Chances on competitive schools (cornell, hopkins)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, all. This is my first time posting here but not on the website, hope I'm doing this correctly.</p>

<p>Currently attend a highly-competitive, prestigious private high school in Texas. I'm a junior but I'm putting some stuff on here I know I will be involved with senior year.</p>

<p>Planning on applying to:
Cornell (Early Decision?)
Johns Hopkins (Early Decision?)
Duke
Middlebury
UT Austin
Tufts
Georgetown
US Naval Academy</p>

<p>Stats:
Full tuition merit scholarship to high school
PSAT: 202 sophomore year, 210 junior year (National Semifinalist)
SAT: 2120 (730 CR, 720 M, 670 WR) - plan to take again over summer, hope to get over 2200
No class rankings provided by school
GPA: 3.73 UW (school does not weight); Mostly A/A-, few B+s, nothing below a B+
APs (so far):
Soph. year - AP Art History (5), AP World History (5)
Jr year - AP US History (assuming I get a 4 or 5), and AP Comp Sci (assuming 4 or a 5)
Senior year - probably will take 3-4 APs including Calc AB, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Economics</p>

<p>In addition, good number of honors courses throughout high school.</p>

<p>Extracurricular/Awards:
Freshman/JV Basketball (9)
Varsity Volleyball (10-12) (captain junior/senior year)
Varsity Lacrosse (9-12) (captain junior/senior year)
Summer Club lacrosse team (9-11)
Student Council Representative (11, 12)
Secretary of Guitar Club (9, 10)
VP of Photography Club (11, 12)
Community Service Club (9-12)
Mock Government (9-12)
Student Ambassador (9-12)</p>

<p>National Spanish Exam Bronze Award (75th percentile, 9) and Silver Award (85th percentile, 10)</p>

<p>National Presidential Bronze Service Award (100+ hours/year, grades 10, 11, 12); total hours probably over 250 by end of junior year, mostly done through local church/school opportunities</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Summer between 9/10 grade, worked 4 days/wk for a 4 hour shift at a coffee shop for about two months</p>

<p>Vanderbilt PAVE Summer program junior year summer.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs will probably be pretty good, as well as essay. </p>

<p>I think that's about it. Thanks for your time.</p>

<p>Edit: Male, caucasian, decent-income family, no legacies to colleges I'm interested in.</p>

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<p>Bump. Bump.</p>

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<p>You’ll probably get into all of them. =)</p>

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<p>Bump. Hoping to get some more feedback.</p>

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<p>They seem like match to high-match. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Waittt, isn’t National Merit for TX like 216? Hahaha.</p>

<p>Cornell-Reach
Johns Hopkins-Reach
Duke-Low Reach
UT Austin-Match</p>

<p>IDK anything else about the other schools…You have a bunch of awards so I think you’ll be fine((: GOod luck!</p>

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<p>Good list of schools-might look at Holy Cross and Notre Dame-similar to Georgetown.</p>

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<p>These seem like all near matches based on your resume. However, Cornell, Hopkins and Duke seem to be unpredictable with their decisions, so anything can happen. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>@par, I’m not particularly interested in schools with heavy religious affiliation but I have looked at ND and am considering. </p>

<p>@Miselis, My school has had 4.1 kids rejected but 3.5 kids accepted at Duke, haha I definitely know what you’re talking about. </p>

<p>Thank you, all.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, but what does “bump” mean? I’m new here.</p>

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<p>Bump is a way of putting your thread back at the top of the forum (bumping it up) if you want more responses.</p>