Chances at...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>General: White Middle Class Male from New Jersey</p>

<p>Academics:
Extremely Competetive Public Magnet High School. Actually just
named a "Public Elite" by Newsweek (only like 20 schools got that
award).</p>

<p>SAT's:
Verbal: 740
Math: 760
Writing: 730/Essay 10</p>

<p>School Does Not Rank</p>

<p>Freshman year:
GPA 3.779
Honors Biology A-
Honors Intro Chem A
Honors Alg II & Trig A
Honors Amer. History A-
Honors Amer. Lit I B
Honors Spanish II A
Geometry A
Medical Science Seminar A-
Nutrition A</p>

<p>Sophomor Year (no AP's offered):
GPA 3.801
Honors Chemistry A-
Honors Intro Physics A
Honors Adv. Analysis I (Pre-Calc) A
Honors World History I A
Honors Amer. Lit II B+
Honors Spanish III A-
Molecular Biology I & II B+ & A-
Organic Chem I A-</p>

<p>Junior Year (predicted grades):
Should finish with another 3.8_ GPA
Honors Anatomy and Physiology A
Honors Inter. Physics B+
Honors World Literature I A
Honors Spanish IV A
Honors Latin I A
Honors Adv. Analysis II (Pre-Calc II) B+
IB History A/A-
Zoology B</p>

<p>Senior Year:
Courses I will be taking:
AP Bio
AP Calculus AB
AP Chem
IB History (2 Year course)
Honors World Lit II
Honors Spanish V
Molecular Biology IV & V
Bioethics</p>

<p>EC's:
Model United Nations 9-12 (Co-Secretary of External Affairs (2007))
Debate Team 10-JV, 11 & 12 Varsity (possible Captain (will find
out soon)
National History Day 10, 11, 12
Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) 11, 12
400 Hours of Volunteer work at Local Boy's and Girl's Club
National Honors Society 11-12
Volleyball 9 & 10 JV, 11 & 12 Varsity (Captain Next Year)
2 Medical Summer Programs
Senior Year Internship (most likely at Plastic Surgeon's office)</p>

<p>Awards:
Various Model UN Awards at Conferences (e.g. MIT, GWU)
5th Place JV Debate Team in County
National Merit Commended Student (possible Semi-Finalist)
Local Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year
Possible NJ Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year
2nd place Senior Group Documentary at NJ History Day
Top 14 in Nation Senior Group Documentary at National History Day
3rd Place Biomedical Debate at NJ HOSA competition
Dean's List every trimester in school
Finalist (Top 24 in Nation) at HOSA Nationals in Biomedical Debate</p>

<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell
Emory, Bates, Colby, Bowdoin
Claremont McKenna, Pomona</p>

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<p>The good news: All the hardest courses, good to great SAT I scores, good ECs, great awards
The bad news: 6 Bs in three years--meaning about a 3.8 UW GPA, no SAT II scores yet--and you need to take three to apply to some of your schools.</p>

<p>I'm estimating your AI at around 215 to 217--probably good enough for a 50% shot at a lower level Ivy, but only around a 30% shot at the higher level ones. </p>

<p>Ivies rank (in order):
Harvard/Yale/Princeton
Dartmouth/Columbia
Penn
Brown
Cornell </p>

<p>Claremont McKenna is the hardest LAC to get into, so I wouldn't count on that.</p>

<p>You have good chances at the rest--probably matches at all except Pomona--which is a slight reach.</p>

<p>Your list noticeably lacks a safety school. While you've done all the hard stuff and like a said, have a good chance at Penn (except Wharton), Brown, and Cornell (except the architecture school), you still need to have a safety school or two to fall back upon just in case.</p>

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<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Dartmouth, Brown - Reach
Cornell - Match/Reach
Emory - Match (assuming that you show a lot of interest - ie: visit - because regardless of how good you are, they'll reject you if you don't)</p>

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<p>Thanks both of you. I do have 2 safety schools, but I don't waste my time posting them because I am not worried about them. Can someone tell me what an AI is? Calcruzer you mentioned that in your response. Also, comoseva, I am going to Emory this Sunday for 10 days. I hope to stop in the admissions office and have a little chat with one of the admissions officers about Emory Scholars and Emory in general. I hope that gets me in. Also, does a 3.8 GPA hurt me that much. Most of my college guides have the average GPA at Dartmouth listed as 3.7. I thought that I was above average. But anyways thanks for all the input.</p>

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<p>edit: nvm...BCA...that's a good school so you'll be competing against your classmates</p>

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<p>hi phill3h <em>waves</em> =D</p>

<p>ur competing against me buddy
think u got a shot?</p>

<p>lets goo =P</p>

<p>btw, im doing about half ur list too.
this shoudl be fun.</p>