<p>Do I have a chance at all? :)</p>
<p>White Male
28 ACT
8/240 in class</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What about your ECs & your GPA?</p>
<p>prolly not sirry man</p>
<p>OP, don’t stress. Your stats are good. But there is no lock at the ivies or other top schools, even with a 2400 / 36 4.0. Top schools have plenty of top applicants. Having some kind of hook, strong legacy, superstar athletics, is real important at HYPS etc. Better to be a 3.0 with an SAT 2000 with super strong/generous legacy instead of a 4.0 / 2400. Yeah, you need some decent grades/scores to get into top schools. But at those programs, the hook is very important. They reject many 2400 / 4.0 applicants every year and accept many with much lower scores/grades. Just my opinion. Good luck.
P.S. I even know one person who just got into Dartmouth with an ACT 29 (didn’t take the SAT I. and scored like a 700 on her SAT II tests.) She says she had no hook. but she did have some great ecs and was ranked in the top 5% out of several hundred. so you do have a chance.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I didn’t get any at the Ivy boards. C’est La Vie? I guess I will be fine at U of Alabama :P</p>
<p>Are you going to tell us your GPA/ECs? You’re just within range of Columbia’s middle 50% so if you can make up for the lower scores in other ways you may have a chance?</p>
<p>Education: Decatur High School
GPA: 4.1 Rank: 9/242</p>
<p>Leadership: Student Council Representative
Graduated National Youth Leadership Forum
Secretary for Young Republicans Club
Treasurer for Science Club</p>
<p>Academic: National Honors Society
Academic Letter-9th, 10th, 11th
Honors Classes and AP classes
Spanish- three years</p>
<p>Athletics: Football
Soccer</p>
<p>School Activities: Key Club
Spanish Club
Participated in production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Future Business Leaders of America
Science Club
Chamber Choir
National Educational Travel Council trip to London and Paris
National Educational Travel Council trip to Italy and Germany
Environmental Club</p>
<p>Community Service: Volunteer at St. Johns Church
Academic Tutor
Pilgrimage to Scotland
Pancake Day volunteer
Red Ribbon March
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (100 hours)</p>
<p>No chance sorry keed</p>
<p>I would not say no chance, just a long shot.
Like I said before
OP, don’t stress. Your stats are good. But there is no lock at the ivies or other top schools, even with a 2400 / 36 4.0. Top schools have plenty of top applicants. Having some kind of hook, strong legacy, superstar athletics, is real important at HYPS etc. Better to be a 3.0 with an SAT 2000 with super strong/generous legacy instead of a 4.0 / 2400. Yeah, you need some decent grades/scores to get into top schools. But at those programs, the hook is very important. They reject many 2400 / 4.0 applicants every year and accept many with much lower scores/grades. Just my opinion. Good luck.
P.S. I even know one person who just got into Dartmouth with an ACT 29 (didn’t take the SAT I. and scored like a 700 on her SAT II tests.) She says she had no hook. but she did have some great ecs and was ranked in the top 5% out of several hundred. so you do have a chance.</p>