Likelihood of a couple schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I was just wondering if I have any shot at getting into, and if so around how much (if any) merit aid would I be eligible for?</p>

<p>Princeton
Cornell
UPenn. </p>

<p>BU
Northeastern </p>

<p>Rutgers. </p>

<p>I plan on doing engineering.</p>

<p>I go to a very competitive private high school in New Jersey. Widowed parent, income around 40k ish, first generation college student.</p>

<p>I guess I'll just list some stuff and you can let me know if you need anything else to tell me my chances.</p>

<p>white male</p>

<p>SAT I: 2020 690 CR, 630 Math, 700 Writing
SAT II: Haven't taken any yet but plan on doing Math, Chem, and Eng Lit/US History (not sure)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW I did incredibly poor freshmen year and had to work instensely hard to get my grades up. I don't know if they'll see that but the self-improvement was immense</p>

<p>Rank: top 10</p>

<p>Junior year coursework: Honors English, Honors Chem, Honors Alg2/Trig, Ap US History, Honors Spanish 3, Religion (required)</p>

<p>four quarter grades and then year grade</p>

<p>Honors English- 97 97 99 98 98
Alg2 Trig Honors 95 94 96 95 95
AP USH- 99 99 99 99 99
Chemistry Honors 99 99 98 99 98
Spanish 3 Honors 96 97 97 96 95
Religion- 99 99 99 99 99</p>

<p>Senior year: AP Eng, Honors Physics, Ap Art History, Ap US History, Honors Precalc</p>

<p>My school only offers ap classes in English, Art History, US History, and Calc BC, so I'm taking all I am qualified for. I tried starting a US Gov AP and Euro Hist AP but the head of the department turned me down.</p>

<p>Taken 3 courses at a local community college, intro to philosophy (freshmen year- A-), sociology (sophomore year A), looking into another one now.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Academic Team- Captain</p>

<p>Robotics Team-builder and participant when we won the 2005 and 2006 state championships for FIRST</p>

<p>New Jersey Regional Science Fair-participant</p>

<p>Spanish Honor Society- helped fundraise and tutored students</p>

<p>Model United Nations</p>

<p>NJ American Legion Boys State representative</p>

<p>Intermural Basketball League assistant coach/player</p>

<p>Chess team</p>

<p>Intermural Ultimate Frisbee League- Co-Founder, captain of a team, and player</p>

<p>American Cancer Society Relay for Life-helped organize and set up event, three years</p>

<p>Worked at Afterhours Formalwear</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>· The Elmira College Key Award, 2006
· Excellence in Spanish 2 CP, 2004-2005
· Excellence in English 2 CP, 2004-2005
· Honorable Mention in Eastern Civilization CP, 2004-2005
· Excellence in English 3 Honors, 2005-2006
· Excellence in United History 1 Advanced Placement, 2005-2006
· Honorable Mention in Spanish 3 Honors, 2005-2006
· New Jersey Regional Science Fair Rutgers Student Award, 2005
· National Spanish Examination Certificate of Achievement and Merit¸ 2004-2005 and 2005-2006</p>

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<p>How can you have a 3.8 UW with a bad freshman year? Ivies don't give merit aid.</p>

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<p>Well I consider it a bad year...it was low 3 something...not as bad as I made it seem I guess. I know ivies don't give merit aid, that was just for the other ones, I know I shoudl have stated things a little better, sorry.</p>

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<p>Be best if you improve SAT Is for a better chance to get into the 2 Ivies in your list, I think 2200 will be good enough. The others you should have a good shot at, and of course better SATs help everything. Also, try to get around 650 and up for SAT IIs for your schoolds and 700+ for the Ivies in the SAT IIs.</p>

<p>Also, write good essays, I can see the possibilities with your personal situation</p>

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<p>Id take the US history SAT II...it was verrry easy after taking AP US</p>

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<p>Well my school breaks up us history into junior and senior year....so by october I'd only have slightly more than half of US (which is why I'm trying to take the second half at a community college but I'm having trouble since I don't have their stupid prereqs taken there).</p>