Chances for Vanderbilt+JHU+BC+Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.85 UW
Rank: 14/190
State: Maine
Ethnicity: white male
APs:
-Calc AB 5
-English Lang 3
-Statistics
-Chemistry
-Span. Lang
-English Lit
-Macro Economics (self-study)
-Micro Economics (self-study)</p>

<p>SAT:
670 CR
750 M
780 W
Total: 2200
(first time will retake in Oct. to hopefully get 1470 M+CR)</p>

<p>SATII:
770 Chemistry
760 MathIIC
720 Biology-M</p>

<p>EC
Outdoor track and field (3yrs)
Basketball (3yrs)
Spanish club (2yrs)
Hospital volunteer (3yrs)
Homeless shelter volunteer (3yrs)
Outing club (4yrs)</p>

<p>Work experience
Convenience store cashier
Supermarket shelf-stocker</p>

<p>I'm applying as an Econ major, possibly doubling with math. What do you guys think for:
Vanderbilt
Johns Hopkins
Boston College
Duke</p>

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<p>bump (ten char)</p>

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<p>You have a moderately good chance at all of them except Duke. Be sure to keep your grades and ECs headed in the right direction. If you need merit aid, Vanderbilt looks best for you.</p>

<p>Duke is a likely reject unless you have a sports or legacy connection or REALLY wealthy parents.</p>

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<p>barrister what does really wealthy parents have to do with anything...</p>

<p>for large donations or something?</p>

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<p>You have a good chance at Vanderbilt and Boston College. Johns Hopkins is a bit of a reach and Duke is a reach as well.</p>

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<p>^^wuddadoo #4. Read Rachel Toor's Admission Confidential, and you will understand about "developmental admits." RT is a former AdCom @ Duke and tells an interesting story on many levels. Duke will take a chance on someone with low stats if the parents have a Rockefeller/Kennedy, etc. pedigree and can POTENTIALLY contribute big bucks to the school.</p>

<p>Posters here and elsewhere sometimes sound biased against Duke, and I'm probably one of them for other reasons as well.</p>

<p>I just know that Duke admits many candidates with great credentials and offers little money, because the school is trying to build its endowment.</p>

<p>Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies thus far I really appreciate them. Duke is probably the biggest reach on my list so I'll just apply and hope for the best.</p>

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<p>bump for a few more opinions</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is similar to Boston College.</p>

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<p>agreed w/ post #5</p>

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<p>Why not ED to Duke?</p>

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<p>I'm actually doing ED to Cornell. When I made this chance thread this was just a random sampling of my list at some of the places I had started considering at the time. I've actually taken Duke off my list in favor of UWisconsin-M since it is more of a match school. </p>

<p>But anyway since az1698 bumped it and nothing has really changed since, how about chances for Cornell (ED) and Vanderbilt?</p>

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<p>^ Very strong chances @ Cornell ED, considering their ED has a 40% acceptance rate and they often have easier admission standards (one of the FEW schools that do) for that. (They take almost all borderline applicants during ED, and reject all borderline applicants that apply RD)</p>

<p>I'd say in @ Cornell ED</p>

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<p>I cant advise you because i know nothing about the process myself
Someone Please HELP ME:-
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/570520-what-my-chances-addmission-top-universities.html#post1061046299%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/570520-what-my-chances-addmission-top-universities.html#post1061046299&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ok...lol (ten char)</p>