Final Chances Thread

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Jewish Male from NJ</p>

<p>Looking to study history and political science</p>

<p>ECs (as they would appear on app):</p>

<p>Acivity (Years) (Hours per week/weeks per year) (Position and awards)</p>

<p>Track/XC (4 Years) (18/40) (Varsity Captain, Coaches Award)</p>

<p>Religious School (4 Years) (3/40) (Youth Rep. to Religious School Board)</p>

<p>Community Service (4 Years) (2/52) (National Honor Society President)</p>

<p>Music (4 Years) (5/40) (Trumpet Player)</p>

<p>Model United Nations (Last 3 Years) (3/12) (Senior Advisor, RUMUN Distinguished Delegate)</p>

<p>Basketball (First 3 Years) (20/12) (JV Captain, Varsity Letter)</p>

<p>Drama (9th, 11th, 12th) (2/12) (Actor)</p>

<p>Work Experience:</p>

<p>Accounts Payable Intern (40 hrs/wk for the summer)
Administrative Assistant (3 hrs/wk for two months)</p>

<p>THE NUMBERS:</p>

<p>SAT: Reading 730, Math 770, Writing 700</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Biology 700, Math 800, US History 790</p>

<p>Class Rank: THIS IS BAD!!! Only top 20% in a class of 115.</p>

<p>Transcript:</p>

<p>Ninth Grade:
Honors English A
Honors Biology A
World History A
Honors Algebra II A-
French II B
Gym/Heath A/B+
Band A-</p>

<p>Tenth Grade:
Honors US History A
Honors English A-
Honors Pre-Calc A-
French III A-
Honors Chemistry B+
Gym/Driver Ed A/A-
Band A-</p>

<p>Eleventh Grade:
AP Calc AB A+
AP US History A+
AP English Language A+
Physics A+
French IV A-
Gym/Health A-/A
Band A+</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Psychology
AP Calc BC
AP US Government
AP English Literature
Justice & Society
Gym/Health
Band</p>

<p>Other Info:
- National Merit Semifinalist [224]
- High Honor Roll (11)
- Honor Roll (9,10)
- AP Scholar [5 Calculus AB, 5 United States History, 5 English Language & Composition]
- National Honor Society
- Elected by the senior class to compete in the televised New Jersey Challenge program with three other classmates. Our team is currently one of the final eight out of an original thirty-two schools.</p>

<p>The schools are:
Harvard (mother and grandmother went undergraduate, uncle and grandfather went graduate)
Cornell (grandfather went undergraduate and taught there)
University of Virginia
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory
Vanderbilt
Boston University (safety)
Syracuse University (safety)</p>

<p>Please do not post just saying stuff about legacy at Harvard and Cornell. I know those are huge reaches even with legacy. Please I am much more interested in chances at Emory, Vanderbilt, etc.</p>

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<p>You'll definitely get into everything besides Harvard and Cornell. You're more likely to get into Cornell than Harvard, but I definitely would not rule you out for either.</p>

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<p>are you sure? even with the bad class rank?</p>

<p>im pretty sure class rank is why i got deferred from georgetown ea. but there were a lot of other factors their i guess (another person applying, religion, etc.)</p>

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<p>cornell cares much more about legacy in ED round..u missed ur chance to enhance the legacy effect..but i m pretty sure it still helps..i, a legacy, for example, got defered even though i m merely top 50% of the class with 2150 SATs..which in the most common case, it should be a flat out reject</p>

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<p>I wouldn't say definitely but the chances are obviously higher. SAT score is good but you're right at the average score range of people who are accepted into Harvard. What's your average GPA? It looks like it'd be around 3.8-3.9.</p>

<p>Washington University in St. Louis - Less of a match than Emory but not quite a reach
Emory - Test scores are spot on for the 75th percentile. Match
Vanderbilt - Match</p>

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<p>thanks. do i simply have no shot at UVA because of class rank?</p>

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<p>11% of UVA's students that were admitted were above top 25% but below top 10%. I wouldn't base your entire decision to submit an app on your class rank though. Everything else that you have is pretty strong.</p>

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<p>alright thank you</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt - Match
Emory - Match
Wash U - Slight Reach</p>

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