fine, i fold. what are my chances at the ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This site is like heroin, I swear. Depressing though....reading all of these chance boards makes me feel like I'll never get in anywhere. Oh well...here goes:</p>

<p>White female in Chicagoland; class of '08</p>

<p>**Test scores/grades/classes<a href="the%20best%20part%20by%20far,%20probably">/B</a>:
GPA: 4.58 W, 4.00 UW (regular: 4; honors: 4.5; AP: 5)
Rank: 7/501
PSAT: 240, twice
ACT: 36, twice (but not in all categories)
SAT: 760 CR, 800 M, 800 W (12 essay)
SAT II: took Math IIC (750-800 expected), Physics (750-800 expected), and French (hopefully above 600....it was abysmal)
APs: Euro (5), US (4/5), Physics B (4/5), Chem (4/5)
Senior year schedule: AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Stats (1 semester), AP Gov, AP French V......should be a blast.</p>

<p>**ECs and Awards<a href="weaker">/B</a>:
Math Team (9-12): All-Conference 2006, A-C Honorable Mention 2007; regional champion in 2005 and 2006, second place 2006 and 2007
Cross-country (9-12): One varsity letter, two JV; won a frosh-soph invitational
Track (9-12): All-Conference and All-Sectional 2005 and 2007; JV conference champion 2006; three varsity letters
LEAF (environmental club): 10-12
Basketball: 9 (manager: 10)
Gay-Straight Alliance: 9-10, 12? (pretty much fluff)
NHS: 11-12
WYSE (11-12) (a broad academic competition, for those of you unfamiliar): Regional/Sectional medals; 3rd in state in chem and champion in English (got $2000 scholarship to UofI)
TEAMS (11-12) (8-person team): 1st in region, 1st in state, 3rd in nation</p>

<p>Bausch and Lomb Award
Society of Women Engineers Award (High Honors as a junior)
Two-time Student of the Month (Geometry and AP Euro)
USNCO qualifier; ranked Above Average or Outstanding in 8/10 categories
Nominated for Girls’ State, National History Day, and NCTE Writing Awards Program...</p>

<p>**Service<a href="weaker%20yet;%20no%20recorded%20hours">/B</a>
Young Women's Club (Director of Public Relations)
Volunteered summer before junior year in community garden-thing; will continue this year
Occasional work at homeless shelter
Will be doing a lot of volunteer work this summer</p>

<p>**Work experience<a href="the%20weakest%20of%20them%20all">/B</a>
None. I babysit; I subbed at a job for three days. That's it. I'm having problems getting hired because I'm spending three weeks in France this summer.</p>

<p>Teacher recs will be stellar; essays will not be terribly fantastic.</p>

<p>So...what are your thoughts? Ivies, Berkeley, Caltech, MIT, Tufts, Georgetown</p>

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<p>Your numbers are great. And you seem to understand your weaknesses.</p>

<p>You have really good shot at all of the places you mentioned. But your odds vary from institution to institution.</p>

<p>Just work on those essays!</p>

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<p>I'd better start to work on them soon before summer takes over; my brain tends to atrophy and I forget how to write :/</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>You said this site is depressing, yet you have a 4.0 UW and a 2300+ SAT?</p>

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<p>yeah, but no "passions" or job or fantastic ecs. numbers i've got...but that's about all i've got.</p>

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<p>86 views and two responses? c'mon; you've got to have opinions!</p>

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<p>i hate people that view and don't respond so i'll respond. unfortunately, i don't have a sound opinion for you though. i mean all of those schools are gonna have kids apply to them that have good test scores. not many as good as urs though. 1560, 4.0, and 36. i would guess (key word: guess) that you most of the ivies are a reach just because the talent pool is so deep but some of the smaller schools (10-25) would be better matches. just my opinion though</p>

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<p>thanks; i agree. i'm kicking myself for not having kickstarted ECs freshman year; better ones would make me a lot more competitive.</p>

<p>oh, and my classes to date:</p>

<p>9: French II, Geometry Honors, English H, Bio H, Band, World History H
10: French III H, Algebra II H, American Lit H, Chem H, AP Euro ('slacker year')
11: French IV H, Advanced Math H, English Lit H, AP Chem, AP Physics B, APUSH</p>

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<p>you call 4 honors classes and an ap as a sophomore a 'slacker year'? get real.
i wish i could relate to you but i'm totally on the opposite boat. i have a lot of EC's (12 seasons of varsity sports, captain in two, studentcouncil etc etc) and average scores/grades (3.7ish UW, 4.02W 1470SAT). i'm sure you'll end up at a great school. even if you don't end up at an ivy, you'll be one of the best students at a great school w/ even more opportunities to shine.</p>

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<p>:)
'slacker year' only in that i signed up for a class that turned out to be a total joke and ended up dropping it, leaving me with a (gasp) full-year study hall, which doesn't look that great.</p>

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<p>update w/ SAT II scores: 800 in French, Physics, Math IIC</p>

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<p>oh, come on.</p>

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<p>Oh, you were so sure that French was abysmal.</p>

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<p>yes. you have great chances anywhere. just get rid of the "fluff", like you recognize</p>

<p>although it's odd that you don't have any leadership</p>

<p>i say reject by HYP and in everywhere else</p>

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<p>dang.. 2400 on your SAT II'S...
you look really good statistically i guess, but essays/recs is a big part of admissions</p>