CHANCES for Cornell, Duke, Michigan, Brown, UF

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone-names cj i posted a thread a few weeks ago on this same subject and well id like a few of your thoughts on whether i could get into this school or not
Applying to:Cornell, Duke, Michigan, Brown, UF (in that order)
Im looking to try to get into economics or anything prelaw for undergrad
Right now im a junior in a competitive school in florida. Last year (10th grade) i took
AP World History,-A (3 on Ap test-i know sucks)
Ap Biology-A(3 again-i had a really bad fever and missed like the last two weeks of school so this was expected)
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Geometry Honors,-B
English 2 Honors -B
Drafting 2. -A</p>

<p>Junior Year (so far/ projected)
AP Chemistry-C (Project a 3)
AP English Comp -A (Project a 4-5)
AP American History -A (Project a 5)
AP Government (TOOk ONLINE)-B (Project a 4)
Spanish IV Honors -A
Pre Calculus Honors -B
Algebra II Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B
Precalc Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B
Latin I Honors (TOOK ONLINE)-A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
Ap Stats
Ap English Lit
Ap Spanish
Ap Psycology
Physics H
Calc H
Economics H (Online)
Latin II Honors (ONLINE)
Test Scores
ACT-31</p>

<p>SAT II's
MAth I-710
American History- 710
Spanish-680</p>

<p>ECs(by the end of high school)
4 years of Track (3 varsity, 3 school records, regionals states all that good stuff, not going to run in college though)
3 years varisty Cross Country (Captain Jr and Senior year) ran on a cracked rib the whole season, so didnt go to states or anything
Finished 4th in my age group in the Naples Half Marathon (1:32:00)
3 years of soccer (varsity senior year)
Job at Country Club (18 hours a week)
Founder and president of local running club
2 years of Key Club
3 years of FCA
2 years of NHS
2 years of History Honors Society</p>

<p>National Honor Roll</p>

<p>My recs will be great and im writing my essay on how i ran all of cross country last year on a cracked rib and torn intercosstiual? muscle in my chest, so im sure theyll like it</p>

<p>If this helps me any, my mom is a single mother with 4 kids on a teachers salary...</p>

<p>My Gpa should be around 5.3 ish due to the weight our school puts on honors and AP courses and 3.7ish U.W.
Class Rank= top 15
I ve basically worked my balls off this year to give my self a chance at this...
thanks
cj</p>

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<p>I'd rate your choices as follows... the scale goes unlikely reach, reach, semi-reach, good fit, likely, safety.</p>

<p>Cornell University... REACH.
Duke University... UNLIKELY REACH.
University of Michigan... GOOD FIT.
Brown University... REACH.
University of Florida... LIKELY.</p>

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<p>i don't think Cornell will be a reach for you, are you gonna take SAT I? apply as a student athlete?</p>

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<p>no-im not planning on taking the SAT 1...although i am planning on just concentrating this summer on the ACT and hopefully raising that a bit
as for the student athelte registration..i dont plan on talking to any coaches about recruitment-running isnt something i want to pursue-it kinda hurts haha
cornell is my first choice...why do u think im not a reach?</p>

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<p>The reason I rated Cornell a reach for you is because, honestly, Ivies are pretty much a crapshoot for everyone these days. Having recently applied to Penn (and watched a bunch of my friends apply to a variety of other Ivy League schools including Cornell) I can tell you first hand that good grades and scores don't guarantee an acceptance into a school like Cornell. I'd say you have an honest chance at getting in which is why I didn't rate it an UNLIKELY reach but like I said there are no guarantees. You have the scores for it, but there are so many intangibles taken into account for Ivies that its difficult to say that you're definitely going to get into one.</p>

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<p>yah-im agreeing with u on that one..anybody else have an opinion?</p>