<p>bfjava- thanx. Yeah debate is awesome. I really enjoy it, and hope to continue doing it in college. </p>
<p>Kewl. Peace</p>
<p>Pbar</p>
<p>well... you have just as good a chance as I ......... :</p>
<p>is that a good thing or a bad thing kinetic?</p>
<p>Don't be offended since this is my <em>subjective</em> opinion.. :) :)</p>
<p>Reach:
Harvard-- i'd be surprised if they accepted you.
Yale-- 10%
Dartmouth-- 30%
Stanford-- 20%</p>
<p>Matches:
WashU-- 40%
Georgetown-- 50%
UChicago-- 50% given that your essays are killers**
Johns Hopkins-- 50%</p>
<p>Safeties:
Vanderbilt
Emory
Tulane
Wake-- i'd be surprised if any of these schools rejected you. At the worst, you will be waitlisted.</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>just apply, you don't know whether is was a reach or not until you apply.</p>
<p>Based on what I saw from early applicants at my school, you'll get into Emory no problem. Two kids, who aren't nearly as qualified as you worked their way in there. Tulane and Wake should be easy, too. I wouldn't be surprised if you got int most of the other schools as well. Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Stanford could be hard, though. 16 kids from my school applied to these places early, and only 1 got inot Harvard. Anyways, good luck, and I hope you like where you end up.</p>
<p>If your essays and recs are good, I believe that Harvard, Yale, and Stanford are a match for you. You're amazing at debate and that helps a lot!!! Some of the people on this thread are way too critical and are downplaying you just because you're not a national champ in anything, but they're wrong. Your accomplishments in debate are respectable. Your stats are well in par with HYS and you have some amazing accomplishments. You're the President of numerous orgnizations in your school and that demonstrates a great deal of leadership qualities in you to HYS. I repeat, IF YOUR ESSAYS AND RECS ARE GOOD, YOU WILL GET INTO HARVARD, YALE, AND STANFORD.</p>
<p>thanks for the encouragement man<em>on</em>fire. Yeah like Harvard is really into debate, and I got a recommendation from the Harvard debate coach, so I am hoping that helps. I've done pretty well at debate. Im banking a lot of hopes on that. My essays are not bad (I hope so at least). If you want me to send you one or smthin, juss PM me. Kewl</p>
<p>-Pbar</p>
<p>HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!!!!! Wish everyone the best of luck in the upcoming year (esp. in getting in at the colleges you wanna go to).</p>
<p>hey so your 3rd place at debate nats...was that at NFL last June in Salt Lake City?</p>
<p>Given that the australlian system of education is based on the british system which has significantly less inflated marks I would assume that you are a shoe in for Chicago, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins. As for Yale, Stanford and Harvard those are crapshoots for anyone. Dartmouth is not a shoe-in but it is more likely that you will be accepted than not.</p>
<p>nope. it wasnt last yr. i dont think i said that on my profile thingy. It was noive/JV policy debate nats at Woodward. For whats it worth. We'll see. Thanks chrisscarre. Ive still gotta finish the uchicago app. lol. Ive got like 22 hrs. Ill get it done tho (hopefully). </p>
<p>Pbar</p>