New one, some mistakes in the other

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for Ivies, please</p>

<p>My GPA is the one negative, I really screwed around Freshman and Sophomore year, so it hurts quite a bit. </p>

<p>Me: Born in India, studying in US since 5th grade, studied and lived in Brasil and Singapore before this
GPA: 3.4 UW (Upward trend. All 3.0s freshman year, all 3.5 sophomore year, and nearly all 4.0s Junior year. However, this 3.4 GPA doesn't reflect my Junior year averages)
Class Rank: Unknown
School: competitive public school in NY, we have 10-15% going to Ivies each year, and another 5% going to not Ivies, but top schools such as Stanford
Financial Aid: Do not need</p>

<p>APs:</p>

<p>Freshman:
None</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP European History (4)
AP Computer Science (4)</p>

<p>Junior (Scores are projected)
AP Calculus BC (5)
AP Physics C Mechanics (5)
AP Chemistry (5)
AP American History (4)</p>

<p>Senior APs
AP English
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
AP Physics C Electricity/Magnetism
AP Psychology</p>

<p>I effectively have the most rigorous schedule, with more APs than the Valedictorian or Salutatorian</p>

<p>Honors Classes</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Math
Spanish</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Math
Spanish
Chemistry</p>

<p>Junior Year
Spanish
(All other classes except English were APs, English has no honors at my school)</p>

<p>Senior Year
Advanced Topics in Post Calculus- A speciality in our school for finishing BC Calc, but it's not considered an AP...</p>

<p>PSAT
Math: 69
CR: 66
Writing: 72</p>

<p>Total: 207/240
I think I might be a commendation or something, but I'm not sure. </p>

<p>SATs
Sat I Math: 800
Sat I CR: 710
Sat I Writing: 790
Total: 2300/2400, 1510/1600</p>

<p>SAT II
Math II C: 770
Spanish: To be taken
Chem: To be taken</p>

<p>ECs:
Tennis, 2 years on JV, 2 years on Varsity
Indian Drums for 5 years
Volunteer work at library shelving books: 4 years
Work at Kumon teaching kids mathematics and English: 3 years
Work over Junior year summer in India dealing with microfinance
Model UN Club at School: Awards won
Academic Bowl Team</p>

<p>Recommendations:
BC Calc Teacher- Great rec from him
Social Studies Teacher- Good rec from him.</p>

<p>So, please rate my chances at the Ivies. I'm sure my chances at HYPS are 0%, but what the heck. I think I have a pretty high chance at Cornell, my school has a 42% acceptance rate there.</p>

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<p>Anyone? <em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>HYPS zero percent? I disagree, people are admitted for half as much sometimes.Youd be stunned at what can happen any year so go for all the ivies you want. i think your bound to get into one of HYP.</p>

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<p>I'm not sure. the HYPS profiles people put up here are ridiculous, mine feels like nothing compared to theirs.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Meh. I'm sorry but there will be many HYPS candidates with otherwise similar stats that didn't screw up fresh/soph year. However you have some excellent stats and I think you're capable of gaining admission to some top-25 school.</p>

<p>Honestly though, you just don't have the prerequisite GPA for HYPS or the like. GL anyway. Anything could happen. Princeton doesn't consider fresh year, so it's more likely for you than HY-S.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I thought so too. </p>

<p>I did mean Ivies in general, as I don't believe I stand a chance at HYPS.</p>

<p>Also, interestingly enough, Stanford doesn't consider freshman year either.</p>

<p>I was thinking about applying to UPenn actually. Think I stand a chance there?</p>

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<p>bump? again?</p>

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<p>I feel like an idiot for bumping this, but please, I'd like to point out that as much as this is a chances topic, I'd appreciate it if people could recommend anything to make my profile stand out more the Ivies.</p>

<p>I should also my low grades aren't due to me purposefully making a touch schedule. For some weird reason, my lowest grades have been in not APs, where I've been unable to pull my grades above a 3.0 in almost all the classes. In APs, I've never scored below a 3.5, which is why I'm taking so many of them.</p>

<p>Also, note, my hopeful ED of choice isn't Stanford or Yale, but UPenn.</p>