Chances for washu, upenn, nwstern,...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know I had a thread before, but now I'm asking for specific schools. I know you guys will say the top few are reaches for everyone, but I would like to know percents, thanks!:
-Upenn
-Harvard
-Stanford
-JHU
-WashU
-MIT
-Dartmouth
-Northwestern
-Nornell
-University of Illinois Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>Sorry for all the vagueness; I want to stay anonymous</p>

<p>32 ACT, 34 superscored (I know they don't superscore, but many look at highest subsections)
800 math 2, 750+ on a science SAT II</p>

<p>3.9 GPA unweighted , private school</p>

<p>More than the most rigorous class schedule (4.5 years of english, math up to Calculus 3 and AP stats, 3.5 years of humanities (school plans for everyone to get 3, I doubled up...), 5 years of science, 3 years of span (up to span 4, took AP Macro and Journo 12th grade instead))</p>

<p>ECS:
Entered Siemens competition (math project... not many of them accepted :/), giving presentation at a section math conference, submitting paper to journal.</p>

<p>More than 100 hours of volunteer hours per year. Elementary school Engineering tutor, tutor of the state (x2) for the engineering competition.... translated popular educational videos over internet to spanish (100 hours+, maybe it will make up 3 years of spanish...?).... and some other things.</p>

<p>Competing in a college engineering competition as the only qualifying high school team</p>

<p>Leadership in 3 major teams (no sports due to required after school commitment) the teams are national forensic league teams and math league, leadership in NHS</p>

<p>A lot of tutor experience and soccer referee</p>

<p>Sorry it is so general. I also only want to include things that may affect decisions.</p>

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<p>The extracurriculars and awards are nice, but you didn’t take the SAT? Your chances would be much higher if you took it, even though you already have a solid ACT</p>

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<p>Colleges just want ACT or SAT to the best of my knowledge.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s not a big difference whether you submit an ACT or SAT. They’re both valid. The only advantages to taking both are:
-Possibly doing better on one than the other
-SAT can be super-scored
-SAT Subject Exams</p>

<p>But anyway, Ivy Leagues (and Stanford) are reaches. Your ACT, while not low, may put you below the many other applicants. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars are good and unique. I’d say that aside from the Ivies and Stanford, your chances are well above the average applicants’.</p>

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<p>Thank you, anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>No one can give actual percentages. The closest to actual percentages would be looking at Naviance and seeing what percentage of people with close-ish stats got in. UIUC and WahU are both probably low reaches, but they aren’t nearly as hard because they’re public (still great schools, just higher acceptance). Harvard and Stanford are the hardest, without a doubt. Both are single digit acceptance rates and so tippy top reaches. The rest are all reaches/kind of high reaches.</p>

<p>One last point, it’s hard to say specifics because some schools get more selective or less selective each year. NU for example has been having smaller and smaller acceptance rates. In the past few years it went from something like 20% to 13% (that may not be totally accurate, but just pointing out they have gotten more selective).</p>

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<p>WashU is a private school. Thanks for the feedback.</p>

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<p>I’m not really asking for an exact percentage, but how I compare to the other applicants.</p>

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<p>Oh, you meant Washington in St. Louis. I thought you meant University of Washington, sorry. Still not quite as selective.</p>

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<p>Take the SAT, somehow a lot of my friends with high SAT scores get in over those w/ high ACT scores.</p>

<p>All are reaches except for JHU (target), Cornell (high reach), and U illinois (in). Although, if you are applying to jhu biomedical engineering, then of course its a reach</p>

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<p>You are saying Cornell is a high reach when the others are not? Cornell is often seen as way easier to get into than Harvard/Stanford.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t trust doglova’s assessment; JHU is a hard school to get into, and H and S are obviously harder than Cornell.</p>

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<p>Crimson, would you say I have a lower/higher average chance of getting into Upenn/harv/stan/dart/mit?</p>

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<p>With the 32 I don’t know that your chances are great. They’re not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but you’re probably lower than the 50% ACT, which doesn’t do you any favors. I’d say Dart and UPenn you have a decent, HSM you probably have some shot, but not super likely. I wouldn’t take my word on it, though. This is all off just from what I’ve seen.</p>

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<p>I know I’m not Crimson, but you would have an average to above average application for the more selective schools. I know a person in my school who has similar credentials who was accepted to MIT, and some more “qualified” who have been denied at the same schools. Just be sure to make yourself as presentable as possible. You have an above average chance at most places, considering their 5-15% acceptance rates.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Any Ivies are a reach, but you have as good a chance as anyone.
JHU - Low Reach
WU - Low Reach
NWU - Low Match
Cornell - Low Reach
UIUC - Match</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback! The only thing that seems off is northwestern; it is actually an extremely competitive school!</p>

<p>I appreciate it.</p>