Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Penn, USC, Northwestern...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey I posted something for the first time a few hours ago and I wrote way too much and I think nobody responded because they couldn't really be bothered to read the whole thing (I would have done the same). So here is an abbreviated version:</p>

<p>SAT I: 1510 (760M, 750V)
SAT IIs: 720 MIIC, 760 Writing, 700 Spanish</p>

<p>AP US History: 4
AP Spanish Language: 4
AP English Language and Composition: 4</p>

<p>This years classes: AP World History, AP Spanish Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, AP English Literature, French I, Advanced Video Art II </p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 Weighted (obviously senior year way higher, 4.2 currently)</p>

<p>Awards etc.:</p>

<p>Honor Roll all grades thus far
National Merit Commendation
AP Scholar</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis - CIF-SS Championship winning team, manager 12th grade
Young Leftists Club - Founder/President
Admissions Committee - 3yr member
Movie Making - directed a number of short films/music videos
School Newspaper - occasional political column writer
JV Soccer (9th, 10th)</p>

<p>Summer/Job exp:</p>

<p>Month-long intern for U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's election campaign
Day Camp co-counselor
Parish Thrift Shop regular volunteer</p>

<p>I'm coming from an extremely challenging and prestigious private high school and we are told that colleges take into account a lower GPA because of the difficulty of classes. The school doesn't rank or calculate GPA so I did it myself. In addition to all of the above, what will hopefully set me apart from other applicants is that I moved to the U.S. in 7th grade from England. I'm a dual citizen and given that I want to study poly sci or international relations I try and play up my transcontinentality. </p>

<p>If anyone could comment on what they thought about my chances at the following schools/programs I would be hugely appreciative, especially Penn's Huntsman Program as I need to write an essay for it fast if I decide it's worth applying for:</p>

<p>Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn (Huntsman Program?), Stanford, Northwestern, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Williams, BU, GW, USC, Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD. I know it's a lot but i've employed the strategy of the more you apply to, the better your chances of getting into one - a college counselors worst nightmare. By the way my essays and recs should all be great. Anyhoo thanks a lot,</p>

<p>Tim</p>

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<p>Though I dont know much, I think you are a wonderful candidate for most of the schools you apply.
For Harvard,Princeton,Stanford,Columbia,you need a bit of luck.
I think you can get accepted to,at least,one of those fours.</p>

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<p>please more help?</p>

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<p>i fear that ur application might just be lost in the 15000 that HYP gets...and u have a high chance of getting rejected. its tough. u founded a club. cool. but what club is it? a Leftists club...and what does it do? u gotta SHOW that u have done something with it...</p>

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<p>Nothing particular stands up.. decent stats but not perfect. You really need a hook. </p>

<p>Here it goes.. don't be offended, because I am giving my opinion.. :)
Harvard-- i'd be surprised if they accepted you
Princeton-- 10%, (40% given that your essays are killers.. since you write for your newspaper, i am assuming that you can write)
Columbia-- 30%
Dartmouth-- 30%
Penn (Huntsman Program?)-- 30%
Stanford-- 10%, (40% given that your essays are killers.. since you write for your newspaper, i am assuming that you can write.. show your personality in those short answer essays man!)
Northwestern-- 50%
Georgetown School of Foreign Service-- 60-70%
Williams-- dunno too much about LACs
BU-- shoo in
GW-- shoo in
USC-- shoo-in
Berkeley-- 50%
UCLA, and UCSD-- i'd be very surprised if you didn't get in.</p>

<p>Hope this helps</p>

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<p>thanks a lot, appreciate the words - any other insights would be greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>my words aren't gospel, but you sound ok to me......don't really see why you wouldn't get accepted anywhere....</p>

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<p>Good chance at williams too</p>

<p>it depends alot on your exact rank after this semester, are you gonna be top 5%</p>

<p>If so, good shot at any college, but you have to make your application focused on what you want to do i guess</p>

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<p>the 30% chance for Huntsman is very inflated...from my perspective. They are getting more and more selective each year, and anybody who thinks they have a 30% chance at Huntsman is on something (not implying you). Huntsman is at least on par or even higher in selectivity than HYP. Last year, they "over-admitted" some kids, so, my estimate is that they have already filled at least half of the Huntsman class during the ED rounds and there's about 10-20 seats open for RD...and they'll admit about 25 kids this year during the RD cycle for a class of around 40.</p>

<p>You have to make yourself stick out.</p>

<p>Good Luck, hope to see you next year at Penn. (HUNTSMAN ROCK!!! ED kid here..hehe).</p>

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<p>thanks, in answer to nealious my school doesn't rank</p>