Chances for UPenn, UChicago, Stanford, Dartmouth, UCB, Rice, Northwestern, NYU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>UPenn, UChicago, Stanford, Dartmouth, UCB, Rice, Northwestern, NYU </p>

<p>Hi, these are upper tier schools for me, I'd just like to see where you guys think I stand right now.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95 (unweighted)
4.47 (weighted)</p>

<p>Class Rank: (I go to a small competitive private school (just 121 students in my class) that doesn't rank, although i'm probably in the top 10%)</p>

<p>SAT: C: 2110, CR: 720, M:710, W:680</p>

<p>SAT II: USHist: 720, Math II: 780, Chem: 710</p>

<p>ACT: C: 31, E: 33, (Essay 12, Eng/Writ Comp: 34) M: 36, R: 25, S: 29 </p>

<p>AP Scores:
APUSH: 5
Eng Lang and Comp: 5
Chem: 3</p>

<p>(My school doesn't let us take many AP classes until senior, I'm not sure if that will be held against me, but maybe my senior classes will help?)</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Biology
AP European History
AP Eng Lit
Varsity Debate</p>

<p>EC:
(Fair warning, yes, I'm one of those debate/speech people)
Lawyer in Dallas BAR Mock Trial Competition- 3 years, advanced to state-level competition every year, placed 6th in '12
President of Debate, attended and placed in tournaments regularly, qualified for Texas Forensic Association State Tournament in '13 in Policy Debate, qualified and attended the NFL national tournament in Policy Debate in '13,
Interned at Aegis Capital (private wealth management), conducted research, analyzed stocks etc, '12-'13
Volunteered at Beaumont Municipal Teen Court- 3 years (~ 100 hours)</p>

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<p>You have a strong chance. You just need to elevate your sat scores. Good Luck!!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1528235-i-need-some-help-i-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1528235-i-need-some-help-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;
Chance back!!!</p>

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<p>Bump, I’ll chance back anyone</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>

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<p>You have a good shot I think :slight_smile: although it’s hard to know. Have you tea the actual results featured thread? I found it really helpful. Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529081-chance-uri-unh-uconn-nyu-bu-cornell-brown-upenn.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529081-chance-uri-unh-uconn-nyu-bu-cornell-brown-upenn.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh and what about your recommendations? Are you thinking they’ll be good?</p>

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<p>You need a higher SAT and ACT for some of those schools. </p>

<p>With that said, all other fronts look good. Awesome GPA, and your extracurriculars look great. I, too, am in debate (albeit a different type), and you seem as dedicated to it as I am. Super passionate extracurriculars that one does well in will always look better than multiple extracurriculars. Again, just the scores are low. Generally, for the Ivies and Ivy-levels, a 33 or 2200 are the bare minimum. I’d put your chances as:</p>

<p>U Penn: Reach
U Chicago: Reach
Stanford: Reach
Dartmouth: Reach
UCB: Low Reach
Rice: Low Reach
Northwestern: Reach
NYU: Match</p>

<p>Do pick more matches than just NYU; it will be helpful, in case you get a full round of rejections. I’d assume you’d be accepted to at least one, but that it by no means assured. For U Chicago, the essays are of extreme importance. But as a debater, I can be confident that you are eloquent, so the essays should come naturally. Also, if you have multiple ACT test dates, U Chicago does superscore.</p>

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<p>Your EC is good and so is your GPA too. Don’t worry about course load if that is your school’s policy. Anyway, it seems you did some self-study AP. Nevertheless, your test scores are a bit low for these top schools. You may want to raise your ACT and/or SAT1+SAT2 for better chance. Right now, they are mostly reach for you.</p>