Claremont Mckenna, Duke, Bucknell, Grinnell, UofR chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I asked for chances in my Sophomore year when I was completely dumb about college applications. Over many months, I have learned quite a bit, but I want to see where I'm at. Please treat the following profile as a Senior's application, because this is what I would have with very little work (other than the grades at school).</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Household income: ~ $150k
State: California</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT: 2300 (800M, 760R, 740W, 10 Essay)
UW GPA: 3.8</p>

<p>Sat 2:
Math 2: 800
Physics: 750</p>

<p>APs: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Art History, AP Literature</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Ec's:
Tennis (4 years) I suck, our school sucks, I think I count as Varsity.
Community service music group - 4 years (Founder and President all 4 years)
Yearbook - 3 years (Section Editor 1 year, co-Editor 1 year)
MUN - 3 years (Secretary 2 years)
Economics Team - 2 years (Founder and President all 2 years)</p>

<p>Summers:
Foundation for Economic Education Summer Program (1 summer - maybe 2)
HOBY (1 summer)
Forex company intern (2 summers)
1 prestigious business/economics summer program </p>

<p>You see some ambiguous points near the end, because I cannot be sure of getting into the programs, since the good ones are crapshoots, no matter how good or bad I am. Think of that how you will, but please just give me a chance for each school and tell me how to improve.</p>

<p>Chances for:
Claremont Mckenna
Duke University
Bucknell University
Grinnell College
University of Rochester</p>

<p>Include a link to your chance thread, and I will chance back.</p>

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<p>Can we please have it made a rule that you cannot ask for chances if these are not your real stats? Hypothetical stats waste everyone’s time and unless you actually have all of these scores it’s a complete waste of your time and the person who’s chancing you.</p>

<p>With these stats you would have a decent shot at every school on this list, but Duke would still be a bit of a reach. Duke is a tough school for everyone (especially for an over-represented minority), but with an actual 2300 it would be semi-manageable. However, do not bother asking for chances if these aren’t your real scores, especially to top schools. With these scores Claremont, Bucknell, Grinnell, and UR would all be pretty easily within reach, but don’t bother asking for chances to a top school when you don’t even have your actual scores.</p>

<p>Not only are the chances nearly impossible to predict at those schools, but you’re compounding the problem by asking with fake numbers. Just don’t do it.</p>

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<p>@micmatt513‌ </p>

<p>Fine, if you’d really like to chance me based on actual scores (and you do realize I can’t have actual final GPAs yet), then:</p>

<p>SAT: 2210 and Haven’t tested SAT IIs yet. </p>

<p>Could you please revise your chance based on the following changes? By the way, why do you consider Claremont to be within reach, if I had 2300? I hear it’s as competitive as the likes of Princeton. </p>

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<p>@Woandering - Why would anyone ever tell you it’s as competitive as Princeton? They get nowhere near the application pool and overall the scores required to get in are lower. I’m not saying it’s a bad school (my counselor’s son goes there and loves it; for reference he got a 32 on the ACT), but it’s not the level of Princeton’s competitiveness.</p>

<p>With a 2300, there are very few schools taht would be out of reach. You’d be at the 75th percentile (at least) for every single score if you had a 2300, and I really would be more surprised if you didn’t get in. I’d say that a 2210 is still relatively reasonable for all those schools, except Duke. Claremont won’t be a safety by any stretch (if your Math is as good as you think it will be then I’d imagine that you need to improve your reading/writing scores), but I think that you still have a good to very good chance there. Their average SAT score is between a 1980 and 2250, so with a 2210 you’re well within their top half.</p>

<p>Duke is still a reach, and will probably be a reach even with a 2300. Bucknell may not be a safety per se, but it’s a very low match. University of Rochester is the same, as well as Grinnell.</p>

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<p>@micmatt513‌ </p>

<p>Maybe since CMC is my dream school, I’ve made it far beyond my reach. Either way, it looks super hard to me for now.</p>

<p>Thank you for your response. I am definitely sure of a 800M, so yes I will be doing my best to raise my CR and W scores.</p>

<p>Last question for you: would you say I can count UofR as a safety, if I had another true safety lined up as well? </p>

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<p>Claremont is low reach
Duke is reach
rest are matches
chance- <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689972-chances-for-undergrad-bizz.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689972-chances-for-undergrad-bizz.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@Woandering - if your parents can afford $60k no matter what, you can count it as almost an assured acceptance. I’d be very surprised if you don’t end up getting in there. Also, it’s not uncommon to be a bit biased when discussing your first choice school. Even with a 34 on the ACT, I’m pretty much convinced I have no shot at Tufts Engineering.</p>

<p>If you get a 2300, it would help a good deal. However, getting “only” a 2250 wouldn’t really hurt your application at most of these schools. I’m pretty sure the only school that would reject you because of your scores would be Duke. And honestly, Duke is so competitive that most people will get rejected regardless of their scores.</p>

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<p>What’s your intended major?</p>

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<p>@polar926 At this point, I intend to double major in Economics and Computer Science. If you’re comparing my resume to my intended majors, I would like to point out I have also done some (although little by today’s standards) computer learning outside of school. </p>

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<p>I’m also applying to U of R and I know they have OK-high standards. Your SAT score is very strong and you seem pretty heavy in the math and sciences, which gives you a decent shot there. I’d try to do some more stuff having to do with computer science outside of school… online college course? You’ll have to indicate your computer learning outside of school either through an essay or have one of your recc letters mention it. Have you considered RIT over U of R? I think U of R is overall a better school, but RIT is better in computer science (idk about economics). </p>

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<p>@polar926 UofR’s open curriculum gives me the chance to pursue both Economics and Computer Science in depth, along with my minor interest of Philosophy. Also, if I need to, I could cross register at RIT for a specific CS course. </p>

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<p>Hypothetical stats aside, I would say that you have a shot at each school you’ve listed. However CMC/Duke tend to get more top students than they can admit so you might be one of the unlucky few to get waitlisted or rejected. By the numbers, bucknell, grinnell, and rochester look to be in the match/low match range. Get those scores up to where you want them to be and I think you should have a respectable chance at Duke.</p>

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<p>all are matches and duke is a reach. pretty much what everyone else said :slight_smile: good luck!</p>

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<p>I think that all of them are matches like everyone else said. And you may have a good shot at Duke because I new a girl who did similar things like you and she got in. But she was more diverse in her extracurricular (she danced, gave speeches, was on business team, a lot of leadership clubs and yearbook). Still, you have a chance.</p>

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<p>@sciencer haha oops, I forgot to mention those other things. I also did a bunch of musical stuff, including participating in the school and regional orchestras and musicals (plays).</p>

<p>I’m still curious why everyone thinks CMC is a match for me. It’s got like a 10% acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>Then you have a decent chance! I don’t exactly know what Duke wants but I know that if you show a lot of passion for certain things(in your case, Economics and Music) then they like that. So be sure to mention these things! And everybody thinks this because you have really good stats! So good job! I wouldn’t worry to much if I were you.</p>

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<p>Claremont Mckenna - low reach
Duke University - reach
Bucknell University - target
Grinnell College - target
University of Rochester - target / safety
Would help if you gave sat breakdown and intended major.
Chance? - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690029-what-do-you-think-are-my-chances-of-getting-into-nyu-stern.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690029-what-do-you-think-are-my-chances-of-getting-into-nyu-stern.html#latest&lt;/a&gt; </p>

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<p>@ht1997‌
I did give SAT breakdown, and my major is a double major of Economics and Computer Science. Anyway, thanks for the chance! I’ll go chance you right away.</p>

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<p>I was referring to the actual stats but if you hit the objective scores than you’ll be all set! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Claremont Mckenna -IDK
Duke University - Low Match
Bucknell University - IDK
Grinnell College - IDK
University of Rochester - High Match</p>

<p>Sorry don’t know these kinds of colleges.</p>