<p>Decisions are coming out next week, and I know this is probably not a good idea, but I'm gonna do one of these anyway. </p>
<p>High School Quality: Prestigious private school
Course rigor: Hardest offered
Unweighted GPA: School doesn't calculate, but mostly A's and a few A-'s with one B+, so around 3.8ish
SAT: 2380 superscore(800M, 800CR, 780W)
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Chem
AP's: School doesn't really offer them, Bio-5, chem-5
Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Model UN, 10-12, VP
Varsity Saber, 9-12
Varsity Ultimate Frisbee, 9-12, expected captain
Viola, 4-12, first chair in orchestra and take private lessons
Science Research during the summers after 10th and 11th grades, presented this research at both my school's symposium and at a national science conference</p>
<p>I kept most of the information basic so that my identity isn't compromised. In addition to Princeton, I'm planning to apply to the following schools RD. How are these looking?</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Brown
Penn
Duke
Northwestern
Wash U
Williams
Amherst</p>
<p>Yes, I do have some likelies, but these are the schools I'd like opinions on. Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi! I’d say your GPA is a <em>bit</em> on the low side in a purely numerical sense, but it’s still very high, competitive for a top school, and definitely won’t be too big an issue in your chances :D</p>
<p>Your extracurriculars are also super solid - albeit maybe not exceedingly unique - and your test scores are absolutely fantastic ^__^</p>
<p>I’d say you have as good a chance as anyone at Princeton SCEA, as well as some of the other more crapshoot-y schools like Harvard and Yale - they’re really very up in the air, as you no doubt know, but I think you’re definitely qualified. Penn, Northwestern, WashU, and Williams seems like matches/high matches for you, and the rest (just my opinion) are reaches for everyone but they’re not at all impossibly high reaches for someone as qualified as you! :)</p>
<p>Chance me back? (Only if you want to, of course!) </p>
<p>Wow, yeah, I’ve gotta agree with ultrachromatic. You’ve got a solid application with great scores on SAT, and good standings on your extracurriculars. I’m not sure who would be accepted if a person with stats like yours doesn’t </p>
<p>However, these are ivy’s and they do have specific things they look for in an applicant so I can’t say for sure that you’re getting in, but you definitely have a very strong chance on all of them!</p>
<p>I don’t particularly understand the comment in the above post (many students with near-perfect grades and test scores are rejected, after all). I’m not familiar with all the activities, but I get the impression that besides research, they’re not mindblowing compared to the rest of the pool. Lots of students are school organisation leaders, etc. I don’t think only doing research moves you over to a safer category,though it would help if you said more about your involvement. Based on this, I would still call Princeton a reach…</p>
<p>High Reach schools: Harvard, Yale: Your ECs are good but there’s nothing too unique. When you do your application, make sure to tell a story and to really add emphasis (i.e. Everyone does Model UN. What did you learn or why is it special with you? Doing this will definitely give you an edge) Plus, these schools are high reaches for everyone.
Low Reach: Dartmouth, Brown, Penn, Duke: Your stats match up pretty well for these schools. It would be more of luck either way for these decisions.
Match: Northwestern: I think with your ECs and Stats, this should be one college you should feel pretty good about.
These are almost, if not definitely, safety schools: Wash U,Williams, Amherst.</p>
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