Chances at Ivy League

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am striving for an Ivy League school and just want to know my chances. Obviously an ivy league school is never going to be a sure thing because they accept such a small amount of applicants. However I want to know if i am on the same level as most applicants.</p>

<p>Heres my stuff:</p>

<p>8th Grade
Algebra I Honors: A
French I: A</p>

<p>Freshman
Geometry Honors: A
Guitar I: A
English Honors: A
History Honors: A
French II: A
PE/Health: A
Biology: A</p>

<p>Sophmore
Algebra II Honors: A
Guitar II: A
English Honors: A
AP World History: A
German I: A
PE: A
Chemistry Honors: A</p>

<p>Junior
Pre Calculus Honors: A
Guitar Ensemble: A
AP English: B+
AP US History: A
German II: A
AP Physics: A
Economics: A</p>

<p>Senior (that which was sent to colleges)
AP Calculus AB: A
AP Government: A
English Honors: A
German III: A
AP Biology: B+
Speech/Debate: A
Intro to Law: A</p>

<p>GPA Weighted: 4.1
GPA unweighted: 3.97
Class Rank: I dont know exactly what it is but it is most likely in the top 1%</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 (and 1450 on the old one)</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Captain of the debate team
Went to National competition for debate Sophmore, Junior, and Senior year
Harvard invitational debate Junior and Senior year
Went to Virginia/DC/Maryland area finals as a Freshman and got 10th
Went to states last three years and got 2nd senior year
Went to Virginia/DC/Maryland area finals for LD debate as a Junior and Senior</p>

<p>Member of a couple clubs that to be honest never really meet</p>

<p>About 125 volunteer hours at hospital and old folks home.</p>

<p>Worked part time for a state senator.</p>

<p>Volunteered for various political campaigns</p>

<p>Went to summer school programs at Cambridge, Oxford and Brown.</p>

<p>Lived overseas in England for 3 years.</p>

<p>I would appreciate any responses.</p>

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<p>I'm far from an expert, but your academics are great and your ec's are solid. I would think that you'd be competitive at most of the ivy's. Like you said though, there is no sure thing. I would say that you are a match for most of the ivy's, with HYP being a reach for everyone. But I am a junior trying to figure out the same thing as you, so you might want to try your guidance counselor.</p>

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<p>By the way, are your new SAT scores just estimates?<br>
And what summer program did you attend in Cambridge?</p>

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<p>Is this a joke post? Because if you are a senior, you should already know whether you have been admitted to an ivy, and the new SAT would mean nothing (and you would not even have taken it, much less have a score for it) If it is theorectical -- meaning that perhaps you are a junior and asking for chances if you actually do that stuff senior year -- then your chances of being admitted to an ivy are about 1 in 8, which is about the same as any highly qualified candidate (if you want to see what happens to students who have great stats, go to the individual boards on this site for each of the ivies and look at the posts listing whether a person was accepted or rejected -- the rate of admission for all those outstanding students posting there is about 1 in 8).</p>

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<p>The new SAT score was just an estimate based on getting the same on writing as the average of my math and verbal scores on the old one. I added some because the new SAT is without the analogies so my verbal would be higher. But as i said my real score was 1450.</p>

<p>And yeah i should know already. Letters were supposed to ship out April 1 but i havent gotten any except acceptances from my safeties.</p>

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<p>You may want to check the individual college boards, but don't schools send acceptances by email or overnight/expedited mail?</p>