Please Help! Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone, I'd really appreciate it if you'd help me out here with my chances</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.69 W: 5.45/6, but #1 has 5.6
Ranking: 5/378
SAT: 800 M, 790 V, 800 W
ACT: 35
SATII: 800 Chem, 800 Math 2, 800 World History, 790 Physics
AP: AP US 5
AP Chem 5
AP English Lang 5
AP Psych 5
AP Calc BC 5</p>

<p>Currently in: AP English Lit
AP Bio
AP European History
AP Spanish
Mulitvariable Calculus and Linear Alegbra</p>

<p>ECs:
4 years of Scholastic Bowl: Captain, regional champs
3 years of Model UN: Captain
4 years of Mathletes: Captain, Oralist, state finalist
1st chair violin in school orchestra
4 years of Student Congress
4 years of DECA—national qualifier
2 years of VP Education
National Honor Societ
Spanish Honor Society
Varsity Water Polo
2 years of Chem Olympiad—top 20 chemistry students in the country </p>

<p>Honors:
National Merit Semifinalist
Chemistry Olympiad—top 20 chemistry students in the country based off of test. </p>

<p>Colleges I'm applying to:
EA Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Duke
Dartmouth
Columbia
Chicago
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin</p>

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<p>Get ready for community college...</p>

<p>Seriously, I think that if you scored a 2390 SAT and really did all those ECs you would know what kind of chance you had.</p>

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<p>Well, I did get those scores. And I did do all of those activites, though I'm not sure how I did it. Many of htem aren't that intense (MUN is once a week, there is only Varsity water polo at my school, etc) And I know I have a chance at all of those schools. Buttttttt...I mean, my UW GPA is pretty low, I'm barely in the top 25% for UW. Plus the valdectorian and salutectorian are also applying EA to Harvard so idk what's going to happen there. If anyone could give me more specific feedback for these schools (which ones I have a better chance at) that'd be great.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>well if they're as loaded as you, they'll get in over you. Otherwise, you have the best chances you could possibly have (realistically)</p>

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<p>Thats the thing i'm worried about. the #2 kid also has comparable scores and we're both sort of EC-similar...but he's much more literature-driven as opposed to me (obviously heh) so i'm sort of holding my breath. Do you think any of these schools are more likely to accept a more sciency person than a literaturey one?</p>

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<p>ummm MIT (Mass. Inst. of Technology) Yeah, i think they focus on (and want) sciency over literturey :)</p>

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<p>definitely...you have a good shot at all of them</p>

<p>definitely</p>

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<p>well besides MIT obviously ;) But yeah, thanks. We'll see what ends up happening. Knowing my luck i'll probably get into to exactly half of them. lol</p>

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<p>The three "toughies" on your list are Harvard, Yale, and MIT. (reaches for everyone). Other than that you are "match" at the rest.</p>

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<p>Where are you from?</p>

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<p>Best of luck. Great scores and EC. Most of the time its the essay that seems to split people up at this point.</p>

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<p>jaedfdf5--I'm from a suburb of Chicago, IL. It's very boring. And not exactly ethnically diverse.</p>

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<p>Location definitely plays a big part in admission decisions, as they schools want a balance of kids from all over the country. Because you're from the midwest, you've probably got a really good shot at all the Ivies, and the last four schools on the list will almost definitely take you because you're local.</p>

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<p>EA Harvard -
Yale -
Princeton
Stanford
MIT</p>

<p>You will probably get into one or two of the above five.</p>

<p>Duke - in
Dartmouth - in
Columbia - good chance
Chicago - in
Northwestern - in
Illinois - in
Wisconsin - in</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>