Lazy friends indeed

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<p>Hey, a few of my friends, who apparently are too lazy to register at CC, have asked me to post their stats and chance evals. So, if you don't mind the long post, I'll do it for 3 of my friends. What all three are concerned about is their lack of committment to extracurriculars and no real hooks. They do, as I'll admit, have amazingly high stats. </p>

<p>James:Colleges: Williams (top choice), the ivies, Swarthmore
GPA 4.5
New SAT: CR. 780, Math 800, Wr 700
SAT II: Bio 800, US history 800, Math IIC 800
APs: World History 5
Awards:
National Merit Commended
RPI Computing Medal </p>

<p>EC's:
Science Olympiads: Junior Year (1 year, just joined)
Varsity Volleyball Junior year (1 year, just joined).
Spent summer of freshmen year doing camp counseling</p>

<p>Taylor: Colleges: RPI, Cal Tech, MIT, Cornell
GPA: 4.2
New SAT: CR 700, M 760, Wr 690
SAT II: IIC 800, US 800, Physics 780
APs: World History 5
Awards:
not that I know of</p>

<p>ECs:
Science Olympiads: 10th grade went to states bronze, 11th grade went to states silver, vice president.
Spent 2 weeks at RPI summer of sophomore year taking a class</p>

<p>Kyle: Colleges: All the ivies, MIT, Cal Tech
GPA: 4.5
New SAT: 800M, 750Cr, 700 Wr
SATII: World History 760, IIC 800, Chemistry 79
Awards:
Dartmouth Book Award
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Ecs:
Chem Demos club member
Boy Scouts troop leader (no idea really)
Spending this summer taking a computer class at RPI</p>

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<p>Considering that they don't even want to put in the effort to ask the question themselves, that might give them a SLIGHT hint as to what might be part of the problem. So to be mean, I will help them not.</p>

<p>i won''t even say, well at least they test well....</p>

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<p>They're not that bad...</p>

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<p>I know nothing of their chances at these schools, but do James, Taylor, and Kyle know how to say... "safety?" Or even "match?" I would put all these schools in the reach category. Apply, but tell them to look for some safeties and match schools, for sure.</p>