Ivy League 2014/others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>User Name: j0em4d
Gender: M
Location: Long Island, NY
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Intended Major: Engineering (subject to change)
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.00
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 13/314</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 620
SAT I Writing: 640
SAT II World History: 700
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 720
SAT II Biology - M: 690
SAT II Physics: 670</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: National Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society
Athletes Helping Athletes
Protein Modeling Challenge
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Soccer- 9-12
Basketball- 9-10
Winter Track- 12
Volunteer/Service Work: Basketball camp for younger kids
Religious Summer Program Aide
Peer Tutoring
Honors and Awards: National Leadership Forum on National Security (Nominated)</p>

<p>AP Scholar With Honors
Principal's Honor Roll
Scholar Athlete</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Brown University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Cornell University, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Pennsylvania, Choice #: 3, ED/EA:No, Status: Will Apply
College: Dartmouth College, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: Status: Will Apply
College: Villanova University, Choice #: 5, ED/EA: No,Status: Will Apply
College: Lehigh University, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Lafayette College, Choice #: 7, ED/EA: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Syracuse University, Choice #: 8, ED/EA: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Binghamton University - SUNY, Choice #: 9, ED/EA: No, Status: Applied/Pending</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City, Rural
Size: Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast
Importance of cost: Secondary</p>

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<p>Brown University- reach
Cornell University- reach
University of Pennsylvania-lower reach
Dartmouth College-reach</p>

<p>I don’t know much about the other schools. Honestly, your scores and ECs aren’t amazing but if you work out your essays and they stand out I’m sure they could overlook that. </p>

<p>Chance me? =)</p>

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<p>btw did i mention im puerto rican?</p>

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<p>Brown reach
Cornell- lower reach
Upenn- lower each
Dartmouth- reach</p>

<p>Try to bring your CR and Writing up to 700 or atleast 650 and you should be fine/ </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/811817-chances-cornell-nyu-more-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/811817-chances-cornell-nyu-more-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;
please?</p>

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<p>Remember that for URMS, the biggest pool of qualified applicants is Hispanics. You are competing against tons of Hispanics in CA, AZ, TX, FL, etc., that have great SATs and GPAs.</p>

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<p>Nice profile, especially your EC’s.</p>

<p>Make sure to show them yourself. I can see you like sports. What else do you like? What do you read about? Why engineering? You need to make yourself stand out for these schools.</p>

<p>Ivies are tough reaches. Your SATs and grades could go up a bit to make them a bit surer, but they’re hard to guess about.</p>

<p>For improving SATs, working with a private Kaplan tutor, while expensive, can help a lot. I brought math up 80 points, critical reading up 60 points, and writing up 20 points. They help you focus on areas you need most help in and don’t waste time going over stuff you already are good at.</p>

<p>Have you done any leadership stuff? See if you can start a group or become its president/captain/leader. They always like that.</p>

<p>Also, do something extracurricular engineering-related. It will better show your interest. </p>

<p>SUNY Binghamton and Syracuse seem pretty safe.</p>

<p>I don’t know much about Lafayette and Lehigh, but Lehigh has great engineering. If you can stand out among all the engineering candidates there, you’ve got a good shot.</p>

<p>Someone I know got into Villanova and you sound around that level, a bit of a reach, but attainable.</p>

<p>Best of luck. I hope this helps. Thanks for chancing me. Peace.</p>

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<p>Brown, Cornell, UPenn and Dartmouth are all very high reaches considering your low SAT/SAT II scores.</p>

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<p>The Ivy’s are a bit of a reach sadly because of your test scores, but you never know :). I think you have a good shot at Lehigh, Lafayette, and Villanova (low match), and will probably easily get into Binghamton University and Syracuse University (safety).</p>

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<p>All the schools you applied to have strong interest in EC’s and yours are okay at best. Work on them and you’ll get in everywhere for sure.</p>

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<p>Brown - low reach
Cornell - low reach
UPenn - reach
Dartmouth - reach</p>