Hey, look, it's another chances thread!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I’m apply to the following places, and I’d like to know what all y’all think about my chances of admission:</p>

<li>Harvard (EA)</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia*</li>
<li>Tufts*</li>
</ol>

<p>*not applying if I get into Harvard EA because I wouldn’t go to those schools over Harvard; all the others I might go to.</p>

<p>White male from public school in Eastern Mass., double legacy at Harvard, legacy (grandfather) at Yale.</p>

<p>Standardized Testing-wise:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2340 (800M, 800V, 740W)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Sophomore:
US History 800
Biology E 800
Junior:
Physics 800
Math 2 800</p>

<p>APs:
Sophomore:
US History 5
Physics C (Mechanics) 5
Calc BC 5 (AB Subscore 5)
Junior:
Art History* 5
English Lit* 5
Physics C (E/M)* 5
Statistics: 5</p>

<p>*Self-study</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83 UW (everything has been honors/AP though)</p>

<p>ECs:
Captain of Science Team, 3rd in New England
Captain of Math Team
Cellist since age 4
Cello in competitive all-NE orchestra (Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra) for 9 years, international tours and sold-out concerts, blah blah
Cellist in local klezmer groups, improvisational jazz/fusion group for charity, classical chamber music groups (submitting a tape to all schools except Harvard)
Ultimate frisbee team
ACLU school chapter member
School newspaper contributor
Instructor in 2 physics courses, Thermodynamics (1 semester) and AP Electricity/Magnetism (4 semesters)
Courses at John Hopkins during summer for four years
Exchange student to Japan, summer 2005</p>

<p>Awards:
AIME Qualifier/Top AMC Scorer in Grade in School
Mass. Math League High Scorer
National Spanish Exam, 6th Place in MA (Level 2), 8th Place in MA (Level 3)
Japan-US Senate Youth Exchange scholar 2005 (one person/state)
Mass. Forensics League State Qualifier (couldn’t attend)
Rensselaer Math/Science Medalist
NMSF</p>

<p>Recs: Two English teachers who wrote recommendations far more wonderful than I deserve. Oh, and a quite amicable math teacher for MIT. One of the English teachers is head of the department. And the head of the science department wrote something about the physics work I’ve done as an additional reference.</p>

<p>Essays: I thought they were mostly good. Not amazing, but mostly good.</p>

<p>Interviews: Interviewed by Dean of Admissions and Director of Admissions at Harvard. Not too sure why. No other interviews thus far.</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read and reply.</p>

<p>(Yes, I realize that I posted this before, but some things have changed, so this isn’t a straight repost of a previous thread… and I think that 3 months’ distance is enough time for reposting, don’t you?)</p>

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<p>Kid. Stop posting your credentials online. Next time you talk about your SAT scores I will pay a midget hobo to strike you. I'm sure you're a nice kid but you're also a tool, and this message board is all nine circles of hell compressed into one. College apps don't matter. This web site is an academic masturbation clinic for overachievers. Delete your account and go get laid.</p>

<p>Robin Hood... away!</p>

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<p>^ lol, ***....</p>

<p>Honestly, I would say you have a great shot at Harvard EA.</p>

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<p>lol, go get laid... classic</p>

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<p>Been there, done that :-p</p>

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<p>You make me sick, blendecho. I didn't know it was possible to have such impeccable credentials... though, of course, when online, one has no clue what is true and what is just a troll...</p>

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<ol>
<li>Harvard (EA)</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia*</li>
<li>Tufts*</li>
</ol>

<p>Tufts Syndrome.. here comes again!</p>

<p>IN to all of 'em. OK, now let me go sleep.</p>

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<p>And you reviving a 7-month dead thread to which I am for some reason still subscribed is a little weird :-p. I'll take it as a compliment although I don't think it was intended that way.</p>

<p>Oh, and they are most definitely true.</p>

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<p>Wow, I didn't even realize it had been dead that long. I had done a search for Yale legacies or something and this thread came up. Now that I have revived it, however, tell me: how'd it work out? Where did you get in and where are you headed next year?</p>