<p>SAT I : 2,400 (CR : 800, Math : 800, Writing : 800)</p>
<p>SAT II : Math II : 800, Bio : 800</p>
<p>AP : AP Bio : 5, AP Calc BC : 5, AP Gov : 5, AP Calc AB : 5</p>
<p>GPA : 3.86 (6 B's...)</p>
<p>I am ORM... but my GPA sucks..
Do I have a chance?...</p>
<p>With no ECs whatsoever, no.</p>
<p>What is your class rank or percentile?</p>
<p>i’ve attended 3 high schools… so there’s no class rank
@TskDbx, i do have ECs, but i don’t want to post them</p>
<p>With your grade//sat combo, you should be a very competitive candidate. Though grades are not perfect, they are in the ‘range’ of Cornell admits.</p>
<p>Assuming that the ECs you’re not sharing are reasonable, I think you have an excellent shot.</p>
<p>If you have good ECs that set you apart from other ORMs, you should have a good shot! Otherwise, it may be more risky.</p>
<p>Hate to burst your bubble, but my son had similar SAT scores with a 4.0 GPA, Salutatorian, varsity athlete, a lot of other great ECs, summer research with a renoun doctor. He had great essays and great recommendations. The only thing he had going against him is that he’s a white male. He didn’t get into any Ivy.
It’s all a crapshoot with no logic at all. The fact is chancing on CC will do you no good. I’ve seen a lot of posts of kids with lesser stats getting into Ivy and kids with higher stats not. It’s a lottery. If you love the school, apply, but don’t get your hopes up. And make sure that you apply to a backup school that you’ll be happy with. At the end, it’s true what they say, everyone ends up where they belong.</p>
<p>momworried – just curious, where will your sun be attending?</p>
<p>Your point is valid, though – it’s one of the reasons I answer ‘competitive applicant’, ‘strong applicant’, etc.</p>
<p>With all Ivies – well all top 15-20 schools having sub 20% admit rates, it is impossible to predict.</p>
<p>^^
What ECs did he have?</p>
<p>That sort of surprises me… I see a lot of top 10% 3.8 UW, 2100 SAT kids getting in in the decisions thread.</p>
<p>He’s going to Tufts. It’s a great school and he’s really happy. But it was dissapointing not to get into any Ivy’s with his stats. But there are alot of amazing kids out there with perfect scores. I guess he didn’t have enough to set him apart. He was waitlisted at Cornell, but he decided that he likes Tufts better and didn’t want to pursue the waitlist. I think he was just mad. I think it also has a lot to do with your school district. Some schools tend to have better relationships with Ivies then others.</p>
<p>As you said, admissions is a game of chances. You just increase your chances by having better stats and stuff to put on your app. Many kids with lower and higher scores can get in, and just as many don’t.</p>
<p>"That sort of surprises me… I see a lot of top 10% 3.8 UW, 2100 SAT kids getting in in the decisions thread. "</p>
<p>Most of these kids don’t have good chances if nothing sets them apart. It’s just that they would be fairly well represented since they constitute a good volume of the kids that are applying to top schools.</p>