Once in a lifetime opportunity

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(now that I've got your attention) My mother, my grandfather, and two uncles attended Brown and my mom interviews for them and my father attended Yale and he interviews for them and my grandfather and uncle attended UPenn </p>

<p>I'm currently a junior and I'm wondering what my chances are at: Brown, Yale, UPenn, Northwestern, Wesleyan, NYU, WUSTL, Pomona, Amherst, Michigan (honors),Johns Hopkins,USC , and
Jewish, Caucasian male at a top public school on long island (14 in newsweek)</p>

<p>GPA: uw: 3.96 W:4.2 (my school has a weird weighting system where if you take any class thats a regents level class or higher which is mostly every class you only recieve a collective weighting of .3 points so it doesn't really take into account AP classes)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2230 (superscored) CR: 730 Math: 700 Writing: 800 (11 essay)
ACT: 32
SAT II: Math 1c: 720 will also take bio and us history
PSAT: 215 probably NM comendation
By the end of my high school career I will have taken 11 APs: AP Stat (4), Ap Euro (5), AP French, ap composition, ap US history, AP bio, AP literature, AP physics, AP gov't,AP economics, AP calc AB I will probably be an AP scholar with distinction</p>

<p>ECs: Sports editor School Newspaper (11th grade) and will be Editor in chief for senior year
Co-editor of school public relations magazine
Regular contributor to literary magazine with potential for editor
Model Congress member
Rachel's challenge club
Principal's Decision committee(9th grade)
Guitar for seven years
Piano for 3 years
National Honor society
French honor society peer tutoring coordinator
300+ combined Communtiy service hours at boys and girls club and at a home for those who suffer from severe brain trauma</p>

<p>Summers: New York Film academy at princeton, Brown summer program, Northwestern film program, internship with an author/journalist</p>

<p>Also will enter Siemens Westinghouse and possibly intel and have enterd dupont challenge, Oracle Thinkquest, and Toshiba explora vision however no awards as of yet</p>

<p>I've also won some writing awards for poetry and short stories of mine</p>

<p>Essays i'm sure will be very strong as will Recs</p>

<p>Please tell me what you guys think are my chances at these schools thanks
Also with my interest in the schools being equal which school should I apply to early between Yale and Brown</p>

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<p>What's your rank? Aprox if school doesn't rank.</p>

<p>Legacy helps, especially when combined with generous gifts, but most are still rejected from Brown and Yale. You need higher scores for a strong chance--you have a 1430where 1490 is average. If you're in the top 5% of a strong school and get the SAT to low 1500s, your chance is much stronger. You have a lot of big reaches. NYU, Mich and USC are good matches.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump my school doesn't rank</p>

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<p>LI Jewish Mom here. I'm going to agree with Suze on this one. You def. have a shot- but geez, you're a Long Island Jewish kid and you got ALOT of competition and too many NY kids vying for the same spots. Yale and Brown are going to be tough. Go for it-- but please work hard on ALL your applications and do not take any school for granted. You should be ok for NYU, Mich (but apply EARLY) and a few others on your list.
Aim high and good luck- They are all wonderful schools and I am sure you will do OK.</p>

<p>And please do not take offense at what I say- you seem to be involved with all the "cookie cutter" activities that alot of kids who apply to the top schools THINK they should do- Editor/Intel/Community service. It's good and admirable- but it makes All you kids look alike.
As you are a writer and have won some awards- why don't you focus on that gift and ability? Work for the local Newspaper or the science magazine at your HS. Don't spread yourself too thin- concentrate on the one of two activites that you love best!</p>

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<p>Snake- if you can get a hold of today's Newsday- you should read the article (4/29) College Admissions Toughest Year Ever! (front page article)
It's particularly tough for kids from overrepresented areas- Metro NY, Boston, Chicago etc.</p>

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<p>marny thanks i actually did read it the author of the article is actually a personal friend of mine i know that sad truth all too well what can i do to boost my current situation</p>

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<p>also add dartmouth and uc berkeley to my list</p>

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<p>dudee you'll be fine.</p>

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<p>Yanksman is right- you'll do fine. It might not be your first or second choice (Yale/Brown) but you will be admitted to several great colleges.</p>

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<p>thanks marny any other opinions</p>

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<p>ya youre all set. try not to pick a fave. those are all amazing schools. but on the note of SAT scores... scores aren't everything. i am a very not well rounded student, but what I am good at... I'm very good at. my way lower than average math score on the SAT and lack of calc did not screw me over. i mean i got into 8 schools, 2 waitlists, 2 rejects, all top 20... you have to have things you love and let that shine through... but you don't need to do everything. you need to do what you love and what you care about and do it well.</p>

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<p>and even then. there are no guarantees!</p>

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<p>bump add cornell too</p>

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<p>anyone else</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Your SATs are well below average for the schools you're adding. An unhooked white kid from NJ would have almost no chance at Dartmouth with these scores. You need to add more realistic reaches.</p>

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<p>what is the average sat grade out of 1600 for these schools? I mean i thought a 1430 out of 1600 plus an 800 on writing was pretty good</p>

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<p>buuuuuuuummmmmmppppppp</p>

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<p>1490 is average. And don't forget the average includes all the hooked, people who got in because the get a break--60% of every ivies freshmen class.</p>