Full Ride Chances with no ECs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Academic stats:
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.8 UW
ranked: 1/256
SATs: 800M/780V = 1580</p>

<p>other info:
white male
no extra-curriculars
maryland resident
parents are univ. of md both alums
schools: univ. of maryland- college park, yale, johns hopkins, stanford, wake forest</p>

<p>what are my chances of getting in/ getting a full ride?</p>

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<p>you can get a full ride from a state university
you wont be getting into stanford.</p>

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<p>try to make up some ec's...not make up but think hard of even little things you did....having no ec's is like getting an 800 total on your sat's!</p>

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<p>kandy314, i disagree. Having an 800 total on your SAT automatically crosses nearly all of the nation's first tier schools, and many of the second tier schools (unless, of course, there are extenuating circumstances i.e. olympic athlete) off of your college list, even if you have above average extra-curricular activities. Having minimal extra-curricular activies, but having achieved a 1580 SAT score and being ranked #1 in your high school class (and i am assuming good recs, essays, etc), only hinders your chances at the top 25 schools.</p>

<p>And yeah, i think you can get a full ride UM. You probably do have some extra-curricular activities that you could list on your app...do you play an instrument? involved in church / temple...? play intermural sports? have you done science fairs? I'm sure you could think of something.</p>

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<p>you can say as your ec that you w an sat study groups for 4 years and got a great score</p>

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<p>that "no ECs" thing can sometimes just kill your application :p
but everything else looks good, i seriously doubt a full ride in most top colleges. go to collgeboard.com and search for your colleges, and see what the admissions looks at most. if ECs are in "very important," that's probably not the school for you.</p>

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<p>do top colleges like yale, stanford, harvard, etc. even give full rides for non need based reasons?</p>

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<p>Leftist, no.</p>

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<p>Yeha u got a free ride</p>

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<p>Ok, you don't do extra stuff at school ... are you active in your church, at a charity, in a garage band, or anything outside of school?</p>

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<p>Some schools give full rides purely based on numbers. I don't know about any of the schools you listed, though. I don't think you'll get into Stanford, Yale, or Hopkins without any ECs, though.</p>

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<p>How does a person have zero ECs?? there's gotta be something you did, at some point in time, during your high school life, volunteer or otherwise.</p>