<p>Hello, well i've been wondering, would I get into the IVY's,MIT,Stanford, or Northwestern with these stats?
Freshmen gpa:3.2
sophmore gpa:3.8
junior year gpa:3.76
senior year 1st marking period: 3.72
SAT: 2350
4 AP's(3 5's,one 4)
great recs
steller essays about how i grew up without a dad(he abused my mom)
URM, low income 34>my family
community service: 300 hours helping youth in the rough parts of NyC
Rank:12 out of 500
Work at a McDonalds
Vasity B-ball for 3 years
Captain of a few clubs</p>
<p>URM + low income = (Y)</p>
<p>Normally your stats are okay, but with that SAT + URM + Low Income , yeah you’ll get into a few if not most of them.</p>
<p>“IM A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT IF THIS WAS MY STATS WHAT WOULD BE MY CHANCES??? JUST PRETEND THIS IS ME AND DONT SAY IM TOOOOO YOUNG FOR THIS… THANKS GUYS”</p>
<p>This is from another chance forum by the OP.</p>
<p>Nothing against the OP but speculating is hard. Plus students that come from this severe poverty and poor opportunity, the SAT scores are really hard to imagine being possible, so the profile you present is kind of imaginary.</p>
<p>Overall i think you should stop getting hung up on things, and start doing things.</p>
<p>in prep courses now…</p>
<p>look, you’re a freshman in high school. you just wrote a chance thread in which you completely made up gpas for your last three years of high school. not only that, but the numbers you made up are apparently significantly higher than your gpa in freshman year so far. so essentially this is a thread that says: if i had great stats which are actually not totally realistic compared to my (admittedly short) high school record so far, would i get in? this is totally absurd.</p>
<p>the idea that as a freshman in high school you’re already enrolled in sat prep courses is ludicrous. even if you actually were, which i somewhat doubt, it is a waste of money at your age (in my opinion, a waste of money at any age. i think the best prep anyone can do is totally free: go to the college board website, learn the format of the test, maybe look at a few questions to get an idea of the format; that’s all i did. the sat does not test knowledge. it doesn’t even really test “intelligence” [it’s not quantifiable for one thing]. it tests logic, quickness, focus, and test-taking strategies. i think the reason more people don’t do well on the sat is because they don’t entirely understand the purpose or central idea behind the test. in short, sat prep’s are scams because what you are buying when you pay for them is the opportunity to have someone else sit down and tell you information that is available for free.) i digress, the real topic here is why it is so absurd that you are posting this chance thread. almost all of the information you posted is obviously made up, with the knowledge that you just started high school (clearly indicated in some more of your threads, less obvious here). ECs, test scores, rank. it’s pure fantasy. i encourage you to set high goals and strive to meet them, but i strongly discourage fantasy and self-delusion. if you consistently imagine that it’s senior year and you have all these great stats and you’re an ivy league shoo-in, you’ll never get around to actually doing the work necessary to get these stats. moreover, i think the obsession with college admissions and competitiveness and prestige that i believe CC produces is unhealthy at your age. a basic knowledge of the competition you will face in college admissions is probably helpful, maybe even motivating. but i would recommend that you avoid using CC for at least a couple years. i find that it is most helpful when you have technical questions about the application process. discussions of chances can be helpful when you’re trying to create a realistic list of colleges to apply to, but here it has evolved into everyone’s pointless craving for encouragement, reassurance, and sometimes recognition. for your own sake, wait a few years. </p>
<p>sorry, that’s a formidable wall of text. don’t have much homework. </p>
<p>final note about admissions: one thing you have to understand as a freshman is that the world of college admissions in general and ultra-competitive ivy admissions especially is that it is extremely fluid. in recent years, competitiveness has skyrocketed, and it appears to be increasing without bound. i imagine that, as the economy slowly improves, it will increase even more, with more families willing to make the substantial financial investment that a college education entails. someone that would have had a good chance this year may not have that great a chance in 4 years. my interviewer particularly stressed this point, i think justifiably. a lot of people simply don’t understand how much more competitive admission has gotten recently, and so they are shocked and surprised when their child or family friend, who they thought was an easy-in, does not get accepted. a related personal anecdote is the expectation of certain success that i have had to deal with in my school regarding my sat score. my school does not send many people to competitive colleges at all (around 60% go to the local community college, with that number having increased with the recession), and because they rarely even see applicants to ivy league schools, my teachers, guidance counselors, and peers don’t necessarily understand how competitive columbia is, as i have come to understand through CC (if there’s one thing i must thank CC for more than anything, it is realistically managing my expectations). furthermore, because my school is small and quite non-competitive, it is also quite rare that anyone gets truly superb sat scores. because of my sat scores, almost all my friends are certain that i will get into columbia. my english teacher said that “in [her] mind, you’re already [at columbia].” my guidance counselor told me: “with your scores, it’s just a matter of where you want to go.” dealing with this is actually extremely uncomfortable, and will be even more so when they are all inevitably surprised by my pretty probable rejection. </p>
<p>lesson learned after a very long, rambling, wall of text: it is not advisable to judge your chances in four years by today’s levels of competitiveness. </p>
<p>lesson learned after the whole, kind of unnecessary post: this is a really silly topic, and it would serve you well to abandon CC for awhile.</p>
<p>personal lesson learned: don’t get me started on admissions. what can i say, it’s actually kind of fun to talk about.</p>