Chances for Duke, Ivies, and others? Will chance back.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>One last chance thread:</p>

<p>Yeah so I posted a chance thread in the Duke forum but hardly anyone posts there so I figured I'd try my luck here. I am currently applying to Duke ED but I have about 10 days to change my application to RD (I am visiting next week for the 1st time). If I don't love it I am going to switch to RD and apply the to following schools RD:</p>

<p>Duke
Stanford (legacy)
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Dartmouth
U of Chicago
WashU
Columbia
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth
(I already have safeties)</p>

<p>STATS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/475 (shared with about 9 because there isn't weighting)
Course Difficulty: Full IB / hardest availible
SAT: 2340 (CR:770, M:770, W:800)
ACT: 34 (E:35, M:34, R:33, S:32)
SAT II: Taking Bio and Math II in December (chance like I get 750+ on both)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Tennis: (varsity letter, most improved, captian, All-League, district qualifier, etc.)
XC: (varsity letter, most improved, district qualifier, various other awards)
Wrestling: (varsity letter, league champions-team)
Club tennis: (tournament play, lessons, camps, etc.)
Community service: (about 50 hours)
Track: (starting this spring)
Math Club: (10-12)</p>

<p>RANDOM STUFF</p>

<p>School: Public and not at all prestigious
Location: Washington
Race: White
Income: 500,000+</p>

<p>Yeah let me know if I forgot anything and thank you. I'd say that it's about a 50/50 chance that I continue with Duke ED (vs switching to RD) based on the upcoming visit. I am feeling ambivalent mainly because I got a huge SAT score boost right after I applied to Duke and now I'm beginning to consider if I have a chance at slightly more prestigious schools. I would pick Duke over every school on my list except Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and maybe Brown (the only one of these I think I have a semi-okay shot at is Stanford because of the legacy).</p>

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<p>You look good for Stanford as a legacy. They like non Californian legacies, if you prefer Stanford and are a true legacy (parent attended), I’d switch Duke to RD. The only hitch is I don’t know if Stanford favors legacies who apply SCEA as many schools do.</p>

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<p>Duke - I’d say definitely In
Stanford (legacy) - The only thing is you lack community service. So…it might be kinda hard.
Yale - good shot
Princeton - good shot
Cornell - good shot
Dartmouth - In
U of Chicago - In
WashU - In
Columbia - good shot
Northwestern - In
Brown - Pretty much In i’d say</p>

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<p>Good grades and scores but nothing stands out about your profile. No real extra curriculars except for sports. Unless you are a recruited athlete, your chances at HYP(S) aren’t great.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah I would agree with you on that (although I wish I could believe the earlier chance). However sports do take up massive amounts of time and I can honestly say that I didn’t have much time for more “meaningful” activities while still maintaining my sleep/sanity.</p>

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<p>But because your grades are good you are sure to get into at least 1 ivy, imo. So don’t sweat it. Your sports resume is quite impressive lol.</p>

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<p>^ Lol thanks. I think of myself more as an athlete that happens to be smart than as a smart kid who trys to be an athlete.</p>

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<p>Bump. Anybody else care to weigh in?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a great chance for every single school on the list, only problem is that the top ivies are unpredictable, so it’s really hard to chance either way on those</p>

<p>anyway your numbers are looking really good. Good luck</p>

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<p>Definitely in at Duke ED. I’m hoping I get in too lol.</p>