heyy so chances at good schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm interested in Johns Hopkins, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Boston U, Upenn, and Cornell... What do you think of my chances? I have Penn State as my safety.</p>

<p>GPA 4.5
Class Rank 12/851
SAT 2260
SAT II: Math 2c-800; Chemistry-800; French-750; US History-710</p>

<p>5 on APUSH and AP French
4 on AP Govt
Currently taking 4 APs this year</p>

<p>Community Service
• Volunteer at Delaware Country Memorial Hospital summer 2005: 75 hours
• Math and French tutor: Grades 9-11</p>

<p>School Activities
• French club: 11, 12
-Currently Co-President
• Science Club: 10, 11, 12
• Varsity Girls’ Tennis team: 11, 12
• Junior Varsity Girls’ Tennis team: 10
• Freshman Girls’ Basketball team: 9
• Hi-Q team: 11, 12
• National Honor Society</p>

<p>Other Activities
• Research at Drexel University, January to June 2006
-a six-month long project where I designed antennas<br>
• Temple University Summer Academy for the Pre-Health Sciences 2006, which included taking a 4-credit college-level general chemistry class</p>

<p>Academic Achievements
• Honors Geometry school award 2004
• Honors Algebra II school award 2005
• Honors Calculus BC school award 2006
• Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit for Highest Honor in Science and Mathematics
• Cornell Book Award 2006
• AMC 2006 (score: 102)
• AIME 2006 (score: 2)
• LeGrand Concours National French Exam 2005 3rd place
• National Merit Semifinalist
• AP Scholar</p>

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<p>JHU-match
Wellesley-match
Swarthmore-match
BU-low match/high safety
UPenn-slight reach
Cornell-match</p>

<p>wow, you've got a knack for picking colleges that are right at your level, not too high or low....though, i'd say you've got a great shot at all of these schools</p>

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<p>ba bump hmm what's the chance i'll get rejected from all of them except BU? I'm scared of that happening. </p>

<p>Adding more details:<br>
Asian girl
class rank is REALLY around 5/851</p>

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<p>Might want to look at some other good LAC's like Colgate and Holy Cross(1 hour from Boston).</p>

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<p>Does anyone else want to give their opinion on my chances with these schools? I'd really appreciate it!</p>

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<p>I've noticed a lot of people who list schools like JHU, Cornell, Gtown, etc as matches. They may not have the rep of top ivies, but I don't think they're matches for anyone. Go to the admitted thread for Cornell and check out how many top SAT scores were rejected or waitlisted. That being said, the OP has great chances at Penn, Cornell, JHU.</p>

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<p>that's just coz cornell and penn are known for valuing legacies and other hooks..specially those involving money...so without a serious hook it becomes random...
Also...penn and cornell know they would losekids to HYPS so if you dont show serious interests they wouldnt hesistate to waitlist or even reject the top kids...</p>

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<p>please bearcats, everyone brings up those excuses. Beleive it or not, many (mostly) deserving people get into those schools. Where do you come up with your (unfounded) claim?</p>

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<p>look at cornell's legacy admit rate....it's over 50% .... i think i saw this in the alum magazine but dont quote me on this</p>

<p>penn is over 65%
these 2 percentages are WAY higher than the other ivies</p>

<p>what more...as for penn, they only offer on-campus interviews for legacies............and they also claim that they hv a different pile for legacies..</p>

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<p>and of course...more convincing evidence...as quoted from a former duke admissions personnel (i think everyone of u heard this already)...only 50% of the applicants at top colleges get in through pure merit which conflicts with your claim "many (mostly) deserving people get into those schools"</p>

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<p>bearcats, how bout some hard stats? We all know that the botom 25% of a class is for special cases (urms, athletes, etc). Are you telling me that the majority of applicants at top schools are not merited being there? The percentage of students at Cornell who are legacies is 14%, high but hardly earth shattering.</p>

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<p>i m talking about the admit rate though....cornell's admit rate is 28%....so if u say 50% of the legacies get in..that's about 2 times the regular rate...and that's kinda unfair......and no..i m not telling u that most applicants at topschools are not merited being in their respective schools...it's the former duke admissions officer who claims that....</p>

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<p>Bearcats, Cornell's admit rate is now around 20%, soon to be lower, and no way is legacy rate (for those not qualified as regulars) 50%. Your second hand info ain't gonna win this argument.</p>

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<p>sorry..i think YOU need to update your statistics...cornell's admit rate last year was 27%.....and on what basis do u claim there's NOWAY that legacy rate is 50%....
how bout the different track for legacy applicants at penn...how would you explain on campus interviews avalible ONLY to legacy applicants if it's not a big thing</p>

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<p>Cornell's RD rate last year was 23% (ed is usually for hooks), with numerous people predicting a significant rise in apps this year. I'm sorry, it's just not plausible that over 50% of legacies who would not get in otherwise would get in b/c of that status...no way. Admittedly, this is a point neither one of us can prove, but it just seems very unlikely. I will agree on Penn, they have a rep for being legacy whores.</p>