Chances for Stanford, Rice, Ivies w/ Unique EC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>...well this is awkward...have we met before? If not (or if so) please chance me :)</p>

<p>General Information:
-White Male (why couldn't I be a Native American female :/ )
-Idaho (the potato state...in case you didn't know)
-Decent School
-Rising Senior
-Major in Linguistics/Neurobiology</p>

<p>Freshman Year GPA: 4.00 (uw), 4.00 (w)
Sophomore Year GPA: 4.00 (uw), 4.125(w)
Junior Year GPA: 4.00 (uw), 4.50(w)
Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Stats
-AP Physics
-AP Lit
-AP Calc BC/Calc II
-AP Environment Science
-AP Micro Econ
-AP Macro Econ
-AP Government
-German VI
-French II (self study possibly?)</p>

<p>AP Scores
-Biology (5)
-US History (4)
-Chemistry (5)
-Eng. Lang. (5)
-Calc ab (5)</p>

<p>ACT Score:
-Composite (34)
-English (33)
-Math (35)
-Reading (35)
-Science (36)
-Essay (10)</p>

<p>SAT II Scores:
-Math II (750)
-Chemistry (790)
-Biology M (760)</p>

<p>SAT I Scores (Hopefully use ACT scores instead...)
-CR (680)
-Math (720)
-Writing (750)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Jump Rope Team for 11 years (8-16hrs/wk, 48wks/year)
-Performed on David Letterman Show (2004)
-Performed in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2010)
-Jumped at MANY BSU and Utah Jazz basketball halftimes
-Appeared on Fox, ESPN, and local news stations
-Appeared in the JUMP! documentary</p>

<p>-Played piano for 9 years now (4-5hrs/wk, 52wks/year)
-Scores 5 (top score) at state piano competition for past 3 years
-Have trophy for having over 20 points</p>

<p>-Self studied/reviewed French I/II (2010, Summer 2011)
-Self studied beginning Italian (Summer 2011)</p>

<p>Awards:
-Group ranked 3rd in world ages 17 and under (2006)
-1st in nation individually ages 14 and under (2007)
-2nd in nation individually ages 15 and up (2009,2010)
-6th in world individually (2010)
-80 gold regional jump rope medals
-35 gold national medals
-20ish silver national medals
-10 silver plaques (2nd best in event in nation across all age groups)
-8 trophies (Best in event in national across all age groups)
-5 world medals</p>

<p>-Trophy for piano points above 15</p>

<p>-National Merit Commended
-AP Scholar with Distinction (i assume I have at least. haha)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Leadership
-(5 years) Teach elementary kids jump rope (1hr/week, 20wk/year)
-(3 years) Captain of jump rope team
-(3 years) International Club (Co-president in 2012)
-(2 years) Math/Science Quiz Bowl + captain
-(2 years) National Honor Society + secretary
-(2 years) Tutor kids in AP Biology (30min/wk, 40wk/year)
-(2 years) Volunteer at Science Museum (3hrs/wk, 52wk/yr)
-Plan on tutoring kids in AP Chemistry next year (30min/wk, 40wk/year)
Total Volunteer Hours - 200ish hours</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at: (obviously I like reach colleges. haha)
Stanford
Rice
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
U of Penn
Duke
Georgetown
Berkeley
University of Washington
UT Austin
Whitman
Lewis and Clark
College of Idaho (TRUST ME, it's a safety)</p>

<p>Thank you VERY much for chancing me! I'll gratefully chance back if you like. Just chance me for the schools above. A percentage is always nice, but otherwise, anything will help. Thanks again :)</p>

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<p>Holy moly, you have some interesting ECs! You should be set at many of these schools if you use your ACT scores. Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton are low reaches and everything is probably a match.</p>

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<p>Thanks! :). Hope my passion comes through in this big jumble of things. Do you want/need me to chance you back? I feel somewhat guilty having you read my entire chance thread without reciprocating.</p>

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<p>It’s no problem :stuck_out_tongue: I’ve had some old ones if you want to look through the most recent one. I’ll make an updated one in august maybe.</p>

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<p>If you remember, feel free to post the updated August one here and I’ll be more than happy to chance you :)</p>

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<p>Haha I decided to make one :stuck_out_tongue:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1175463-chance-me-before-i-start-essays.html#post12904682[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1175463-chance-me-before-i-start-essays.html#post12904682&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Anyone else, feel more than free to comment
Please! Haha.</p>

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<p>Wow, to say it crudely, YOU GOT SKILLZ! By the way, you just helped me notice Idaho is right next to Utah :D</p>

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<p>^ yup, that’s actually our state slogan: “the state next to Utah.”. Haha</p>

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<p>…can i be you for a few months to apply to college?? JEEZ i can’t even… how did you do that? your scores are fantastic, and your ec is a terrific hook. i’m jealous. see you at harvard/princeton/yale/stanford…</p>

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<p>Well thank you! Hopefully I’ll see you there.</p>

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<p>BUMP. Anyone else have? I would kind of like to know how I stand on some of the non-super-high-ivies. Any matches or safeties?</p>

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<p>I think you’re into the ivies for sure! Congrats in advance :P</p>

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<p>Honestly, I think you have an excellent chance at all of those schools. Your accomplishments with regards to your ECs are amazing! Also, you have a high ACT and GPA. The only thing that’s left is the essay. But, these schools can be random, so you never know. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1173642-new-member-chance-me-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1173642-new-member-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Just a question: if I were to submit both my ACT and SAT (which I’ve already done for a few of the colleges), will the colleges take both of them into consideration, or will they only use my higher score (the ACT) for determining acceptance? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Sorry this is so late, but they would use the higher score.</p>

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<p>Sorry to BUMP up an old post, but I’ve revised my college list a tad. Colleges, in order of desire to attend:</p>

<p>Stanford
Rice
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
U of Chicago
U of Penn
Duke
Brown
Georgetown
Case Western
U of Washington St. Louis
Berkeley
UT Austin (Honors)
University of Washington
Whitman</p>

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<p>You should be fine. Stanford and those top schools seem to be a toss up. When I visited there, they really emphasized how they want unique students who have had great accomplishments. Your scores, ECs, and classes should definitely put you in the running for a spot!</p>

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<p>You have an incredible talent for jump roping and your scores are fantastic. Honestly, I think colleges will see your jump roping EC and view it very highly, but will look down upon the fact that it has taken up almost all your time. You are going to the college for a future career in the fields of your major. What bothers me is that I see little to no experience in those fields. Don’t get me wrong, your international level EC is AMAZING but I could see potential problems with admissions into the upper level ivys simply due to less devoted time to the topics you wish to further study. Do you plan on competing in jump roping/devoting large amounts of time to the activity? If that’s the case, you should reconsider your major because it will be tough to manage both at big schools like the ones you are aiming for.</p>

<p>In short, I am by no means demeaning you or trying to make you feel bad. I am just giving you a fair heads up that getting into HYPSM will not be a cake walk like others before me have said. They will take into account what I stated above. You have a very good shot at these schools, however, and some of the other privates you mentioned should be an automatic acceptance in most cases. I hope you understand what I said and again it’s not meant to be offending in any way. Good luck and hope you do well in whatever you choose!</p>

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<p>I think you should be fine except for HYP and possibly Stanford. You have an awesome ACT score, but shouldn’t your composite add up to be a 35. Or are those the highest sub-scores from multiple test dates?</p>