My LAST chance thread. I PROMISE.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ok so i did a chance a few months back but now i have all my scores and stuff so i wanted to try it again.</p>

<p>STATS:
white male</p>

<p>SAT:
2360 on one sitting
2370 superscore (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W/11 essay)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math IIc: 800
US history: 790
taking Bio M in october</p>

<p>APs:
sophomore: Euro-5, Lit-4
junior: Chem-5, us history-5, macroeconomics-5
senior: calc AB</p>

<p>I am a IB diploma candidate also:
junior: Econ (SL)-7, Math methods (SL)-7
senior: English HL, bio HL, spanish SL, history of americas SL</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted (all As and A+s final averages), lowest nys regents grade is 97. My school doesnt rank/tell us our weighted GPAs.</p>

<p>ECs:
-I have interned in a biology lab since 9th grade, and do around 25 hours per week there in the summer, around 15/week during school year. Expect a great supplemental rec from my mentor, and I may be published as the principal author on a paper by the fall!!!
-I also volunteer around 8 hrs/week starting this summer at a cancer hospital
-I work at habitat for humanity starting this summer, 6hrs/week and maybe will start a HfH club at my school next year
-Science/math tutor during school year
-math league since 9th grade
-fed challenge team leader for 11th/12th grade years
-geography team captain next year
-attended a 4 week long summer wilderness camp for 7 years
-newspaper writer for 11th/12th grades
-swimmer for both school and club team=our school division sucks, so i win a lot of stuff and go to sectionals by default. however, i am only ok and would not be able to swim at a level above D3.
helped coach middle school swim team-11/12
-lifeguard last summer</p>

<p>The schools (in order of my desire to attend at the moment):
Yale-SCEA
Dartmouth
Princeton
Columbia
WUSTL
UPenn
Georgetown
BC
U of Rochester
Safety: local SUNY school...</p>

<p>I expect my essays to be good but not wonderful, and at least one of my regular recs will be great. I expect good interviews, because i am good at making people like me once i meet them :)</p>

<p>SO, sorry for the long post, congratulations if you read it. Chance me?</p>

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<p>P.S.-my PSAT score is 240. will that help me or not?</p>

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<p>Yale-SCEA :50.50
Dartmouth : in
Princeton :Reject
Columbia : in
WUSTL : in
UPenn : in
Georgetown : in
BC : in
U of Rochester : in
Safety: local SUNY school... : Reject...</p>

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<p>Colleges don't see your PSAT score.
Yale-SCEA/ defer? in?
Dartmouth/in
Princeton/waitlist? reject?
Columbia/in
WUSTL/in
UPenn/in
Georgetown/in
BC/in
U of Rochester/in
Safety: local SUNY school.../haha they might reject you 'cause they know you would only go as a last resort. apply to Binghamton.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance of getting into all the schools you've listed. Excellent SAT scores... what's your GPA/rank? </p>

<p>It looks like you'll get in to the schools, but you can never be certain... so good luck!</p>

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<p>yeah my school doesnt rank but i would be in like the top 3 at least i think.</p>

<p>my unweighted is 4.0, and i dont know my weighted because my school is very secretive about our transcripts and stuff for some reason</p>

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<p>also, p-izzle and icanread, were you guys serious about the reject at the suny school? :)</p>

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<p>They were serious.</p>

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<p>bump. any other opinions?</p>

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<p>amazing scores and GPA/rank, above-average EC's (better than average because of your research)</p>

<p>try very hard to be published as the principal author before you apply. That'll help you quite a bit.</p>

<p>Yale-SCEA - 50/50
Dartmouth - 80/20
Princeton - 25/75
Columbia - 80/20
WUSTL - in
UPenn - 80/20
Georgetown - in
BC - in
U of Rochester - in
Safety: local SUNY school... - in</p>

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<p>thanks coolness, thats pretty much what i was thinking too.</p>

<p>except on WUSTL...i thought it was harder to go in to than that?</p>

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<p>Why do you guys consider Princeton harder to get into than Yale?</p>

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<p>because the OP is applying to Yale SCEA, which generally increases his/her chances.</p>

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<p>Yes we're serious SUNY will reject you.</p>

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<p>are top ivy league schools that hard to get into? phurley's resume looks darn good to me and its better than mine haha so now youre making me really nervous if phurley is only good enough for "waitlist" at princeton</p>

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<p>you guys are way too nice w/his chances @ UPenn</p>

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<p>well, yes, they are that hard to get into.</p>

<p>especially this year, with the elimination of many early programs</p>

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<p>pdef, i think theyre going easy on penn because of the belief that penn is more stats-based in admissions, and i have good stats.</p>

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<p>Good SAT 1 score, good GPA, OK extracurriculars.
Unless you get your paper published...I don't see anything special.
Hopefully you're not Asian.</p>

<p>Yale-SCEA: Unlikely
Dartmouth: Maybe
Princeton: Unlikely
Columbia: Maybe
WUSTL: In
UPenn: Maybe
Georgetown: In
BC: In
U of Rochester: In
Safety: local SUNY school...: In</p>

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<p>thanks for the brutal honesty gaffe</p>

<p>:)</p>