Chances for HYPS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 4.5(weighted) 3.8(unweighted)
SAT: 2280 breakdown:760 CR, 720 M, 800 W (will retake next year, got a 2350 on practice test)
SAT IIs: will take three, expecting 750+ in all</p>

<p>APs taken: US Gov(5), Lang&Comp(5), World History(5),
supress: Calc BC (2), AP Physics(1) =(</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP USH,AP Lit,AP Stat,AP Psych,AP Span,Newspaper,Law</p>

<p>Personal: White Female at high-ranking public school</p>

<p>Debate Team (9th-12th, Captain 11th-12th)
Forensics Team(11th-12th, Captain 11th-12th)
2nd place in State, Persuasive Oratory
Mock Trial Team (11th-12th)
Intern at Public Defender's Office (Summer before 12th, will get amazing letter of recommendation from highly respected attorney)
Brown Book Award</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer Team (9th-12th, Captain 12th)(recruited by some DIII schools, will send video to DI schools (Ivies) later on this summer)
Club Soccer since 3rd grade (15hrs/wk)
Soccer Camp Counselor (Summer 11th)</p>

<p>School Newspaper (10th-12th, Editior in Chief 12th)</p>

<p>National Honor Society(11th-12th, VP 12th)
Spanish Honor Society (11th-12th)</p>

<p>Various Essay Contests/Newspaper/Speech Awards, 200+ hrs community service </p>

<p>Chances for (without recruited athlete status?):
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Stanford
U Chicago
WUSTL
Northwestern
Williams
Amherst
Swarthmore
Kenyon</p>

<p>I know its all a crapshoot, but I would really appreciate advice as to whether I have a shot at any of these schools. Chance me and I'll chance you back!</p>

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<p>I would say on the low-side for HYPS, but you still definitely have a shot. </p>

<p>I don’t know if those two AP scores will hurt you…there are so many different views out there concerning AP scores as an admissions factor, but personally I see it as a factor.</p>

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<p>The 2 AP scores will hurt you because the colleges see everything courtesy of College Board.
And by the way, a 2280 is amazing, work on your ECs instead of worrying about improving it.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your feedback guys! </p>

<p>dstfan, I should be able to withhold my 2 bad AP scores, but I know it’ll still look bad because colleges will assume I got a 2 or lower. Hopefully SATIIs and GPA(it should be a little higher by mid-senior year) will help make up for my APs, though.</p>

<p>Keep the chances coming, folks! Brutal honesty please!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>ermm…Ivies are a crapshoot…i’ll bet you get into one
but you’re def in at Kenyon, Swartmore and Northwestern</p>

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<p>Princeton reach
Harvard reach
Yale reach
Brown reach
Stanford reach
U Chicago in
WUSTL in
Northwestern in
Williams reach
Amherst reach
Swarthmore reach
Kenyon in
can u chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739962-plz-chance-overachiever-rice-u-maryland-duke-caltech-5-ucs.html#post1062841319[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739962-plz-chance-overachiever-rice-u-maryland-duke-caltech-5-ucs.html#post1062841319&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the chances everyone!
Here’s my updated list:
Princeton
Harvard
Brown
Stanford
Cornell
UC Berkeley
UCLA
U Chicago
WUSTL
Northwestern
Williams
Swarthmore
Kenyon</p>

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<p>Princeton reach
Harvard reach
Cornell lower reach
Brown lower reach
Stanford lower reach
UC Berkeley high match
UCLA match/probably in
U Chicago in
WUSTL (I don’t have enough knowledge to comment on this school)
Northwestern in
Williams low reach
Amherst low reach
Swarthmore low reach
Kenyon (I don’t have enough knowledge of this school to comment)</p>

<p>I am no expert so take what I have to say with a grain of salt. You’re a great candidate for a lot of theseschools, and I would say that there’s a decent chance you’ll get accepted to at least one of your top-tier schools, as someone said before.</p>

<p>Chance back please?</p>

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<p>Princeton - Reach
Harvard - Reach
Brown - Low Reach
Stanford - Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
UC Berkeley - In State Safety; OOS Match
UCLA - In State Safety; OOS Match
U Chicago - Match
WUSTL - Match
Northwestern - Match
Williams - Low Reach
Swarthmore - Low Reach
Kenyon - Safety!</p>

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<p>As others have said, you definitely have a few reaches, but go for them! You are a generally strong applicant, although your GPA is slightly weak for the very top colleges. Write killer essay and make sure you get strong recs and you should be fine… I would through in a few more safeties just to be sure because you never know with the crap shoot decisions now a days. (By the way I have a bias for speech and debaters!) Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Where are you safeties? You are a reasonable candidate, but many with your stats will be rejected from all of these schools except maybe Kenyon. You don’t tell us rank but hopefully you’re top 2 in your class for a serious shot at HPS.</p>

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<p>assuming you’re out of state…</p>

<p>Princeton: Reach
Harvard: High Reach
Brown: Low Reach
Stanford: High Reach
Cornell: Low Reach/High Match
UC Berkeley - Low Reach/High Match
UCLA - Low Reach/High Match
U Chicago - High Match
WUSTL - Match
Northwestern - Match
Williams - Low Reach
Swarthmore - Low Reach
Kenyon - Safety!!</p>

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<p>I really appreciate the chances and advice everyone! </p>

<p>Btw, the shools I’ve listed aren’t a complete list of schools I’m going to apply to (I definitely will have some safeties in there!), they’re just schools I want to be chanced for.</p>