Chances for Emory, WUSTL, etc. + Scholarships

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I just realized now that this kind of thread exists. I posted some of this before, but I want to try to get a feel generally from people that might be more realistic. Also, any input on the scholars programs/scholarship money in general for the below schools would be great (money is a big issue for me, like everyone else :-P) Thanks for any feedback in advance!</p>

<p>Schools: WashU/Danforth, Emory/Emory Scholars, Case Western, Maybe Johns Hopkins? (no chance at all for money here, but I'm still interested) I have other schools, but these are the ones I would like to hear about.</p>

<p>Race/Gender: White Male</p>

<p>Grade: Rising Senior</p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted-4.02
Unweighted:3.93</p>

<p>Class Rank: School doesn't rank, but I assume fairly high. I don't know what information they do give to colleges, if any.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Alexandria, VA</p>

<p>SAT Super Scores: (May retake since I want scholarship money; necessary for CR+M score to get the 1550+?)
Math-770
Reading-760
Writing-800</p>

<p>SAT II's
Math II - 780
Biology M - 780
Chemistry - 790</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Sophomore Year:
-AP Biology: 5
Junior year:
-AP Spanish Language: 5
-AP Chemistry: 5
-AP US History: 5
Senior Year:
-AP Spanish Literature
-AP US Government
-AP Calculus BC
-AP English Language</p>

<p>Rigor of Curriculum
All classes at TJHSST are taught at the honors level and above. We are required to take more math/science courses to graduate and have electives such as DNA Science, Bionanotechnology, and Organic Chemistry as semester courses (these three I am taking)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Awards:</p>

<p>-Biology Olympiad: Teaching Coordinator Junior Year, Semifinalist Junior Year
-Biology Society: Vice President Junior Year
-Varsity Policy Debate: Freshman/Sophomore Year, debating since middle school, qualified for Nationals both years
---Varsity LD Debate: Junior Year
-NHS Member
-National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist, 97th Percentile</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:
-Red Cross Blood Drives/Now regular blood donor, helped with "When I'm in Charge" Safety Training Program
-Regularly volunteer at school functions designed to encourage young children to pursue science
-Over summer, will do Reading for the Blind
-Volunteer at the National Institute of Health (NIH) during second semester of Junior Year, Work at NIH over summer for pay in Summer Internship Program (SIP) doing neural stem cell research, continue work through first semester of senior year for graduation requirement.
<strong><em>Due to my work at NIH, I will not have leadership positions in clubs senior year since we have club meetings during a period planned into our schedules. In order to do the NIH internship, I need to miss these club meetings. Therefore, I'm only VP of Biology Society still, will continue participating in Debate/Biology Olympiad competitions. My counselor will mention this</em></strong></p>

<p>Recommendations:
Letters from AP Chemistry and English 11 teachers. Should be good. Also, I know my counselor well.</p>

<p>Grades:
Straight A's for sophomore and junior year. Freshman year/summer course in chemistry I received a B+/B, respectively. I think this was because I was getting used to actually "thinking" about science versus "memorizing" it, and science at TJ is difficult. My counselor will mention this development, and my AP Chemistry will talk about my performance in chemistry. I have gotten A's in AP Biology, AP Chemistry, physics, and all other science courses. Hopefully these classes will compensate, along with AP scores.</p>

<p>Interested Majors: Depends on the school, but Neuroscience, Biochemistry, and Biology in general</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump bumpity bump bump look at frosty go...</p>

<p>Anyone willing to give input?</p>

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<p>If you are really top of your class at TJ...in at all those schools 100%</p>

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<p>Bump!</p>

<p>Anyone else have input? I'm OK if people don't after this one and I'll just let it be.</p>

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<p>There's always a possibility of money at JHU. If you are among the top TJ grads, see if you are a nominee for the Jefferson Scholars at UVA. Great program and perks, too. Brandeis also has great scholarships, as does Vandy.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice; I am actually looking into Brandeis, so we'll see how that goes. I don't think at TJ I would get the nomination for Jefferson Scholars though.</p>

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<p>Also, take a look at Clemson. The national scholars program is quite sweet. I want to encourage my son to take a look at it. Tuition, R and B, fees. Not bad for four years.</p>

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<p>Dude...you should apply to Harvard or MIT or Caltech or Stanford!!
you would have really good chances at all of them i think</p>

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<p>ha...thanks zfox001. Harvard/MIT/Caltech/Stanford would be cool, but again, money is an issue. Plus, I don't know if I would want to be in such hyper-competitive environments as an undergraduate, especially when you need to distinguish yourself in order to go to grad school, among other things.
And with those schools, it seems like beyond a certain point, it's luck whether you get in or not in the first place, regardless of your qualifications.</p>

<p>Thanks again though :-)</p>

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<p>I just want to bump to add Brandeis to the list.</p>

<p>Does anyone know much about Life Science Scholars and when those people are selected (i.e. during admission into the freshman class, during freshman year, etc.)</p>

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<p>im not sure about the other schools
but i am positive that harvard admits based on need-blind admission,
meaning if you are accepted they will try very hard to accept you.
you should try</p>

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<p>Why don't you consider the University of Chicago? They have a new program called the Odyssey scholarship. If your parent's income is below a certain threshold you might qualify for either a full scholarship or at least a partial scholarship.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice everyone, although I feel like the discussion has completely digressed from the original schools I asked about :-P</p>

<p>I guess I should assume it's a good sign if people keep encouraging Harvard and Univeristy of Chicago? I hope I am in good standing for the other schools based on that. I'll look into the specifics of financial aid (both need/merit-based) for those schools too though.</p>

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<p>Hey I'm happy to chance you --- can you chance me too? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>WOW Your academic stats are impressive. You have very high grades and a very high SAT score (2330). Your courseload is challenging and your ECs are pretty good. One area that you are lacking in is honors/awards, but that doesn't really matter much in the admissions process. </p>

<p>Chances:
-Wash U - match
-Case Western - In with scholarship/merit money
-Emory - safety match
-Johns Hopkins - match/low reach (I'd say that you would get fin aid tho)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks ab2013...I'll look at your thread later, but the reason why I am posting this chance thread is because I don't know how to evaluate myself (or anyone really) beyond a certain point (but I guess that may be the norm here - we are mainly HS students :-P).</p>

<p>Anyone else, particularly regarding Brandeis (I'm applying as a Catholic) and the Life Sciences Scholar Program?</p>

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<p>bump please!</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump bump...:-)</p>

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<p>I'll bump one more time since I want more feedback on scholarships, if possible. </p>

<p>I'll switch to the Scholarships/Financial Aid forum otherwise.</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Due your record at a very well regarded HS, I think you're in the ballpark for scholarships at all of these schools. Like you say, WUSTL will likely be the most difficult due to the number of awards to non-URMs. I would think you'd get some merit money from Brandeis. Other possible schools with merit aid to consider if they aren't already on your list: Vandy, Grinnell, USC, BU and UMichigan.</p>

<p>Two years ago my D got invitations to scholarship weekends at UMichigan, Emory and WUSTL, all of the dates overlapped and she chose to go to the UM invitation. Emory gave her a half tuition scholarship anyway. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks entomom, I forgot that people might post on this thread too. That is interesting with your daughter...she must've done really well to get three initial offers and also getting 1/2 tuition without even attending the Emory weekend. </p>

<p>Hopefully, I'll have so many options for money, I'll get to choose too</p>

<p>Ha...and I looked back and realized how many times I've said "This is my last time bumping, I SWEAR" lol, sorry :-P</p>