Difficult Chances: Stanford, Columbia, JHU, Emory, WashU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, this is my second post on CC, was making a new one because the last did not get many replies. Stanford is my top choice by far... thus I focus mainly on 10-12, as my Freshmen year was relatively poor.</p>

<p>AP Classes: Junior and Senior Year ONLY- no AP's any other year
Calc AB
Calc BC
Physics A
Physics B
Statistics
Biology
US History
Gov't and Politics
English Lit</p>

<p>GPA: Huge upward Trend: 3.27->3.80->4.18->4.229
9-12 W 3.807
10-12 W 4.033</p>

<p>9-12 UW 3.714
10-12 UW 3.901</p>

<p>College UW GPA 10-12(ignoring +'s and -'s, and PE's):3.950
This should be the one Stanford roughly calculates, hence why I am posting it on here.</p>

<p>Rank: 40/574: 6.9%</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 2350(800M/780V/770W)
SAT II:
Math IIC-800
US History-770
Physics-790</p>

<p>Awards/Summers:
NMSF Qualifier
USAMO Participant
AP Scholar with Honor(4 5's so far)
TASP alumni
NFL Nationals competitent, top 100 - LD Debate
Stanford Debate Camp - Advanced Seminar
Tennis Awards</p>

<p>EC's (lacking...)
Speech and Debate 10-12 Vice President
Community Service Club 11-12 Treasurer
Foreign Language Club 11-12 Secretary
Mu Alpha Theta - President - 12(formed)
Tennis 11-12 Varsity Letter</p>

<p>Reccomendations:
AP US History teacher(very good)
AP Statistics teacher(very good)</p>

<p>Essays:
They were very good, especially Stanford's</p>

<p>Mainly wondering my chances at Stanford, other schools:</p>

<p>Columbia Univeristy in NY
Johns Hopkins University
UChicago
Northwestern
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory
Notre Dame
Georgetown</p>

<p>I busted my *** off these last two years(Senior and Junior) Kind of slacked sophomore and didn't care freshmen... I'm really just looking at Stanford... close second is Columbia- wondering if I couldhave a breakdown on Stanford's Chances... Thanks!</p>

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<p>Lol You Have Two Amazig Hooks...usamo And Tasp..gtfo</p>

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<p>Those are hooks? TASP and USAMO I wouldn't think would make up for a GPA or a non top5% rank.</p>

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<p>ur rank is pretty bad, but ur SAT scores, gpa and ECs makes u a good candidate. id say slight reach for stanford and columbia, match/safety everywhere else.</p>

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<p>Chances at Columbia with 3.807W is equal to Stanford's chances with
4.033W? Can anyone confirm? And what is/are my possible hook(s)?</p>

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<p>Congratulations!!! You're going on to higher education!!!
Besides that I can't really chance you for the more selective colleges. Your accomplishments could negate the poor GPA you have(and I mean poor as in the bottom 10% of the applicant pool for Stanford), but nothing is certain.</p>

<p>Anyway, a pat on the back for being eligible for most of the nation's higher educational organizations. Good for you... :)</p>

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<p>Umm, thank you? :)
Can someone else please chance/verify chances... thank you!</p>

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<p>Stanford - Decent Chance
Columbia Univeristy in NY - Good Chance
Johns Hopkins University - Match
UChicago - Match
Northwestern - Match
Washington University in St. Louis - Match
Emory - Match
Notre Dame - Match
Georgetown - Match</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)
anyone else? ><</p>

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<p>agree w/ above gl!</p>

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<p>ranks not so good...but colleges either care or dont...my friend who was the most amazing candidate i hvae ever seen except for her 15/500 rank just got rejected from stanford</p>

<p>everything else is great, no joke</p>

<p>Columbia Univeristy in NY
Johns Hopkins University
UChicago
Northwestern
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory
Notre Dame
Georgetown</p>

<p>all these schools are crazy hard to get into, you and i know that</p>

<p>i bet you anything the most important thing is the applicatoin
amazing essay + interview = admission to many of them</p>

<p>crappy or decent essay = rejection from all</p>

<p>basically its my (unprofessional) opinion that once you make yourself a good candidate (which you undoubtedly have) it all rides on app appeal</p>

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<p>Good luck with Stanford and Columbia....both have complete BS admissions. Amazing kids often rejected, mediocre kids often accepted.
Good luck.</p>