Chances at Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior and I'm looking at some very competitive schools:
Brown
UPenn
Yale
Cornell
McGill
Brandeis</p>

<p>As of right now, my first choice is Brown. I'm interested in microbiology/chemistry.</p>

<p>I don't know how different my school's GPA system is, so I'll explain it. Our GPA is weighted on a scale of 5; we multiply the number of credits, which is the number of times a class meets per week, by a quality point index and divide by the number of total credits. If you receive an A (we don't have + or -) for high honors and AP classes, the QPI is 5. The QPI for honors classes is 4.5 and regular classes are 4. The QPI drops a point for each drop in letter grade (Bs=4,3.5,3). Because we are required to take gym, which is a regular class, and other honors classes during freshman year, it's impossible to get a 5.0. The highest GPA possible is around a 4.75/4.8, but that's very rare.</p>

<p>Objective:
White male
GPA: approximately 4.74-4.75 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
PSAT: 228
SAT: 2300 (740W, 780R, 780M)
SAT II: Chemistry-800
I'm going to take Math II and Biology in June</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors Bio (no HH): A
Algebra II high honors: A
French 3 honors (no HH): A
World Lit HH: A
Global Studies honors (no HH): A
Honors electives: A
Gym: A</p>

<p>Sophomore year:</p>

<p>APUSH1: A
French IV HH: A
English 10 HH: A
Trig/Calc HH: A
AP Music Theory: A
Chem honors (no HH): A
Gym: A</p>

<p>Junior year:
AP Bio: A
Macroeconomics HH: A
AP Lang and Comp: A
AP Calc BC: A
APUSH2: I'm getting an A, but I may get a B
AP French V: A
Gym: A</p>

<p>Projected Senior year courses:
AP Chem
AP Physics C (I or II)
AP World History
AP Lit and Comp
Calc III HH (post AP)
French VI HH (post AP)
Gym: A</p>

<p>By the time I graduate, I will have (hopefully) taken 11 AP classes.
Rank: Top 5% out of 500 (our school doesn't individually rank, only up to the top 5%)</p>

<p>Subjective/Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>School of Visual and Performing Arts: Our school is known for the performing arts. For about 5 months of the school year, I go to rehearsal for both a musical review/showcase and a musical for three hours, usually every weekday from 3-6. This is a very big part of my life.</p>

<p>I'm in a selective a cappella group; about 50 kids tried out this year and 6 made it. We have rehearsal twice a week and we perform in the local area for free.</p>

<p>Violin for a year</p>

<p>Voice lessons every other weekend</p>

<p>Science scholar program freshman year</p>

<p>Garden State Equality Community Service</p>

<p>Hopefully a job this summer</p>

<p>National Honors Society</p>

<p>Clubs:</p>

<p>Gay/Straight Alliance every Monday
Food Director of the Save Darfur Club (meets every Tuesday)
Secretary of Science Olympiad (meets every other Tuesday); we made it to states this year!
Math League once a month
Chemistry Olympics
Vice President and Cofounder of French Club</p>

<p>Other ECs:</p>

<p>Cooking:
I've been cooking for many years and for a while I thought I wanted to be a chef. I've made over 100 chocolate bars for a Yale a cappella group, catered school events, and directed the food preparations for an event that made almost $3000 dollars for the Darfur Genocide victims. I'm also a contributor to a project that is attempting to bake 400,000 cookies to represent those killed in Darfur.</p>

<p>I founded and still lead an organization in which high school students prepare homemade food and sell it for charity around my town. I also made a website for it. We've raised over $350 dollars.</p>

<p>What are my chances at these schools?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Edit: Co-president of Science Olympiad</p>

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<p>Also our a cappella concerts count as community service because they’re free.</p>

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<p>Anyone? I’d really appreciate it :)</p>

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<p>You seem to have great ECs and good stats. Because Ivies are always unpredictable, I can’t say you’ll definitely get in, but you have a fighting chance. Good luck :)</p>

<p>Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You have amazing extracurriculars, so I think you have a great chance at all of these schools. As always though, the ivies are unpredictable, but I wish you good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! I’ll chance you back SillyStokey</p>

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<p>as sillystokey said the ivy’s are unpredictable, but people i know got in with scores similar to yours last year.Although their SAT scores were slightly lower LOL. mid 21 - 22 hundreds. Anyways you stand a great chance at all of these places</p>

<p>chance mine?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1102111-what-my-chances-ucsd-ucd-uci-ucsb-ucsc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1102111-what-my-chances-ucsd-ucd-uci-ucsb-ucsc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i’m going to say that you’ll probably get into cornell. </p>

<p>i think you’re definitely in at brandeis. don’t know anything about mcgill, but you’re probably in there too. </p>

<p>i’d say that you’ll get into brown and upenn too haha.</p>

<p>yale is a shot in the dark, as it is for like everyone, but you’re definitely competitive</p>

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<p>Thanks! Yeah a lot of these schools are unpredictable.</p>

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<p>Also I’ll probably apply early decision.</p>

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<p>Brown- Reach
UPenn- Reach
Yale- High Reach
Cornell- Low Reach
McGill- Low Reach
Brandeis- Match</p>

<p>You have incredible stats, but the schools you are looking at are very unpredictable. I like that you cook too, it shows diversity!</p>

<p>chance me back?
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<p>Thanks. I know it’s not really possible to even come close to a definitive answer for these schools.</p>

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<p>Update:</p>

<p>Math II: 740 (will retake)
Biology M: 800</p>

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<p>Update:</p>

<p>I know AP scores aren’t as important as other aspects of an application, but I got my scores today:</p>

<p>Biology: 5
U.S. History: 5
Lang and Comp: 5
Calculus BC: 5
French: 4</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1168613-chances-congressional-page-columbia-ed-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1168613-chances-congressional-page-columbia-ed-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;
don’t bother retaking the Math II, the colleges just want to see your highest 2 scores, so it would be pointless when you have 2 800s. (if you don’t believe me check the website of any ivy league/prestigious college)</p>

<p>HOW’D YOU GET YOUR AP SCORES??? THEY DON’T COME OUT UNTIL TOMORROW??? if you apply early to Brown you’ve got a really good chance. especially being gay you’ll have a lot of good things to write about because of the UNJUST PERSECUTION OF SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT ON GAYS!!! (I’m really liberal haha). so funny b/c we both are involved in cooking ECs, and you’re the only person that I’ve seen who has done something with cooking on this website other than myself.</p>

<p>If you apply ED to Brown I would guess that you would get in, but then again I’m not sure just b/c it’s so hard to get in.</p>

<p>Penn would probably be a low reach for you, which is about as good as it gets for penn, cornell might even be a high match for you.</p>

<p>Yale will be tough but you definitely have a shot.</p>

<p>McGill and Brandeis are safeties. Consider applying to some public ivies like UNC UVA Michigan Berkeley or UCLA.</p>

<p>chance me back!
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<p>Yeah I’m considering not retaking it. I know a lot of schools exercise score choice, but do they do the same thing with SAT IIs (will they only see the Chemistry and Bio scores)?</p>

<p>The AP scores actually came out last night around 5!</p>

<p>Oh yeah that is interesting. I’ve never seen anyone else here interested in cooking either. Hopefully it will set us apart :D</p>

<p>Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>i think that they will see all your SAT II scores, but they will only consider your two highest, and they’ll see all your old ones so it’s pointless</p>

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<p>Oh I thought you could choose which subject tests to send (so if I got a higher score on math I could send that one instead of the 740), but if they only consider two I guess it doesn’t matter.</p>

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<p>Also I don’t think I’ll apply to Brandeis. I have an updated list:</p>

<p>McGill
Vassar
Johns Hopkins (maybe)
Rutgers
Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Princeton (maybe)
Brown (possible ED)
Cornell (possible ED)
UPenn
UChicago (maybe)</p>