Chancing with the stars! Duke Penn Yale Cornell?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've posted a chance thread before but here is an updated one with my updated schools list. Please chance me for regular decision! Thanks a million. </p>

<p>I'm a Senior asian male at a semi-competitive public school in the mid-atlantic region</p>

<p>Schools:
Stanford (EA)-Rejected
Upenn
Yale
Duke
U Michigan
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Georgetown
UNC Chapel Hill
Pitt Honors-Accepted + Full Tuition</p>

<p>Objective Stats
GPA: 4.15 weighted(4.25 is an A+ 4.0 is an A)
3.97 Unweighted</p>

<p>ACT's: 35 composite- Math 36 English 34 Reading 35 Science 34 Essay 12
SAT's: 2240 overall- Math 800 Critical Reading 720 Writing 720 (essay 12) (not sending)
SAT II's : 800 Math II 730 US History 690 Literature (only sending for Cornell and Georgetown)</p>

<p>Class Rank(class of 275): top 5% (Our school only releases class rank as top 5%, top 10% and so on) </p>

<p>AP's (by the end of senior year): BC Calculus, US History, Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Government, MacroEconomics, Psychology, Physics I (Mechanics), Physics II (e and m), Computer Science, and Latin Virgil</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars (Leadership Positions) [I participated in every activity for every year it was available unless otherwise noted]
Class President 3 year
Student Body president 1 year
Football (1 year JV Captain and 1 year Varsity Captain)
Squash
Track and Field: Shot Put<br>
Concert Band: Saxophone (8 years)
Chorus
Spring Musical Cast (2 years)
Academic Challenge (2 year Varsity Captain) [Our state's version of QuizBowl]
Newspaper (Copy Editor, Opinion Editor)
FBLA (Vice President)
Model UN
Junior Classical League (1 year Youth Representative, Treasurer) Science Olympiad (2 years)
Youth Leadership Program (1 Year)
Student Curriculum Council (I worked with the superintendent to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our secondary school curriculums)
NHS </p>

<p>Press Intern for Congressman in United States Senate Campaign </p>

<p>High School Awards and Honors:
FBLA Awards (individual subject tests): 1st Place Regionals- 2009-2010
2nd Place Regionals- 2008-2009, 2010-2011
3rd Place States- Business Communications<br>
7th Place States- Introduction to Business Communications<br>
3 Top 10 Places in Open Event testing at FBLA States
Nationals takes place this summer
Football Awards: Most dedicated award x2
Academic Challenge: 2010 County All Star Team<br>
Student Acheiver 2010<br>
National Latin Exam: 2009 Maxime Cum Laude silver medal
2010 Magnum Cum Laude 3rd place
Rochester University’s George B. Eastman Youth Leaders Scholarship
NHS Member
National Merit Semi Finalist: 229
Student of the month: rotary club
Student of the month: local grocery store</p>

<p>Volunteering
Founding member of an environmental clean up group that is sponsored by the state 100 hours a year
Miscellaneous volunteering with food drives, school functions,tutoring, community activities, relay for life (through NHS, Key Club, and Student Council)
180+ hours every year</p>

<p>Additional Notes
My principal is an alum at one of the schools I'm applying to and so he requested to write me a supp. letter of rec, would that help much?</p>

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<p>How did you get flat-out rejected from Stanford?</p>

<p>You seem have a very impressive array of stats. Good chances at most of those schools in my opinion.</p>

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<p>If I knew I would tell you, but I don’t.
I worked for a good 3 months on that Stanford app, it was such a killer. </p>

<p>Potential Major: Psychology/Political Science</p>

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<p>Unfortunately most with the OPs stats get rejected from Stanford. Yale too. The good news is it becomes more sane with the rest of his list.</p>

<p>The top 15 schools get increasingly crazy each year. So who really knows for even Penn and Duke. But you should get into the rest.</p>

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<p>Wow, well I actually also just got rejected from Stanford unfortunately, so i understand how you’re feeling. But your stats are pretty ridiculous. Here’s what I think though.
Upenn – match
Yale – low reach
Duke – in
U Michigan – in
Cornell – in
Vanderbilt – in
Northwestern – in
Georgetown – in
UNC Chapel Hill – if you’re in state in, not sure about out of state</p>

<p>help me out? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1051937-questions-about-grades-help-me-out.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1051937-questions-about-grades-help-me-out.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Upenn - match
Yale - Random…but you’ve got as good of a shot as any…I would put my money on your acceptance :slight_smile:
Duke - match
U Michigan - safety
Cornell - match
Vanderbilt - safety
Northwestern -match
Georgetown - match
UNC Chapel Hill - safety</p>

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<p>In at every school except maybe Yale. You should apply to more reaches! (MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Caltech, Columbia, etc.)</p>

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<p>Upenn/yale - low reach
cornell/duke - match
all others - in</p>

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<p>Most creative chance title I’ve seen in awhile. I’d say that the Ivies are your reaches (obviously); Michigan, Georgetown, and UNC are your safeties; NU and possibly Georgetown are low matches; Duke, Cornell, and probably Vandy are your matches. Congratulations!</p>

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<p>My Predictions:
Stanford (EA)-Rejected
Upenn: yes if CAS, maybe if Wharton
Yale: 50/50 can go either way
Duke: yes
U Michigan: yes
Cornell: yes
Vanderbilt: yes
Northwestern: yes
Georgetown: yes
UNC Chapel Hill: yes
Pitt Honors-Accepted + Full Tuition</p>

<p>I saw the Stanford and Yale SCEA results threads. They do not look good; don’t be discouraged just because you were denied from Stanford. For the schools that allow the ACT over the SAT+2 SAT IIs, just send in the ACT. Your ACT is better.</p>

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<p>hahaha Saints2009 I should’ve listened to you when you posted on one of my threads before saying I’d be rejected from Stanford EA, you were right.</p>

<p>Thanks for the chances all, you’re all too kind!</p>

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<p>bobleman300, I’m also a Stanford REA rejectee. But I saw your stats on the Stanford REA decisions thread, and I was so SHOCKED that you (and a good number of others, actually) simply got turned down just like that. You have very good numbers and amazing EC’s, so you should easily get into most of the schools on your list. Of course, Yale is a bit iffy (as always), but I’ve also seen the decisions threads for Penn and Cornell and you stand a very good chance since your stats are similar to most acceptees’.</p>

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<p>I’m applying to similar schools, but your stats kill mine. I got rejected from MIT when applying EA, so I know how you feel as far as Stanford goes. Yale is the only one you will not likely get into, but I would say that to anyone with the exception of those who have already done something significant in life (like turned down a $50M offer from Microsoft. Darn you Zuckerberg).</p>

<p>Anyone who has a moment, please chance me as well.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1056044-what-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1056044-what-my-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Try to make your rec look as good as possible. A friend of mine got into Colgate and kicked other better-stat kids because she has rec from an alumni.
The rest is about your essays and hook.</p>

<p>Chance me if you dont mind
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1055565-please-chance-international-applicant-relatively-competitive-lacs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1055565-please-chance-international-applicant-relatively-competitive-lacs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>sorry, bobleman, Stanford rea is just too darn harsh on unhooked applicants. True story: my two white friends and three Asian friends I know all got rejected/deferred early, but my one black friend who was not nearly as qualified was accepted. That’s just the nature of college admissions. URMs get a HUGE boost, especially at Stanford. Does anybody know the acceptance rate of deferred applicants from Stanford REA?</p>

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<p>The deferred are accepted at about the same rate as RD candidates.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, no unhooked candidate short of a 4.0/2400 from a top high school with a major national EC has a 50/50 chance at Yale.</p>

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<p>My recs should be one of my strengths actually, my teachers worked very hard on them. The one teacher started in june and has had it revised 6 or so times. </p>

<p>Should I be sending my SAT II’s to schools like Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UNC? I feel as if my ACT is better than my SAT I and SAT II combo by quite a bit.</p>

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<p>My final decisions:
Duke: Accepted (Attending)
Cornell: Accepted
Vanderbilt: Accepted
UNC Honors: Accepted
UMichigan Honors: Accepted
Yale: Waitlist
UPenn: Waitlist
Georgetown: Waitlist
Northwestern: Rejected</p>