Now that I've applied....Chances at Williams, Haverford, Dartmouth, Princeton, etc...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Well OK here goes looking for chances at the following schools...(took a bunch of stuff from resume)</p>

<p>Williams(#1...cross fingers), Dartmouth, Princeton, Haverford, Harvard, BC, Conn Coll, Ithaca</p>

<p>basics..</p>

<p>PA private prep school, competitive
No rank or weighted gpas, 3.950
SAT I: 1560 (800M)
SAT II: Chem-750 Writing-760 Math IIC-740
APs: 4-European History 4-US History 5-Chemistry 5-Calculus AB 5-Comp. Sci. A 5-English Language</p>

<p>Present A.P. Courses: Physics C, Biology, Comp. Sci. AB, English Literature, Calculus BC</p>

<p>Academic Honors
3.950/4.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average
Distinguished Honors (3.9-4.0) each semester of 9,10,11
National Latin Exam for Latin I Gold Medalist (10)
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Commended Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
Honors Convocation Awards
- Awards are given to students who excelled in specific academic areas
- Excellence in Math award (9,10,11)
- Excellence in Latin (10)
- Excellence in Science (10,11)</p>

<p>Main Non-athletic extracurricalars
Mathletes(4 years, top scorer in region this year)
Summer Engineering Experience at Drexel
TEAMS(nationally ranked JV doing senior this year)
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
Pennsylvania Free Enteprise Week
NHS
School Band
Volunteered over summer for Special Olympics</p>

<p>Sports..
Varsity Cross Country and Track and field distance runner(not recruited anywhere ccontacted a few coaches)
Captain for all three senior year
Bunch of local recognitions and awards, and won a lot of local races and a few bigger invitationals
I was making amazing progress senior year till i broke my second metatarsal before champs in XC (very sad, and still healing today, and missing basically all of indoor track... :( )</p>

<p>Just the basics for community service school requires 20 hours every year</p>

<p>Held a Job over the past two summers and during school at a local 7-11 hooray</p>

<p>and im very nervous, my mid year report will be a 3.8ish cause i ran into a lot of problematic teaching styles this year, so i hope that doesnt look like a downward trend with a few more Bs and B+s in some APs...</p>

<p>my recs are probably OK and i've been told my essay is very interesting (wrote it on running)</p>

<p>anything else i could tell to be help, just let me know, and i appreciate if you could help me out with the chances at these schools</p>

<p>word</p>

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<p>u have a good chance</p>

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<p>Which year of latin did you win the gold medal in?</p>

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<p>He says that it was Latin I...</p>

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<p>i took latin I sophomore year, for god knows why, it was easy after having spanish and i did well on that test</p>

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<p>b - u - m - p</p>

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<p>b - u - m - p #2</p>

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<p>Your Williams Academic Rating is about 2 (out of 9). Which is fantastic. I think if you wrote good essays, you have very good chance.</p>

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<p>say what about academic rating?</p>

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<p>hmm its something i learned in Williams board.. Williams uses its own academic rating. ACademic 1s are like westinghouse, intel finalists, rsi finalists, etc.. academic 2s are 3.9 gpas, top 1% ranking SAT I above 1550 stuff like that. Acdemic 1s are almost always auto admit. Williams get about 1500 Academic 2s applicants. For those, ECs matter a lot (you have very nice ECs though).</p>

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<p>I would venture to say that you will be accepted everywhere. You're one of the first people on this board to whom I can say that ( or write that) with confidence.</p>

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<p>heheh mikey knows what he's talking about so trust him~</p>

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<p>I knew I liked you Hopeman!!!</p>

<p>I just think that the OP seems like such an interesting and genuine kid. I really think the adcoms will pick up on this.</p>

<p>Maybe I just like him so darned much cuz Williams is his first choice.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

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<p>With your SATs scores, grades, and awards, you have a really good shot. I can't say whether you'd definitely get in to Williams, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Harvard, but you have a good list. There's no doubt that you are a qualified applicant. I'm sure BC, Conn Coll, Ithaca, and possibly Haverford will take you.</p>

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<p>ok so now that i've got my mid year report, does anyones mind change when my report card has no As, 5 b+s and a b, across the past 6 semesters i only had 7 b+s, either 0, 1 or 2 a semester, with rest As.</p>

<p>Are adcoms gonna see as much of a downward trend as im freaking about? (should i plead with teachers and beg for A's?...im probably going to try that wihtout any success anyway) does this alter cahnces significantly?</p>

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<p>your Standarized scores are solid, and AP scores are great. As long as your rank doesn't change significantly, i think adcoms will factor in the increasing difficulty of your courses.</p>

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<p>Because of the level of competition statistically that you face at Williams, Dartmouth, and especially at Princeton and Harvard, you need to make sure that your essay is outstanding because highly qualified applicants tend to be lacking when it comes to expression. Your admissions decision may depend on that essay. As far as Princeton and Harvard are concerned, at those two schools, acceptance is really based on luck. Not to say that an acceptance at Williams or Dartmouth is not based on luck, but at Princeton and Harvard, that luck is taken to the maximum.</p>

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<p>bump for joy</p>