Chances at some tough schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA:</p>

<p>9th: 3.75
10th: 3.75
11th: 3.8 right now, almost got the 4.0.
Cumulative: 3.77uw, 4.52w.
SAT I: 2340, 750CR/800M/790W.</p>

<p>APs: Pyschology 5.</p>

<p>Classes/AP Tests for this year: AP US History, AP English Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Music Theory, Honors Physics.</p>

<p>Senior year: AP Economics, AP Spanish Language, AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Physics, Theater, and whatever else I need to graduate.</p>

<p>Graduating under school's Honors Program.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta: 10-12.
Academic teams: Math, Science, Spelling. Highest scores in school for science.
Habitat for Humanity: 10-12.
Volunteering at church's homeless shelter: a few hundred hours by senior year, about 80 so far.
Hospital Volunteering: Going to start, hope to do a lot.
Talent show participation: Freshman year there were no awards, sopohomore year I won.
Math Tutor
NHS: 11-12, you can only qualify as a junior or if you've been there more than a year and a half to have grades calculated.</p>

<p>My ECs are crap because my old school had no clubs, it was really crappy. So 10-12 is the best dedication I can show.</p>

<p>Intended major: Biology major, music minor. Double major would be nice if anyone knows where I could do that.</p>

<p>Essays: I'm good at writing essays, so I should do fine on this.</p>

<p>Recs: All the faculty loves me and I'm well known, so I have loads of resources for recommendations.</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Dartmouth ED
Cornell (ED if I don't do Dartmouth ED)
Amherst College
Washington U. in St. Louis
Reed College
Oberlin College
Carleton College
UCSD/UCLA/UCB</p>

<p>Tell me reach/match/safety. If you're mathematical like me, a percentage estimate would be nice.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is good, your classes are fairly rigorous, and your SATI is outstanding. However, as you say, your EC's are lacking.
You're only a junior, so it's fine that you've only taken one AP test. And you still have plenty of time to take SATII's. My following estimates are based on the assumption that you do as well on these as you did on the SATI and AP Psych.
Cornell's ED acceptance rate is actually above 60%. RD is 30%. For you, I'd consider it a match school. Would be a safety school if you applied ED, or if your EC's were more impressive.
WashU is a match, I'd say.
I don't know much about the other ones. Here are my guesses, which are based on limited familiarity with the schools. UCLA or UCB will probably be stretch, maybe match. Dartmouth is probably a match. Reed will be a match or safety.</p>

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<p>Godfather:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safety</p>

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<p>Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>Hello???????</p>

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<p>UCB and UCLA are safeties if your a Cali Resident</p>

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<p>UCB, a safety? That sounds too lenient.</p>

<p>Anyone have an idea for percentage chances? I'm heavily a math person.</p>

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<p>What's your rank? Its more important than GPA.</p>

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<p>School doesn't rank.</p>

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<p>UCLA/UCB/UCSD- 95% chance
Wash U- 65%
Dartmouth/Cornell- 40% chance. You lack of EC's will really kill you trying to get into Ivy. Plus, your GPA's are just average for them.</p>

<p>I can't answer the rest b.c I don't know people that have applied there. Good luck though, just remember to apply to all these schools ASAP!!</p>

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<p>Okay I'm happy with those chances. Besides if I don't get into an Ivy League I'm not going to slit my wrists. Maybe if I don't get into the top tier I will though.</p>

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<p>Hello??????</p>

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<p>Come on people, more advice please.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth ED (40%)
Cornell (ED if I don't do Dartmouth ED) (55%)
Amherst College (40%)
Washington U. in St. Louis (60%)
Reed College (85%)
Oberlin College (80%)
Carleton College (75%)
UCLA/UCB (75%)
UCSD (100%)</p>

<p>Your SATs are excellent, but your grades are an X-factor (its hard to tell without knowing your school, at my school a 3.8 was Ivy material, at my brother's school it wasn't close to that). Also, you need to have some leadership roles with your ECs. Start a club for next year or show focus in ONE area. You just need one or two stand-out activities, right now you haven't shown the leadership you need to is my guess. It won't matter so much for some of your schools, but the Ivies and Amherst will care a lot about this.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know, I'm kind of a slacker for my level of brain power, not to sound conceited.</p>

<p>Everyone is giving me quite high percentage chances at the schools I listed.</p>

<p>Basically it looks like I have no reach schools.</p>

<p>Anyone want to suggest one. I don't want a college that rejection is almost inevitable at, but I'd like a college where I might not get in, these others sound like I've got it.</p>

<p>Any colleges where I'd have a less than 40% chance?</p>

<p>Tell me the college and the percentage.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>i think as it stands, dartmouth and amherst are reaches.</p>

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<p>Knivetsil,
Cornell's ED acceptance rate is NOT 60%
You seem to think that everything is easy to get into based on what you said in that post</p>

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<p>Let's not argue, let's help me!</p>

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<p>How do you get a 4.5 with only 5 AP classes? Do you get like 6's for AP's or something?</p>

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<p>My school has a weird weighting system. The highest possible GPA is actually like a 4.75 or something. Certain honors courses are weighted as much as APs.</p>

<p>I don't know. Point is I have a good weighted GPA, whatever a college will recalculate it to.</p>