Chances Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I’m an incoming senior looking to apply to some selective schools this year. I just want to ask some of you where I stand as far as admissions go to these schools. The list is kind of long, but if you can help it is greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Schools: UPenn, Columbia, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Emory, Harvard, Princeton, University of Illinois, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, Rice, New York University</p>

<p>State: IL
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: African-American/Black</p>

<p>School Type: Public, Competitive
Class Rank: 10/1,026 (Top 1%) – not sure about the specific rank, percentage is accurate
GPA (u) – 3.78
GPA (w) – 4.50 </p>

<p>ACT: 34
SAT II – US History: 790
SAT II – Literature: 670 (planning to retake, if I dedicate myself to studying should be 700+)
SAT II – Math Level 2: 660 (same as Lit) </p>

<p>Senior Schedule: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP English IV, AP Comparative Government, Spanish V, Physical Education</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular:
Youth & Government (10-12)
- Youth Secretary of State (over 1200+ students)
- School Chapter President
- Committee Chair
- Most Influential Lobbyist Award (2006)
Business Professionals of America (10-12)
- National Competitor – Advanced Accounting (4th in State)
- State Competitor – Advanced Accounting, Financial Analyst Team, Fundamental Accounting, Word Processing
- Regional Competitor – Advanced Accounting (2nd), Financial Analyst Team (1st), Fundamental Accounting (2nd), Word Processing (2nd)
Face-to-Face: Minority Mentors (10-12)
- Junior Mentor (2006)
- Senior Mentor (2007)
Student Council (9-12)
- Class of 2008 Representative
- Special Events Committee
- 2 Varsity Letters, 1 JV Letter for Attendance and Leadership
Spanish Honors Society – Inducted 2006, tutor (11-12)
Intramural Basketball (10-12)
Private Tutor
Volunteering: Tutor, Hessed House for Transitional Families, smaller projects with school groups but not really all that significant </p>

<p>Because of the size of my school Freshmen are unable to participate in some ECs.</p>

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<p>in everywhere</p>

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<p>SAT scores?</p>

<p>Odds are you're in at Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, U-IL, and NYU.</p>

<p>Gtown, Cornell, Northwestern are reachier.</p>

<p>UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton even reachier.</p>

<p>Stanford SUPER REACH.</p>

<p>You've got great stats and a geographic advantage. But you're not going to walk into top schools. I know a black girl who was admitted to H,Y, and P but not into S.</p>

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<p>Why would Stanford be a super reach. You may know a black girl who was admitted to HYP, but I know nothing about her or her situation so I can't comment on her. But I know a black girl very well who attended my school and was accepted with lower scores than me. Plus, I am a black male which is a lot different than being a black girl.</p>

<p>And I was not expecting to walk into these top colleges. If I was going to walk in everywhere I wouldn't ask for the chance comments.</p>

<p>Anyone else with any comments?</p>

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<p>I think you have incredible chances. Odds are you will be admitted into at least one or two Ivys. Even if you weren't URM, you'd still have great chances. . .write a rockin' essay! :]
And congrats on the ACT score!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the congratulations! I should be o.k. on the essay, I'm a pretty good writer WHEN I have a good topic to write about. So far I have had a few people read my common application and it was solid from what everyone told me (but sometimes you can't help be feel they're trying to be nice). </p>

<p>Anyway, due I stand a better chance at some of the Ivies than others? I would prefer UPenn (still haven't quite decided between Wharton and the College) and Columbia if I was admitted to any.</p>

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<p>woooo....affirmative action :-/</p>

<p>"Anyway, due I stand"</p>

<p>-...lol you mean "do"? you're going to get in almost everywhere. some of the top colleges are really hard to predict but I think you have excellent chances. again...AA ftw :-/</p>

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<p>I took me a second to get the joke. At first I thought I typed something wrong.</p>

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<p>how are you top 1% with a 3.78 unweighted GPA? is your school easy or EXTREMELY hard? thats what, 1 or 2 Bs a year right?</p>

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<p>his school probably ranks by weighted gpa ( that's the whole point of a weighted gpa). so a 4.5 could easily put him in the top 1% at most schools.</p>

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<p>My school does rank by weighted GPA, and it is far from easy. You will not find a highly skilled student with a 4.0 GPA. My valedictorian has gotten a B in a class before. I've gotten B's as well, but my school rewards people for taking difficult schedules. From what I know the schools in my district and the district next door are pretty well received by the elite colleges. We get people in top schools every year.</p>