Is this a good list/What are my chances!??!?!?!?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everybody,</p>

<p>I'm applying to:
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Duke
Brown
UVA
William and Mary
VA Tech</p>

<p>Apps are due in a month, would you please tell me my chances of getting into these schools?</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted)
9th: 3.8
10th: 4.0
11th: 4.1
12th: 4.2 (so far)
Total: around 4.1</p>

<p>SATs: 1380 (690M 690V)----- retaking january, aiming for at least a 10 point increase in each section
SAT IIs: 750IIC, 680IC, 730 Writing, 630 Physics</p>

<p>APs: AP Music Theory (5), AP Lang (4), BC Calc (this year), AP Physics B (this year), AP Lit (this year), the rest basically honors</p>

<p>ECs:
Piano for 12 years (submitting a recording and detailed resume-- gotten several awards, played for Barbara Bush, lots of stuff there)
Church activities (all sorts of community service, etc.- big part of my life)
National Honor Society
Math Honor Society
Swedish school (outside regular school)
Skiing (go to Germany every year)
Work in Sweden at a confirmation camp during summers
Also work picking berries/making jam in Sweden during summers (go back to Sweden every summer)
Poker (lol, kinda unserious, but I do it a lot)
Basketball (fun with friends)
Paintball (--)
Chess club (founder, President)
Probably a bit more, can't think of it at the moment</p>

<p>Traveled a lot, lived in Sweden, USA, Italy, The Netherlands, and South Africa and have studied Swedish (first language), English (fluent), French, Italian and Dutch</p>

<p>Awards: lots in piano, lots of honor rolls (All "A", etc.), reward for best religion student in school, musical composition merit awards, etc. etc. etc. etc.</p>

<p>Good essays, good recs, and I've spent 435784357875435 hours working on my app so it should be flawless!</p>

<p>Well, there's more but this is the 'bulk' of it!</p>

<p>So... CHANCES!?????</p>

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<p>one question: if your GPA is unweighted, how is it possible that its 4.1 on a 4.0 scale?</p>

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<p>How did u play piano for Barbara Bush?
Is this some kind of national honor?</p>

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<p>yeah lol playing for barbara bush means nothing.. besides anyone can say that.. btw did i mention i played the flute for bill clinton</p>

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<p>and I was backup singer for Elvis.</p>

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<p>Oooh I wasn't sure about the difference b/w weighted and unweighted, I thought weighted was compared to others in my class- APs bring it up-? Straight As, anyway.</p>

<p>Bush thing was just an example of what I'd done, no need to get all hooked up on that. Long story, don't feel like explaining.</p>

<p>Back to the topic:</p>

<p>What are my chances?</p>

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<p>i'm in the process of applying myself so i'm not exactly sure but..
i think everything looks good for your schools except for the SAT scores-- def. increase your SAT I's</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's true. Almost all of them accept January scores, right?</p>

<p>If I can get them to the 1400-1500 range, do you think I'm OK?</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch.</p>

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<p>harvard yale and princeton are significant reaches....</p>

<p>Duke and brown arent far behind</p>

<p>uva wm are matches</p>

<p>VT is a safety</p>

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<p>Might want to look at some more matches like Bucknell, Holy Cross or Trinity.</p>

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<p>Bsbllallstr8- HYP are reaches, but not impossible, right?</p>

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<p>HYP = impossible</p>

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<p>CaptainMatthew, what do you mean?</p>

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<p>Absolutely nothing.</p>

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<p>so you don't think my chances of getting in are impossible?</p>

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<p>Your chances would be improved significantly if you were to get the SAT above a 1400 (preferably a 1450 or so).</p>

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<p>Well I am studying like crazy, and I think I'll get at least above a 1400, but maybe even in the 1500 range. However, I'm taking the SATs in January- that's OK with HYP, right? Should I write them a little note saying I'm retaking in January?</p>