Junior shooting High (Y mostly) Chance!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I feel like my stats are fairly solid, so I'm just curious. I'm currently approaching the end of my Junior year. </p>

<p>My first choice is Yale, planning to apply SCEA. Other schools include :
Princeton
Tufts
Bowdoin
Colby
Amherst
Williams
Brown
Stanford
Dartmouth
Bates
UVA
Duke
GW </p>

<p>Working on safties, but that's the list as of now. </p>

<p>Background info:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity White
Income: Not sure, no need based aid though
Location: PA, USA
School: Small competitive private
Hooks: Legacy to Yale (Mom) Dad went to Wharton grad </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2160 first try, 2330 (800 CR, 750 M, 780 W) second try
SAT II: 750 Chem soph year, took Lit in May (awaiting results) and deciding between Bio/US History/Math II for June
ACT: N/A
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.65
Rank: School does not rank, but Cum Laude Junior year (top 10 in class). If I had to guess I'd say probably 3 or 4 in class </p>

<p>School DOES NOT OFFER AP or IB courses, but I have taken most rigorous (all honors when available) course load including 3 honors frosh year which is technically not possible, but due to transfer from another school I was able. </p>

<p>Projected Senior course load:
Honors English
Honors Econ (micro/macro)
Honors Stats (took Calc Junior year)
Honors Physics
Honors Latin V (Poetry/Prose)
Astronomy (not honors, but honors not offered and astronomy is a passion of mine. It's also taught by my favorite teacher) </p>

<p>Awards thus far:
Freshman year:
Physics Award
Hattersley award (awarded to varsity team with highest combined GPA)</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Nothing of note</p>

<p>Junior year:
Cum Laude society induction
More to come </p>

<p>General:
Varsity Letters in Cross Country and Track all 4 years, Squash Junior/Senior years (10 total)
Captain of all 3 Senior year, Leadership on XC junior year due to lack of seniors </p>

<p>"Iron man" award projected, for 3 sports all 4 years of high school. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Leader of "Musicopia" organization (on student board, one of two reps from my school) all years, President of board next year. Music charity organization which donates musical instruments/lessons to underprivileged kids in the area. </p>

<p>Piano 13 years. Played numerous benefit concerts/fundraising events for charities. </p>

<p>Trumpet 9 years. Play in my local youth orchestra (selective, audition based), the PYAO, both Junior and Senior years. </p>

<p>School Jazz band all 4 years, captain next year. </p>

<p>3 sport athlete</p>

<p>Auditioned for select vocal ensemble, results pending </p>

<p>Attended a camp for 8 years, counselor this year. Very important/passionate thing for me and it is something I love doing, not something for college credit in any way. </p>

<p>Recommendations will come from a Junior English teacher/squash coach who is the nicest person on the face of the planet/loves me, and my freshman physics teacher, who also teaches my current senior elective electronics class and who will also teach my astronomy class next year. A great teacher, mentor and friend. </p>

<p>Counselor rec will be solid. Counseling office is very professional and knows me personally, my counselor is very friendly/admiring of me. </p>

<p>Essays will focus on either:
A Balanced lifestyle and keeping different interests in balance based on my ecclectic interests
Mixture of Arts and Science (my two passions) and how great scientists required amazing creativity as well to succeed in their fields. </p>

<p>Long winded, but I wanted to be comprehensive. </p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Raise the SAT.</p>

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<p>Raise a 2330? ^Ignore this comment. Your SAT is competitive enough. Raising it would never improve your chances that significantly.</p>

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<p>Oh, I apologize. I only saw the 2160, not the 2330. Fantastic SAT.</p>

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<p>Just goes to show that the people on here look only for the SAT or ACT and base their responses off of that. Absolutely embarrassing.</p>

<p>Regardless, you’ve obviously worked hard. It’s difficult to gauge your academic achievements when you haven’t had the opportunity to take APs or IBs. However, you’ve done a lot outside of the classroom to put yourself in position with your application.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>@CentralFC, that’s not what I look at the most. Admissions are holistic. That’s just the first thing I saw. And if your stats are good for the school, only the most impressive ECs can save you (maybe).</p>

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<p>That’s the only thing you commented on. Rather than giving advice based off of a “holistic” view, you make a short and rather ignorant statement regarding his SAT.</p>

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<p>Thanks all for replies. I know SATs are important, and I think the work I have put in paid off! </p>

<p>Also, to add I am a member of a very uncommon sect if Christianity called Christian Science. It is pretty unique, dunno if that helps at all.</p>

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<p>I just call it as I see it. You have a better than average chance Best.</p>

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<p>Bump for more comprehensive replies. Thanks all!</p>

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<p>Last bump I guess.</p>

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<p>You have an above average chance. ECs seem a bit scattered, but there is dedication in most which should help you. Your religion would only help if you were an active member and held fundraisers etc.</p>

<p>Your essay topics have the potential to be very cliche… It would be better to focus on an event that happened in those areas or a specific aspect (perhaps an aspect found in both?). The first ones could be great essays, but it’s more likely they will not, IMO.</p>

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<p>Bumping this. Update is 750 on Literature SAT II. I feel like duel 750s in contrasting subject areas is definitely a +. Anyone?</p>

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<p>Why would you pay money to go to a private school that doesn’t even offer AP or IB.</p>

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<p>Many schools are moving away from the AP/IB curriculum because teachers in these institutions simply want to teach students things that are actually useful in life and not be forced to teach to a test. Rest assured my courses are plenty strenuous, and colleges know this about my school, so it should in no way affect my application.</p>

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<p>As enlightening and helpful as your <20 word posts are, if you don’t have anything constructive to add the door is >>> that way.</p>

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<p>I commend you for all your efforts. I seriously think you have a great shot. From what I see, there shouldn’t be anything holding you back except maybe subject test scores but you probably have that covered. By all means apply to all the schools you want to go to and no bad results should come your way.</p>

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<p>I’m just saying if I were to pay for private school I would at least want it to be on par with public schools.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the legitimate, positive response flamin. I hope you’re right :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Bernie, your view seems to be terribly narrow. Just because my school is forward thinking enough to ditch a curriculum solely focused around taking a test for a more open, useful one based around teaching what is needed in life, it is not “on par with public schools?” I guess to each his own. But I would hate to be as focused on simple statistics as you purport to be :)</p>