Chances for Georgetown/Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-Thanks in advance! I'm only a Junior btw, I plan on giving my SATs another go. I'm NOT planning early graduation, just want to see how well I stack up so far =)</p>

<p>Asian, Male</p>

<p>-Yale University
-Georgetown
-Brown
-Amherst College
-Sarah Lawrence College
-Columbia
-Williams College
-University of Washington in St. Louis
-Boston (Safety)
-Rutgers (Safety)</p>

<p>Political Science/Psychology double major</p>

<p>SATs: 2080 (Reading 670, Math 740, Writing 670)
My first try haha, quite sucky by my standards.</p>

<p>GPA Weighted: 4.387
GPA Unweighted: 3.95</p>

<p>AP US History
Honors Spanish IV
Honors American Literature
Honors Humanities
Honors Latin III
AP Gov and Politics
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP Bio</p>

<p>ECs (Planning to build on Leadership, Music, and Languages):</p>

<p>Student Council Vice President (2009-Present)
Student Council Recording Secretary (2008-2009)
Transition Project (Leadership and community service)
Freshman Orientation
Model UN</p>

<p>President and Founder of Chinese Club
Latin Club Corresponding Secretary
Spanish Club
Multicultural Task force</p>

<p>Concert Choir
Wind Ensemble (Clarinet, Guitar, Piano)
Guitar Club, our band plays at a cafe to raise money for the Center for Food Action once every 2 months
Marching Band, trying out for drum major haha, strong chance of making it
Improv Club</p>

<p>Work:
Chinese School teaching assistant
Tutoring other kids
Playing with my band at cafes and birthday parties to raise money, ppl hire us xD</p>

<p>Thanks so much!!!</p>

<p>-Jayster</p>

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<p>SAT2s so far:
Chinese- 790
Biology E- 740
US History (will take)
Math 2 (will take)</p>

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<p>Yale University: Low reach
-Georgetown: reach
-Brown: Low reach
-Amherst College:Reach-Sarah Lawrence College:in
-Columbia: low reach/mid reach
-Williams College:Reach
-University of Washington in St. Louis:Reach
-Boston (Safety): Reach
-Rutgers (Safety):In</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! Now at least I know I have some shot at getting in xD</p>

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<p>You are definitely competitive for ALL schools. Make sure you make yourself stand out even more with some insightful essays and recs…make your personality shine! Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html&lt;/a&gt; <–Include Yale also!</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! I’m probably going to be starting French next year so I’ll probably go with a language approach. Ill definetly chance you back asap!</p>

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<p>Anyone else have opinions? Need advice for those liberal arts colleges especially Amherst T.T</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-good LAC near Boston. HC has very strong alumni network-Supreme Court Justice, 1 US Senator, and 3-4 Congressmen in poltical field.</p>

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<p>Amherst: high reach
Williams: high reach</p>

<p>(With your current scores, mid reach if you score 2200+) The biggest problem I see is that Williams and Amherst both take special pride in having an athletic student body… (You have no sports ECs)</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! I’ll look into that right now. I’m Protestant though, does it have a religious affiliation?</p>

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<p>Edit. I now see that your replying to par72’s post lol.</p>

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<p>That’s really interesting about Amherst… I might reconsider. The SAT scores shouldn’t be that much of a problem though, there’s a strong chance I’m gonna be able to get them up.</p>

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<p>Haha lol sorry about that, seems like we posted at the same time =D</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is a Jesuit college just like Georgetown, BC, Fordham, Gonzaga and the rest of the 28 Jesuit colleges in America. They are affiliated with the Catholic Church but many non-Catholics attend Jesuit colleges and they are quite secular in practice although Catholic religious services are more available than at secular colleges. [Jesuit</a> Colleges and Universities Quiz Results - sporcle](<a href=“http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php]Jesuit”>http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php)</p>

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<p>That’s cool! Might consider applying there after I do some more research. Thanks for your help :)</p>

<p>Assuming that I apply to Holy Cross, what do you think my chances may be? I’ve got one more year to do something about my stats lol.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is SAT optional.</p>

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<p>So it’s like Sarah Lawrence? How’s the curriculum run? Is it writing based too?</p>

<p>Btw, thanks a lot for your help xD</p>

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<p>Yale/Brown/Columbia + Amherst/Williams all high reaches I’d say with your current SAT. I’d focus on bringing that up + maybe achieving more in the EC’s you’re already in.</p>

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<p>100% agreed. Going for a 2200 sat, president of student council, drum major, and latin club president. The SATs and Student Council pres are extremley possible. Going to take a lot of work next year but I can probably do it if I put my heart to it.</p>

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<p>The HC Admissions Director wrote an insightful piece for the New York Times on their admissions process last week: [Shedding</a> Further Light on How One College Decides - The Choice Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/hc-2/]Shedding”>Shedding Further Light on How One College Decides - The New York Times)</p>