Just made Common App account so last chance thread; finalized list of schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, UMass Amherst, UF, FSU</p>

<p>Private high school, sends about 10 to "top 20" schools every year
5.47 weighted (5 for A-, 5.33 for A, 5.67 for A+)
3.97 UW
Top 5%/~250
Hispanic/White male
Income bracket: 50-75k</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 BioM, 730 US History, 720 World History
AP: 5 Bio, 5 World History, 5 AB Calc, 4 American History</p>

<p>SAT I: 710 Verbal 700 Math 790 Writing = 2200 (plan to retake)</p>

<p>-3 yr National Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
-3 yr Spanish Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
-4 yr Pre-Med Society: Club that holds fundraisers for local hospital and a special curriculum including Medical Terminology, Sports Medicine, Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology, Forensics, Organic Chem., etc. (9, 10, 11, 12)
-2 yr National Science Honor Society (11, 12): w/ school-wide science tutoring program
-2 yr Science Bowl Competition team (11, 12); 2nd at regional competition
-~350 hrs volunteering at local hospital, local museum, summer camp at school, and as an umpire in the local Little League
-JV Soccer (9, 10, 11, 12); co-captain in sophomore and junior yr
-JV Baseball (9, 10)
-Varsity Tennis (11)
-Play piano, trombone, guitar (9yrs, 2 yrs, 4 yrs respectively)</p>

<p>-"Certificate of Academic Excellence" (given to one student in each class) in Honors Human Geography (9), Honors Medical Terminology (9), Spanish II (9), Honors Sports Medicine (9), AP Biology (10), English II (10), Honors Spanish III (10), Chemistry Honors/Pre-AP (11), English III Honors (11), Spanish IV Honors (11), Pathology Honors (11), AP American History (11)
-Projected National Merit Semifinalist
-Duke Univeristy Talent Identification Program State Recognition
-98%ile on level 3 National Spanish Exam (10)
-100%ile (<em>1st in nation</em>)on level 4 National Spanish Exam (11)
-4 consecutive National Federation of Music Clubs "Superior" Piano solos</p>

<p>Senior Schedule
Honors Government/Economics
Honors Organic Chemistry
Honors English
AP Chemistry
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
AP Physics B</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Boston College, Boston University = safeties
Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Tufts = reaches
UMass Amherst = safety AND a good chance at merit scholarships!
UF, FSU = i know nothing of floridian schools.</p>

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<p>It’s not a good idea for <em>anybody</em> to treat BC as a safety (this guy included).
Brown and Dartmouth are in a different level of selectivity than JHU and Tufts.
I’d say he his a very slight reach for Tufts and JHU and a bigger reach for Dartmouth and a VERY big reach for Brown.</p>

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<p>These guys are crazy. I say matches for all (well, besides BU, UF, and FSU). Your chances are looking great.</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I will be applying early decision to Brown</p>

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<p>Most likely acceptance at Boston College, Boston University, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, UMass Amherst, University of Florida, and Florida State University due to strong class rank, UW GPA, reasonably rigorous course load, and URM status</p>

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<p>Brown is not a match for <em>anybody</em>.
I know at several 4.0/2400 applicants who were rejected last year.</p>

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<p>May I ask how you know that many people with rare stats? :)</p>

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<p>soze, read his stats through again…he’s a URM. </p>

<p>Now, go back and recalculate. </p>

<p>Good luck to you. I’d say you have at least a chance everywhere you applied.</p>

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<p>@silverturtle:
I didn’t say I know “that many” I said I know “several”.</p>

<p>And I have numerous friends and colleagues all of whom have had children apply to college in the past 2-3 years. Among that group were a few that had 4.0 GPA and 2400 SAT scores. I know at least two of those who were rejected by Brown (one is going to Yale).</p>

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<p>I was not quoting you; I was using “that many” in a referential sense. </p>

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<p>Ah, so you were referring to two people over a few years rather than several people in one year. Considering that there are probably only about fifteen people (a rough but data-driven approximation) with 2400 and 4.0 who get rejected from Brown each year, I found it odd that any one person would know such a sizable percentage of them.</p>

<p>But you’re right in your overall point that Brown is too selective to be considered a match.</p>

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<p>You say that BC shouldn’t be treated as a safety, but is it a match?</p>

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<p>if you’re calling yourself the next buffon, you’d better be doing more than playing jv soccer. =P</p>

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<p>HAHA You’re the first person to know what my name means. I’ll be playing varsity senior year because our school actively recruits players and uses its sister school across town as a feeder. They tell us that student-athletes are valuable to them but they never let the smart kids play :(</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Qwertybump</p>

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<p>john hopkins and tufts-small reaches. Ehh maybe really close to matches.
dartmouth and brown-higher reaches.
boston college-match
the rest are safeties (disregarding florida schools cause I don’t know anything about them)
my opinion anyway^</p>

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<p>Thanks from a patriots fan >:)</p>

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<p>wow i def regret giving you my advice hahah just kidding</p>

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<p>Bumpity 10</p>