Chances: very unusual situation

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys. I posted this once before fall break but again, I'm in a strange situation; thorough ECs but horrible test scores for the schools I'm thinking about:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.77 (w), 3.98 (uw)
Rank: 1/453, public school in the U.S.
SAT I: 2090 :(, retaking in Jan.
SAT II: 800 Bio, 770 World History, 750 U.S History, 720 Chemistry
Race/Ethnicity: Asian
APs:
Bio-5
Chem-4
World History-5
Psychology-5
United States History-5
Statistics-5
Environmental Science-5
Human Geography-4
English Language-4</p>

<p>*National AP Scholar by end of junior year
Also Questbridge Scholar if that helps.</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule:
AP Micro, AP Macro, AP U.S. gov, AP Calculus AB, AP European History, AP Art History, AP Physics B, AP English Literature</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Sports:
Varsity Cross Country, 3 year letterman, injured this season
Varsity Track and Field, 2 year letterman
Varsity Lacrosse, 2 year letterman (moved to new school), state champs frosh year</p>

<p>School Organizations:
Student Body Vice President
Model UN President
National English Honor Society President
Florida Junior Academy of Sciences President
Cum Laude Society (Summa)
Newspaper Editor-in-chief
State National History Day Finalist</p>

<p>Science/Research
Third Place Intel International Science Fair
First Place State Science Fair (junior)
Second Place State Science Fair (soph)
Siemens Competition semifinalist
BioGENEius state winner, and regional finalist
Youth Science Foundation Executive Committee Member
ScienceDays Inc. district director
National Biology Olympiad Finalist
USA Chemistry Olympiad Semifinalist
Intern at National Lab (will get rec from mentor)
Will present my research at an international conference in January
Paper to be published in Journal of Biomedical Optics</p>

<p>Service
767 service hours donated to American Red Cross and some labs.
President of Youth Corps at ARC
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold)</p>

<p>Music
Orchestra/String quartet for four years
Royal Conservatory of Music First Class Honors with Distinction
First Place Kiwanis International Music Competition
I've been to a couple of international competitions and have placed</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Amherst
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Princeton
Wellesley
Williams
Yale</p>

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<p>Yeah you're numbers are horrible. Are you just fishing for compliments?</p>

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<p>Very low SAT scores for those schools. I'd say you still have a decent chance if you don't get a better score on the SAT, but unless you get a more change in total SAT score (200+ points) i'd say your chances for most of them remain strong/moderate, but a stronger SAT would help a bit.</p>

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<p>I do realize that but the answer to your question is no. I need to cut down on the list b/c of CSS/PROFILE fees.</p>

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<p>Oops. that refers to Mohammad wong's comment.</p>

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<p>From what I have been reading on this site about Harvard's 27K+ applicants, I'd think you might be dicey for that school; Yale as well.</p>

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<p>^^^
this site is misrepresentation of the college admissions process though... you have realistic shot at getting into all of those schools. go ahead and retake the SAT because getting better scores will only help.</p>

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<p>Is this perhaps...AMY?
Because this is Kaitlin.
:-)
See you in AP Physics tomorrow!</p>

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<p>Third Place Intel International Science Fair? Are you kidding? That is something that'll seriously put you over the top. Solid chance at all, and you're almost certain to get in to Wellesley.</p>