I'd like to know my chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i know: big surprise. thanks so much in advance, both for taking the time to read this and for your advice!</p>

<p>White middle-class male attending best HS in UT and 150th best in US </p>

<p>SAT I: 2260
CR-740 M-730 W-790
SAT II: Math II-780, Chem-740, World History-650, Spanish-660, Math I-700 </p>

<p>-National Merit Semifinalist (at least)
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-AP Scores:
--Chem-4, Eng. Lang-5, Euro-5, Human Geo-3, Macro-5, Micro-4, Sp. Lang-3, Sp. Lit-4, World-4.
--taking this year: US history, US gov, calc AB, English Lit</p>

<p>4.146 weighted GPA
15/324 weighted rank</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>ACADEMIC DECATHLON (10-12)
-Captain: 11, 12
-Team National Champion (D-III): 10
-National overall individual medal: gold 11, silver 10
-Team National Runner Up (D-III): 11 (missed 1st by 23.3 out of 60,000)
-Team top scorer at nationals: 11
-Team State Champion: 10, 11
-Highest overall scorer at state: 11
-Highest individual scholastic score at state: 10, 11
-Team top scorer at state: 11
-About 50 personal medals in individual subjects from districts, regions, state, and nationals over past two years</p>

<p>DEBATE (9-12)
-Captain: 11, 12
-Secretary: 10
-4th in state: 10
-2nd in region: 10, 11
-3rd in region: 9
-About 30 medals at independent tournaments that i won't bore you with here</p>

<p>WORLD SCHOLAR'S CUP (11-12)
-Qualified for USA All Star team (1 of 7 americans to do so) through score at 2007 States: 11
-Second place team at international finals (Seoul, South Korea): 11
-Team Debate Showcase champion at int'l finals: 11
-As veteran of competition, will write/edit tests and resource guides; judge and proctor tests at national and international competitions: 12</p>

<p>OTHER:
-Model UN (9-12) (pres. 11, 12; VP 10)
-National Honors Society (10-12) (pres. 12)
-Cross Country Running (9-12) (letter: 9, 10; 4th team at state: 9, 10)</p>

<p>WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
-Volunteer at free health clinic translating spanish-english (3 hr/week; 2 yrs)
-writing/editing practice tests and study guides for DemiDec, a third party Academic Decathlon company (15 hr/week; 2 yr)
-cashiering at local pizzeria (18 hr/week; 3 mo)</p>

<p>SCHOOLS:
-Harvard
-Princeton
-Brown
-Georgetown
-Claremont Mckenna
-Williams
-Wesleyan
-Bucknell
-Clark
-University of Utah</p>

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<p>Oh, do I love DemiDec so, so much (although Acalon has recently been my lover of choice). Which guide did you write this year?</p>

<p>Also, I thought Taft won in 2006? Not Utah?</p>

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<p>i should have clarified: D III national champion. i changed it.</p>

<p>i wrote portions of the SQ resource, also about 1/3 of the flashcards (half SQ and all science), beta tested some, and revised SQ relays.</p>

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<p>Sweet, I'll remember that as I go through superquiz.</p>

<p>I can't really say you'll get in anywhere. I'm not well-versed in thinking like an admissions officer, but I hope you get in. And good luck to your team! I hear Utah scrimmages are coming up soon.</p>

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<p>yeah, december fourth. are you on acadectalk?</p>

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<p>I took a LONG break over the summer and only recently went back to look at the LAUSD scores.</p>

<p><------- LAUSD school</p>

<p>My screenname is Jessica!</p>

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<p>anyone? your responses (and honesty) are greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Utah - safe yes; Brown - probably; Harvard - who knows; Princeton - toss a coin. The rest, I know nothing of.</p>

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<p>ha ha....thanks.</p>

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<p>i'm no expert but being from utah is prob a plus.</p>

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<p>I'd be very surprised if you didn't make it into Wes.</p>

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<p>What highschool do you go to? Just wondering, since I go to skyline. Nice stats by the way, I could see you easily getting into a lot of your ivy choices. My backup is also the U of U.</p>

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<p>i go to park city (Newsweek's most recent Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools puts us at 1st in UT, 150th in US).</p>

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<p>...bump?</p>

<p>if anyone has a judgement on the first four (harvard, princeton, brown, and georgetown), that would be very much appreciated. thank you!</p>

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<p>You are only top 5% academically, but I'm guessing that your SAT scores and ECs probably put you pretty much at the top relative to other Utah students. Also, it must be remembered that more Utah students are likely to stay in-state than for most other states (relates to religion, economics, and diversity of the state--which I won't go into here).</p>

<p>Accordingly, I give you excellent chances at Brown and Georgetown--and fair chances for Harvard and Princeton.</p>

<p>Part of your chances depends upon how you did freshman year (which Princeton throw out--and which Harvard will count less than the last two years) versus your sophomore and junior years.</p>

<p>I'd rate you Match at Brown and Georgetown
and Very Slight Reach at Harvard and (Barely) a Match at Princeton.
Good luck.</p>

<p>P.S. And I should also point out that I lived in northern Utah for 4 years (1991-1995) so I do know a bit about the state.</p>

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<p>unfortunately, you are not a match at princeton, and harvard is as much a reach as it is for anyone. Those are two schools that honestly have so many spectacular applicants that all you can do is apply and cross your fingers. As said before, coming from Utah will benefit you as many colleges seek some sort of geographic equilibrium, but outside of that, you look like a pretty average (which is a compliment i suppose) applicant to Harvard/Princeton. best of luck</p>

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<p>acadec said

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i go to park city (Newsweek's most recent Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools puts us at 1st in UT, 150th in US).

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<p>Can you provide the link to the list that puts Park City HS at the top of Utah schools? I have been always seeing West at the top
<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=UT%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=UT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Neat link, Kelowna. My high school was 13th when I graduated!</p>