Chances at UK, US, and Canadian schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Freshman: 4.0 unweighted GPA (regular run of the mill classes)</p>

<p>Sophomore: 4.0 UW
AP French Language - 5
AP Calculus AB (self-study) - 5
AP Euro - 5</p>

<p>Junior: 4.0
AP Econ (Micro and Macro) - 5 on both
AP French Lit - 4
AP English Lit - 5
AP Calculus BC -5
AP US History - 5</p>

<p>SATs: 2380 - 800 math and CR, 780 writing
Subject Tests: 800 French (2nd sitting), 790 Math II, 790 US History</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule:
AP Physics
AP English Lang
AP Chinese
Higher Calculus
IR/Game Theory
Senior Thesis
Arts classes (I procrastinated on these)</p>

<p>EC: Tennis all 4 year, skiing quite often
Debate - second semester freshman and all of sophmore year
Math Club - Some local awards
Knowledge Bowl (varsity team starting junior year and we usually get 1st in state)
Robotics (business position, we did fantastic in freshman year - sems in natl tournament)
Awards: 2007 French Contest Laureat, AP Scholar at end of soph year, and National Scholar at the end of junior</p>

<p>Volunteering: 1 month of work (non-paid) as maintenance assistant at a French camp I used to attend</p>

<p>Could you chance me at Oxford in UK, LSE, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, UCHicago, UWashington, Stanford, Claremont McKenna, and McGill, UofT, Waterloo, Queen's, and UBC</p>

<p>(I'm actually really hoping to go to Oxford, I just visited and love it here) </p>

<p>Schools I would love to go to (in this general order):
Oxford
Princeton
LSE
Harvard
Yale</p>

<p>Schools I would like to go to:
UChicago
GTown
Stanford
Cl. Mckenna
Canadian schools except UBC</p>

<p>Safeties (I think):
UW and UBC</p>

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<p>My thoughts:</p>

<p>I’m afraid I may have misled you in terms of UBC’s selectivity. I hadn’t looked at the raw numbers lately, and their admissions % is down to 41% (lower than McGill). Your stats are impressive and I would expect you to get in, but I wouldn’t call it a safety.</p>

<p>The same goes for the other Canadian schools. Your stats look fine to me, but I just don’t feel comfortable recommending them as safeties. Remember that your 12th grade schedule and grades are very, very important in Canada, so keep up the good work. That SAT score will be helpful, but the academic record matters more than anything else. I wouldn’t expect your ECs to play a role, but if you took the AMC you should submit your scores to Waterloo (if you apply there).</p>

<p>If you’re in-state at Udub, it makes a fine safety. If not, apply somewhere else as well. I would be shocked if they rejected you, but you should have an absolute safety to count on.</p>

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<p>Since Oxford is heavily based on numbers, I think you have a fantastic chance at getting to the interview process.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Is this a lost cause? I don’t wanna promise any chances seeing as I’m not experienced and don’t wanna give bogus comments</p>