Dollars for Scholars Class Rep (11+12)
Relay for Life Planning Committee (11)
Coaching the Middle School Science Olympiad Team (9-12)
Peer Ministry at my church (11+12)
Girl Scouts (K-12)</p>

<p>Awards: I won't list all of them, but I've gotten most of the subject awards my school offers every year, along with awards for several of the clubs I'm a part of. Major ones, though, are the Dartmouth Book Award last year, and National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist this year.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Hopefully good
Guidence Rec: Very good--I read it. She talked about exactly what I needed her to talk about--how I'm not someone who spreads herself too thin, and how I'm extremely dedicated and involved in everything I do, and that the only problem I've ever faced is not having enough time to do everything. Plus, she brought up the fact that I'm in her office every year fighting to fit more classes in my schedule (which doesn't work out, thanks to stupid art requirements).</p>

<p>State: MA
School: Very small public school (class of 130), but also one of the top public schools in the state (so far this year, 12 people got in early to NESCACs, 1 at Duke, 3 at Harvard, etc etc.)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: It's up there</p>

<p>Hooks: I'm in the middle of my Gold Award project for Girl Scouts, which involves a 70+ hour initiative to help organizations in my community and school set up and learn how to maintain web sites to further their goals as organizations. I'm leading a workshop for adult and student community members interested in learning how to create web sites, creating a guide that'll be in the library to creating sites, and helping senior citizens learn how to use computers in general.</p>

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<p>If every part of your app is top notch, you have a decent chance everywhere.</p>

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<p>You can only pray that you get in because you are easily qualified to get in anywhere and everywhere you're applying but with admissions these days you can never be sure. Just make sure you send in everything on time and that you don't send your Harvard essay to Yale.</p>

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<p>Ahhh we'll see. I'm just still pretty bummed about the Yale deferral, but.. it'd be amazing if Harvard or Princeton worked out. Even if three people getting into Harvard early from my school pretty much screws me over for regular decision. x_x</p>

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<p>what do u mean dont send ur harvard essay to yale???</p>

<p>u can send the same essays to any uni if they are appropriate cant you!?!>?</p>

<p>they don't know what u send to the unis</p>

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<p>oh, I figured conlax meant don't send your yale essay to harvard, as in my essay didn't get me into yale, so it might not get me into harvard..</p>

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<p>Oh, and another thing--is applying to BC as my lowest school a safe bet? I was tempted to add another safety, but my guidance counselor told me there's no way I won't get into BC and more likely than not I'll be in the honors program there.</p>

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<p>ADDITION: MIT. Possibly. Depends on how the admission-without-an-interview thing works out statistically.</p>

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<p>Scratch MIT. It's just the list I have up there. ^^</p>

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<p>Yale - still have a chance but slim
Harvard -slim chance
Princeton - slim chance
Wharton @ UPenn -decent chance
Dartmouth -decent chance
Brown -decent chance
Duke -good chance
Williams-good chance
Tufts-in
Georgetown-in
Bowdoin-in
BC-in</p>

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<p>two words: weak ec's</p>

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<p>It seems like to me ur in too many clubs. And why would u wanna fit more classes on ur schedule????????
And I thought I was a hard working student.</p>

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<p>I don't get how you could take so little AP's and have a 4.8? How could 8 AP's give you a 0.8 GPA boost (3.99 to 4.79)?</p>

<p>I will have taken 14 AP's and 4 semesters of college courses by the time I graduate and that will boost my GPA from (estimating) 3.9 to 4.5. (more AP's and college courses, but lower GPA?)</p>