My Chances...Northwester, G'town, UNC, Harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What do you think my chances are?
I'm white, Catholic, and from Georgia.</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA- 3.74 (unwieghted), 3.82 (weighted)
SAT- 2110 (750 Math, 680 Reading, 680 Writing; I'm retaking though because I've only taken once with no prep)
SAT IIs- None yet, but I'm taking math, chemistry, biology, english, and spanish.
Class Rank- My school doesn't give them, but I'm pretty sure top 15% AT LEAST. Maybe top 10%.
After graduation, I will have taken 10 APs (Calculs BC, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, US History, Human Geography, English Language, English Literature, Spanish, Spanish Literature) and 8 honors classes (English I, English II, Geometry, Algebra I, Algebra II, Precalculus, Biology, Chemistry).</p>

<p>ECs:
Habitat for Humanity- Vice President
Walkabout (outdoors club)- Student Instructor
The Play (theater)- Secretary
Junior Class President
Writing Center Tutor
Round Square (went on a conference to Scotland, only two people in my grade are selected)
Earth Advocates- started and ran a fundraiser that raised over $10,000
Community service- (150+ hours)
Spanish Club
Varsity Tennis
International Club
Political Forum (club)
Model Congress
Spirit Commitee
Volunteered at the Chattanooga Zoo and the Tennessee Aquarium
I went on a People to People trip for tennis
I went on a LeadAmerica diplomacy trip to DC/NYC.
I went on a Walkabout (my schools outdoor club) trip to India (trekking) and on one to Costa Rica (kayaking)</p>

<p>Applying to (sort-of in order):
Northwestern/Georgetown
UNC-Chapel Hill/Harvard/Columbia/UPenn
Princeton/Yale/Stanford
Johns Hopkins/Cornell
American/WUSTL
UGA/Syracuse</p>

<p>I think...Northwestern, Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Princeton, Yale, Stanford-REJECTION; UNC, Georgetown, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, WUSTL-PERHAPS...;American, UGA, Syracuse-ACCEPTED; HOWEVER, if you think I am incorrect in any of these assumptions, PLEASE inform me.</p>

<p>I attend a prestigious school, Baylor School. It's very prestigious in the south. It's also very competitive, especially my grade.</p>

<p>I want to major in political science, international politics or journalism (possibly a combination of the three).</p>

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<p>Hey, we have similar interests. I'm just pure political maniac, and I'm also REALLY interested in international relations, esp US-China, China-India relations. Anyway.</p>

<p>I just thought that your ECs are a bit dry, that's all. I'm advise you that 3 SAT IIs are enough (five's INSANE)</p>

<p>TOO MANY CLUBS: YOU DON'T NEED TO JOIN 30 CLUBS, yet all without depth. FOCUS. I know several sucessful harvards who just had one or two very important ECs, and they focused on them and really got something worthwhile out of these interests.</p>

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<p>GPA, class rank, and SAT all put you out of the running at HYPS. UPenn and Columbia are a reach. You should be competitive, but not necessarily a lock at the others.</p>

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<p>political science freak here. I'd go to harvard not for prestige, not for education, but for JFK jr forum and IOP.</p>

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<p>GPA and SAT are on the low side. Extracurriculars are pretty good- esp. Junior class president, Habitat for Humanity VP, etc. For the Ivy's I don't think you're out of the running, though your chances are low unless you write a killer essay and have excellent recs. Other schools- you're in.</p>

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<p>bummmmp.....</p>

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<p>UNC's more competitive than the ivies, unless you're in-state. That's what i've heard at any rate. just to repeat what someone else said, you've got WAY too many ECs. i was looking through it kind of trying to figure out what the heck you liked- leadership? theatre? writing? the environment? animals? impressing colleges? what? pick a few you like and get really involved with those.</p>

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<p>what about getting money somewhere...?</p>

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<p>mmm...SATs and class rank are low but your ECs are good</p>

<p>forget harvard and northwestern</p>

<p>georgetown's your best choice. stress your political ECs</p>

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<p>anyone else</p>

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<p>I really think it's inaccurate for someone to say GPA/SAT/rank like yours puts you out of the running for HYPS. As a matter of fact, it kind of irritates me. Your chanes would be very very low, but never never NEVER say it puts you out of the running. It's simply not true. Chances being 0% with your stats are like saying they're 100% at anywhere else.</p>

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<p>buuuummmmpppp...</p>

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<p>UNC: slight reach
Northwestern: high match
Georgetown: reach
Harvard: high reach</p>

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<p>Northwestern is a reach.</p>

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<p>hardest for you at this point in order - harvard, unc, gtown, northwestern. </p>

<p>you guys really underestimate the difficulty of unc oos. I honestly would be shocked if you got in there.</p>

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<p>anyone else...</p>

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<p>Your GPA is kinda low for UNC-oos. GPA is a huge deal for public schools like UNC and if your GPA is not near or above 4.0, your chance is actually better at some privates where there's more room for fabulous ECs/essays to offset a relatively low GPA. So with that said, I'd say the difficulty in order is Harvard, UNC, Northwestern, and Georgetown. </p>

<p>However, there are always exceptions. One of my friends got 3A, 3B, and 3Cs on O-level (Hong Kong public exam) and got into UNC but got rejected by top privates. He transferred to Northwestern after his freshman year.</p>

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<p>I thought UNC oos was tough, but alot of the people from my highschool, in Tennessee (not North Carolina) get in there, so I wasn't sure.</p>