<p>Dream: Columbia, Yale
Reality: University of Texas, American</p>
<p>Dream: MIT, Harvard
Reality: NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University of Chicago, Duke</p>
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Dream: Stanford, MIT, Princeton
Reality: NC State, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech
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<p>Maybe I'll see you there :)</p>
<p>I just realized how biased I am by the names of schools. </p>
<p>For instance, I never ever considered Cornell because the name is just so ugly to me.</p>
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I just realized how biased I am by the names of schools.</p>
<p>For instance, I never ever considered Cornell because the name is just so ugly to me.
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<p>I pretty much decided that I won't apply to Stanford (Although I wouldn't get in) because it is the "Leeland Stanford Junior University."</p>
<p>^wow you're not an idiot</p>
<p>^^ HAHA.
so I think i'll redo mine..with slightly better, more positive views. </p>
<p>Dream: Gettysburg/Union/Lafayette
Reality:UVM (already accepted, so thats pretty practical), Union, Lafayette, and Gettysburg (CROSSES FINGERS!!!)</p>
<p>Dream school: Yale
Realistic: Georgetown or Northwestern</p>
<p>Dream: Cornell, Princeton, UVA
Realistic: Purdue, Ohio State, UMD CP, Case Western
Last Resort: Penn State</p>
<p>Dream School: Brown
Likely Reality: SUNY Geneseo</p>
<p>Dream: Yale, UChic, Columbia</p>
<p>Real: Kenyon, UNC</p>
<p>Dream: MIT</p>
<p>Was Accepted to for EA: MIT :)</p>
<p>Jashper: just out of curiousty what were your stats?</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: Math 750 / CR 690 / Writing 610 (The SAT CR & Writing sections are highly flawed in my opinion)
* SAT II: Math II 800 / Chem 780
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: Around a 94 or so unweighted
* Rank: 3/155 I believe
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc 5 / AP Chem 5 / APUSH 4
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<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Felt they were fairly strong; one about my quirky/eccentric shaping environment and one about creating Chemistry the Musical
* Teacher Recs: Should have been quite strong; they know me quite well
* Counselor Rec: My principal told me he wrote a glowing rec for me; He knows me quite well
* Supplementary Material: Script for a musical I helped create (Chemistry the Musical); it is quite hilarious
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation....if that counts for anything
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<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: Lunenburg, MA (Suburbs)
* High School Type: Public; Very small
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Jazz & Marching Band, Acting (Musicals, class plays, etc.), Mock Trial, Math Team, A Capella, Varsity Track, and Student Government (quite involved)
* Awards: Honors in the Chem Olympiad (Top 100 in nation), various math league and competition awards, Principal's Leadership Award, Saxophonist in the Central Districts ensemble, and other various awards.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm pleasantly surprised
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<p>Thank you, I was just curious. I'm a junior and plan on applying to MIT EA later this year.</p>
<p>Dream: Ritsumeikan-APU
Reality: Rollins, UNF, FIT, Valencia, TUJ</p>
<p>Dream: Notre Dame</p>
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<p>I like how every school listed is a state school, including the dream one.</p>
<p>Dream: Columbia
Realistic: Cornell, U Chi, U Roch
Safety: Pitt</p>
<p>Dream: Virginia State University
Realistic: U.Va
Safety: MIT</p>
<p>dream: U chicago
Realistic: Boston College
Saftey: Binghamton</p>