Chances for Columbia and UPenn(w/ ED?)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I had been planning on applying in-state to a school like William and Mary or UVA but started to think about some of the Ivy League schools and wanted to know how my chances were.</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800CR/630M = 1430, will retake for Math 700+
ACT: n/a
SAT II: haven't taken yet, expecting 750+ on USH and Lit </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.68</p>

<p>I'm in a specialized high school program for "Leadership, Government, and Global Economics"</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/372 </p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Sophmore: Euro-5, Junior: US-5, Senior: Gov, Latin, Micro/Macro Econ, English, Environmental (Expecting 5s, maybe a 4, in all)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: Heavy </p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Latin Summa Cum laude (4x) </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
History Club (4 years)
Beta Club (2 years)
NHS (2 years)
Latin National Honor Society (2 years)
Latin Club (4 years)
MUN (4 years) -awards like best delegate everytime
Academic Team (Co-Captain) 3 years, 5th in state</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Internship at Civil War Battlefield/Museum (200 hours)
Volunteer at nursing home (150 hours)</p>

<p>Essays:Excellent (no, really, I'm actually a very good writer)
Teacher Recommendation: probably excellent, I havent seen them
Counselor Rec: generic
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended major?: History/English
School Type:Large, semi-competitive public
Ethnicity: WASP Gender: M
Income Bracket:100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen</p>

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<p>I say you have a good chance. You already are taking the SAT over again, so that’s good. Out of curiosity, what is a WASP? I’ve heard that so many times, but I never asked.</p>

<p>Also, what is Latin Summa Cum Laude?</p>

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<p>WASP is White Anglo Saxon Protestant. It’s like stereotypical middle-class white guy. Latin Summa Cum Laude is the top award for the National Latin Exam (Kind of like an AP taken every year by Latin students)</p>

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<p>Lower ivies would be worth a shot if you can bring math into the 700s.</p>

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<p>With Upenns 30% admission at ED, you probably have a good chance. Columbia is a low reach. You should apply for Cornell at ED, and you might have a higher chance of getting in at one of the Ivys.</p>

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<p>Just take note that for ED sometimes not enough financial aid is not a valid reason to cancel your contract with that college.</p>

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<p>low reaches for both. Why is your SAT out of 1600?</p>

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<p>^ some colleges only look at your CR and M score.</p>

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<p>I’d say they’re both still reaches, even if you get that math score up. You probably have a better chance ED at Penn than Columbia, but don’t make that a reason to apply there instead of the other. Apply to your favorite ED, and the rest RD. And don’t anticipate an acceptance; there are a million reasons why an admissions officer might not like you. (Your ECs look to be a little weak, because almost every applicant has those same or similar ECs.)</p>

<p>UVA does seem like a great match/low reach, though, especially if you want to continue on a similar path to what you studied in high school. I would suggest it above the Ivies even if you are accepted by all three. Georgetown would work as well for that path.</p>

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<p>Does the fact that he’s a first generation applicant give him enough of a hook to boost his chances? I never quite got an idea how much of a hook first generation is</p>

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<p>hey JD ;). Finally succumbed to the urge to do one of these, huh?</p>

<p>The only thing I can’t figure out is, why austro43? Like Austro-hungary or something?</p>

<p>Anyway- since you are instate for UVA and W+M, I say match.</p>

<p>Columbia and Penn? I’ll help you get that math score up. :)</p>

<p>Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/953807-chance-2-3-between-junior-senior.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/953807-chance-2-3-between-junior-senior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(You know I’ll make you, eventually, right?)</p>