i help you... please help me (especially CalCruzer)...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey guys... i often help you guys out with chances, so i'd really appreciate it if i could get some good feedback here... also, this is my last chances thread, so after this i will not pollute this board and will only help by chancing people... here goes... please read...</p>

<p>I am a Rising Senior</p>

<p>COLLEGES:</p>

<p>Reaches: Princeton, Columbia, UChicago (EA) Cornell (ED because its my favorite)
Matches/ Safties: Syracuse, McGill, NYU</p>

<p>DATA STUFF:</p>

<p>SAT: 670 M, 730 V (1400) 720 W (2120)
660 M, 740 V (1400) 770 W (2170)
Composite: 670 M, 740 V (1410) 770 W (2180)</p>

<p>GPA: This is a bit complicated, but stay with me haha... i have around a 90 average at my Canadian private school which i attend... this translates to a 4.0 apparently (below)... i had a 4.0 at my old school in grades 9 and 10</p>

<p>(<a href="http://www.ridleycollege.com/ftpimages/180/download/download_group3229_id109982.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ridleycollege.com/ftpimages/180/download/download_group3229_id109982.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)
This sheet is sent to all the colleges to which i apply... its very accurate from my experience in both systems...</p>

<p>APs: US History (awaiting results); next year: English Lit, English Comp, Macro Economics, European History
<strong>Note</strong>: Not many APs are offered at my school and i have taken a REASONABLY DEMANDING COURSELOAD</p>

<p>ECs: Varsity Hockey 4 years, Varsity Rugby 3 years, Varsity Soccer 2 years, School Prefect, Debating (NATIONALS this year... possibly WORLDS next year), Jazz Band 4 years, ~ 120-150 hours community service</p>

<p>Awards: Deans list all through grades 9 and 10, Ridley Scholar Grades 11 and 12, Academic Tie, Geography Award, History Award, English Honorable Mention</p>

<p>I think thats it... i probably forgot a thing or two... if so, please remind me... thanks guys for your help all through my college admissions adventure...</p>

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<p>.... but not only calcruzer...</p>

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<p>I think your GPA is GREAT! a 4.0
Although there's the thing you don't have many APs, but as you said your school doesn't offer many APs, so very understandable.</p>

<p>I think your SAT needs some work</p>

<p>Your ECs are great but doesn't have some kind of common theme. Sports, Jazz band, debate.</p>

<p>If you have good essays and recs, I think you will have good chances at your matches and UChicago, but for Ivies I think your SAT needs some work.</p>

<p>Hope this helped!
I'll be counting on you to "chance" me, too!
my stat is actually on "what's my chance" so..
if you have time...</p>

<p>neway, I think you have good chances at your matches at current standings.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot... bump</p>

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<p>You can't apply ED to Cornell and EA to another place...</p>

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<p>oh?... i was unaware that it was single- choice... i thought i could just deny acceptance to UChicago if i got into Cornell... but i stand corrected... thanks... i will only apply ED to Cornell then...</p>

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<p>out of curiosity, how does your school justify a 90% in canada as being equivalent to a 97% in america?</p>

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<p>fair question... first, in canada, an 80 and above is an A instead of a 90 and above... so that means that you get a lower number for the same quality... also, my school is more rigorous... at my american public school, i had around a 98... at ridley, i have around a 90... so its pretty accurate if you use me as a case study...</p>

<p>any more insights on chances?</p>

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<p>cornell is not that difficult to get in early</p>

<p>because i know a couple people from my school that got in</p>

<p>and the girl had 1700 on her SATs and no EC's really.</p>

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<p>wow... thats somewhat encouraging...</p>

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<p>yeah but the bad thing is like ok so i know a guy that got into MIT and another guy that got into cornell</p>

<p>and the guy that goes to cornell gets like almost nothing in financial aid
while the guy that goes to MIT gets 20k </p>

<p>and i guess thats sometimes the difference between certain ivy league schoools</p>

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<p>bump please</p>

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<p>bump again</p>

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<p>An American<em>in</em>Canada, sorry to have not responded sooner--I only just saw your post. I'll be back in a second with chances.</p>

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<p>Well, you didn't post your SAT II scores--and you'll need to take two of them for Columbia, Princton, and Cornell I believe. Presuming that you get around a 730 each on these, I estimate your AI as 225, which puts you in the 8 or 9 category--meaning 11% to 22% of students applying to the Ivies will have better grades and test scores than you and 78% to 89% of students who apply will have worse grades and test scores than you.</p>

<p>The acceptance rates for these schools in 2005 were:
Princeton-13%
Columbia-13%
Cornell-29%</p>

<p>On the other hand, your ECs are impressive, you are right at the top of the grades (not just a 4.0 with an 87 score, but with a 90), and you went to nationals in the debate--which really carries a ton of weight at a school like Columbia. And your sports background along with the debate results will carry the day at Cornell--especially if you plan to play any of these in college.</p>

<p>I rate your chances as follows:
Princeton--about 40%
Columbia--about 45% to 55%
Cornell--about 60%
Chicago--about 65% to 70%</p>

<p>All of the others--Syracuse, McGill, and NYU should be safe matches to matches in my view.</p>

<p>I know you are considering Cornell ED--and that's okay if that's really where you want to go--and your sports background will help you there more than it will at Columbia. But if you are interested in Columbia, I think your debate background really could be what gets you in. And I say that to very few foreign students.</p>

<p>Best of success wherever you decide to go.</p>

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<p>Let me add one last note here:</p>

<p>Getting into any Ivy is always a bit of a reach--so you might very well want to take your 60% chance here (Cornell) and firm it up to around 65% or so by applying ED versus taking a 50% shot (Columbia) which is iffy. This is especially so if you really like Cornell better. </p>

<p>I just wanted to point out that Columbia is a chance for you--and isn't for very many people--which is what I was trying to point out in my last post. I think four former US presidents went there--and it has the highest starting salary of any college in the US for some majors (for example MBAs in venture capital out of Columbia average $180,000 salaries). And many of our Supreme Court Justices also went there. </p>

<p>Anyway--it's your call--so consider carefully--I'm just giving you options here to consider. Good luck.</p>

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<p>thank you very much</p>