Chances POR FAVOR and help me narrow down my list! Thanks!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, I'm a rising senior who would like to have my chances assessed for the schools on my very long preliminary college list. I realize that the list is EXTREMELY unbalanced, with likely reaches far outweighing the likely matches and safeties. This is because there are very few schools between my safety (UT) and my likely reaches that I would like to attend. </p>

<p>I have 14 schools on this list. I would also appreciate it if you guys can help me narrow it down to anywhere between 12 to 8 schools in addition to assessing my chances. I am currently thinking of eliminating Notre Dame, UPenn, Stanford, and Boston College. Thanks!</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: Korean
Location: very competitive public high school in Texas
Intended Major: International Relations or Government/PoliSci (depending on school)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.93 unweighted, rank 41/588 (top 10%) [may change in senior year] [somewhat of an upward trend- bad grades in freshman year]
SAT I:
1st sitting: 680R 650M 780W (2110)
2nd sitting: 790R 740M 700W (2230)
SUPERSCORED: 790R 740M 780W (2310)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: World History: 790 US History: 770 Korean: 800 (may take math II in Oct)</p>

<p>AP Scores
US History: 5
World History: 5
Spanish Language: 5
English Literature: 4</p>

<p>Awards:
-2nd place in Academic WorldQuest San Antionio Regionals (2009)
-UIL district finalist for extemporaneous speaking (2009)
-UIL Division I Band Soloist (2007, 2008)
-qualified for UIL State Band Solo Contest (2008)
-Finalist in University of Texas Spanish Poetry Declamation Contest (2009)
-A winner of the Austin International Poetry Festival Youth Contest (2008) & published poet</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-STAND Anti-Genocide Coalition (President: 2009)
-World Affairs Club (Co-President: 2008-2009, Academic WorldQuest Team Captain: 2009)
-Politics, Economics, and Philosophy Club (Secretary: 2008-2009)
-Varsity Extemporaenous Speaking/Debate (2007-2008)
-Citizen Journalist writing about politics and IR (2008-2009)
-Marching/Concert Band (Band Librarian: 2008-2009)
-volunteer counselor at a camp for disabled children (891 hours, 2008-2009)</p>

<p>College Programs:
Attend the 2008 Georgetown University International Relations Summer Program for High School Students</p>

<p>Essays/Recs: hopefully both will be good. Obviously it wouldn’t mean anything for me to say that my essays are great or whatnot.</p>

<p>Cornell University
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame
Carnegie-Mellon
Northwestern
Brown
Princeton
NYU
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
Boston College
UPenn
Stanford
UT Austin</p>

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<p>Cornell University Good chance
University of Chicago Good Chance
University of Notre Dame Good Chance
Carnegie-Mellon Great Chance
Northwestern 50/50
Brown Good Chance
Princeton Reach
NYU Great Chance
Johns Hopkins Good Chance
Georgetown 50/50
Boston College Great Chance
UPenn 50/50
Stanford Reach
UT Austin 99.999 %</p>

<p>Your school seems ridiculously competitive.</p>

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<p>Cornell University -good chance
University of Chicago -great chance
University of Notre Dame -prob in
Carnegie-Mellon -in
Northwestern prob in
Brown good chance
Princeton good chance
NYU-prob in
Johns Hopkins-prob in
Georgetown -good chance
Boston College-prob in
UPenn-great chance
Stanford-chance
UT Austin -in</p>

<p>congrats on great \stats
thanks for chancing me</p>

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<p>Great stats, GPA, etc, but your rank is a bit low. As long as there is a definite upward trend, then you should be okay, but I don’t know if I can see Princeton taking someone in the 40s. They go for those kids in the top 10, mostly top 5. However, that is not definite at all. I think that you must have better scores than most kids above you, and if so, then you should be all set. If not, your school is ridiculous lol. Also, have you taken mostly honors and AP courses? That could be key as well.</p>

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<p>Good chance at all!wow…chance me back at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/742785-chance-me-ed-jhu-duke-rd-emory.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/742785-chance-me-ed-jhu-duke-rd-emory.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>brown is a little hard though regardless of stats</p>

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<p>Cornell University: High Match
University of Chicago: Match
University of Notre Dame: Match
Carnegie-Mellon: Match
Northwestern: Match
Brown: Low Reach
Princeton: Reach
NYU: Match
Johns Hopkins: Match
Georgetown: High Match
Boston College: Match
UPenn: Low Reach
Stanford: Reach
UT Austin: Safety</p>

<p>If I was you, I would cut off Cornell, Notre Dame, Chicago, Carnegie and NYU.</p>

<p>Best of luck and thanks for chancing me!</p>

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<p>Cornell University: High Match
University of Chicago: Unsure
University of Notre Dame: Unsure
Carnegie-Mellon: Match
Northwestern: Match
Brown: Slight Reach
Princeton: Reach (as it is for everyone)
NYU: Low match
Johns Hopkins: Match
Georgetown: High Match
Boston College: Match
UPenn: Reach
Stanford: Reach
UT Austin: Unsure</p>

<p>^^ Nice everything!</p>

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<p>Cornell University-Match
University of Chicago-Match
University of Notre Dame-Match
Carnegie-Mellon-Match
Northwestern-Match
Brow-Slight Reach
Princeton-Slight Reach
NYU-Match
Johns Hopkins-Match
Georgetown-Match
Boston College-Safety
UPenn-Match
Stanford-Slight Reach
UT Austin-Safety</p>

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<p>Cornell University-good chance
University of Chicago-good chance
University of Notre Dame-good chance
Carnegie-Mellon-good chance
Northwestern-good chance
Brown-good chance
Princeton-let’s face it, horribly hard to get into even for the best
NYU-definitely
Johns Hopkins-good chance
Georgetown-good chance
Boston College-good chance
UPenn-reach
Stanford-same as princeton, except even harder if you’re asian.
UT Austin-definitely</p>

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<p>Hmm i mean you have a decent shot at all except maybe Princeton and Penn. Top 10% auto accept at UT :slight_smile: jw why is rice not on your list??</p>

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<p>I don’t have Rice on my list because I’d like to get out of state if possible :slight_smile: Thanks for all of the replies so far!</p>

<p>Don’t you guys think that my class rank would be a huge detriment for the upper-tier schools like Cornell, Brown, and etc?</p>

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<p>rank doesn’t matter, so many valedictorians apply. They look at test scores and grades a lot. But then so many people apply with near perfect test scores and grades that they look at extra curriculars. You have great extracurriculars so you are good in that area.</p>

<p>I don’t know if Princeton and Stanford take superscores. Cornell and Brown do but I’ve heard HYPS don’t.</p>

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<p>Cornell University- match
University of Chicago- IDK
University of Notre Dame- match
Carnegie-Mellon- low match
Northwestern- low match
Brown- low reach
Princeton- low reach
NYU- high match
Johns Hopkins- low reach
Georgetown- low reach
Boston College- low reach
UPenn- reach
Stanford- reach
UT Austin- IDK</p>

<p>congrats on all of your stats! and you’ve got a good list, with plenty of matches, reaches, and schools you stand a good chance!</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot at all but Princeton (high reach but possible!) You have great stats and ec’s.</p>

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<p>Cornell University: High Match
University of Chicago: High Match
University of Notre Dame: Match
Carnegie-Mellon: Match
Northwestern: Match
Brown: Low Reach
Princeton: Reach(it’s a reach for anyone)
NYU: Match
Johns Hopkins: Match
Georgetown: Low Reach
Boston College: Match
UPenn: Low Reach
Stanford: Reach
UT Austin: Match</p>

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<p>Hey, i think you definitely have a chance with all these schools. However, a lot of these schools you’ve listed are all very prestigious so they’re reaches for everybody. I say NYU, Northwestern, Carnegie-Mellon, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown, Boston College, John Hopkins are all lower reaches than the Ivy league schools.</p>

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<p>Great stats!</p>

<p>Ivies - in at some
University of Chicago -low reach
University of Notre Dame -in
Carnegie-Mellon -in
Northwestern in
NYU- in
Johns Hopkins-in
Georgetown - in
Boston College-in
UT Austin -in</p>

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<p>i see a problem with your subject tests. you have 3, two of which are history and one is a language (if you are Korean then this wouldn’t really “count” and colleges don’t like that at all). i suggest taking another math or science SAT II. </p>

<p>your rank is not great so it might hurt for top schoools</p>

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<p>Ivy’s and Stanford (especially Stanford) are hard to get in for Asians.</p>