***Please chance me for Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard (why not), UVA, Notre Dame, and some others****

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all.... I know this is my THIRD chance post within 4 months, but with all these college decisions coming out it is weighing on my mind :P.... also, I ALWAYS chance back if you link me, so if you are looking to be chanced, read on:</p>

<p>SAT: 2230 (superscore)
ACT: 32 (one sitting, will take once more)
GPA: 3.8, 3.9 ish? Record of improvement every year</p>

<p>Course Rigor (disclaimer: difficult to fit in AP's before junior year for me... lots of honors stuff)</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English I
Honors Geometry
Spanish I
Bio
Art I
Ancient History</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
English II
Honors Algebra II
Spanish II
Honors Physics
Band
Modern History</p>

<p>Junior Year (now):
English III
Honors Precalc
Honors Spanish III
Honors Chemistry
AP US History
AP Government (will take both American and Comparative AP tests)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP English Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Spanish IV
AP Environmental
AP Econ</p>

<p>EC's: Business Club (4 years by grad.), School paper (4 years by grad), JSA (2 years by grad), Varsity Soccer (2 years by grad), Varsity Track (2 years by grad.), over 150 hours of service with youth group (big passion of mine), school also requires community service</p>

<p>Awards:
Caterham Scholar (selected to travel to England with some others from my school),
3rd place school wide history paper competition
perfect score on Junior Writing Exam (school administered exam, big deal at my school)
probably a National Merit Semifinalist (222 PSAT from Ohio)</p>

<p>other info: legacy at Harvard, double legacy at UVA because grad school (parents got PHDs there)</p>

<p>Interests: I love writing! Looking for stuff with writing over the summer, but I'm trying to make that come through</p>

<p>OK that was long! Please chance for Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard, UVA, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Colgate, and Boston College.... </p>

<p>I always seem to forget something on these posts, so just let me know if you need other info. </p>

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<p>You can always post on your older thread to put it higher on the list of threads. Your statistics are good and you appear to have taken fairly difficult courses. Your extracurricular activities are good, but not enough to say that you have an excellent chances at the very selective schools such as Harvard. Attempt to increase your extracurricular activities (given you enjoy them). I think you have a good chance at all of them (especially the ones except Harvard). Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1629155-chances-at-top-schools.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1629155-chances-at-top-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>chanced :smiley: thanks for the input… I would like to stress that my school has a set of required curriculum that you have to take before being able to enroll in certain AP’s (as do a number of schools), so I am taking one of the hardest curricula available to me </p>

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<p>bump for dayzzz</p>

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<p>Your GPA and SAT are pretty good, but your EC’s are lacking a bit for schools like Harvard. If you could win more awards/ distinctions that’d be good too! What’s your class rank/ top___%? Taking a rigorous course is great! UVA, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Boston should be matches. Cornell a mid-high match, and Harvard is a reach for anyone :stuck_out_tongue: You have a good chance though! Have you thought of Northwestern, Emory, etc?
Could you chance me back?
EDIT: oops forgot the link lol
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634489-schools-i-should-be-applying-to.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634489-schools-i-should-be-applying-to.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>school doesn’t give ranks… its a competitive boarding school, I’m probably in the top 10-15% but we grade on a 7 point scale… school says 6.5 is a 4.0, and thats what they tell colleges… by the end of this year i should be at a 6.47, and with all AP’s next year that could break 6.5 by application time</p>

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<p>bump? any input at all would be great!</p>

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<p>Taking a look at your stats, I say you have a decent chance with most of your schools, especially UVA. I am not impressed however because I have seen tons and tons of students with similar and “better” stats. Good grades, good standardized tests, lots of ECs are all very appealing to the ivies but nowadays they look at family, ethnicity, financial status, and most importantly, your essays. You have legacy at Harvard. Great, unless he/she has done something amazing or has donated lots of money, it doesn’t matter. Harvard doesn’t even ask for family on the Common App anymore (no “have any parents attended or worked at Harvard” kind of question). </p>

<p>I am sorry if I start to sound very pessimistic. I’ll let you know that I used to be a very optimistic person and I still think myself as one. I am being a realist because we tend to have ourselves praised too often. “2200+ on the SAT? Wow, you must be a genius!” Is what I’ve been hearing too much lately. No. It is a score expected from someone of your intellectual aptitude. You have done lots of nice ECs and I hope you really show your passion through your essays. </p>

<p>Overall, I think you have a great chance to UVA, BC and Wisconsin.
Good chance to Cornell.
Competitive for the rest of the ivies but it is definitely a crapshoot. No promises.</p>

<p>What I can’t emphasize enough is that you need to show passion as well as skill in a specific area subject. Write! Write great things. And show your success in your application. My credentials aren’t professional but I have experienced enough of this college process and have talked to enough admissions officers to know what I am saying. I got a 2280 on my SATs, top 3% of a class over 400 people, captain of sport team, over 200 hours of volunteering, etc etc etc. What I think I lacked was my ability to communicate my true self as a curious learner and defined person through my essays. Essays are so crucial. Like Shakespeare, I repeat myself because I need to emphasize this fact. I knew a girl who was accepted to Harvard because her essay made people cry. Everyone who read it actually. It was phenomenal to say the least. </p>

<p>You sound like a very very positive person in this thread. Show that in your essays and interview. Keep that positivity but do not become overconfident. I’m most likely going to attend UVA this year (which I am very happy about). Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Awesome! I actually am a huge fan of UVA at the moment, just visited the campus. What you said is great because I do get the whole “how can you be upset with a score like that?” thing, and i have to contrive a way to respond that doesn’t come across as entitled or arrogant (I usually fail though, and end up sounding like a ■■■■■■ :P). Thanks a lot for talking so much about the improtance of writing… I consider myself a strong writer, and have had several strong experiences I think I can write meaningfully about… I do know for sure that my stats are quite run of the mill for Ivy League (if not subpar! xD), so I am definitely focusing on more subjective parts of the application</p>

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<p>I agree with the last poster. You are competitive, but all of them are very competitive schools.</p>

<p>Your love of writing will really help, especially with the essays. I have a friend who has decent test scores (2050 SAT or so) and averageish ECs (no sports or anything though), but he loves writing and is an absolutely fantastic writer, and he just got into Stanford. Honestly, I was incredibly surprised he got in. But he did. So the point is the writing may serve you well.</p>

<p>Also I will be attending Notre Dame next year, so if you have any ND specific questions feel free to PM me.</p>

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<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>You have decent grades and test scores. Nice to see you doing 2 varsity sports. I feel like you are a bit lacking in the number of high school clubs you are in… and in particular, leadership positions within those clubs.</p>

<p>If I had to guess…</p>

<p>Dartmouth - match/reach, Cornell - match/reach, Harvard - reach, UVA - match, Notre Dame - match, Wisconsin - match, Colgate - match, and Boston College - match</p>

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<p>Dartmouth: reach
Cornell: reach
Harvard: reach, but you never know what could happen, they take legacy seriously over there
UVA: match
Norte Dame: high match
Wisconsin: match
Colgate: match
Boston College: match </p>

<p>Chance back
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634747-chances-for-uva-and-vanderbilt-will-chance-back.html?new=1”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634747-chances-for-uva-and-vanderbilt-will-chance-back.html?new=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks guys! anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump for dayzzz :D</p>

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<p>sorry, you did my thread a couple months ago and I didn’t chance back. Well I’d say Dartmouth is a mid/high reach. Harvard is probably a low/mid reach because you are legacy. UVA+Wisconsin+Colgate =target. Notre Dame and Boston College = low reach. Cornell=50/50. Take my words with a grain of salt though because I am not the best person to ask.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I would say that I think being a legacy is meaning less and less at Harvard, so I’m still stuck there :stuck_out_tongue: …</p>