Do I even have a shot at any Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.82
WGPA: 4.28
SAT: CR: 720 W: 700 M: 670 (2100)
AP Classes: Biology (4), Ap USH (5) Ap Eng Lit (4) Ap Eng Lang AP Stat Ap Psych Ap Us Gov AP Art
SAT II: Us History (700) Eng (690)
The rest of my course load is honnors classes
Rank: top 5% (out of 420)
Type of school: public, sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>EC's
Literary Magazine (co-editor in cheif)
Track and Field (9)
Internship at a local newspaper (11 and 12, 6 hours a week and and through the summer. I write articles for them)
UVA Young Writer's Workshop (over the summer, have to audition, only accept 100)
NHS</p>

<p>Volunteer
Started a children's book club at the library, along with an arts and craft program (150 or more hours)
Coached YMCA soccer</p>

<p>Awards
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: two gold medals, five gold keys
High School Poetry Contest Winner
Connecticut Student Writers Honorable Mention (2)
Stellar Scholars Cum Laude Aurora Awards
Polyphony HS National Literary Magazine
Hartford County Finalist in Poetry Certificate
Teen Ink Poem of the Month
Creative Communications Poets Contest
Editor's Choice Award Connecticut Poetry
Connecticut Student Writers Winner (2)
School top scholar
Ap scholar and stuff like that</p>

<p><strong>Extra</strong>
I have self-published two novels that are on sale at amazon.com</p>

<p>*my father is a Dartmouth alum, i don't know how much weight that carries though, and i would be applying early decision. I'm intending to major in English, with a concentration in creative writing</p>

<p>Letter of Rec: should be good, i'm close with my english teachers and my guidance counselor</p>

<p>Essay: I'm a good writter so it should be good, but i was wondering about the content. I have suffered through an eating disorder that has made me depressed for four years. Is this something I should write about, or is it not appropriate for the essay? I feel like how I overcame it would be a great message, but i'm not sure how the admissions office would react.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this! please comment below, it would be greatly appreciated! I'm interested in Dartmouth, Brown, Northwestern, Middlebury, and Hamilton</p>

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<p>I’d really try to bring up the scores and try Dartmouth ED.</p>

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<p>anything else? what helped you on the SATs?</p>

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<p>also, how personal should the essay really be?</p>

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<p>i would really apprecaite an opinion from someone else because my counselor is not very good and isn’t giving me an idea of what colleges are even attainable fore me.</p>

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<p>princeton review was pretty helpful for me, but I didn’t take the course, just borrowed the prep book from the library. Depending on your schedule, you can consider taking a course.
I feel like Brown would be a great choice for you honestly, though ED at Dartmouth may boost your chances more.(as a Yalie, I obviously also have to suggest my own school) You can write about the eating disorder, depending on how you frame it. Try to focus on the positive sides, show that you OVERCAME it, and it could work. But I’d suggest sending it to an objective 3rd party (consider GC as opposed to friends for instance) before you send it.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, that’s really helpful. And I’ll check out Princeton review</p>

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<p>also, does having alumni relations help very much?</p>

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<p>Your one year in track isn’t going to be helping you at all, I’d recommend you just leave that out. A 100 point boost on the SAT should definitely give you a better chance at EDing at the ivies/elites.</p>

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<p>Being a legacy helps a lot if you apply ED and are solidly in range. Dartmouth accepts about a quarter of legacy applicants, so legacies get in at twice the normal rate. But they are a highly qualified group. If you can get the SAT closer to their median 2200, you have a real shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your feedback!</p>

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<p>*forgot to add Junior Civitan into volunteering and that I’ve been playing the violin for 8 years (i’m in the school’s advanced chamber orchestra, 1st violin)</p>

<p>also, does sending in an art portfolio help?</p>

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<p>Would definitely recommend choosing another topic for your essay.</p>

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>This is my first time using this website. Please chance me for any or all of these schools. I was already accepted to Rutgers CAS Honors Program. </p>

<p>Boston University
Case Western Reserve University
Drexel University
Fordham University
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Northwestern University
Tufts University
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Sat I: 2200 (660/750/790)
Act: 32 (30R/35M/31E/30S)
Sat II: Math II (790), Chem (660), Biology M (800) US History (650)
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Rank: Don’t rank but top 10% if I had to say
AP: Bio (5), Calc AB (5), Eng Lang (4), APUSH (4), Planned: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Psychology, Spanish Language, Statistics
IB: N/A
Senior course load: AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Span, Gym</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Red Cross Club (Publicist, Editor in Chief of Newsletter), Red Cross of Central New Jersey Youth Council (Emergency Services Chairperson), SAASA (Cultural Club, Co-Stage Manager), Unity Day Club (Co-Chair, Student Leader), Math Honor Society, REBEL Club (Officer), Cross Country (10,11,12), National Art Honor Society, National Honor Sociey, Model United Nations (attended a few conferences ex. NAIMUNC), Indian classical dancer</p>

<p>Job experience: Tutor (6 hrs a week), Babysitter (own business)</p>

<p>Volunteer: Mentoring Program (VP, Student Advisor, Editor, Publicist), Township Rescue Squad (Cadet, EMT soon, certified in CPR, First Aid, and BBP), Girl Scouts of America (Senior Girl Scout Leader, working on Gold Award <–highest award), Religious School (Assistant Teacher, Head of Publicity Committee YJA Conference), Hospital Volunteer (300+ hours), VK Theatre Productions (Stage Manager, Prop Master), Shadow Buddies Program (Lead Recruiter), Total volunteer hours are probably 600+ (I never added everything)</p>

<p>Summer activities: Duke TIP, lots of travel with my family, couple of summer courses</p>

<p>Teacher recs: one from Spanish teacher and one from calc teacher. should be pretty good</p>

<p>My essays are well written, although writing is not my forte</p>

<p>I’m planning on having an interview if there is one available at the school</p>

<p>Awards: National Math Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Girl Scouts Bronze Award, Girl Scouts Leadership Award, Princeton Hospital 100 Hours Award Certification, Participant Physical Fitness Award, Presidential Volunteer Services Award, Volunteer Change Maker Award, AP Scholar with Honors</p>

<p>I’m from NJ, I’m asian, and I’m a female.
Intended major Cognitive Science, Psychology</p>

<p>I’ll add more info if I remember. </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Sorry! i meant to put in a message for you too. I think you do have a shot at the ivys. dartmouth especially (definitely ED),
and for the SATs try kaplan books, and barrons. those helped me</p>

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<p>Thanks, and ur SATs look good, but ur GPA is a little low. You do have a lot of good volunteering and ECs though…</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t apply to and Ivy if you cant total your SAT score correctly
…</p>

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<p>Why didn’t you ED to Dartmouth?</p>

<p>The schools you mentioned are all reaches, with the exception of Hamilton, which is a match. </p>

<p>Make sure you have a few solid safeties.</p>

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<p>O wow I typed in 670 for math instead of 680, haha and yeah I know that they are all reaches, I was just wondering if they were too far of a reach</p>

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<p>What’s “too far”? It’s unlikely you’ll get in to Dartmouth or Brown RD with those stats. Middlebury and Northwestern- slightly more possible.</p>