Chances Columbia, HYS, MIT, UChicago, NWestern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Class Size: 600
Non-competitive Public HS
Caucasian Male</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 9-12: 3.81W, 3.711UW
GPA: 10-12(Stanford): 4.056W 3.917UW
Rank: 46/579 7.9%
SAT: 2370(800M/770CR/800W) 1570(800M/770CR)
SAT II: 800IIC 800US 800Physics
ACT: 35
<em>Huge upward trend</em></p>

<p>AP's:
10 AP Classes, most anyone took at HS
Calc AB-5
Biology-5
Statistics-5
US History-5
Physics-5</p>

<p>ECs:
Key Club - 11/12 - Treasurer
Speech and Debate - 10/11/12 - VP
Foreign Language Club - 11/12 - Secretary
National Honors Society - 10/11/12 - Member
Mu Alpha Theta(founded) - 12 - President
Tutoring 3rd and 4th graders - 11/12</p>

<p>Awards:
USA Mathematics Olympiad(once)
AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Semifinalist
School Math & Science awards
Nationals LD Qualifier(once)
TOC LD Qualifier(once)</p>

<p>Summers:
Volunteering(100 hours)
Interning at a Hospital
Spanish III at Local University
TASP</p>

<p>Essays: I like them :)
Reccomendations: Who knows?</p>

<p>Colleges:
Harvard
MIT
Tufts
Boston College
Columbia
Stanford
Yale
UChicago
Northwestern</p>

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<p>Rank: 46/579 7.9%</p>

<p>That sticks out like a sore thumb at HYSM, but you have great test scores. Is there a reason for the discrepency? Others you have a god shot at.</p>

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<p>Bad Freshmen year, I basically didn't care- hence the rank and GPA</p>

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<p>I'd say you have an excellent chance at HYS and MIT. High SAT I and II's plus USAMO and TASP (both of which compliment your well-roundedness).</p>

<p>Pretty much in at UChicago and Northwestern.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>"Pretty much in at UChicago and Northwestern."</p>

<p>How...OP obviously has a good chance at those schools, but top10/top15 are not matches for anyone. And why does everyone underrate the midwest/chicago schools?</p>

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<p>Of course there's still a chance he might get rejected, I'm not claiming safety or even high match. But based on my purely speculative opinion, I'd say he gets accepted at both barring no major flaws with the rest of his application.</p>

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<p>Harvard-a chance
MIT-good chance
Tufts-in
Boston College-in
Columbia-good chance
Stanford-decent chance
Yale-a chance
UChicago-in
Northwestern-in</p>

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<p>So the rank doesn't kill me as much as I thought it does?
And by "a chance" does that mean in the running/competitive/above avg.? %'s would be pretty neat :)</p>

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<p>Cheer up, Panda, you're a smart kid who is bound to be making millions as an investment banker in no time even if you get rejected from a few ivies.</p>

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<p>if it's just freshman year that's bad, you have a great chance at Stanford, since they focus on grades 10-12 =)</p>

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<p>its not fair. why are your stats so godly? its not fair.</p>

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<p>Harvard/Yale- reach (rank, and theyre reaches for everyone)
MIT- less of a reach than HY because of USAMO and great test scores, but of course its still a reach
Stanford- slight reach/reach because of the no frosh grades thing
UChicago- safe match
Tufts- safe match (watch out for tufts syndrome though)
Columbia- slightly less of a reach than HY, slightly more than MIT and Stanford
BC- safety (watch out for yield protection here too though)
Northwestern- safe match/match</p>

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<p>Yield protection?
Tufts syndrome?</p>

<p>Harvard/Yale
Columbia
MIT/Stanford
Nwestern/UChicago
BC/Tufts</p>

<p>In that order I take it?
and does a reach for Harvard/Yale a polite way of saying not going to happen? :)</p>

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<p>I think Columbia is a less of a reach than MIT and Stanford imo, Tufts syndrome is where they deny extremley well qualified applicants basically.</p>

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<p>And it's ********. It doesn't exist.</p>

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<p>Harvard/Yale is a reach for practically everyone and obviously some people make it. So, to put it simply, it might not happen but it very well could.</p>

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<p>There's no such thing as Tufts Syndrome. I'm not going to get into an argument about this either. Also, UChicago and northwestern are not as selective as Tufts; go to CollegeBoard and compare stats. Tufts is right in the middle with their peers (NW, UChicago, Gtown...). Why can't CC get this? Everyone else in the World does!</p>

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<p>How many SAT subject tests did you end up taking? What year did you take the USA Math Olympiad? Which program at TASP did you go?</p>

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<p>Michigan
Twice for Physics and US History, once for Math IIC
Junior Year</p>

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<p>The rank is bound to hurt you unless your school is extraordinarily difficult. Think of it this way--as smart as you are, Harvard can get students with the same scores but a higher GPA. So you should ask yourself what you have that those people don't--perhaps a unique personality? If you don't have anything then Columbia, NW, and UCHicago are still very good schools =)</p>