<p>I really dont see you getting denied from any colleges but ivies are unpredictable. good luck!</p>
<p>chance back?
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<p>jisaacs2215: Thank you! Chanced you back :)</p>
<p>Wow you are definitely a threat to a lot of applicants! (in a good way of course)
Your SAT is amazing, how?? Did you take classes or self study? That’s freaking amazing</p>
<p>Soooo I would say: </p>
<p>Harvard - reach/high reach (Harvard is a crapshoot, it’s a reach for everybody)
Yale - reach
Brown - reach
Amherst - low reach
Wellesley - high match/match
Tufts - low reach/high match
BC - low match</p>
<p>My advice is to maybe find more leadership positions? That could help.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>you can likeley get into all of those schools. Harvard and Yale are your only reaches. but they are reaches for everyone, so you have a good chance.</p>
<p>Like others have said, Harvard is a crapshoot. You might get in, you might not. Same with Yale. I believe you might get into Tufts but I’m not sure. BC should be a match really for you.</p>
<p>Your stats are great! Your ECs are pretty good, though I don’t really see anything about them that pops out and makes me think, “Wow, this guy is a shoo-in!” This should not be discouraging in any way, however, because we can’t all start non-profits and cure cancer on weekends, haha. I do think, however, that you have as a solid chance as anybody at all the schools you listed, some more than others. If you write an essay that is as great as you predict it will be, your chances will definitely be increased!</p>
<p>Here is what I think:</p>
<p>Harvard - high reach
Yale - high reach
Brown - mid/high reach
Amherst - mid reach
Wellesley - (don’t know much about, sorry!)
Tufts - match
BC - low match/safety</p>
<p>Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Chance me back please? Thanks! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1527858-chance-me-harvard-yale-etc-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1527858-chance-me-harvard-yale-etc-will-chance-back.html</a></p>
<p>Wow how did you get your SAT score so high? Any suggestions for me?</p>
<p>I’m not sure, I didn’t really study… Maybe luck was on my side! :D</p>
<p>—Bump—</p>
<p>More opinions purdy please! :D</p>
<p>Chances, anybody?</p>
<p>To improve your chances at ALL these schools, you may need to go beyond your own stellar numbers and not rest so much on the laurels of your high school’s strong admissions record. </p>
<p>Your ec’s are lacking somewhat—too many things that were done before or early in high school. What is your “hook”? How can you define yourself in a brief sentence? Is there is anything you can use as a hook that shows you have broadened yourself beyond high school and SAT tutoring as a job, which, IMHO, implies a certain narrowness of focus? What are your enthusiasms and quirks, beyond perfecting your profile on the page?</p>
<p>I actually am including quirks and such in my essays :)</p>
<p>That’s good, but you can’t just include quirks in your essays like you’re checking off a list. Your entire package needs to be all of a piece. Are your interests in writing? Teaching? Acting? World Affairs? Interests/ leadership/ experience that you list in the activities section of your app need to be reinforced/ echoed elsewhere, like your essays. </p>
<p>Without seeing your app, one obviously can’t say conclusively, but there’s nothing compelling about your profile beyond numbers; or, at least, you’re not conveying in this thread what it is that makes you compelling, and it’s hard to expect/ give chances when you’re just touting your scores/ grades.</p>
<p>I also say these things as a forewarning. At my D’s top-ten-in-state high school, any number of NM finalists; Princeton and other prestigious college book award winners; top SAT scorers; and bronze-to-gold award winners for languages have been disappointed when it comes to getting into tippy-top schools, which most on your list are.
You should be neither over-confident nor easily discouraged. Just put together an app that “sings” and gives reps the sense that their school is the very first on your list, even if it isn’t.</p>
<p>I greatly appreciate your feedback. The reason why I may seem too confident is because I’m honestly not all that worried about this process. If I don’t get into an Ivy, so what? If I don’t get into a top 20 school, or even a top 50, so what? I just want to go somewhere that’s the right fit for me, and regardless, I’m going to make the most of my college life wherever I go :o</p>
<p>Then you are ahead of the game! Worry and over-thinking can undermine the process of applying, I think. There’s a really great meat-and-potatoes college admissions book that my D used when she was working on her app called “College Admission: From Application to Acceptance” by Robin Mamlet and Christine Vandevelde. It’s the only book I know of that guides you section-by-section through the Common App (and filling this out is as much art as it is skill).</p>
<p>You should be very pleased come admissions time. (I’m nudging for Tufts, where my D is starting in a few weeks!). Good luck.</p>
<p>I spend a lot of time on the Tufts campus–it’s an amazing place. Hope your D loves it!</p>
<p>Great shot at all, but I’d say Yale is least likely because you live in MA. Good luck!</p>
<p>I should probably correct myself re: giving college reps a sense that their school is first on your list, even if it isn’t. That sounds a little too Machiavellian. What I actually mean is that you have to fill out each application with the notion that this is the only school you’re applying to and/or will get accepted to. Colleges can whiff when an applicant is just going through the motions. And obviously a great college list means you’d be happy attending any of the schools to which you’re accepted.</p>
<p>But you probably know all this already. Whether or not “Tufts Syndrome” is real or simply anecdotal, colleges do want to be loved (especially by a strong applicant like yourself)!</p>
<p>Glad you like Tufts. My D loved Wellesley, too.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input guys!</p>