Duke Penn Brown BC Georgetown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying to BC (EA), Georgetown (EA), Duke, Penn, Brown, and probably Stanford</p>

<p>SAT: Critical Reading 740, Math 800, Writing 690
SAT II: Chem 710, Math II 800, Physics 780
ACT: 35 Composite (36 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 36 Science)
As 8th grader with Johns Hopkins CTY: 720 Math, 600 Verbal</p>

<p>Top 10% of class in a public high school that sends close to 90% of kids to 4 year college
3.7 Unweighted GPA (92)
AP Calc So. (5), AP Phys B Jr. (5), AP Chem Jr. (5), AP Phys C Sr.
Have taken independent study math courses with Stanford EPGY the past 2 years.
Not a lot of extracurriculars... Football Freshman/Soph, Math team Soph/Jr/Sr, will be volunteer coaching middle school intramural rec basketball in the town.
NHS member
A few assorted math/science awards</p>

<p>From Massachusetts which probably hurts my chances</p>

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<p>Id say only average. Like you know, your EC are weak and your GPA isn't outstanding.</p>

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<p>Not considering your EC's, you have a great shot at BC</p>

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<p>This kid is a genius. His Gpa is amazing. Hes taken so many aps and done perfect in them. His Sat's are outstanding. You people have no idea about what gets someone into college</p>

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<p>"You people" ???????</p>

<p>Implying plural????</p>

<p>I believe I said he has a great chance at BC.</p>

<p>For that matter, he has a good chance at Georgetown, a solid chance at Brown and is a slight reach to reach candidate at the other schools.</p>

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<p>he hasnt really taken that many APs, I only see 4 of them there</p>

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<p>Depends on how many his school offers. I'll be out with 14 APs, but my school offers around 18.</p>

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<p>yes thats true, ill have 10 and my school offers 14-15</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'll have 10, and my school offers 16 or 17 I believe. Then again, two of the ten I have or am taking were either not offered and I had to "make" the class with the data processor on the master board, or are not offered anymore (AP Comp. Sci A) Oh well...I think you have a good shot at all but Duke.</p>

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<p>My school doesn't offer many, enrollment of only about 750 or so
Physics B
Physics C
Chemistry
Calculus
Biology
Environmental Science</p>

<p>So, as you can see, one math and five sciences. Under normal circumstances, you can't take any until junior year, and I didn't have interest in Bio or APES anyway. Does the fact that there's only 6 at my school help me?</p>

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<p>Bump and update: Received acceptance letter from Georgetown today</p>

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<p>congrats heybucs!! are you definitely going to gtown?</p>

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<p>Congratulations!! :) Good luck on the rest, I'd say Penn/Brown/Stanford are reaches but you definitely have a shot :)</p>

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<p>Wow, your stats are very similar to mine, although yours are slightly better. From what I've been told in my chance thread, "I'm Better than You and I Know It!!! Chances." (shameless plug, I know), my ecs are a little stronger than yours. Therefore based on a highly scientific process that involves two, count 'em, two factors, I will rate your chances.</p>

<p>Duke: slight reach
Brown: sligh reach/reach
BC: match
Georgetown: match
Penn/Stanford: Good luck. No clue.</p>

<p>This is crazy! We have four of the same colleges on our lists. We must be twins!</p>

<p>Edit- Congrats on the acceptance!</p>

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<p>BC is not in the same category of the other schools.</p>

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<p>I'm no huge fan of BC, but Par72 has a really serious inferiority complex when it comes to that place! wow...</p>