Chances for a super cool guy from OKLAHOMA

<p>Hello everyone:</p>

<p>I have never posted before on the site, however I have read everyone else's chances post and am somewhat curious to see how others would rank my chances at certain schools.</p>

<p>My list at this time would look something like this:</p>

<p>Washington University (my first choice)
University of Tulsa (I live in Tulsa, this place is great and gives amazing Nat'l Merit Scholarships.)
Stanford
One Ivy League School (I am posting to possibly get some assistance in choosing which one to apply to)
Oklahoma State University (great business school)</p>

<p>My stats go a little something like this:</p>

<p>Sat of 1510
Act of 32
Sat's of 800 on writing, 750 on Literature, and 640 on Math IIc
Class rank is 10 in a class of 834
Unweighted GPA of 4.0, Weighted roughly 5.1
National Merit Scholar (230 index)
Academic All-State Nominee
White, Protestant Male
After this year I will have taken a total of ten AP classes, achieving 4's and 5's in all and one 3 during my sophomore year. (Estimated by I am a hard-worker and will live up to the prediction.)</p>

<p>Solid Essays, I take pride in my writing ability.
Solid Recommendations</p>

<p>My Extra-Curriculars include:</p>

<p>I started my own landscaping business
I tutor a Freshman boy for almost ten hours a week
I provide computer assistance to elderly members of my church (part of business)
I am a layreader, chalicebearer, and acolyte in the Episcopal Church, and am also active in my church youth group.
I played varsity baseball freshmen and sophomore years.
I play intramural baseball now.
I am the president of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society.)
Am active in National Honor Society, performing lots of community service.</p>

<p>This is a fairly general overview of who I am as a student. Which ivy league would be a good fit for my stats? Any other school recommendations? I don't want to send an application away to a place that I feel that I would have no shot of getting into, so please, any feedback would be great</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>5.1 weighted hrm</p>

<p>AP classes receive a weighting of 6.0 at my high school, with honors 5.0. At a big school, we have to weight heavily in order to find a clear winner for valedictorian.</p>

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<p>bump again</p>

<p>ummm...you serious in telling me you haven't looked at Oklahoma City University? You're kidding..right?</p>

<p>Not only do they have the most up to date international business school (brand new 45 million dollar facility), they are the only ranking school in US News and World Report in the state.</p>

<p>Not to mention they give full rides to NMS semi and finalists.</p>

<p>The rest of your choices are really weak. Especially U of T. If you're serious, look for the best or go outside of state..don't just look at a school cuase it's nearby.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youatocu.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.youatocu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>No one outside of OC has heard of OCU, I assure you...</p>

<p>Yeah..I guess you're right. When you have one of the top ranked internation business programs in the nation, no ones gonna know you.</p>

<p>I guess it's right what happens when you assume..</p>

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<p>i would try like at least 2-4 of the ivies..you never know where you will get in and where you wont. I think you have a shot at all of them.</p>

<p>Also, i would get rid of like University of Tulsa and stuff like that, because you can do better than that. You are a very smart kid who should go somewhere challenging. </p>

<p>I recommend Duke, Berkely(if you want public), Wake Forest...they are very good, and you will get very good scholarships there.</p>

<p>I agree with what these folks are saying, but I would raise another point. You say "one Ivy League school." Why? Clearly, you are not choosing the school, but the level of prestige. Dartmouth and Columbia are worlds apart.
If you want good business, look at Penn, Northwestern, MIT, and maybe Rhodes as a backup.</p>

<p>Okie pride!! You have a good shot at all of the schools you listed. Although U of T is awesome, I don't know if they're as qualified in the business sector. I would suggest Carnegie Mellon University simply because I go there, but we are ranked top ten in the nation for undergraduate business. OCU honestly is not that great of a business school and the campus really lacks the college feel since it's inches away from a major road and low-encome neighborhoods. I would also apply to OU under economics simply because they give a much better National Merit package. They pay you 3000 dollars to attend as opposed to Tulsa where you still will have to cover your books, but that's just nitpicking. </p>

<p>By the way I am from those low-income neighborhoods so don't throw rotten fruit at me!!</p>

<p>Yeah, I don't think you really care about the ivies, just their prestige. Pick schools because they're a good match for you, not because you like the name</p>