Shot at the Ivies? Current students please evaluate!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I am an African American (my parents immigrated from Sudan for political reasons when I was 2) junior who lives in VA. I am very active politically in the sector of human rights as I hope to convey from my list of extra curricular activities and my future personal statement on my applications... However, I am really worried about my chances of getting into some of the universities I am applying to. Please evaluate the information below...Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:</p>

<ul>
<li>I Co-Founded a not-for profit organization called Teens 4 Peace, which encourages adolescents to promote human rights in the internatioanal community</li>
<li>Under Teens 4 Peace I was able to help organize a huge rally in order to stop the genocide occuring in Darfur, Sudan. It was a huge success, mostly becuase it was organized in Washington D.C.'s popular Dupont Circle</li>
<li>I am a regular Volunteer at the Amnesty International Headquarts in DC</li>
<li>I was an intern at INOVA Fairfax Hospital's Blood Bank</li>
<li>I Volunteered for Time Kaine's Campaign for Governor during the summer of 2005</li>
<li>I am a regular volunteer at my public library</li>
<li>I attended the Boston Area Darfur Activism Conference at Harvard University last Winter</li>
<li>I will be teaching English at a Sudanese public school this summer when I go visit my famly there</li>
<li>I will also be shaddowing Sudan's Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs</li>
<li>I am the president of my local Sudanese Youth Group</li>
<li>I am the president of my school's French Honor Society</li>
<li>I am a member of Model United Nations</li>
<li>I am the president of my school's Young Democrats chapter</li>
</ul>

<p>Transcript:</p>

<p>{9th Grade}
-English Pre-IB- B
-Geometry Pre-IB - B
-World History II Pre-IB- B+
-Biology Pre-IB- B+
-Information System- A
- PE & Health- B
- French 3- A</p>

<p>{10th Grade}
-Algebra II- A
-Chemistry Honors-B
-AP US Hisyory- A
-English Honors- B+
-French 4- B+
-PE/Health/Drivers Ed- B
-Advanced Information Systems- A</p>

<p>{11th Grade}
- AP Biology
- AP French Language
- AP Government
- Debate
- AP English Language & Composition
- Precalculus Honors</p>

<p>{12th Grade}
-AP Calculus BC
-AP English Literature
-Advanced Composition
-Currents Affairs/Economics
-Physics Honors
-AP Comparative Government
-AP European History</p>

<p>Academic Cridentials:</p>

<ul>
<li>3.68 GPA (UW)</li>
<li>School does not rank</li>
<li>No SAT I at the moment (will be taking them June 3rd)</li>
<li>SAT II Results come out on May 31 (I took US History, French, & Biology)</li>
</ul>

<p>Applying to:</p>

<p>Harvard (EA)
Yale
Brown
NYU
Columbia
Tufts
Georgetown
Princeton
Cornell
UVA</p>

<p>Please read my stats and candidly evaluate my chances! Thank you!</p>

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<p>There's really not enough information to evaluate without junior year grades and standardized tests. If you get around 1350+ on the SAT and maintain about a 3.7 UW GPA, you have a decent chance of Cornell, Brown, Tufts, Georgetown, Princeton, UVA, and NYU. </p>

<p>Columbia is probably a significant reach and I don't think you have a good chance at Harvard, Yale, or Princeton unless you get all A's this year and/or very high SAT's. Good luck!</p>

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<p>he has a good chance at all of them because he is black</p>

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<p>GSW389, is that a joke?</p>

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<p>hmm maybe, if your sats are satii's are good. i think you have a good chance. i think colleges will notice that you probably spend more time on your EC's then school, which isnt a bad thing considering your EC's.</p>

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<p>GSW389, that didn't even come off as partially educated, so i hope you were not being serious.</p>

<p>dukeclassof09, you contradicted yourself.</p>

<p>and to the OP, your list is top-heavy. i hope you aren't relying on URM status (which may not even help you) to get into those schools. i say this because your GPA is low for the schools you have selected. despite the usual AA banter on these boards, there are a number of qualified URM's who will eat up spots at top schools. find more matches and at least two safeties.</p>

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<p>How is five As, four B+es and five Bs a 3.68?</p>