Final Chance: PLEASE!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey CC'ers,</p>

<p>My credentials are pretty much set, so please chance me for the following schools:</p>

<p>Bucknell
Davidson
Franklin and Marshall
Georgetown - EA
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Princeton
William and Mary
Williams
Yale</p>

<p>Sex: Male
Ethnicity: White/European
State: MD</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
Class rank: 1/79
SAT: Not sending.
ACT: 35 Composite (E: 35, M: 35, R: 36, S: 32, Essay: 8)
SAT II: 740 Literature, 730 Math 2 (Could go up to ~750), Spanish with Listening (Will send if 700+. Likely up to 750, non-native)
IB Scores: 6 on IB Economics SL (2 year class done in 1 year)
AP Scores: 4 on AP Statistics exam
Essay: Good, solid essays.
Teacher Rec's: I'm confident the two teacher rec's I have are very good.</p>

<p>Schedule: I'm taking the most rigerous course load offered at my school. I get a mix of A's and A+'s. My junior year second semester I got 5 A+'s and 1 A; Senior year 1st Quarter I got 3 A+'s and 3 A's. (A+ is 98-100)</p>

<p>Freshman year: Spanish 2 Honors, Geometry, Algebra 2 Honors, Biology, English 9, World History</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: Spanish 3 Honors, AP Statistics, English 10 Honors, Honors Chemistry, U.S. History, World Religions (1 Semester), Health (1 Semester)</p>

<p>Junior Year: IB History HL, IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB Economics SL, IB Physics SL, IB Spanish 4 Honors SL</p>

<p>Senior Year: IB History 2 HL, IB Math 2 HL, IB English 2 HL, IB Physics 2 SL, IB Spanish 5 Honors SL, Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>I also took an extra semester long college class focusing on religion in one's life. I got an A- in the class and was awarded 3 college credits.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<ul>
<li>2 years of JV Tennis, 2 years of Varsity Tennis (Incl. this year), Varsity tennis captain, won the Spirit Award</li>
<li>1 year of Fresh/Soph Basketball</li>
<li>1 year of JV Volleyball, 2 years of Varsity Volleyball, won Championship on Varsity</li>
<li>3 Years of a peer education program, senior leader this year</li>
<li>3 years in school's religious group, 1 year of leadership</li>
<li>2 years of Yearbook, 1 year leadership</li>
<li>Quiz Bowl team, captain 11th, member 12th</li>
<li>Financial Club - one year course, member and finished with certificate of completion</li>
</ul>

<p>Job/Service:</p>

<p>I have taught tennis the past three years in a program I have been a part of for 9 years.
I also taught private tennis lessons over the summer.
I volunteered for a local politician (Will have about 30 hours of community service)
I went on a service trip to a local shelter (40 hours of community service)
9th and 10th Grade I worked on a tree farm as a customer service rep.</p>

<p>Significant Awards: Member of the Cum Laude Society, Member of the National Spanish Honors Society (3 years), Harvard Junior Book Award, Biology Prize given to one freshman, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, and a few more smaller awards.</p>

<p>Interests: Business, Economics, Mathematics, but focused on receiving a strong liberal arts education.</p>

<p>I know Ivies are reaches for everyone, but if anyone could give me any idea of what may help/hurt my chances, that would be great. I'd also really like to hear any opinions from people who know about the LAC's I'm applying to. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Bump. Anyone? Please…</p>

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<p>Someone please! I’ll chance back if you want!</p>

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<p>Nothing stands out about your application, no amazing EC’s or awards, so the Ivies are most likely out of the picture. That said, you should be in at the other schools on your list.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input! Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Georgetown - EA - i bet you’re in.
Harvard - high reach
Johns Hopkins- low reach
Princeton - high reach
Williams - probably not.
Yale - high reach</p>

<p>(the other universities im not sure about)</p>

<p>you plan to apply to HYP without sending SAT scores? you really need to send your SAT scores… what did you get? apart from this, you look like a solid applicant. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1028134-chance-northwestern.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1028134-chance-northwestern.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1028136-chance-berk.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1028136-chance-berk.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks. I have a 35 on the ACT so there is no reason to send SAT scores, especially since mine are lower than my ACT.</p>

<p>I really don’t know much/anything about Northwestern and Berkeley. I can say that you look like a solid applicant, but I really don’t know anything about admission at those schools.</p>

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<p>How about Cornell and Dartmouth? I think you’d have a good chance there, and Dartmouth is a lot like Williams (where I think you have a good chance too, BTW.)</p>

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<p>Thanks, Williamsdad! I’ll look into both of those schools. By your username, I think it’d be appropriate to ask how your D/S likes Williams?</p>