<p>Hi everyone this is my first post here and I was just sort of trying to feel around for my chances at some of my schools. I'm a junior now and I have visited tons of schools and I really liked so far:
Yale
Dartmouth
Princeton
U Mich
Rochester
Boston College
Georgetown
Columbia
U Penn
I just took the May SAT and I got a 2360, and now have a 2370 overall (800 CR, 770 Math, 800 Writing). Last year, I took the AP Euro and got a 5 and took the AP lit and got a 4. This year, I took:
APUS (5 maybe?)
Chem (4-5?)
Macroeconomics (prob 5)
IB Econ SL (6-7)
IB Math Methods SL (anywhere from 5-7)
I am a full-IB student and will be taking IB Bio IB lit and IB hota (all HL) next year and IB spanish SL next year, along with Calc AB and maybe AP stat. I have as high a GPA in my school as it can get, but I dont really know the exact number. I have worked in a cancer biology laboratory since ninth grade and now have my own project going there, under the supervision of my mentor. I am probably going to emphasize this a lot on my essay. I'm in math league, and I also swim and have won a few city championships, although im not good enough to swim at an ivy league. I also am captain of the geography team (dorky, I know) and we won a few competitions this year.
Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to know what you think of my chances are of getting into the schools above next year (I will prob apply to yale early action)?</p>
<p>there are no gauruntees but your sats are impressive and your ecs look good.
do you know an estimate of your gpa and class rank?</p>
<p>id say boston and rochester are match/safeties
umich and georgetown(depending on major) are matches
upenn match/reach
columbia dartmouth are reaches
priceton yale definetly reaches not because your not a good applicant but because there are so many good applicants.</p>
<p>assuming you have close to a 4.0 and put together a sparkling application i'd say you have a good shot at yale ea but just know that a lot of good applicants get rejected for no reason.
good luck!</p>
<p>thank you so much for your encouraging reply! I pretty much think that I have a 4.0 unweighted and my school doesnt rank, but I am pretty sure that I am in at least the top 5.
I realize that yale and princeton turn down people for no reason, but I just hope to get lucky!</p>
<p>anyone else have any thoughts or suggestions?</p>
<p>I say you are pretty much guarantee in all except the ivy leagues. You have a pretty good chance though but the ivy leagues are really hard. </p>
<p>Nice job on the SAt and GPA
You could post this in the Chance thread. you might get more responses.</p>
<p>ok thanks a lot</p>