Probability of Admission?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So I was wondering if people could give me advice or their thoughts on whether or not I am a good candidate for certain universities. I am going into my senior year of high school.(do not sugarcoat anything. If you have to be brutally honest, then go for it, I won't take it personally)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White
Sex:Male
Age:16 (young for my grade)
GPA(Unweighted/Weighted):4.9/5.6(on a 5 point scale,for honors/AP:A=6)
Class rank(Unweighted/Weighted):20/1(out of 266 students)
ACT:32(m-32,r-33,e-31,s-31);writing:10
Major Courses(Grade):
AP Biology(11)-
AP Stats(11)-
AP Psychology(11)-
AP Chemisty(12)-
AP Physics(12)-
AP English(12)-
AP AB Calc(12)-
AP Govern(12)-
AP Spanish 5(12)-</p>

<p>AP's:Psychology-3(I know this is bad. I didnt study or care...);Stats-4
Additional info:1 B freshmen year;3 B's Sophomore year;straight A's as a junior(for my junior year all of my classes were accelerated too (= </p>

<p>EC's: I play soccer(Varsity 2 years),Wrestling(JV 2 years, then switched to swimming junior year=JV); Tennis-3 year varsity letter winner(4 if inclusive);Also Tennis MVP(Junior Yr.) and State-Qualifier
Clubs:
-Peer Mediation-helps student's resolve disputes
-Peer Jury-decides punishment for students rather than suspension
-Scholastic Bowl-quiz team
-National Honor Society(Vice President)-
-Spanish Honor Society(President)
-Spanish Club(Secretary-Treasurer(jr.))(President(Sr.))
-Key Club(Secretary)<em>this club is like a community service type club</em></p>

<p>Work Information:
-Employed at Culver's
-Have Worked there for almost 2 years
-15 hours/week</p>

<p>Additional Info:I won a Patriot's Pen State Essay Contest(8th grade though)
Probably only around 30 hours of community service
I have always been a sports kid. All of my sports I have played:Baseball(Ages 5-14), Basketball(Ages 8-14), Soccer(Ages: 5-Now) (Club Team and School Team),Wrestling(Age 14-15),Swimming(Ages:16-Now), and Tennis(Ages:13-Now)</p>

<p>I would say that's about it. I also want to be a pre-med student and am not quite sure what my major will be?: Spanish, Biology, Chemisty, Psychology</p>

<p>If you could give me information about my chances at:
Northwestern University-
Wash U in St. Lou-
U of Illinois-
Iowa University-
Brown-
Cornell-
Duke-
Indiana U-
Vanderbilt-
Butler U-</p>

<p>Please respond to this if you can. Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>and also for U of Chicago.</p>

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<p>Academic record is pretty good. The 4 B's are of course a bit of a blemish, and although you're taking six APs senior year, I'm not sure how colleges will view that (it's in pretty serious contrast to 10/11 AP record). Is that class rank supposed to read 20 or 21 /266? </p>

<p>Your sports and your job are positives. I really don't know if ECs need to be "well-rounded" (so, your lack of volunteer work may or may not hurt you).</p>

<p>Northwestern University-low reach
Wash U in St. Lou-who knows, this school's admission process is absurd
U of Illinois-match
Iowa University-match
Brown-reach, also tough to tell what Brown likes
Cornell-low reach, rank and ACT are a little low but C admits a lot of people
Duke-reach
Indiana U-match
Vanderbilt-low reach
Butler U-match
UChicago-reach with stats/ECs, but an essay raises the dead here</p>

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<p>For the class rank, my school has an unweighted class rank and a weighted class rank. I was trying to say that my class rank=
Unweighted-20/266
Weighted-1/266
I'm not sure which I submit to college but obviously I would hope weighted haha.</p>

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<p>oh. well that makes quite a bit of a difference, you need to figure that out</p>

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<p>ok joelyam, let me give this a try.</p>

<p>Northwestern University- reach
Wash U in St. Lou- reach/high match
U of Illinois- low match, maybe even safety
Iowa University- low match, maybe even safety
Brown- high reach
Cornell- high reach
Duke- reach
Indiana U- low match, maybe safety
Vanderbilt- match
Butler U-safety</p>

<p>good luck joelyam.</p>

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<p>bump.
Thank you for your words on this.</p>

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<p>I also just read that most schools use your weighted GPA to determine class rank. Unweighted GPA determines your GPA haha. So, if I find this true, then I would be #1 and I do not share that rank with anybody.</p>

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<p>You're referring to high schools with "schools"? Or colleges?</p>

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<p>Sorry, I meant the colleges/universities use weighted class rank. Sorry for the confusion.</p>

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<p>Well they use whatever is given to them by your high school, UW or W. The college takes your rank and sets it aside. While colleges have their own ways of calculating/weighting GPA, they cannot manipulate class rank.</p>

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<p>Yea, so I'm sure that my school will send them my weighted class rank since it's higher. So I shouldnt be too badly off.</p>

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<p>bump. </p>

<p>I want some more opinions PLEASE!</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>Please a few more opinions )=</p>