Chances at selective schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm sorry for posting this in the wrong forum previously, would appreciate if someone deleted it ^^</p>

<p>So basically what I'm shooting for are:
Stanford
The Ivies
Duke
Washington University
Notre Dame
Amherst</p>

<p>ACT:34
SAT:2300
SAT II Math level 2: 800
SAT II English Literature: 780
SAT II US History:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.768 weighted all four years after the fall semester.
I also know that Stanford doesn't look at freshmen year, and that this may or may not unfold in my favor:
Rank not known yet, but as of before I was easily in top 10%.
I know my GPA is poor in comparison, but a noticable upward trend from 3.2 in Freshmen Year(blah blah pothead), 3.79 in Sophmore, 4.0(unweighted) in junior and most likely senior year.</p>

<p>AP Biology 5
AP Calculus AB 5
AP Calculus BC 5
AP Govn't(Don't know yet)
AP Physics 5
AP Statistics 5</p>

<p>Captain of debate
Varsity tennis (maybe captain soon)
3 Other random clubs not worth mentioning :P</p>

<p>If you need more information please tell me and I'll provide it ^^ Thanks ALOT.</p>

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<p>First of all, don't do the anime smiley (^^) it's annoying. </p>

<p>Secondly, chill the f out.</p>

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<p>? Habit on the first one
Don't understand the second one
Didn't really answer the question...?
Thanks</p>

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<p>If 3.78 is your weighted, you are owned. ^^</p>

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<p>oops >< that's unweighted</p>

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<p>well, i don't see anything spectacular for stanford and the ivies. do you have hooks? (black/hispanic, legacy, recruit, etc.)</p>

<p>i would say very little chance at Stanford and HYP. your best shot is probably ED at the middle ivies (columbia, dartmouth, brown, Upenn)</p>

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<p>I'm from the Middle East, no legacy or anything else..</p>

<p>Edit: That's actually my weighted, sorry for the post above yours- The reason I thought that that GPA wouldn't be so horrible is because 1.) They'd see an upward rise from freshmen(3.2) to sophmore(3.8), also that they wouldn't even count the 3.2 when recalculating my GPA.
I didn't elaborate further on my application but I've attended Stanford debate camp twice in the advanced lab, done community service 100+ hours, qualified for nationals last year</p>

<p>Is there anything further I could do to improve my chances to Stanford? I don't really care for HYP</p>

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<p>dont forget to have a safety school</p>

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<p>if 3.78 is weighted (as in you add .5 for honors and 1 for AP), then you really have no chance at Stanford unless you have a major hook like a huge legacy, you're a champion at (insert sport here), you won some national reputable contest, etc. </p>

<p>Or if you right an amazing essay and you are the luckiest person in the world. </p>

<p>3.78 weighted means that you got mostly B's in the hardest classes in your school or you got A's in the easiest. Even I can do that and I wouldn't dream of thinking stanford :P</p>

<p>Edit: </p>

<p>A weighted 3.78 is basically like an unweighted 3.1 or 3.2. If 3.78 is your unweighted GPA, then your chances are much much higher, and it puts you in the spot of the 'average candidate' to the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>The GPA is going to hurt. Ivies don't care about trends, they expect 4 strong years (or 3 AT p AND S).</p>

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<p>Look for other strong schools in the top 25 but not the Ivies, as these schools are more forgiving with the GPA if you can explain it in the essays. The Ivies of course want a strong GPA all the time, so basically to get in them you need some massive luck.</p>

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<p>your gpa is definately lacking....you need to establish a hook or a passion. because your ec's are not up to par either.</p>

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<p>Are you seriously thinking about applying to all the ivies? Sounds like you're a prestige monger.</p>

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<p>3.78 is unweighted- sorry for all that confusion.. embarrased now.. lol
I've changed my mind about all ivies... narrowed down to
Columbia, Dartmouth, HYP
Oh, yeah, I'm a NMSF</p>

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<p>i never thought gpa was such a big deal
i thought its all about the passion and ecs and hooks</p>

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<p>GPA is the absolutely most important factor unless you're really rich.</p>

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<p>You know stanford doesn't look at freshman grades, right?</p>