Ivies, NESCACs, Georgetown? (will chance back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I was wondering if you could chance me for Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, Williams, Trinity, Wesleyan, and Georgetown (or any combination thereof; don’t feel like you have to do them all) :slight_smile:

General:
School Type: Public
W GPA: 4.62
UW GPA: 3.9
Class Rank: Top 5% (expected)
Gender: F
Ethnicity: White
Intended Major: Something to do with the humanities- history/government
Course Load: Most challenging
Rec Letters: Should be very good (english and history teachers, both AP classes)
Essay: Should be good (fingers crossed)

Testing:
SAT Math: 720
SAT Reading: 730
SAT Writing: 800
SAT Total: 2250
ACT: 33
SAT Subject Biology: 780 (will be taking Lit, History, Chem soon)

AP Bio Test: 4
AP Lang, APUSH, AP Chem TBD

Extracurriculars:
Travel Softball (9-12); a LOT of hours
Varsity Softball (10-12)
National Honors Society (11-12)
JV Softball (9)
Freshman Volleyball (9)
Peer Tutoring (11-12); 1 hr 1x per week
Paid Tutoring (11); 1 hr 1x per week
Varsity Softball School (10-12); 2 hours of instruction 1x per week
Athletic Based Training (10-12); lifting 2x per week
Mock Trial (10)

Awards:
French Award (10)
Honor Roll (9-12)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (9-12)
Girl Scouts Silver Award (9)

Leadership:
MIAA YouLead Conference (9)
Girl Scouts (9-12), but honestly haven’t done much with it
Job teaching younger children how to play softball (11-12)

Summer Activities:
Bay State Summer Games (a softball tournament) 3rd Place (after 10th, hopefully after 11th and 12th too)
Internship at MA State House (after 10th grade for one week, am going back this year after 11th grade for 3x per week for 4 weeks)
Travel Softball tournaments every weekend (9-12)
Misc Sports Camps

Thank you so much! Also, if you have any advice for me that would be wonderful too. :slight_smile:

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Dartmouth - Reach
Yale - High Reach
Brown - Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Tufts - Low Reach (depending on FA; if you need FA your chances go down considerably)
Williams - Reach
Trinity - High Match
Wesleyan - High Match
Georgetown - Low Reach

Your ECs aren’t that unique and your stats are pretty good, but you don’t have many APs. How many does your school offer? Your chances increase drastically at any of the schools except Yale and Georgetown if you apply ED/EA.

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I have taken all the APs they have to offer so far, and I’m on track to do 6 next year.

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For the Ivies, forget about it.

Georgetown and the others: Your stats are good but just write a very good essay.

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You’re a competitive applicant anywhere you apply. You likely won’t be admitted to all these to which you apply, but you should have a few from which to choose when all is said and done.

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Your passion for softball specifically stands out and it’s clear that you’ve expanded it outside of school–and while Ivies are reaches for everyone, I do think you are a competitive applicant for the other schools you listed!

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@StanfordSwag Why do you say to forget about it?

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@thinkingtoohard Explain to me why exactly you want to go to one of those Ivy League schools. Then I’ll explain.

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@thinkingtoohard,

Who you really need to explain things to are the admissions committees, not random, anonymous posters on college confidential. Your objective measures are high enough to make a credible application to the schools you mention. What you make of those applications is your own, through your letters of recommendation and your essays, and how you present and shape your application overall.

Keep doing what you’re doing, and ignore the ankle-biters.

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@notjoe Thank you for your positivity- I really appreciate it. :slight_smile: