Chances Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a cuban with a 2000 SAT 710/V 570/M 720/W. I have a 3.5 GPA at a very competitive jesuit high school. I am involved in several clubs at school. I have over 600 hours of community service over 4 years in a mentoring program at my school for inner city kids. I also am an athlete, and I will be competitive on many of the teams at schools I am applying to. I have also had contact with the coaches at most of these schools. </p>

<p>What are my chances at: Dartmouth, Richmond, Swarthmore, Brown, Washington& Lee, Holy Cross, Columbia, NYU?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance,</p>

<p>Marauder</p>

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<p>if you're as good at atheletics as you say you are, your chances aren't too bad.</p>

<p>dartmouth, brown, and columbia are ivy league, so you never know.</p>

<p>just keep it up</p>

<p>your ECs are good, gpa a bit low (if it's weighted)
decent SAT</p>

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<p>Your stats and URM status will get you in to any school if a coach pulls for you.</p>

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<p>don't say any school, because that's not always the case</p>

<p>ivy leagues are never guarantees</p>

<p>you could've found a cure for AIDS, lost a limb, and saved a kid from a burning house.</p>

<p>they might still find something wrong with you.</p>

<p>that's how competitive (random/crazy) the ivy's are</p>

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<p>thank you very much. so would I have a chance at harvard if the coach was interested?</p>

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<p>Yes. And ivies are much less of a lottery for athletes and URMs.</p>

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<p>Do you think this will help me at swarthmore? How realistic are dartmouth and columbia?</p>

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<p>?? please respond.</p>

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<p>I think you have a shot at Dartmouth and Columbia without being recruited, particularly if you are low income, but apply widely.</p>

<p>What's your class rank? SAT II and AP scores?</p>

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<p>My school doesn't rank, and only offers AP classes to juniors and seniors in order to allow more focus on religion. I haven't gotten my scores back eyt for AP tests, or SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>Swarthmore?</p>

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<p>so if you are an athlete and a URM but with an average GPA like 3.5 as shown here... then you will most likely be accepted at Ivy league?</p>

<p>Heh, I'm a freshmen and I like baseball, basketball and tennis, so if I make the team next year and do well I have a shot? I am a URM, and I estimate that due to my freshmen year, when I get straight 4.0 in my next three years the highest unweighted gpa I will have is the same here, 3.5.</p>

<p>Is that what you guys are saying here?</p>

<p>EDIT: The HeadCoach of the basketball team is my guidence counselor btw. ;)</p>

<p>EDIT: and what if you are low income as someone stated here.</p>

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<p>Making your high school team and getting recruited are very different things. At the average high school, if one kid is recruited per year (for all divisions of all sports) they are doing well.</p>

<p>Many colleges are trying to increase the number of low income URMs. If you are top 10% of your class, break 2000 on the SATs and do well on AP exams, take a strong course load and get good recs, you have a real shot at top schools.</p>

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<p>but if your recruited by a Ivy league school then whats the point in even thinking of whether you will be accepted... if your recruited doesn't that mean you are automatically accepted in the university?</p>

<p>You have to add also getting good EC's right, which is also important I assume. :)</p>

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<p>Actually, if you're recruited, other ECs are not that important. Recruited doesn't mean you're in. Coaches get to put in a list, in order, of hopefuls. The closer you are to the schools average stats, the better your chances. If you are a total star--one of the top in the nation--the school might bend over backwards and take you with far below average stats. Harvard is know for doing this. Most athletes, however, are close in terms of stats.</p>

<p>What sport it is matters. In the ivy they'll bend for football the most. Many div I will do anything for a world class basketball player. A good swimmer or runner better be smart!</p>

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<p>How much do you think my chances will be at swartmore? Whuch school sounds like the safest bet out of Dartmouth, Columbia, and Harvard. I've had the most contact with the coach at Dartmouth, and was invited to their minority recruitment weekend.</p>