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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Now that I am through the process, I see the next class of CCers looking for advice, chances, hope, anything that they can get their hands on. Here is a fun activity I've seen done. It's kind of like reverse chancing. I applied to way to many schools, in retrospect, but it does give me an interesting pool of data for this project. Here's how it works: </p>

<p>I will post the schools I applied to, and my stats. I have already received decisions from all of them, and I know where I will be going in the fall. Your job is to guess where I got accepted, rejected, and wait listed. This activity shows that the college process seems random, but eventually, we all DO end up in our right place. Just know that. </p>

<p>Here goes. </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 R, 750 M, 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 750 Literature, 750 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, no rank reported, but 3-4/104
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (School doesn't offer)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Honors European Dictators, Honors Latin V, Honors Physics, Astronomy, Honors Statistics (Highest level courses offered=Honors)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist (Potentially Finalist), School Awards </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
4 Year varsity Cross Country and Track, 2 year JV 2 year Varsity Squash. (Captain XC and Squash 12)
Individual Squash Tournaments
4 Year Jazz Band (Trumpet leader 12)
2 Years Outside School Youth Orchestra (Trumpet Section Leader 12)
13 Years Piano Lessons, Recitals Etc.
Diplomacy Society
Science Academy (Co-Founder)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
10th Summer, CIT at 8 year summer camp
11th Summer, Counselor at 9 year summer camp
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Co-Chair of the Student Board of a Music Non-Profit, Attended organization board meetings, presented views of students involved in giving other, less privileged students access to music, instruments etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Camp
[<em>] Essays: One about camp counselor, touching situation with a camper who had divorced parents, dealing with that as a 17-year-old "parent". Probs 8-9/10 grading harshly. Edited A LOT. Other about music, what it means to me, how it's changed my life etc. 7-8/10, also edited for weeks.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers love me, one was 4 year squash coach and junior English teacher, other was 3 year science teacher and junior/senior elective teacher. Also doing an independent study with him this spring (Dark Matter!)-Both 9-10/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great, she knows me well and is definitely a pro at what she does. Thinks highly of me, I think. 8-9/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, probably won't receive.
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics, concentration on Astronomy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not sure
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (Mom) (Yale)</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Scores, ECs at large, Legacy
[</em>] Weaknesses: Awards, In school ECs, no APs? </p>

<p>Schools</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
Brown
Cornell
Penn
Williams
Amherst
Middlebury
Macalester
Bowdoin
Northwestern
Duke
UVA
Oberlin
Tufts
Wash U
William and Mary</p>

<p>See what you think, and eventually I'll post actual results. I wager not one person gets it completely correct, proving the unpredictable nature of college admissions, which should serve as helpful reassurance. College admissions are not a judgement on you as a person. </p>

<p>Go</p>

<p>PS: If you've seen other posts, please DON'T SPOIL.</p>

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<p>That would be an interesting exercise. However, chancing is more a population statistics. A single datum may go anywhere along the distribution curve. So it is like betting on a horse in a racing. Although the bets are all based on previous statistics and observation, not many people win in each race.</p>

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<p>Ill play!
H wait list
Y accepted
P accepted
S denied
Brown accepted
Cornell accepted
Penn wait list
Williams accepted
Amherst accepted
Middlebury accepted
Macalester accepted
Bowdoin accepted
Northwestern accepted
Duke accepted
UVA rejected
Oberlin accepted
Tufts rejected
Wash U wait list
William and Mary wait list</p>

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<p>@billcsho I see your point, but I think it’s interesting because it shows that the process is indeed fairly random, and not a judgment on personality, as most on these forums seem to believe. There is no formula. Just be yourself, and you will end up where you need to be. If there’s one thing I learned from this process, that is it. </p>

<p>@stemit 10 correct 9 incorrect. Pretty good!</p>

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<p>Harvard-rejected
Yale-rejected
Princeton-accepted
Stanford-rejected
Brown-accepted
Cornell-accepted
Penn-waitlisted
Williams-waitlisted
Amherst-accepted
Middlebury-accepted
Macalester-accepted
Bowdoin-accepted
Northwestern-accepted
Duke-accepted
UVA-accepted
Oberlin-accepted
Tufts-waitlisted
Wash U-accepted
William and Mary-accepted</p>

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<p>Care to post actual results? I’m curious :)</p>

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<p>You applied to 19 schools?</p>

<p>Unwise. Arrogant. Self-serving. Sorry.</p>

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<p>This sounds like a ton of fun:</p>

<p>Harvard- Waitlisted
Yale- Rejected
Princeton- Accepted
Stanford- Waitlisted
Brown- Accepted
Cornell- Rejected
Penn- Accepted
Williams- Rejected
Amherst- Accepted
Middlebury- Accepted
Macalester- Accepted
Bowdoin- Accepted
Northwestern- Rejected
Duke- Waitlisted
UVA- Accepted
Oberlin- Accepted
Tufts- Accepted
Wash U- Waitlisted
William and Mary- Accepted</p>

<p>How did I do?</p>

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<p>Harvard- wait listed
Yale- accepted
Princeton- denied
Stanford- wait listed
Brown- accepted
Cornell- wait listed
Penn- accepted
Williams- accepted
Amherst- denied
Middlebury- wait listed
Macalester- accepted
Bowdoin-denied
Northwestern- accepted
Duke- denied
Uva- accepted
Oberlin- accepted
Tufts- wait listed
Washington- wait listed (if this is wustl)
W&M- accepted</p>

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<p>The OP is basically supporting his own argument through his actions.</p>

<p>Of course the process is random when so many kids apply to 19 schools and colleges are aware of the fact. Randomness just perpetuates itself. It’s to the point where you can’t begrudge a college for denying a qualified applicant under the assumption that the college is only one among 19! No wonder demonstrated interest is weighed more and more. No wonder colleges are trying to protect their yield. The other side of the coin is colleges’ Machiavellian attempts at pumping up application numbers. All parties are to blame.</p>

<p>That said, have fun with this! I won’t dare venture to make my own guesses.</p>

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<p>simply amazing!!</p>

<p>H rejected
Y accepted
P rejected
S accepted
everything else accepted</p>

<p>bet I’ll be totally surprised though …</p>

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<p>Harvard-rejected
Yale-rejected
Princeton-rejected
Stanford-accepted
Brown-waitlisted
Cornell-accepted
Penn-accepted
Williams-waitlisted
Amherst-accepted
Middlebury-accepted
Macalester-accepted
Bowdoin-accepted
Northwestern-accepted
Duke-accepted
UVA-accepted
Oberlin-accepted
Tufts-waitlisted
Wash U-accepted
William and Mary-accepted</p>