Chances for a decent student from Maine

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I attend the best public school in Maine, which is also probably one of the top five public or private schools in Maine. </p>

<p>GPA/Courseload
GPA
Freshman: 94/100
Sophomore: 94.6/100
Junior: 95.9/100
Rank
Not reported at my high school, probably 15/110
AP Courses
European History (5), United States History (5), Chemistry (5)
Senior Year- Calculus AB, Statistics, Physics, Literature
SAT
Critical Reading: 700
Math: 670
Writing: 680
I am retaking these in October; I’m not sure what happened, especially with CR</p>

<p>EC:
Chess team
Tennis team (Varsity on finalist team)
Playmakers
National Honor Society
Literary Assistant for library
Russian classes at Bowdoin</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Chess:
First place in Maine State Scholastic Individual Championship (2007)
Second place in Maine State Scholastic Individual Championship (2008)
Southwestern Scholastic State Champions (Team, 2007)
Third place in Maine State Championship (2008, all ages)
Winner of other various tournaments in New England area
Ranked 66th among sixteen year-olds in the United States</p>

<p>Other:
Ruth B. Plummer Citizenship award (For fund-raising and community service)
National Merit Commended Scholar
First place in Maine one-act play competition (2006)
Second place in Maine one-act play competition (2007, 2008)</p>

<p>Summer plans: A two-week camp at BU with classes in both persuasive writing and international politics</p>

<p>What do you guys think my chances are for the following schools:</p>

<p>Bates
Bowdoin
Carleton
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Davidson
Duke (I have an uncle who is a professor here, does that help?)
Rice
Steven’s Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania</p>

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<p>Of the colleges you listed, Cornell, UPenn, and Duke are reaches. Mostly because they are extremely competitive, and your SATs are on the lower side. That being said, if you do raise them to over a 2150, I think you'd probably have a slightly greater chance.</p>

<p>The rest are all anywhere from safeties to high matches.</p>

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<p>Bates- Probabyl accepted
Bowdoin- Probably accepted
Carleton- accepted
Carnegie Mellon- accepted
Cornell- denied
Davidson- accepted
Duke (I have an uncle who is a professor here, does that help?)- denied
Rice- accepted
Steven’s Institute of Technology- accepted
University of Pennsylvania- 50/50</p>

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<p>Why is UPenn 50/50 but cornell denied? Cornell has lower average board scores, lower average GPA, and a higher acceptance rate. My favorite teacher is also a Cornell grad, so she could write me a good recommendation. What do you think I could do to improve my chances there? I will be retaking the SATs</p>

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<p>Im just going by experience for Cornell. My friend was valedictorian, had a 4.3 unweighted GPA, was captain of volleyball softball and swim team, president of NHS, so so much voulenteer work, lead in church youth group, started many clubs in school, got a 2350 on her SATs, and had so many amazing recs and other extracuriculars and still got denied.</p>

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<p>^Overqualified?</p>