chances at Stanford UCLA duke northwestern..etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know its early, but i can't decide if I want to RD or EA
ACT: 32..prolly wont submit....SAT: 2250 will retake in november...should go up at least a little</p>

<p>Normal GPA: 3.89/4.5-4.6
Stanford GPA(No electives, no fresh year, unweighted) EA: 3.86 RD:3.89 assuming all A's</p>

<p>*Counselor knows me very very well and should write a good rec
*Physics teache and English teachers also know me well and should write good recs
Hardest class schedule of anyone in my grade, taking honors calc 2 online next year through u of iowa and classes at community college to supplement
APS: This year:
Physics B,-4 Calc AB,-5 Lang/Comp,-4 Microecon-4
Senior Year: Spanish, Government, Human Geograph, Lit
Medium Size highschool, nearly 300 in class, top 5 % 7/300
ECs: Varsity Football Cheerleading (3 years) Co-captain/captain(2 years)
VArsity Basketball cheerleading (3years) Co-captain/captain(2 years)
Varsity competition Squad(3 years, second in state in 2004)
VArsity soccer (will be 4 years)
JV Soccer(1 year)
Club soccer (11 years)
Marching band (2 ye
Pep band ( 1 year)
Mock Trial team(3 years, once third at regionals, once first)
Social committee
Prom committee
Youth group (5 years)
Library Volunteer(5 years)
Younglife
Various mission trips and other volunteer work
Awards: Honor roll, academic all conference, Hopefully NMSF, with iowa's nice and low cut offs!
Awards etc: Shrine Bowl Cheerleader, honor roll 6 semesters, academic all conference two seasons...etc</p>

<p>Will take SAT 2s in october and plan to study hard</p>

<p>What are my chances at stanford, harvard, duke, ucla, pepperdine, northwestern and WUSTL</p>

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<p>Good chance at all except Stanford, Harvard and Duke where you're an average applicant so have a 10-20% chance.</p>

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<p>you're a freaking insane applicant who will def get into duke, especially if you're black</p>

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<p>im white...sigh....</p>

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<p>Not saying you shouldn't try for schools such as Stanford, Harvard and Duke, but they will be very tough because of the competition. UCLA is tough because out-of-staters are few & it's highly competitive; WUSTL and NW are in the ball park, and Pepperdine looks quite good. You might also consider some alternatives where your geographical diversity will help: Georgetown, UVA, Dartmouth, BC, Cornell, Colgate, UNC, W&M, Michigan and USC (which could be a great place for you).</p>

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<p>spartanspirit428:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>youre retaking your sat?</p>

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<p>Yea my list is almost complete reaches, I would pretty much happy at any of them Iowa states my back up bc they give full rides for nmsfs. (i havent visited duke yet tho but i heard its similar to stanford as far as atmosphere/campus? maybe...) So I'm hoping to get into one or two. I looked at usc and dont like the area...pretty campus tho</p>

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<p>-the acceptance rate for ucla out of state is actually higher than in state
-probably retake the sats because i did good on the parts i normally do bad on and bad on the parts i normally do good on...so if i retake and test consistent with normal than my score (especially when all highest scores are added together) should go up...so why not i guess</p>

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<p>Where'd you did that about UCLA in-state vs. OOS? Think you've got some mis-information --</p>

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<p>UCLA: Slight reach/match</p>

<p>In-state would be a safe match.</p>

<p>UC's are much harder to get into OOS.</p>

<p>Her varsity teams are amazing!</p>

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<p>I went to the UCLA tour/admissions session a couple weeks ago. The tour guide said out of state was 27% acceptance and instate closer to 25%...that doesnt mean its "easier" the applicant pools could be different
I guess my tour guide could be wrong though</p>

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<p>I feel like UCLA should be a good match because i heard from someone who works in the admissions office that they weight Gpa higher than anything else in the application...</p>

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<p>So I don't see why not u could get into Duke. My application was worse than urs--SATs 2210, gpa a lil higher tho 3.96 UW, and I had some extracurriculars here and there...not spectacular, but not like nothing, and Im going to Duke (Regular Decision) so I say you have a good chance, but write good essays :)</p>

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<p>thats my least favorite sentence "work on the essays"</p>

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<p>Your tour guide may have used other figures. In a discussion with an admissions official last year, the figure cited for OOS was 3-4% of the entire student body. Meaning that few OOS apply because the odds are so heavily weighted against them. Those accepted OOS would seem to have the highest SAT/GPA numbers possible, with some leeway given to in-state applicants on those same criteria.</p>

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<p>Or perhaps not as many out of state apply because its expensive and gives little merit money that could be obtained at private schools of similar caliber If you find the average out of state and in state stats link it here</p>