Please chance for ivies/ top liberal arts

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am new to CC and was just hoping for some input from others regarding my chances at</p>

<p>Williams, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Colby, Georgetown, Amherst, Tufts, maybe Harvard</p>

<p>-sorry it's such a long list</p>

<p>Grades-
GPA- 4.0 unweighted
4 AP courses junior year, 5 planned senior year {just about the hardest possible at my school}
AP US- 4, Calc AB- 5, AP Lang- 3, AP Chem- 4
Six majors in both junior and senior year at a challenging N.E. private school
Class rank- 6 out of about 140 {unofficial}</p>

<p>Test scores-
SAT- 1560/2270/ Cr-800, Math-760, W-710 {one sitting}
SAT2- US-720, Chem-700, Lit-740
ACT- haven’t taken yet</p>

<p>Athletics-
Soccer- 4 years, 2 years varsity
Squash- 4 years, 2 years varsity
- Started playing my freshman year
- Played number 8 last year on a team that finished in the top 10 nationally for past two years {A division}
- Lost two matches in the last two seasons
- Have played in only one true tournament but reached the consolation finals in the Massachusetts championships to earn a ranking
Tennis- 4 years varsity
Freshman- #5, Sophomore- #4, Junior- #2/#3, Senior- Captain {2nd /1st doubles for last 3 years}
- The team advanced to the New England Championships during both my sophomore and junior year/ winning record all 4 years {team and myself}
- I have won many local tournaments </p>

<p>Courses-
-Freshman year- Algebra 2, Greek and Roman history, Chinese 1, English 1 honors, Biology honors, String ensemble
-Sophomore year- Precalculus honors, Modern world history honors, Chinese 2, English 2 honors, Chemistry honors, String ensemble
-Junior year- AP Calculus AB, AP US history, Chinese 3, AP English language, AP Chemistry, Biotechnology, String ensemble
-Senior year- AP Calculus BC {half year}, Differential equations {half year}, AP economics {micro and macro}, AP Chinese, AP English literature, AP Biology, Caribbean studies, String ensemble</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/hooks-
-Nominated to position of dormitory proctor {one of the top leadership positions on campus, only about 30 are selected}- each candidate is interviewed thoroughly before the actual selection even begins
-Also served as a library proctor {dedicated about 30 hours over the course of the school year}
-Run in the 7 mile long Falmouth Road Race for the Boston Children’s Hospital Miles for Miracles team each August {6 years and counting}. Have raised almost twelve thousand dollars with the help of my father
-你好，4 years of Chinese language including a 3-week trip to China and Thailand in the summer following my freshman year {language practice, new experiences, and fun}
-Biotechnology- lab based class, carried out a wide range of experiments including testing the effects of pH change in ocean water on carbon fixation rates in the marine algae Tetraselmis Chui
-Work experience- worked at the a Restaurant and Tavern for the past two summers busing tables {almost 600 hours} and I work very hard. Possible rec from coworker
-Co-editor of the school paper’s editorial section {senior year} and frequent 3-year contributor
-4 years of viola in the string ensemble {participated in many school wide concerts}
-double legacy for Cornell
-legacy at Tufts</p>

<p>Awards- nothing major
-High honors for first three years
-Top 10% of class sophomore year, top 5% junior year
-Recognized for excellence in Modern World History honors and AP US history at school’s academic award ceremony
-AP scholar with honor???
-National Commendation for PSAT {projected}
-Kruger scholarship from school alum {recognizes academic promise in the years to come}
-Recognized in the school wide selection of the year’s top history essays {School Historian} for piece on the Suez Canal Crisis </p>

<p>Essays and Recs- should be good</p>

<p>Responses will be appreciated</p>

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<p>I think you have good shot at Tufts, Georgetown, Cornell, Williams, Colby, and Amherst. Brown, Dartmouth, and Harvard are low reaches in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Tufts - low reach
Cornell - low reach
Williams - reach
Brown - high reach
Dartmouth - mid reach
Colby - match
Georgetown - ???
Amherst - reach
Harvard - high reach</p>

<p>You need more safeties and matches. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Are you kidding me? Are you implying that admission to both of these schools is equally demanding?</p>

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<p>Cornell’s admit rate 26.1
Tufts admit rate 25.5</p>

<p>I don’t know about the admissions process at both these schools very well; all I know is that with rates like that and OP’s profile, nothing is a guarantee. Though the OP has excellent, excellent stats, nothing is a guarantee and 2400, 4.0 students get rejected from both schools. To put either of these very selective schools as a match would be ridiculous.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>“Cornell’s admit rate 26.1”</p>

<p>??? I’m seeing a flurry of bad data being posted on CC, and it’s all different too.</p>

<p>The admit rate to Cornell’s Arts & sciences college (CAS) last year was 15.7%.
The Hotel School admit rate was 26%, but I would presume applicants to these other colleges would be alternatively applying to CAS, not the Hotel School. The overall university admit rate was 18%, but applicants apply to particular colleges at Cornell, not some aggregate.
<a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Okay, I’m sorry, I got some bad data. Assuming OP is applying to CAS, I would move Cornell to mid reach.</p>

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<p>I hear Cornell does take good care of its legacies, so that will probably help your chances a little</p>

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<p>Legacy bump is more reliable for ED applicants.</p>

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<p>It’s my understanding that legacy is ONLY considered in the ED round at Cornell. The OP should look into this, as ED is binding, but with the legacy and applying early, she is a solid candidate at Cornell, which has a consisitent pattern of acceptances of kids like this from our high school.
Also, to the OP - I would not bother with the ACT. You would have to get a 35 or 36 to better your SAT scores, and these are rare. Stick with the SAT and perhaps focus on retaking the SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>I’m a guy, no worries though. Thanks for the tip about Cornell ED</p>

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<p>Wow you guys are seriously overestimating the difficulty of getting into Cornell.</p>

<p>Williams- Mid Reach
Brown-Mid Reach
Dartmouth-Low Reach
Cornell-Match
Colby-Match
Georgetown-Unless it’s SFS, match
Amherst-Low Reach
Tufts-Match (although you might suffer from Tufts syndrome)
Harvard- Mid Reach</p>

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<p>does Tufts syndrome equal really random admissions???</p>

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<p>No, Tufts syndrome is rejecting overly qualified applicants.</p>

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<p>If you’re looking at top “liberal arts” schools, I don’t see why Yale isn’t on that list and Harvard is. Yale is much more liberal arts oriented, especially when you take into consideration the top notch history/econ/polisci programs there as well as the 36 credit distribution requirements that definitely have a humanities slant… but anyways. Your choice.</p>

<p>Good GPA/test scores… your ECs seem a little weak though. I pretty much agree with what other people have said- you’ll probably get into at least 1 or 2 of those schools.</p>

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<p>sats are average, but ec’s are good…i would say about a 50% chance to all of the colleges you listed except for Harvard, Cornell, and Brown.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>you’ll get rejected from all of them. You really need to get your AB calc and critical reading SAT scores up.</p>

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<p>Your reasoning is flawless.</p>