<p>SAT I: 800 CR/760 M/790 W (1560/2350)
GPA: upward trend ~3.8 UW/4.2 W
SAT IIs: 800 Literature 700 Math IC 750 World History
ECs: student government, varsity cheerleader, youth coaching (8 hours per week in fall and winter with elementary schoolers, counts as community service), Key Club
APs: World Hist 5, taking 3 exams this yr (Eng. Lit, Calc AB, US Hist) and probably 4-5 next year</p>
<p>Grades:
Freshman:
History I Honors: A
English I Honors: A
Physics Honors: B
Algebra II Honors: C+ (bad, I know*)
French II: A
Latin I: A</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP World History: B+
English II Honors: A
Chemistry: A
Precalculus Honors: B+
French III: A
Latin II: A</p>
<p>Junior (predicted, it's nearly the end of the year):
AP US History: A
AP English Lang. : A
AP Calc AB: A
Biology Honors: A
French IV: A
Computer Art and Graphic Design I: A
(my school requires an art class so I couldn't do Latin but I'll do it next year again)</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
AP Calc BC
AP French
AP English Lit
AP Government and Politics
AP Econ (both macro/micro)</p>
<p>I am an intended History major and I'm going to England to study this summer and then doing an independent study in Euro. Hist senior year since my school offers no AP. Also I hope the upward grade trend will help? I know freshman year was veryyyy rocky. The Algebra II class was accelerated and I asked the teacher to write one of my recs because out of sheer luck I've had him every single year of H.S. and he can talk about how I've improved</p>
<p>Chances Please at:
Reach: Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin
Match: Colby, Davidson, Hamilton, William and Mary
Safety: St. Lawrence (NY), Trinity (CT), Bates</p>
<p>Reaches: Some pretty darn high reaches. High to the extreme. Harvard, Princeton, Darmouth, Amherst, and Williams are all extremely hard. Maybe a chance at Bowdoin. I'd say lighten up on these dream schools...I think Cornell or Duke are very good choices that are more of a real possibility than cut throat Harvard and Princeton.</p>
<p>Match: I think you should get into William and Mary and Davidson.</p>
<p>Your definately in at Bowdin and AMHERESTmy cousin didn't have to many EC's, but a perfect score CR like you, and in the 700's in the other section, but your stats in SAT's are better. And an equal GPA to you. CONGRATS AND WELCOME TO BOWDIN AND AMHERST.</p>
<p>Amherst is one of the best liberal arts school in the nation. It is as selective as HYP. OP's stats are good, but Amherst would not be a safety (for anyone else in that matter).</p>
<p>Your cousin probably had something unique in his application (maybe his essays?) But just because he got in does not mean anyone with supposedly "superior" stats will get in easily.</p>
<p>Amherst is incredibly selective, but not as selective as HYP. More like Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Anyway:</p>
<p>Reach: Harvard, Princeton
Slight Reach: Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams
High Match: Bowdoin
Match: Colby, Davidson, Hamilton, William and Mary
Safety: St. Lawrence (NY), Trinity (CT), Bates</p>
<p>Good list. I'd consider adding Middlebury to add another to the high match category. You probably could drop Bates or Trinity.</p>
<p>I hope so! also, if Bowdoin is my #2....would applying EDII if not accepted at Dartmouth early be any help?
oh and does anyone know where I can find ED acceptance rates rather than overall for schools?</p>
<p>OH YEAH?! OH YEAH?!
Well, MY cousin had a 4.0 UW GPA and a 1600 CR/M composite!</p>
<p>He's going to Hunter College now.</p>
<p>@pinkpineapple
Your personal assessments are all very accurate.
However, keep in mind that, with the waitlist fiasco this year and whatnot, your matches and safeties may end up waitlisting you or rejecting you outright.
You are a statistically strong candidate, but it will be necessary for you to write unique essays.</p>
<p>Do you guys realize how much you cannot just go on grades? Yes, good grades are important, as are decent test scores, but the majority of schools want to admit a person, not a number. Showing a voice in your essays, and showing passion in what you do, not just churning out the same numbers as everyone else, that is what will get you into college.</p>
<p>Chances here (I am generalizing, but this is how I do them, anyway) are done with assumption that recs and essays will be reasonable, or at least, consistent with the person "churning" out the grades. I just went through the college process, so I try to compare all of it with my stats as well.</p>
<p>Passion alone will not get you into a top college -- not if you don't have the numbers to back it up.</p>
<p>Everything people post here is numbers. If you are applying to a top university, assume that everyone has the same exact numbers. Then think about what will set you apart.</p>
<p>In applying for a college, yes, it is important to see what sets you apart -- however, is that tangible to communicate that in a spreadsheet form? Chance me threads are written to ask "are our numbers good enough?" Evidently, these numbers are not the same, and thus that assumption would be faulty. </p>
<p>Everything people can safely post is numbers. We see what the admissions officers see, minus, of course, the recs and essays. Everyone does not have the same numbers, the same workload, the same classes, the same rigor in said classes, the same achievements. Some students' numbers are undoubtedly more qualified than other people's. Numbers speak of passion, not the other way around.</p>
<p>A lot of these kids are just asking "hey, do we have the sufficient grades and extracurriculars to stand a chance?" It's a simple yes or no question, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out what sufficient grades are for an applicant to have a "good" chance at getting into a particular university.</p>
<p>Update: I got an 800 on the history subject test!</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, especially Taggart's...i know Dartmouth is always a crap shoot, but my cousin went there and loved it and even though I'd be perfectly fine at another LAC or small university, I really like Dartmouth above and beyond.</p>