Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth...chances at Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>General Stats:
I'm a junior. I'm a Caucasian male.
I come from small public high school (less than 1000 students) in New Hampshire. … Rural Area
Class Rank: 2/304
GPA: 100.98 weighted on a 100 pt scale. weighted 5%... All A’s, and about 2 or 3 Bs.
Course load: 1 AP sophomore and junior year
(My small school is very limited with AP’s) I am taking mostly AP classes, but not all. 3 APs for senior year. I took a few college class instead of AP for senior year.</p>

<p>Test scores:
SATS: Writing : 790, CR: 800, Math: 700. Combined = 2290
SAT II: haven’t taken yet, but I expect around 720ish - 800. (im a good test-taker, not to brag)
* Qualify for national merits scholarship. Most likely going to be finalist (99th percentile)
* AP Scores: probably a 5 for this junior year one. I know the subject very well.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Will be pretty good. I am a good student, I get good grades. No behavior issues, etc. </p>

<p>Essays:
I am an excellent writer, my English teachers all say (sorry, not to brag again)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Soccer - Been varsity soccer for 4 years by senior year- going to be captain senior year for sure because I was elected end of this season</p>

<p>*Speech team: *
I will have taken it 3 years by senior year. For states, I won honorable mention and 5th place sophomore year. States for junior year: 5th place, and honorable mention as well.</p>

<p>Drama: I’m taking it all four years. Sometimes I get principal parts. (I’ve gotten 3 principal roles that have moderate amount of lines).</p>

<p>*Track: * Will have taken it four years by senior year. Qualified for 100 meter dash for states level, as well as high jump.</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
Student Guiding Light– 2 years. Help out emotionally wronged students at the high school. About an hour a week.</p>

<p>I help out at the homeless shelter every weekend. About 150 hours total so far in high school career </p>

<p>Church Youth Group - I am part of a youth group. we help the homeless, etc.
Various other volunteer efforts.</p>

<p>I probably have about 250 hours under my belt.</p>

<p>Leadership:
Will be varsity soccer captain next year</p>

<p>Job:
Secretary at dental office – 3 years</p>

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<p>What are my chances at:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Dartmouth
John Hopkins University
Georgetown University
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Tufts University
Brown University
Notre Dame
Duke</p>

<p>I will either ED Dartmouth or Princeton!</p>

<p>Are my EC's impressive enough? I know my SAT scores and my class rank and my grades will help me a lot, but I'm worried about my EC's and courseload. I'm taking a few college classes in lieu of some AP classes next year. The rest of the classes I've taken are honors. Will that look bad?</p>

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<p>bump!!!!</p>

<p>pls tell me my chances! I'd like a relative estimate cuz I dont want to spend 100s of dollars on useless applications. Thanks!</p>

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<p>All are worth a try. I know Dartmouth takes a certain number from NH every year, you should be in there and Cornell easily.</p>

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<p>Do you hold offices in any clubs?</p>

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<p>Well, EC's (good enough) doesn't have an apostrophe. ;)</p>

<p>Just playing around.</p>

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<p>What you've got is good. Then write very good essays, get very good recommendations, do something really special between now and when you write your applications (research, travel, publish something notable, etc.), demonstrate a passion of some sort, take the hardest possible courseload at your high school (sounds like you are already), and you'll stand as good a chance as anyone--better than many--wherever you apply. </p>

<p>Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>you can't early anything at princeton, *tupid</p>

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<p>I'd say you're in at Cornell, Tufts, JHU, and Bowdoin. Your ECs are actually quite good since you display a level of dedication to all of them. You have a good chance at all the others too.</p>

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<p>are you serious, maributt?</p>

<p>why not?</p>

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<p>princeton and harvard got rid of EA/ED for nxt yr and onward</p>

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<p>Princeton: Accepted ; they love white people</p>

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<p>hahahaha sars284...and if anybody's got either jian or li in any form as a part of their names, they need not apply.</p>

<p>you've got good chances fer all parkrunner</p>

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<p>you got good chances everywhere. do well on your math SAT II to balance your 700 but don't stress either bout that you are very competitive and you have dedication to your ECs</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>Bumppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>You're in great shape for next year. I'd say you're poised to have good chances anywhere by next year. Keep it up and good luck.</p>

<p>As an aside, what shows have you been in?</p>

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<p>Harvard,Princeton,Yale - slim chance but who knows
Cornell - good chance
Dartmouth-decent chance
John Hopkins University - good chance
Georgetown University - in
Amherst College-good chance
Bowdoin College-in
Tufts University-in
Brown University-decent chance
Notre Dame-in
Duke-good chance</p>

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<p>Please explain why you seem to differentiate between the selectivity of schools like Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, and Duke? How arbitrary.</p>

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<p>by prestige</p>

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<p>Um, what? Okay.</p>

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<p>yeah u have a pretty good shot, and really strong ECs. You will definately get in to at least five of the schools on ur list, but because the admissions process is kind of random with top students like urself I can't guarantee which ones ull get into, I only know that u will. does that make sense? anyways, great job and keep up the great work!</p>