Chances for Harvard/Cornell/Duke/Georgetown/Vandy

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for these colleges:
Harvard, Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Georgetown</p>

<p>White male at pretty strong public school in CT</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0
Class rank 3/160
SAT I 2150 (800 m, 725 w, 625 cr)
SAT II 780 m, 710 history</p>

<p>5 APs (my school doesnt offer a lot)</p>

<p>Sports:
Started varsity sport (crew) at my school (negotiated with administration, recruited players and coach, created budget...)
Fall varsity crew all 4 years
Spring crew 4 years
Captain of crew team 2 years
Basketball 4 years (Varsity 3)
Most improved basketball sophmore year</p>

<p>ECs:
Quiz Bowl
Steering Committee 3 years
Vice President of class senior year
NHS
Spanish Honor Society
Treasurer of Spanish Club
Excellence in Spanish 4</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Started tutoring program for local hispanic kids
Volunteered at local library and church
Participated in many fundraisers for my class</p>

<p>What do I need to work on?? Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>Improve SAT reading. What SAT II math did you take? Try getting another leadership position.
Georgetown, Cornell, and Vanderbilt are 50-50 I’d say.
Duke and Harvard are significant reaches</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how you got a 725 and a 625</p>

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<p>Your 625 in Critical Reading is your biggest obstacle to admissions. Can you retake? Are you good enough at crew to be recruited (competitive erg times, regional/national crew honors?) Without the hook of being a recruit, your chances are shakey for H and D.</p>

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<p>Yes I believe I can improve my critical reading. What should I aim for to get into Duke? Also, I could maybe be recruited for crew, but Duke only has a club team.</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Any other schools that you suggest? Duke is my dream school.</p>

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<p>How did you get 625 and 725…</p>

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<p>I dont know man. I guess I just kinda sucked that day. Anyway, anyone want to chance me? pleasseee?</p>

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<p>i think what NWdivisionCHAMPS is trying to say is that a 625 is impossible.</p>

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<p>Im getting the feeling he realizes this. Check his profile, he has two very different chance threads. ■■■■■? I think so.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-slightly easier to get into. HC has very good crew team and great alumni network-smaller version of Georgetown.</p>

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<p>Thanks par 72, but I think I just got a birdie! (get it, like golf? haha). I’m more interested in bigger schools that have good spectating sports (except havard). BTW i think i meand 720 and 630 for my SATS</p>

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<p>Harvard is very very low chance (below average applicant for H). All others are possible.
625… are you not applying this year and is that what you expect?</p>

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<p>Thanks RAlex!!! Yea pretty much…guess I didnt think about which scores were actually possible…</p>

<p>So you think its possible for me to get into Duke?</p>

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<p>You’ve been . ■■■■■■■</p>