Chances at Notre Dame, Rice, Cornell, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Princeton

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello,
First of all thank you very much for taking the time to read this and offer suggestions- it is very helpful! The schools that I am interested in are Notre Dame, Rice, Cornell, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Princeton. I know many of these schools are very different, but each of them attracts me for different reasons. I’d appreciate any tips, suggestions, criticism, and chance guesses.

SAT: 1440 (770 math and 670 Reading and Writing), Will Retake

SAT II: No scores yet, will take math II. Not sure what other tests I will take.

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Weighted GPA: 5.68

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/302

AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (5), World History (5), Human Geography(5), Statistics (4). Computer Science Principles (4)

College Classes: Business and Management 101 (A), College Composition 1 (A), Health 101 (A)

Junior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Computer Science A, AP Psychology, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB, AP United States History, Honors AP Calc Review, Honors Economics and Public Issues

Awards: Governors Citation for Community Service, negotiation awards for MUN, second place overall at MUN competition, AP Scholar with Distinction, some top 5 performances in cross country and track (but no times extraordinary by any means)

Extracurriculars:
Student Council:
-County Level (President (11), Charity Director (10), voting representative (9)),
-State Level (Executive Board Member (11), voting delegate at many state wide events throughout the year (9-11)),
-School Level (Vice-President (11), Treasurer (10), voting member (9)),
-Class Level (Vice-President (10), voting member (9, 11)),
-Only student on county wide grading and reporting steering committee (dictates grading procedures for all schools in the county).
Sports: Varsity XC (9-11, captain 11), Varsity Indoor Track (9-11), Outdoor Track (JV 9, Varsity 10-11).
Other Clubs/Teams: founder and president of a service club, Model UN team (9-11), NEHS (10-11), NHS (11)

Job/Work Experience: Minor Student Council Camp Staff jobs, but apart from that none.

Volunteer/Community service: 220+ hrs

Summer Activities: Taking Community College Classes, running for Cross-Country, attending student government meetings, and attending board of education meetings.

Intended Major: I am torn on majors. I am interested in mechanical engineering, political science, economics, or somewhere in the business field. Out of those possible choices I am not sure which one I will choose, but I should know after taking additional classes.
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income: upper middle class

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@Jt128b
You have to retake, your EC’s aren’t great and they show a lack of focus, which is evident in your indecision of a possible major.
However Your​ GPA is great.
All of these schools are Reaches/ High Reaches for you at the moment. A 1500 SAT would be most beneficial to you.
Please add some matches and safeties to your list.

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reaches

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Hey man you’re fine. You’ll probably get into one of those schools if not a few. Clearly you worked hard in high school so even if you don’t get your dream school, you have more than enough drive and talent to be successful. Don’t listen to @happybird123, f ucking full of dog sh it. Probably mad he got rejected from his dreams schools so he’s lurking this site to put others down. F uck you bi tch

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It’s a bit early in the game for gauging your chances. As you realize, you’ll need to raise your SAT score (and do will on your SAT IIs) to be competitive at the schools you have listed.

However, your class ranking is potentially a big plus for you. Some elite schools love to load up their incoming cohorts with valedictorians and–to a lesser extent–salutatorians . . . even at the expense of higher-stat applicants who have lower class rankings.

Work hard to raise your test scores, but also work hard to maintain your #1 class ranking!

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Thank you @MrSamford2014 @happybird123 @VANDEMORY1342
I appreciate you all taking the time to help me out! Thanks!

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I think your GPA and leadership stands out and gives you solid shots

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If you bring your SAT up to 1500+, you’ll be fine. You have a good GPA and solid extracurricular (it shows you have a variety of interests and hobbies). Stellar essays will get you in.

Chance me back! http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/2002481-chances-for-cornell-ed-engineering-2017.html#latest

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You have a solid GPA and great ECs. However, since you are an upper middle class American, selective schools will expect you to have a great SAT score, so I think you should raise it up. Also, you probably need a great essay as well.

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You have a solid GPA and a solid ECs. However since you are an upper middle class American, selective schools will expect you to have a SAT score somewhere around a 1500, so I think you need to raise your score