chances please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, everything is finalized...</p>

<p><em>Schools</em>
Brown
CMU
Rice
Stanford
Tufts
U of Rochester
Yale
also probably UT Austin, but I am an auto-admit</p>

<p><em>SAT</em>
SAT I 2200: 730M 700V 770W
SAT II Lit: 720</p>

<p><em>GPA</em>
3.8uw 4.15w (highest possible = 4.8)
ranked 35/353 (aaah! just barely!)</p>

<p><em>Extra Curriculars</em>
- Fencing 8.5-11 hrs/week (no awards, though :( ) 9-12
- Aikido (martial art) 7 hrs/week (blue belt, 4th kyu) 9-12, 8yrs
- German Club (secretary last year & treasurer sophomore, nothing this year :( ) 9-12
- Latin Club + Certamen Team 11-12 (I skipped the first 2 years of latin :) )
-NHS + SMILE (volunteering groups) NHS:11-12 SMILE: 10-12 total hours=50
-Computer Programming Team 10-12 + Student Technology Administrative Council 11-12 (the only girl...) (no awards :( )
-part time employee at small software company 20 hrs/week</p>

<p><em>Awards</em>
-german state: '04: 3rd - directed dialogue '05: 2nd –varsity pass auf, 3rd -extemporaneous speaking, 3rd - reading comprehension '06: 3rd - skit, 2nd – scrapbook
-latin state: '06: 4th play, 6th poetry reading comp., 6th greek life
-writing: Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival haiku contest
-LitMag '04: 3 pieces accepted, '05: 1 piece accepted, alt. pub. Co-editor, '06: 1 piece accepted
-AP scholar with distinction :)</p>

<p>thanks everyone for your time!!</p>

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<p>(oh... and I am applying Yale SCEA)</p>

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<p>your GPA/rank kills you. SAT doesn't help. you need two more subject tests. ECs are interesting but not spectacular</p>

<p>unless you are black, hispanic, and/or legacy:
no chance at yale/stanford.</p>

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<p>I am taking the physics and math2 sat 2s in october and latin in november... I expect to do well on latin and okay on math and physics (so assume that I make a 720 on those two as well, and something vaguely higher on latin)</p>

<p>thanks for the comments though
(I saw some people put %s up for each school... would anyone have interest in doing that for me, as reach, match... is so vague)</p>

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<p>(okay, in my defense: my GPA is a 3.8, but all of my Bs are 89s... I just assumed that a Grade Point Average was an AVERAGE, so that my 89 in one class and my 95 in another would work out to an A average)
okay, that was my tirade for the day...
sorry</p>

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<p>...bump...</p>

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<p>ok im sorry, but to ask for percentages instead of "reach, match" is a very bad idea -- think about it, the admissions process is so random how could anyone here even try to put a number on it...if someone told you "75%" at Yale, how much would that really help you? It seems weird, but the more "vague" the input you get, the more "accurate" it really is. At least on CC.</p>