chances at schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances at schools </p>

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<p>heres my stats:</p>

<p>2nd of 1059
gpa: 4.524 (weighted)
aps: US His (4)
English Lit and Comp
Clac BC
Physics B
Music Theory Ap (Test on my own, no class- so it probably is not going on my app)</p>

<p>SATS- 1450
Math- 730, Verbal- 720</p>

<p>SAT IIs- </p>

<p>Math IC- 760
Chinese- 800
US- 740
Writing- Still Waiting</p>

<p>School is in urban area where only a small percentage go to a four-year college. </p>

<p>ECs-
-Drama/Musical Production- Leading Roles (2 years) and Music Director/Conductor for two years
-Private Composition and Music Theory Studies (Advance)
-New York Youth Symphony- Comp Workshops with composers like Steve Reich, Stephen Sondheim, Pulitzer Winner-Chris Rouse + 1 out of 2 students selected to write chamber orchestra piece for lincoln center concert
-National Honor Society
-Tri-M Music Honor Society- Treasurer
-Private Piano (for 10 years)
-Volunteer at my Old Chinese School (Ok, yeah im asian so i guess my chances just went down)
- Graduated First in class( Chinese School)
- Science League Team- (Physics and Chemistry)
- Local Model UN (first place-econ com.)- but it was a small thing</p>

<p>Summer-
2002- JHU CTY Summer Program
2003- Summer Mentorship (Job)
2004- Columbia University Summer Program in Physics (excellent rec.)</p>

<p>Awards- Academic Distinction (Honor roll at school)
Papermill Playhouse Rising Star Award (for conducting/musical direction)- all New Jersey</p>

<p>Applied to a few Ivys but I know chances are slim to none...</p>

<p>What are my chances for other schools? What schools should I apply for?</p>

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<p>I think you have a VERY good shot at the Ivies. What type of school are your looking for?</p>

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<p>well im hoping to get a double major somewhere
music and something else...</p>

<p>yale has a nice (but tough to get into even for those at yale) 5 year, ba/mm program so it'll be a ba in any subject and a masters in music within 5 years
(buts getting into yale seems hard enough)</p>

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<p>Alright-- you know my opinion already from your other threads. In terms of other schools, look at Bard's new conservatory-- mandatory double degree for all students, and you could study with Joan Tower. The composition major won't be available until the second year, though. Are you competitive on piano at the conservatory level?
Rice's composition is excellent. I also would recommend Columbia/Juilliard, Harvard/NEC, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Indiana University. Also maybe Stanford, UC-Berkeley, Princeton, and Williams. Stay away from Oberlin unless you want to write music that sounds stuck in the 60s... Their comp department is kind of backwards. Oh, UPenn is good, too, and UNC-Chapel Hill.
I'm a violinist and composer looking to balance musical and academic study, but with emphasis on the musical. I'm applying to Yale, Harvard/NEC, Bard, Indiana, Boston U, Cleveland Institute, Vanderbilt, and maybe one more safety. I have the same SAT composite as you, but distributed 800 V, 650 M. I hope this helps.</p>