harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are the chances for Harvard for the following person:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 weighted, though school does not calc
Rank: school does not calc
SAT: 800 W 800 CR 700 M
SAT 2: 790 French w/ Listening, 800 Lit, 800 US Hist, ??? Math
AP: French lang 5, US Hist 5, English Lang 5, Calc AB 5, Bio 4, French Lit 4</p>

<p>ECs:
President, French Honor Society
Captain, Debate Team (national awards)
Captain, Quiz Bowl Team (state awards)
Science Olympiad (state awards), Beta Club</p>

<p>volunteer (200+ hours by grad):
Lead tutor, ESL program for local elementary school kids
Peer tutor</p>

<p>awards:
AP Scholar
Nat'l Merit Semifinalist
11th grade Advanced US History award (top in year)</p>

<p>essay: excellent
recs: excellent, a few "best in my career"s
most rigorous courseload offered (1 AP soph, 5 each 11th/12th)</p>

<p>Prospective Poli Sci/Govt major.</p>

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<p>Obviously, you're a strong candidate for any Ivy or any highly selective school, but even kids with your stats and ECs have, at best, a 30% chance of being accepted at one of the top schools. At Harvard, for example, 25% of the accepted freshmen have SAT M+V above 1580. Apply to Harvard, sure, but also apply to other somewhat less selective schools as well - Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, Colgate etc., etc. Just don't put all your eggs in the Ivy basket.</p>

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<p>Excellent chances, but really play up your national awards. Everyone applying will have excellent academic stats; make sure you emphasize anything that sets you apart.</p>

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<p>Of course, yeah. I'm applying to Harvard, Yale, and Pton, and I'm certainly not counting on any of those! I'm applying to Duke, Northwestern, UNC-CH, Penn (yeah, another Ivy, I guess), Stanford (a-la-Ivy), NYU, etc. as well. I mean, I'm sure I'll get into UNC-CH and perhaps Duke/NYU/Northwestern, but I'm hoping to get into at least 1 of the others. I'd be happiest at Harvard.</p>

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<p>I am new. How do I start a thread?</p>

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<p>There's a white button on the "What Are My Chances?" page that says NEW THREAD. :)</p>

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<p>Be careful. Duke, Stanford, and Penn are very, very difficult to get into - none of these schools are backups. Northwestern is only a little less so. On the other hand, you should get accepted at NYU and UNC-CH. Where else are you applying?</p>

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<p>Smith, UChicago...I'm applying to some very different schools.</p>

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<p>do you mean 4.0 unweighted?</p>

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<p>I don't know about all this GPA stuff, my school doesn't calculate it and it just confuses me...as you can see math isn't awesome for me :)</p>

<p>Anyway, all Honors freshman year (got one b+ in Honors science, A- in honors math), got straight As in soph year (A- in Honors Precalc, A in AP Language), straight As junior year (5 APs)</p>

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<p>Bumpety bump bump</p>

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<p>Duke and UNC out of state are VERY tough. Dont count on them. You should get into NYU and have a good chance at Northwestern, but the others are definitely reaches.</p>

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<p>Race? if ur URM u got a great chance</p>

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<p>I live in NC and I am not a URM. My school sends about 25 people out of 120 to UNC every year--that's the number that actually goes, not gets in. Duke is pretty large # too. So I'm counting on UNC as a local kid...I live 20 mins away :)</p>