<p>Okay everyone, there's a book out there titled <<a is="" for="" admission="">> by Michele A. Hernandez.</a></p><a is="" for="" admission="">
<p>It's specifically written for people who want to get into an Ivy college, especially Dartmouth (apparently Ms. Hernandez was an admissions officer there for 4 years)</p>
<p>Please don't display near-perfect SAT scores, perfect SAT II scores, perfect AP scores from 10 different classes, valedictorian, 4.0 GPA uw, etc. and then ask us what your chances are.</p>
<p>Do not freak out over "only" a 2200 on your SAT, I'm a high scorer myself (2150), and you are all alienating almost everyone else when you consider score ranges from 1800-2100 "inferior" (not all of you do this, I'm only making a big generalization).</p>
<p>1800-2100 SAT is a very respectable range, adequate to get into many good colleges. "Mediocre" should only be used to describe those are really are around average (like 1400-1700), not those who are in the 87th percentile.</p>
<p>If you really want to know your chances to an Ivy, the book "A is for Admission" has it all, so get your butts out of that computer chair and start reading.</p>
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<p>Michele Hernandez posts on thes boards!! Keep in mind that the book is pretty old now and some things have changed.</p>
<p>What are you trying to say, that kids in the 87th percentil get into ivies? Without a hook, they don't, it's more like kids in the 98th percentile if you're not part of the half of the class that's recruited athletes/URMs/legacies/billionaires.</p>
<p>I never said that kids in the 87th percentile can get into the ivies, I only asked those who constantly post their near-perfect scores, whine about them, and then bite their nails, tap their feet, and come close to committing suicide over whether or not they're getting into the ivy league should calm down and stop pestering us to evaluate them.</p>
<p>.....um...pretty much everyone knows about that book, and what your other post is about as well</p>
<p>some of the people on here are more knowledgeable about college admissions than most college counselors around the continent, so dont belittle this forum's ingenuity</p>
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Please don't display near-perfect SAT scores, perfect SAT II scores, perfect AP scores from 10 different classes, valedictorian, 4.0 GPA uw, etc. and then ask us what your chances are.
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<p>I really don't think anyone needs you to put words into all of our mouths. I appreciate every person who puts the time in to evaluate chances, whether their analysis ends up accurate or not.</p>