Chances (with updated SATs) LACs, UCs, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, here goes, here's my list:
Brown
Middlebury (? undecided)
Stanford
UC Berkeley
NYU
Cornell
UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis
Bryn Mawr</p>

<p>(I'm a white female, just FYI)</p>

<p>My GPA is (about) 4.2 weighted, 4.57 weighted not counting freshman year. 3.9 unweighted (3 Bs total, two in freshman year, one first-semester sophomore year). Class rank: 2</p>

<p>I've been taking the most difficult classes available, I managed to complete two years of French in one year, and I'm a full IB diploma candidate.
(IB test results so far: 6 in Math SL, 6 in French SL)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule: 5 IBs, 1 AP, Chamber Singers
Junior year schedule: 7 IBs, Chamber Singers</p>

<p>ECs:
4 yrs in Mock Trial (Captain/President)
4 yrs in Choir
4 yrs CSF
2 yrs Key Club (Secretary)
3 yrs Interact (Secretary)
4 yrs French Club (Vice President)
2 yrs as a Peer Tutor
3 yrs Academic Decathlon
2 yrs Library Club (President) and a couple extra community service projects.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2280 (710 M, 780 V, 790 W)
SAT II: 700 Literature, 670 Math II, 650 French, 640 US History (not retaking, I've decided it's time to let it go, and I've got better things to do)</p>

<p>Other Honors:
Two time winner of local speech contest
County-Wide Honor Choir
Region (West-Coast) Wide Honor Choir
Outstanding Defense Attorney at County Mock Trial Competition
District Attorney's Award (Outstanding Overall Performance on Mock Trial Team)
Northern California Youth Leadership Conference</p>

<p>I go to a high school in rather rural area which sends about 30%-40% of its students to four year colleges. I know that my subject tests are low, but they are quite high compared to my classmates, in case it matters. Very few apply to or go to Ivies (one sent in the last three years). I've got ELC for UCs, and if you need any more info please ask.</p>

<p>Any info or suggestions would be nice.</p>

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<p>Stanford is reach
cornell brown and UC Berkeley are slight reaches
the rest you should get into to</p>

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<p>what are the IB diploma all about</p>

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<p>Brown - MATCH
Middlebury - MATCH
Stanford - REACH
UC Berkeley - SAFETY (INSTATE), MATCH (OUT)
NYU - SAFETY
Cornell - MATCH
UC Santa Cruz - SAFETY
UC Davis - SAFETY
Bryn Mawr - MATCH</p>

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<p>The IB programme is somewhat similar to AP, but to get a full diploma you have to test in six different subject areas, take Theory of Knowledge (philosophy, basically), do 150 hours of sort-of community service and write an extended essay on the subject of your choice.</p>

<p>I probably should have put Ivies in the title..that always brings them in. Ah, well. Anyone else? My intended major at the moment is linguistics or international relations, in case it matters.</p>

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<p>I think Brown and Stanford are reaches. All the others are matches or safeties.</p>

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<p>Since Brown and Stanford are pretty much reaches for everyone, could anyone give some more specifics as to what my chances at those places are? Brown particularly, since it's really my first choice.</p>

<p>More opinions on the others, of course, are still welcome.</p>

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<p>you have a 41.923% chance at getting into Brown</p>

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<p>azelma:</p>

<p>UCB: Match
UCD: Safety
UCSC: Super Safety</p>

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<p>lol to "super safety"
I am actually oddly fond of Santa Cruz, but I'd rather go to the east coast.
I also ended up applying to Princeton. For chuckles, mostly.</p>