Chances Stanford Columbia Gtown UChicago please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>noncompetitive public high school mix of Asian and White</p>

<p>GPA-3.8W 3.7UW 9-12, huge upward trend (3.2->3.8->4.1(/4.333)->4.25 (projecting probably) GPA:4.0W 3.9UW 10-12
Class Rank: 14%</p>

<p>ACT:35
SAT:2340
SAT II: 800Math 800US taking Literature</p>

<p>ECs:
JSA (founded at end of 11th, so I guess 12th only) President
Speech & Debate 10-12
Medical Academy 10-12
Key Club 11-12
NHS 10-12
Possibly Mu Alpha Theta Founder 12th (still deciding on that)</p>

<p>AIME
Nationals Qualifier
Stanford Debate Camp
JSA Georgetown Advanced Session AP Government
Volunteer Campaigning for Democratic party in my city 200 Hours (11th Summer and through 12th year)
Internship at attorney general's office (12th year)
Independent Scientific Research 12th year – oversight by school teacher</p>

<p>Intended Major: Political Science at all schools (Gov't at Georgetown)</p>

<p>Stanford
Columbia
Georgetown
Northwestern
UChicago
NYU
UVA</p>

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<p>Scores are good, but nothing special on your EC's.
Stanford-Doubt it
Columbia-Mabe
Georgetown-Probably In
Northwestern-In
UChicago-In with good essays
NYU-In
UVA-OOS or In?</p>

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<p>Stanford's a reach -- weak GPA and no demonstrated passion in ECs. The research/internship are pretty good, though, so that might help.</p>

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<p>Stanford is the biggest reach. With Columbia and UChicago in the next tier. But you won't get UChicago unless you write incredible essays on their application. </p>

<p>Northwestern and NYU are likely. With Georgetown as a low reach/high match.</p>

<p>UVA is really dependent on whether or not you're in-state. If you're oos it's a reach, just because it is and your GPA isn't strong enough for you to stand out as far as your AI goes at a state school.</p>

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<p>Okay, I'm having mixed perceptions on the selectivity of UChicago. I posted in UChicago's forum, and everyone said that it was a match for me. I posted in this forum to get more responses to all the schools I wanted to attend, and I hear that UChicago is unlikely for me. ._.</p>

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<p>I'd say Chicago's a match, as are NU and Georgetown. Fair shot at Columbia. NYU/UVA are safe matches.</p>

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<p>I got into Northwestern and Chicago. </p>

<p>Collegeboard:</p>

<p>Northwestern: 1320-1500
Acceptance rate: 30 percent
ACT: 29-33</p>

<p>Chicago: 1320-1530
Acceptance: 38 percent
ACT: 28-33</p>

<p>In addition, NU has more kids in the top 10 percent of their class. And Chicago gives out some merit money and has a smaller class. </p>

<p>I think that NU is more selective to be honest with you. Northwestern is just as selective as Gtown if not more.</p>

<p>Gtown: SAT range: 1290-1490</p>

<p>A lot of misinformation is being given on these boards.</p>

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<p>UVA out of state is also much more competitive than their overall stats would imply.</p>

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<p>Okay, I'm still really confused as to whether UChicago is unlikely or very likely.
I've learned that Georgetown and NU are likely, and Chicago has no definite predictions. Can somebody help?</p>

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<p>Chicago is neither likely nor unlikely for you; that's why it's a match.</p>

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<p>^And so much of admission to UChicago is dependent on the application essays that it's hard to look at just numbers and hazard a guess</p>

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<p>Stanford: REJECT
Columbia: Unlikely/ REJECT
Georgetown: Maybe
Northwestern: Likely
UChicago: Maybe
NYU: In
UVA: Likely</p>

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<p>^^ how can Northwestern be "likely" yet Georgetown "maybe"? Doesn't make sense...</p>

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<p>Georgetown is well known for its political science; Northwestern, not so much.
Therefore, Georgetown is more competitive.</p>

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<p>That doesn't mean that it's going to be more difficult. And on top of that, you say Northwestern's "likely" whereas Chicago's "maybe," but poli sci definitely isn't a competitive major at Chicago. Simply because a school is well known for it doesn't mean that it's going to be more competitive for the major; it may seem to make sense that way, but that isn't the case, especially since for the most part top colleges admit without regard to major.</p>

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<p>Many highly qualified students with a political science major apply to Georgetown because they know it has a strong political science program. It makes the applicant pool more competitive.</p>

<p>Getting into UChicago depends a lot on essays. It's for this reason that I wrote "Maybe" for UChicago.</p>

<p>Top schools admit with regard to the declared major, whether they say it or not. Colleges don't want their whole class to be all one major, so they choose the best candidates.</p>

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<p>I don't understand how my GPA at Stanford is by any means low. With that GPA, my rank would be in the top 3% at least. I always thought that Stanford would be less of a reach than Columbia.</p>

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<p>Bump...
I would really appreciate more chances for Stanford and Columbia...</p>

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<p>^Your UW GPA for Stanford is fine. But your weighted GPA is lower than one would hope as a higher GPA would imply a tougher course load.</p>

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<p>The scale is out of 4.333, and it's block scheduling. Thanks though, I get what you're saying. btw: I had took the hardest classes offered in 11th and tentatively 12th grade</p>