My chances for Ivy League?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior. Here are my stats:
3.78 GPA
ACT 33
SAT 2100
PSAT 211 (Recognized by National Merit, possibly a semi-finalist)
ASVAB 95
Student gov. 1 year
JV Track 1 year
Band 3 years
Literary Magazine 1 year
National honor society 1 year
Currently drum major (the very top of the band leaders)
All-state saxophone 2 years
District honor band 1 year
State champion proof-reader
Volunteering for foster families for 3 years
Passed one AP test so far
Taken 5 AP classes,
Taken four honors classes
I am in the gifted program</p>

<p>This is all I can think of...please tell me honestly how good my chances are.</p>

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<p>Well for like lower ivy/t25, your in good shape except for EC’s… which you seem to lack.</p>

<p>So somewhat good (with so more EC’s) at Cornell and stuff, but yeah, that’s really your main concern</p>

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<p>So you suggest I get involved in more activities?</p>

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<p>I can maybe see Cornell happening, but not the others. That GPA (and to a certain extent typical ECs) will be the bottleneck for your admissions.</p>

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<p>Are you number 1 or 2 in your class? The averaged unhooked ivy aceptee is. </p>

<p>You don’t need more activities, you need significant accomplishment in one.</p>

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<p>Or somewhat significant accomplishments in some^^^^^</p>

<p>you don’t have to be some volunteer who used CPR to save someone in a hospital you’re volunteering at when the doctors get killed by hijackers whom you eventually kill.</p>

<p>Being shift leader as a volunteer, treasurer of a club, and president of another that organized a big blood drive or something is also pretty good too, and more likely.</p>

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<p>That definitely makes sense. And being drum-major is a big deal, at least in my school. It’s the highest leadership position in the program. Will being a National Merit Scholar greatly improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Not GREATLY, but it is pretty impressive. Honestly, I’ve heard that you should put anything you have as long as its not suggestive (e.g. President of Screw Darfur Club or something)</p>

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<p>No, it won’t. You can’t go to any Ivy League school, swing a 10 foot pole, and not hit any National Merit SF/F/Commended.</p>

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<p>i think the proof reader thing is hella interesting… can you elaborate on that? gpa is pretty much meaningless as far as chances are concerned because it’s so different from school to school. 33 is a solid score for your act. i mean i’d probably rule out HYP but i could see maybe another ivy school happening (not that you should go to a school just because it’s an ivy…) i’d say essays (slash self-selling ability) and your senior year are gonna be the telling points.</p>

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<p>you can definitely work on your sat i s
how about some solid community service hours?
sat iis should also help
good luck!
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<p>We have a thing in NM called English Expo, where kids from all over the state come to compete in a variety of contests like story telling, essay writing, and narrative writing. For proof-reading, I got first place of of forty participants in a hundred-question test. I’m going to take both the SAT and the ACT again.</p>

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<p>Raise your SAT I, AVERAGE at my public school is like 2100, almost all of my friends have 2250s+ many of my friends with 2180s got rejected this yr</p>

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<p>Brown 8%
Cornell 10%
Columbia 6%
UPenn 8%
Dartmouth 8%
Harvard 2%
Princeton 2%
Yale 2%</p>

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<p>What’s your rank? Unless you come from a competitive prep school, that GPA will hurt you.</p>