my chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm wondering what my chances are at Yale, Brown and Harvard -</p>

<p>I have 4.97 GPA out of possible 5 and rank 8th in my class of 780. This year I've taken AP Chem, PHy, Spanish, Calc BC, American History and English, and honors ceramics; I'm a varsity basketball player, sing in an all female choir, am part of creative writing group, have a variety of academic awards/honors, some of my ceramics were selected for a national ceramics show. My PSATs were 720 math, 690 verbal and I'm waiting for SAT and ACT scores to come in. </p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>You have a chance, but not a good chance. Few people have a good chance. Select some good schools where you have a really good chance as a backup plan.</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at brown, but don't count on yale and harvard.</p>

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<p>You don't have a good shot at Brown. You have an OK shot. Virtually no shot at Harvard or Yale unless you have some hook not listed.</p>

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<p>I dunno beefs, the PSAT scores within brown's middle 50%:</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 660 - 760
SAT Math: 670 - 770</p>

<p>Plus being in a varsity sport, top 2% of her class, and participating in ceramics at the nation level sure help her chances. I'd say with those stats, brown is a match or maybe very slight reach.</p>

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<p>I politely disagree. Most of those 660-670's are probably students with major hooks(i.e. URM, athletics,etc,.). All that other criteria you listed on the side is something that I'd expect most Brown applicants to have anyway. I'd say Brown is a reach, especially during these increasingly competitive admissions years.</p>

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<p>midwestapp: how are your ECs, volunteering, etc? Can't really chance you without those.</p>

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<p>For my other ec's, I tutor math in the high school, I am on the board of a literary group; for awards, I've won academic excellence awards in all major subject areas for all the classes I took fresh and soph year - don't have junior year awards yet, fresh and soph honor society, athletic leadership conference attendee (nominated by my coach) soph year, fresh/soph jv softball, first place poetry contest winner fresh year,</p>

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<p>Harvard seems a long way off, probably Yale also, some chance at Brown. But as others have said, what are you "hooks" or special kinds of things. Don't seem to be listed.</p>

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<p>being legacy at both places; working in a bioengineering lab this summer in dc</p>

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<p>Do you have any recommendations for good schools, urban setting-not suitcase school-in northeast? does being a legacy count for anything these days?</p>