Highly Selective School Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances for Brown ED/ Johns Hopkins RD/ Georgetown RD/ Cornell RD/ UPenn RD/ Harvard RD/ Yale RD/ Williams RD/ Amherst RD/ NYU RD/ Brown PLME ED?</p>

<p>SAT: 2270
M: 760
R: 740
W: 770</p>

<p>SAT II:
Lit: 790
Math I: 790
Biology E: 700</p>

<p>AP: 5 AP English Lit</p>

<p>6 AP Courses:
AP Physics B
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP English Lit
AP Computer Science
AP Statistics</p>

<p>All Honors/AP Courses Senior Year</p>

<p>Intended Major Biology/Bioethics (Later Medicine)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8/4.0 Unweighted
(Elite NE Prep School -- does not rank, but likely top 10-15%)</p>

<p>Honor Roll all 4 years</p>

<p>National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>4 years water polo varsity
- regional awards, school awards, captain</p>

<p>4 years swimming varsity
- regional awards, school awards, captain</p>

<p>4 years sailing varsity
- school award</p>

<p>-Founded own club
-grew club to one of largest in school, multiple special projects (had to start a nonprofit and raise over $35000 for one in particular)</p>

<p>-Other sports extracurriculars
-national titles competitive lifesaving
-world team competitive lifesaving
-national records competitive lifesaving</p>

<p>Work experience:
-Ocean lifeguard
-lifesaving instructor/ group instruction leader</p>

<p>Other:
-Play ukulele
-Avid Surfer
-Avid reader (have read 2000+ books)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
-Major medical research in a Harvard lab (got rec. from supervising doctor -- very good)
-Traveled to Africa to work with a neurosurgeon (got to actually perform neurosurgery -- major part of common essay)
-Volunteered 500+ hours as a patient education volunteer at local hospital (worked one on one with patients daily)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:
2 Really great recs -- didn't read, but teachers both said they loved writing for me</p>

<p>Counselor Rec:
should be very good -- didn't read</p>

<p>Essays:
Really, really good -- had 3 people check them over</p>

<p>Other note:
one coach said he would talk to admissions on my behalf and said I put myself in a really good position to be a good candidate -- how much should this help?</p>

<p>Demographics:
White -- middle eastern, europe, sri lanka
lower middle class</p>

<p>Let me know what you think for my chances!</p>

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<p>Good SATs, but your GPA and AP seem a little weak. Your ECs are impressive, but having 3 people check your essays over doesn’t mean they are perfect.
Brown ED-low reach (ED helps)
Johns Hopkins RD-high match
Georgetown RD-high match
Cornell RD-low reach
UPenn RD-reach/low reach
Harvard RD-reach
Yale RD-reach
Williams RD-reach
Amherst RD-reach
NYU RD-low match (CAS) high match (Stern)</p>

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<p>I think you are a competitive applicant but its really a crapshoot so good luck!</p>

<p>Brown ED-low reach
Johns Hopkins RD-high match
Georgetown RD-low reach
Cornell RD-low reach
UPenn RD-reach
Harvard RD-reach
Yale RD-reach
Williams RD-reach
Amherst RD-reach
NYU RD-low match (CAS) match (Stern)</p>

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