Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, here goes, here's my list:
Brown
Stanford
UC Berkeley
NYU
Cornell
UC Santa Cruz
Bryn Mawr
Reed and/or Williams</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 sophmore 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>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: 2000 (680 M, 680 V, 640 W-retaking)
SAT II: 700 Literature, 630 Math II (retaking)</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, Northern California Youth Leadership Conference</p>

<p>I go to a high school in rather rural area which doesn't send all that many students to college, much less Ivies. (About 30-40% go to a four-year school right out of high school, which I think is due a combination of movitational and finiancial problems, so make of that what you will) 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>azelma:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach
UCSC: Safety</p>

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<p>Brown - Big Reach
Stanford - Big Reach
UC Berkeley - Slight Reach
NYU - Match
Cornell - Reach
UC Santa Cruz - Safety
Bryn Mawr - Match
Reed - Match
Williams - Big Reach</p>

<p>Your GPA and class rank are excellent, but your SAT scores just aren't in the Brown - Stanford - Cornell - Williams range. You'll need an SAT score around 2250 to be competitive at those schools.</p>

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<p>with your gpa u can get into any school u want; however, your sat1,2 scores r low which means ur school sucks but thats a good thing =D...since u r rank 2 they will consider that =D gl!</p>

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<p>Bump.
I know I should be raising my SATs, but how much will they be looking at IB scores in the admissions process?</p>

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<p>Nearly everbody who applies to Brown, Stanford, Cornell, and Williams will have either IB or AP credits. Most of the kids will have scored 5 or above on their IB tests or 4 or 5 on their AP tests. In short, schools like Brown, Stanford, Cornell, and Williams expect their applicants to have these kinds of credentials. Your IB scores, though good, merely meet this expectation and don't set you apart from the thousands of other kids applying to these schools. </p>

<p>Again, you need to get you SAT scores up if you want to be a competitive applicant at Brown, Stanford, Cornell, and Williams. Your excellent GPA + excellent class rank + plus strong SAT scores + rural CA location - which is different and could be your hook for the eastern schools - could be your ticket into the top tier schools on your list.</p>

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<p>10 characters</p>

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<p>Anywhere else I should be applying? (As if my list isn't long enough already, but I'm curious.)</p>

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<p>Here's a whole bunch of schools that are reasonable matches for your current stats that you might want to consider. The more selective ones are at the top, the less selective towards the bottom.</p>

<p>Macalester
Davidson
Colby
Univer. Of Southern CA
Colgate
Brandeis
Oberlin
Bates
Tulane
Hamilton
Grinnell
Bard
Wake Forest
Kenyon
Connecticut College
Boston College
University of Richmond
Univ. of Rochester
NYU
Lehigh
Case Western
University of Michigan
Trinity
Bucknell
UCLA
Dickinson College
Gettysburg College
Lafeyette
Franklin and Marshall
College of NJ
Sarah Lawrence
Union
Skidmore
U of C San Diego</p>

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<p>No problem at UCs, no chance at Stanford, Brown or Williams. Cornell 35%.</p>

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<p>Darkhope, as the pres of Reed wrote this week in a NY Times op ed, high GPAs often spell rampant grade inflation. Especially when not accompanied by high SAT/ACTs and SAT IIs.</p>

<p>I think the OP has a great chance at the top UCs, where SATs aren't high, but little chance at Stanford, Brown or Williams. Cornell is a more reasonable reach but still a longshot.</p>

<p>How about Middlebury and Bowdoin where you don't need to submit SATs?</p>

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<p>azelma:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>I didn't mention before that my grandfather attended Stanford and my uncle is currently on the faculty. I'd imagine it won't help me much, which is why I didn't mention it before. I'm a decent singer, and I'm planning on doing a fine arts supplement for most of the schools that provide them, if that matters.</p>

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<p>2200+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>