Not a stellar applicant.......applying to top schools in the country.........

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am applying to Cornell, UPenn, Columbia, Brown, and Dartmouth.....I am new to the college admissions thing and have just now started thinking about colleges. I am a Senior in high school. (I tend to procrastinate). Do you guys think any of these schools will accept me. Advise and insight into the admissions process is greatly valued. Thank-you</p>

<p>GPA
Unweighted - 3.8
Weighted - 7.4/8 - (My school only does it on a 8 point scale)</p>

<p>Class Rank-89/451 kids (Only top 20 percent)
......My school is really competitive....Teachers have mentioned that at schools in the surrounding areas I would have had a much higher class rank)</p>

<p>Sat Scores (Super Score)
Math-700
Critical Reading-770
Writing-700
Total-2170
Reading and Math Total - 1470</p>

<p>2008 - Busido Karate-Black Belt
2008 -AP Scholar with Honor
2007 – Hosa Concepts of Health Care Area Competition- 2nd Place
2007- High School Science Fair -2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- County Science Fair- 1st Place Overall Ninth Grade Division
2006- County Science Fair –2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- High School Science Fair – 4th Place Ninth Grade Division</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
(2005 – 2009) – Karate (3 hours a week)--Got my black belt
(2005 – 2009) – Youth Group (6 Hours a week)
(2006 – 2009) – Pre-Medical Club in School ( 1 hour every 2 weeks)
(2007 – 2009) - National Technical Honor Society ( 1 hour every 2 weeks)
(2008 - 2009) – National Honor Society (1 hour every 2 weeks)</p>

<p>Community Service
2006- Memorial Hospital – 50 Hours
2008 and 2007- 203 Hours at Neurologist Office
2008- 83 Hours at Internal Medicine Office
2005-2009 - Youth Club Volunteer (5 Hours a week)
Total- 340+ Hours
^^^^^I have letters of verification/recommendations from all these places, and will send it in with my application.</p>

<p>I understand I don't really stand out much from the thousands of applicants trying to get admissions to these top schools. However, for my essays, I have been working on them, rewriting, and editing with private tutor for the past month.
I am South Asian, and live in Florida........</p>

<p>Any chances for any of these schools is also greatly appreciated. Thank-you for your time....</p>

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<p>You may have a chance at Cornell. Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, I'm not so sure. Good ECs, but doesn't seem to have evidence of leadership. Your SAT score is good, but I think many applicants to the Ivies will have better SAT scores. Very good community service hours, class rank is a little low, even if your school is competitive.</p>

<p>Do you know if your school is on the Newsweek top 1000 schools? My school is 106, and it is hard to get a good class rank here. But even if your school is really competitive and it would be higher in other schools, top 20% seems a little low.</p>

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<p>I would say you have a better chance of getting into Cornell and Brown. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Have you thought about writing your essays about being a black belt? That would make you stand out.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input...................Any other thoughts or chances.............Bump..........</p>

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<p>Come on guys, give me some input........You can tell me if I am going to be rejected, I already know I am........., just looking for more insight and things to make my application better..............Bump...........</p>

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<p>Bump.........bump................bump..............</p>

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<p>At all of your schools, only 6-8% were not in the top 10% of their class, so it's an uphill battle. Add good safeties.</p>

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<p>you definitely have a shot at cornell. you need SAT IIs though. good luck!</p>

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<p>My bad, I forgot to mention my Sat Two scores.......they are average, not high enough to help me out.......</p>

<p>Math 1-730
U.S. History-750</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chance. </p>

<p>Anyways, your SAT scores are very respectable and I like the karate committment and science fair parpticipation. Do you have any leadership posts? If your essay is good, then I'd put you at 50% for Cornell and maybe 30-40% for the rest.</p>

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<p>I think you will get into Cornell no problem but the rest might be tough.</p>

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<p>I would kill to get your CR score. (actually, i'd like an 800)</p>

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<p>50/50 @ Cornell the rest approx 20% chance</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent chance at Cornell and you're in if you write a really good essay (if you're doing an interview a good one would really help your chances). It depends on the essay/interview because your grades and EC's are good and your SAT's, while not bad at all, are probably below average for them. However, from what I hear Cornell isn't as into numbers as the other schools at that level so a good essay and/or interview could put you ahead of people with better SATs. The other ones I think will be tough because almost everyone applying there has at least your grades and better test scores. Would you mind chancing me back?<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/597399-what-my-chances-gettting-into-cornell.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/597399-what-my-chances-gettting-into-cornell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>