Harvard/ Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I go to a very competitive high school( I am in the top 10%) I got ELC for UC's I think thats top 4 percent and I have applied to 13 schools:
UCLA
UCSD
UCI-already accepted
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Pomona College
Claremont Mckenna College
Dartmouth
UPenn
Harvard
Northwestern
Cornell
Boston College</p>

<p>Mostly I really want to go to Harvard or Stanford</p>

<p>I'm applying for a biology major in all of these schools
13 total AP classes throughout high school
Academics:
Freshman Year:
French 2 Honors B+/A
English 2 Honors A/A
Biology Honors A/A
Cultural World History Honors-summer A/A
Algebra 2/Trig Honors B+/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Chemistry Honors - Summer A/B+
AP Art History B+/A
English 2 Honors A/A
AP Chemistry A/A
Calculus AB A/A
French 3 Honors A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP U.S. History A/A
AP Calculus BC A/A
English 3 Honors A/A
Psychology/ T.A A/A
French 4 AP A/A
Biology AP A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Rhetoric A/?
AP Government (1st semester class) A
AP Statistics A/?
AP Environmental Science A/?
AP Economics(2nd semester class) ?
AP Physics C Mechanics B+/?</p>

<p>Tests
Took the SAT three times
Verbal Math Writing Total
1. 11/2007- 740 780 760 2280
2. 10/2007 720 650 720 2090
3. 01/2007 710 680 700 2090</p>

<p>Subject Tests
Math 2C 780
US history 750
Biology M 700</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
Pomona Valley Hospital- 436 hrs of volunteer work 9th grade-11grade
Hoops for Hope Club Advertising Officer 10-11
Tae Kwon Do - First Degree Black Belt 9-12
California Scholarship Federation - since 10th grade
Employment (paid job) at medical office 10hrs a week -10th-12th
Golf Private Lessons 2 hrs a week - 9th-12th
Tennis Private Lessons 9th-10th 9 hours 45 weeks
French Club - 9-12</p>

<p>Solid essays for all colleges
Good recommendations from 4 teachers
Good interview for Harvard</p>

<p>Took a non credit short story class read 80 short stories writers like Hemingway, Swift, Mann, etc.</p>

<p>Awards: Deans List Calculus AB, AP Scholar with Distinction, Principal's Honor Roll( fall 2004, spring2005, fall 2005, spring 2006, spring 2007)</p>

<p>Also not applying for any financial aid to these colleges - does this help?</p>

<p>So what do you guys think of my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I think your post should be in the chances forum.</p>

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<p>it’s hard to tell
decent scores (not exceptional though), good grades, but you need to come alive in your essays etc n all that</p>

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<p>top 10% is not really good enough for harvard or stanford, not even really for most of the other schools on your list. you’re looking to be top 5 or 6% (although judging by your grades that might be the case)</p>

<p>also, your test scores, besides the first sitting, are not really great (relative to where you’re applying).</p>

<p>i’d put harvard and stanford as big reaches, although stanford is much more forgiving of test scores than harvard</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores are decent (First one.) You have a very very strong courseload.. 13 AP’s is very very impressive. However, your rank (as mentioned above) isn’t that good. Finally, your EC’s aren’t that good, and don’t reveal much personality, and Harvard and Stanford will be reaches.</p>

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<p>I took the SAT three times. And the last time I took it I got a 2280. Don’t they just look at the highest in one sitting. Why would the other scores matter? and is a 2280 good for stanford or harvard</p>

<p>What about my chances of getting into all the other colleges like Upenn, Dartmouth, Cornell</p>

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<p>i’d say you have a good shot at cornell, and dartmouth and penn are definitely also in the cards for you if you can present a well-rounded app</p>

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<p>How do you know you already got into UCI? Doesn’t the results come out late March?</p>

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<p>Stanford and Harvard will be a difficult. They probably want top 5% and your ECs are a super standout. If your essays are good, they will make a real difference in your chance of acceptance.</p>