<p>You're only applying to seven Ivies??</p>
<p>Honestly. Any serious applicant should apply to all eight as well as every single other top 50 school.</p>
<p>In other news, it helps to have some understanding about what you actually want in a college before you apply. You are going to be there for four years, ya know.</p>
<p>Amen to the above post. Still, I don't think you are getting my point. Regardless of how you do on a year to year basis, colleges are interested in a progression, yes, but they are primarily concerned with how you finish after 11th grade starting way back from freshman year. If not GPA, then at the very least, your rank.</p>
<p>i think I got your point a while ago... i keep these threads so I can refer to them... thanks for the advice but maybe my chances?</p>
<p>and I don't like Dartmouth, Cornell, and Yale as much as the others...</p>
<p>But can someone rate my on those or even some of those schools?</p>
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<p>sky- you metnioned you recieved an award for the 400 yard sprint... whats your time, player?</p>
<p>he doesnt time us... its all competition... for football we run 3000 yards each day and its pretty much a race... He gives a big plaque for the last 400 yards we run and whoeevr comes first pretty much wins... I guess everyone was tired... backs and O and D line run seperate because obviously they have different running times... So theres like 30 backs competed with...I'm guessing under a minute... barely like around 55 sec-1 min 5</p>
<p>thats cool. you should time yourself sometime</p>
<p>Yeah... I really don't do timed runs... I should though your right. I just run till I pass out. I eat a lot of fat content in my diet so running balances it out. Chances anyone?</p>
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<p>I don't agree with your criteria either, but if a "good surrounding city with lots to do" is important to you, you should eliminate Dartmouth from your list. Hanover has just got about 10,000 residents (including the Dartmouth students!)
Have you actually scanned all the schools on your list for their academic programs? Like course offerings in your anticipated major, first year seminars, study-abroad opportunities, research opportunities, AP credit,...?</p>
<p>yeah my list is obviously a rough draft. It's an old one i should cange it because Dartmouth should have been off there a long time ago. -.- Thanks though!</p>
<p>Well thanks for your opinions on my criteria.. but chances?</p>
<p>What do you want to be other than getting into college and getting easy As?</p>
<p>Listen, where do you think you'll end up getting a 3.4 gpa at an ivy league? Pretty much nowhere... I mean grade deflation as you'll get B's no matter how hard you try... Thats what I meant.. like only 10 % of the kids in a class get A's. Do you want to be spending 50,000 for that? Obviously, we all want to expand our minds and get an education...</p>
<p>well, like you said you're paying for the "expansion of mind" and excellent education. grade inflation probably shouldnt be one of the big things you ought to be looking for. grades dont reflect that much, as they are obviously very relative, and i think law schools know that too. </p>
<p>i'd rather spend half a million and come out with a bit of wit and wisdom, than to spend that and come out with a digit i can brag about</p>
<p>i'm still a senior in high school so i dont know to what lengths you should take my guesses, but i think you're pretty solid in terms of the UCs, though for ivies you gotta go beyond stats. it looks like you've piled a whole lot to write on your app, but what is it that you really really are passionate about? what about essays and rec's? how are those coming along?</p>
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<p>You're SAT score is good .. they recalculate your gpa based on their scale .. so as long as you got A's in your classes you should be fine regardless of the GPA number(4.1) .. etc .. for example, at my school the highest gpa you can get is a 4.0 and they send in your number grade (92.6 .. 88.7 .. etc) .. is you're number grade high?</p>
<p>I do hope you realize that you can apply ED and SCEA (Stanford) to one school .. I know that upward trends in grades are considered but at all of the most competitve schools, the high school transcript (grades and rigor of classes) is the most important .. I know plently of people who had stellar EC's (like national/world competitions) .. but ended up being waitlisted or rejected because their grades were bad .. </p>
<p>its awesome that you're thinking about law school .. but remember that going to an ivy league doesn't mean you have a better chance of getting into a great law school .. research the schools you are looking at to see which offer the best resources and opportunities to succeed .. </p>
<p>also, I think that you need to do a lot more research to narrow down you're list .. many of the colleges you listed are polar opposites of each other which makes it seem like you are just applying for prestige</p>