Chances of being admitted to Tufts/Princeton/Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>About Me:
Race- Caucasian
Religion- Jewish
Background- North African & Russian
-My parents are divorced..since middle school, I've switched houses about every month
-My uncle is a Princeton alum- does this help me at all?
-My passions are writing, the environment & global issues/intnl. affairs</p>

<p>I've visitedTufts, Princeton & Yale numerous times and I LOVE them all..I think that I would fit in really well at either of them. What do you guys think? If you don't agree, then which schools do you think would be good matches/slight reaches for me?</p>

<p>My School:
-Public h.s in CT of about 2,000
-Sends some to top schools</p>

<p>Frosh UW GPA: 3.4
Soph UW GPA: 3.6
Junior UW GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: Definitely in the top 10%, probably more like 8 or 9%</p>

<p>Class Rigor:
Frosh yr- I only took 2 Honors classes. Through frosh & soph yr I was struggling w/ some depression as I had just lost all of my friends and hads a lot of trouble finding my own group, as well as family issues
Soph yr- I took all H's classes
Jr yr- I took 3 AP's & the rest H's
Next yr- I'm taking 5 AP's </p>

<p>SAT I:
Critical Reading- 740
Math- 720
Writing- 750
(I'm taking it again)</p>

<p>-All 5's on my AP exams
-Not sure of the exact scores on my ACT & SAT Subject exams but I truly think that I did well (The 2nd time I took them)</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:
-Will be President of my school's literary magazine next year- A club of about 30 students..We publish a magazine every season
-Will be President of Environmental Club next year- Helped double the amount our school recycles, installed composting in our cafeteria, raised $ for all natural cleaning products & water-efficient toilets, organized the city's first Earth Day Fair
-Will be Co-President of Model U.N next year- I've attended about 7 conferences
-Varsity debater- qualified for States since soph yr when I was on Novice...I've won 2 trophies
-I've been playing guitar for 3 years so far & I love it</p>

<p>Sports:
-Played JV Field Hockey, Soph. year
-Played JV tennis this year & will next year </p>

<p>Volunteerism:
-Started an organization which brings environmental conciousness to local elementary & middle schools..High schoolers like me, go to the schools and work with the kids on interactive, hands-on learning activities.
-Organized a benefit in which musical teens performed, including me, (guitar, piano, violin, sax, etc) along with a dinner, all proceeds going to Chile and Haiti...I'll do it again next year for a different cause
-I've organized numerous fundraisers at my school for local causes such as the CT Food Bank, CT Environmental Fund, coats for local residents, & global causes such as raising $ to help women in Iran start their own business..
-Have been on the Teen Board (we plan special events) & volunteered w. the organization, Friendship Circle for 3 years. Almost every Sunday morning, I've been a 'special friend' to special-needs children ages 2-18 & have gone on life skills trips for the older kids (About 200 hrs so far)
-Went on a service trip in India & started a program in my school to raise $ for the school I visited (for new books/technology/etc.)
-I'm going on an environmental service trip in Costa Rica in a couple of months</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
Inducted into the NHS - Junior
Won 1st place in a national writing competition- Junior
Won 1st place poetry in a local literary comp. - Junior
Won 2nd place in a national writing comp. - Junior
Won Honorable Mention in a national writing comp. - Junior
Won the Gold Key in the Scholastic Art&Writing Comp. - Junior
Had about 4 articles published in some travel/teen magazines-Junior
I'm a candidate for my city's citizenship award (Awarded to 6 seniors/yr)
Won a couple of essay scholarships..I'll be applying for more</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Found an internship myself when I was 14 at a T.V production company
-Interned at a non-profit
-Interned at a publishing company
-Worked at Free People
-Waitress </p>

<p>Summer School:
-Spent 2 weeks at Brown's Leadership Institute..got an "A" in the class I took on social entrepeneurship
-Attended a 1-week journalism workshop at Yale
-Took local Spanish classes to improve my skills for 2 summers
-Attended a 1-week debate camp run by the CT Debate Association </p>

<p>Travel: (I know that this is important to some schools)
-Japan, Spain, Costa Rica, India, Brazil, Jamaica, England, France, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Mexico</p>

<p>My essays are wonderful, according to my English teacher
I have great recommendations (so I think)..I have close relationships w/ these teachers</p>

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<p>Tufts- In
Princeton and Yale- reaches</p>

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<p>Thanks :slight_smile: Do you think that I should still apply to Princeton and/or Yale, or are they major reaches?</p>

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<p>Anyone else? I’d really appreciate some feedback!</p>

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<p>I incorporated your scores, GPA, leadership, and extracurriculars into a systematically devised function of calculatory means that I developed to precisely calculate percent chance of admission to various universities in the US and abroad. The results are as follows (these are the percent chances that you will be accepted at the below named institutions of higher educatory education):</p>

<p>Tufts University: 38.913%
Princeton University: 21.160%
Yale University: 19.995%</p>

<p>Please note that these are only derived from my own personal formula which seems to accurately predict admissions chances pretty well. Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>Thanks NewStudent…
Also, my school is actually pretty good. Although not many kids are in advanced classes (about 10% of each grade), we have a very heavy workload … my classes are, by no means, easy.</p>

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<p>Thinking about the fact that only about 10% of my grade is in Honors/AP classes, I’ll probably be closer to the top 5% of my graduating class.</p>

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<p>Your chances might actually be a bit higher than predicted, especially at Tufts University, due to the way my formula is compounded (your writing award achievements may bear more weight, but since no specifics were given, they are categorized as “Award.NOS.mR.” Do your essays involve sob stories (re: depression, divorce, etc.)?</p>

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<p>No, my essays don’t involve sob stories… hahaah</p>

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<p>Sorry… not naming the specific awards for privacy reasons, but they are pretty competitive.</p>

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<p>tufts seems to be the most likely, a target school. The other two are reach, unless you being north african makes you “african-american” though I doubt they count sephardic jews as such.</p>

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<p>BTW- I was wrong. My critical reading score was a 770 and my writing score was a 780The scores that I wrote were from the first time that I took it…this was my 2nd time.</p>

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<p>Thanks tjkid…Yeah, I’ve wondered about that!</p>

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<p>Also, forgot to mention that I have my own translation service. I offer free English-> Spanish translations and vice versa for the people in my town. This will be my 2nd summer doing it.</p>

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<p>Bumpp. Are Princeton or Yale out of the question or am I a possible contender? Does my uncle’s alum status give me any advantage at all?</p>

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<p>Princeton and Yale are hard for everyone. I’m not too sure about their legacy policies, but I don’t think uncles or aunts count. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

<p>You’ll probably get into Tufts, but Princeton and Yale will be somewhat of a long shot. You still have a chance though.</p>

<p>Chance me back? :slight_smile:
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<p>Thanks,
Leon</p>

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<p>What can I do to improve my chances at Yale/Princeton? Thanks :]</p>

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<p>Anyone else, please!</p>

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<p>bump…i’m soo stressed :x</p>