Rice, NYU, Northwestern, Notre Dame

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Current Stats:</p>

<p>app. 3.8 GPA uw, prolly 4.2 Weighted
63/763 and going up- prolly 50ish? at end of semester
Toughest schedule possible-
All AP's school has to offer, everything else honors</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2080
SAT 2: MATH 2- 710
Chem: 580
Lit: 580
ACT: 30</p>

<p>Xtra Currics:
Basketball 3 years- Co captain all three years
Several Clubs, including:
Photo Club- 2 yrs
Bowling- 2 yrs
Senior Men- 1 yr.- Consultant to President
Ping Pong- 1 yr.
Ethnicity Club- Created Club</p>

<p>Volunteer:
app. 600-700 service hours
President of YMCA Volunteering
Member of the YMCA Board of Directors- Youngest member</p>

<p>What do you guys things my chances are at Rice, NYU, Northwestern, Notre Dame</p>

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<p>higher sat. my rice interviewer said that rice has a cutoff for sat and it is around 1400. try to get that a little higher.</p>

<p>nyu maybe
northwestern - reach
notre dame - maybe
rice - reach</p>

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<p>how strong are my chances? at rice, n'western mainly</p>

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<p>id say u have a chance at all of them, just highlight something about urself that makes ua person over a stat</p>

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<p>Um. you were varsity basketball since your sophmore year? That doesn't happen very often. Going up 13 spots in one semester is very unlikely, I think you are shooting too high. However, your SATS aren't too bad what is the breakdown? Hopefully your sat writing was the worst one, also your sat 2's are =. Anyways yeah um gl with that. Have any proof of the ymca board? Id like to see that</p>

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<p>anyways... what do yall think my chances are at rice?</p>

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<p>your chances @ rice are pretty slim. unless you make ur essays really kick ass. you show no true interest--you havent done anything for 4 years..except basketball..maybe?</p>

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<p>Rice is mad hard to get in....Im applying there just for the heck of it...I really wanna go there but i dont expect to get in. My friend got into Wash U w. a full ride but wait-listed at Rice 5 years ago... her stats.... 1/200 1520 ... class pres, captain of field hockey team, over 7 clubs, killer essay...yeah good luck.</p>

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<p>rice does not have a cutoff at 1400. maybe it seems that way, but there is no actual rule.</p>

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<p>ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah, there's no cut off.</p>

<p>the initial "swipe" cut-off score for each section is probably around 680, so you might want to improve your SATs...and SAT II cut-off score is probably around 650-700ish, so you might REALLY want to improve on that.</p>

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<p>So how come you just totally ignored my questions? Proof of YMCA boards? I checked online, all the board of directors seem to be directors/CEOS of big companies unless i am mistaken (which i could very well be) and you were varsity sports since sophmore year?</p>

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<p>Northwestern, Rice, and ND all look like a bit of a reach, as they are for everyone</p>

<p>NYU is definetely easier to get in, so I'd feel safe with admission there</p>

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<p>i dont know how i can show you proof of the YMCA Board, other than the fact that I was elected by popular vote and my Head Chair is Bill Powell. And yes, Varisty basketball since sophomore year.</p>

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<p>o, btw, my board is of Greater Houston, whose head director is the guy from Continental Airlines, fyi</p>

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<p>you won't get into northwestern</p>

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<p>wow, people are jerks.
Look at the NW forum--a good deal of applicants got in (early at least) who had much lower stats than yours.</p>

<p>I definitely think you have at least a decent shot at all of them, especially Notre Dame (are you Catholic?) and NYU. I don't know much about Rice, but if NW's early applicants are any indicator, you have a pretty decent chance there, too.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks vanilla</p>

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<p>btw vanilla, could you post a link where you found their stats?</p>

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<p>You have a "chance". Nobody can give you an exact probability. As long as it's not "zero", what difference does it make? If you like the schools, just go ahead and take a chance. Don't worry about what others say.</p>

<p>In the ED round, quite a few CC members with stats comparable to yours got into Northwestern this year. However, RD round is harder. Last year, the average (ED+RD) SAT of the enrolled freshmen was 1403.</p>

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<p>Stats show at least a few people who got in with SATs in the 1900 range. Don't forget, though, that's with early decision to NW.</p>

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