Perfect 2400 with mediocre ECs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thanks for taking the time to look at my app! I would just like to know if I actually have a shot at some of these schools. If you have any other schools for good suggestions feel free to list them.</p>

<p>Prospective Schools
Vanderbilt University
Dartmouth College
Yale University
Tulane University
University of Illinois at Chicago</p>

<p>Background
Gender: Female
Race: East Indian
Income: 160,000-180,000
Location: Suburb of Chicago
High School: Very Large Public (>4000)
Prospective Major: Undecided</p>

<p>Stats
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.6 W
Class Rank: 90th Percentile to 99th Percentile
SAT I: 2400
SAT II: Biology E (790); World History (780)
ACT: 29
AP: World History (5); U.S History (5); English Language (4)</p>

<p>Freshmen Year;
-Freshmen PE: B/B
-Honors World History: A/A-
-Spanish II: A/A
-Varsity Band: A/A
-Honors Algerbra: A-/A-
-Honors Integrated Physical Science: A/A-
-Academic Freshmen English: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year;
-Health/Soph PE: A+/A
-Honors Geometry: A/A
-AP World History: A/A
-Academic Soph English: A/A
-Symphonic Band II: A/A
-Women's Chorus: A+/A+
-Honors Spanish III: A/A
-Honors Biology: A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year;
-AP U.S History: A/A
-Dance I/Strength & Conditioning: A/A
-Honors Precalculus BC: A-/A-
-Honors Spanish IV: A/A
-AP English Language: A/A
-Honors Chemistry: A/A
-Symphonic Band I: A/A
-Women's Chorus: A+/A</p>

<p>Senior Year;
-AP Microeconomics/AP Government
-AP Chemistry
-AP English Literature
-Honors Spanish VI<br>
-AP Calculus BC
-Women's Chorus
-Anatomy/Mythology</p>

<p>Activities </p>

<p>**Concert Band<a href="9,10,11">/b</a>
-Concertmaster
-First Chair
-IHSA Division I Superior Ratings on Solos & Ensembles
-Clarinet and Piano Instrumentalist
-IMEA Jazz Festival
-10 hours a week for 36 weeks</p>

<p>**Women's Chorus<a href="10,11,12">/b</a>
-Social Events Coordinator
-Private Voice Lessons
-6 hours a week for 36 weeks</p>

<p>**Orchesis(School Dance Troupe)<a href="10,11,12">/b</a>
-Perform 20 dance intro and finale numbers by blending a variation of ballet, hip-hop, jazz and tap dancing from popular movies on performance night.
-Member
-8 hours a week for 20 weeks</p>

<p>**Newspaper<a href="10,11,12">/b</a>
-Journalist
-Photographer
-4 hours a week for 32 weeks </p>

<p>**Marathon Participant<a href="11,12">/b</a>
-Bank of America Chicago Marathon; 26.2 Miles
-LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
-14 hours a week for 28 weeks </p>

<p>Community Service (over 300 documented hours on transcript)
-Camp Counselor
-Marathon Preparations
-Animal Shelter </p>

<p>Work Experience
-Waitress
-12 hours a week during the school year
-28 hours a week during the summer </p>

<p>Thanks for replying!</p>

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<p>how the hell did you get a 2400 on your SAT’s and then a 29 on your act?</p>

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<p>the science kills a lot of people.</p>

<p>Oh and btw, I would just not send your ACT score to the schools you are applying to.</p>

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<p>Those ECs are not “mediocre” in any way. Maybe in this forum’s standards, but they are fine.</p>

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<p>Knowing that you are 90th percentile to 99th percentile is not helpful at all–can’t you narrow it down more than that?</p>

<p>Also, you need to know that the Ivies go by rank. Therefore, we need to know your rank to gauge your chances correctly.</p>

<p>Looking at your grades, you’ll get into Tulane, University of Illinois at Chicago, and even Vanderbilt easily–but we need that rank score to gauge your chances at Yale and Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>how the hell did you get a 2400 on your SAT’s and then a 29 on your act?</p>

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<p>Perhaps it was a bad day?</p>

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<p>thanks for all the replys! idk why i didnt do so good on the ACT and I actually got a 34 on the science part but the english killed me. I think that the ACT has more time consuming questions than the SAT which is why i left alot blank on the test. Sry but my school dosen’t give rank just only percentiles. I know it’ll be hard to pinpoint chances if I’m in the top 10% in a senior class of over 1000. Keep on replying!</p>

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<p>You were concertmaster and 1st chair? A bit redundant, no?</p>