Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What do you think my chances of getting into an ivy or ivy equivalent (Stanford, MIT...) next year are?</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Race: White
School: Public, NJ
Current Year: Junior
GPA: 4.74 (weighted); 4.0 (unweighted)
SAT I: 760 M, 760 CR, 770 W Total 2290 (I had the flu when I took them... I think I can raise these scores a bit)
SAT II's: 740 Bio, will take more
ACTs: not taken yet
Rank: 3/320
AP: Bio-5; French Language (not taken); English Composition (not taken); AB Calc (not taken); Chem (not taken); US History (not taken);
Courseload (Junior year): AP French, AP English, AP Chem, AP Calc, AP US History, Physics H, Accounting I H
(Senior year): AP Java, AP English, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Econ, Research in Molecular Biology (in conjunction with Rutgers Univ.), AP French Literature (self-study)</p>

<p>Academic Decathlon (3 awards, Most Valuable Team Member last year)
FBLA (1st at states in Accounting I; going to nationals; will get officer position next year)
Drama Club/Fall Play (extensive involvement since 7th grade; Crew Liaison officer position)
Fencing
French Honor Society (President)
National Honor Society
History Club (Roving officer, 10th grade; Public Education officer, 11th grade; History Club Member of the Year 11th grade; President next year)
Math Club (qualified for AIME)
Science League (Top 10% in state Chem I-10th grade, and Chem II-11th grade)
Treasurer of Temple Youth Group for 4 years
Mentoring (a lot... community service)
Lead Mentor (a lot of leadership)
Hebrew School Teacher's Helper- 2 years
Girl Scouts- 12 years, Gold & Silver Awards
Summer: Stanford Summer College (A+ in Latin); ASA Oxford; Something for this summer...
Other: I've taken 3 online courses with CTY, as well as taking Spanish I and II at a local college.</p>

<p>What do you think? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I'd say you've got as good a chance as the next white female from a public school in the mid-Atlantic/New England with outstanding stats. Rating scale: HIGH REACH, REACH, SEMI-REACH, GOOD FIT, LIKELY, SAFETY.</p>

<p>Harvard: REACH.
Yale: REACH.
Princeton: REACH.
University of Pennsylvania: SEMI-REACH.
Columbia University: SEMI-REACH.
Brown University: SEMI-REACH.
Dartmouth College: SEMI-REACH.
Cornell University: GOOD FIT.
MIT: REACH.
Stanford: REACH.</p>

<p>I'd say, apply to any school you wish... you've got the stats; you just need to get lucky. At the same time, however, be sure that you have several other schools (good fits, likelys, and safeties) which you'd be happy to go to if you didn't get into any of the Ivy League + MS.</p>

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<p>Your stats are excellent, but to those top rated ivies HYPS are reaches to everyone so it is so hard to correctly predict your chances but i'm sure you'll get into at least one of them.</p>

<p>Harvard: reach
Yale: reach
Princeton: reach
University of Pennsylvania: slight reach/match
Columbia University: slight reach/match
Brown University: slight reach/match
Dartmouth College: slight reach/match
Cornell University: slight reach/match
MIT: reach
Stanford: reach</p>

<p>You are a strong applicant for every one of those colleges you'll do fine.</p>

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<p>You're an ORM from an overrepresented state. You have good stats and average SATs, you have a lottery ticket. If your school is very competitive your chances go up a bit. You need some really solid matches.</p>