<p>I am currently a senior who will be applying RD to the following schools:
Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, UPENN, Dartmouth, Duke, Columbia, Rice, WASHU, and Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
SAT I: 2320 (Reading-800, Math-760, Writing-760)
SAT I (superscored): 2360 (800, 760, 800)
SAT II: 790 Literature
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.69/4.0 (uw), 4.5 (w)
Top 10% of class
APs: four 5s and one 4</p>
<p>ECs:
Wrestling 9th and 10th grade years, Varsity team (won 4th at a regional tournament)
Chess Club- two years, VP
Latin CLub-three years, Pres.
IB Magazine- coordinator (11th) and foreign language editor (12th)
Psychology Club- 2 years
National Honor Society, MU Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Latin Honor Society
Certamen (Latin-based team competition)- team won third at states
Boy Scouting- Life Scout
over 300 hours of volunteer work at local hospital in GI lab and ER</p>
<p>Awards:
Latin competition- three first place finishes at state level (one 10th grade, two 11th grade); two are most possible; two first place finishes and two third place finishes at national level (10th- one first, 11th- one first, two thirds)
Writing: won regional level of PTSA competition in 10th and 11th grade years (11th-won second in state as well); won Black History essay contest at regional level
Will be NMSF
Won Darmouth Book Award</p>
<p>With this information, what do you think my chances are at each of these schools and what can I do to improve my chances?
Thank you for your time</p>
<p>You are a very strong applicant, but your GPA and class rank is definitely going to lower your chances at the most selective schools on your list. While Stanford and Ivies are reaches for everyone, having a 3.7 uw and top 10% decile puts you at a disadvantage in the applicant pools at all the schools on your list. Good luck, and hope you have penciled in some good match schools as well.</p>
<p>Some schools like Harvard require 2 or more SAT IIs some so might consider taking one in the fall.</p>
<p>You have a fair number of awards though you’re not godly. If your school has very low grade inflation and your school only ranks with a decile (10%) scale, then WashU would be a high match. Otherwise I would agree with originalthought.</p>
<p>Thank you for your insight.
I too have always considered my grades a hindrance. However, nearly all of my classes have been AP or IB, and my GPA for Stanford would be a 3.86 (given that Stanford only looks at soph. and jun. years). I didn’t report my entire biography here as I was looking for an approximate chances thread, but do you think, even with my low GPA, that I would be accepted at at least one of my high reach schools if I got 36 on ACT or 2400 on SAT, which, if I study, I know I can do. Would this greatly improve my chances and, if not, what can I do to give myself that extra push?</p>