Chances for Stanford/Dartmouth/Yale.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys I could really appreciate some insight.
Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT I:730 CR; 680 Math; 600 W= 2010
ACT: 28 (will retake in a week and expecting a significant increase)
SAT II: USH 770; Math 1 700; Math 2 720
AP Tests: AP Calc AB-5; AP USH-5; AP-English Language- 4
GPA: 3.65 UW; 5.571 Weighted; Ranked 7/92 in a very hard school (School for Advanced Studies)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic- Colombia. I moved to the United States about 7 years ago.
First person in my family to apply to college.</p>

<p>My school is designed in a way that students have half of their classes at the high school level and the other half is taken at Miami Dade College with the general populace.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Government and Politics
AP Macroeconomics
Honors Research</p>

<p>Calculus and Analytical Geometry 3 (Multi-variable Calculus)
Differential Equations 1
Humanities
Physics with Calculus 1
Psychology
Sociology</p>

<p>Summer 2007- Semester at MDC.
Calculus and Analytical Geometry 2
Business Calculus
Speech Communications
Microeconomics</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB
AP US History</p>

<p>Italian 1 (Fall Semester) year high school credit.
Italian 2 (Spring Semester) year high school credit.
Philosophy
Calculus and Analytical Geometry 1
Statistical Methods
Acting 1</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: (Regular High School)
Honors Physics
Honors Chemistry
Honors English II
Honors Precalculus
Health/ Physical Fitness (Required)
Aerospace Engineering 2</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English 1
Honors Algebra 2
Honors World History
Honors Biology
Aerospace Engineering 1
NJROTC (Required for PE/Leadership Credit)</p>

<p>8th and 7th grade:
Honors/Gifted Algebra 1
Honors/Gifted Geometry
Honors/Gifted Earth and Space Science</p>

<p>Awards:
Member of the Dean's List in Miami Dade College;
Member of the National Honor Society (2005- Present);
"Principal's Cabinet" adviser (Felix Varela High 2005-2006);
College Board distinction of AP Scholar;
Viper Honor Roll Award for maintaining a 4.0 GPA the entire 2005- 2006 school year;
Felix Varela 2006- 2007 Award Banquet awards: Most Outstanding Sophomore in Science, Most Outstanding Sophomore (overall).</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Varsity swimming:11th, 12th. Varsity Letter.
Physics Club President: 10th grade.
NHS 10th, 11th, 12th
Model UN 11th, 12th
Student Government 12th.
Church Community Service 9th, 10th 11th, 12th.</p>

<p>After my parents separated I basically had to make up for everything my dad did in the house, including taking care of my little sister and extra things like grocery shopping etc. Because of this my EC time is severely cut and my Senior activities lack in comparison to a lot of the other applicants.</p>

<p>A lot of info...I Know.</p>

<p>Thanks for anyone who replies.</p>

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<p>Although your EC's are solid, your test scores seem to be low. Your stats number-wise are just not there, even including your GPA.</p>

<p>I'll say its a high reach, like most people</p>

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<p>Most of the B's I earned were in 8th and 9th grade.
I have only gotten 1 B in 10th, 11th and 12th.
I was hoping my strength of schedule and this factor would compensate for the mediocre gpa.</p>

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<p>I guess what I am asking in this thread is-</p>

<p>would my strength of schedule compensate for my mediocre gpa?</p>

<p>I would really like to have this answered.</p>

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<p>It can help offset it slightly, but it's definitely not full compensation.</p>

<p>I don't think the eighth grade scores count, though - that's strange that your high school includes it. if you hadn't factored that in already, that might bring your grade up.</p>

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<p>Your scores are more then enough...especially since you are a URM plus you come from a unique high school and have had hard cirucmstances.</p>