The Chances Game!!! (A Whole New Spin on Chances)

<p>I'm glad to see that people are using this thread rather than making chances threads that are a mile long and that no one wants to read through. This thread just simplifies the whole thing. </p>

<p>Mikenthemaddog66:</p>

<p>MIT and Princeton - Too hard to call. You have a shot at both.
Chicago - You should get in
Rice - You're in
Coulmbia - You should get in</p>

<p>Two more schools to be chanced (Probably not going to apply to either, but I'm curious):</p>

<p>Villanova and Cooper Union</p>

<p>High School: Very Well Known, competitive, Catholic in NYC
SAT: M: 710 / CR: 640 / WR: 680 / (2030 total, 1350/1600)
GPA: 96.4 Weighted (about a 92 / 100 Unweighted)
Rank: 21/278
EC's: Decent w/a lot of volunteer work as a camp counselor.
Extra: Took pretty hard courses, almost all Honors w/6 APs</p>

<p>I was skipped! I am outraged!</p>

<p>Schools- Dartmouth (ED), Notre Dame (EA), Brown, Cornell, Williams, Colgate
High school- Very competitive, top private school in the Southeast
Test Scores- ACT-31 SATII Lit 710, USH 630
GPA- 3.65 UW
Rank- ~20%
EC's- In between Very Good and Outstanding
Extra- URM--> Hispanic</p>

<p>Sorry Sanchez07. A bunch of posts just popped up. I'll chance you now: </p>

<p>Dartmouth: Reach
Notre Dame: Match
Brown: Slight Reach/Reach
Cornell: Slight Reach/Match
Williams: Reach
Colgate: Match</p>

<p>Hepstar
You should get into both</p>

<p>Sanchez07
Dartmouth ED: Match-Slight Reach (good chance)
Notre Dame EA: Match
Brown: Match-Slight Reach (again, good chance)
Cornell: Match-Slight Reach (lol..again)
Williams: Slight Reach (fair chance...hard to tell)
Colgate: Match</p>

<p>Schools: Penn Wharton (ED), NYU Stern, Michigan, Northwestern, Columbia
School: Not competitive, basically unknown
SAT: 800M, 700CR, 800W (2300), 740 Spanish, 790 Chemistry, 750+ Math II
GPA: 3.93UW, 4.54W
Rank: 1/566
ECs: Decent</p>

<p>I was only joking. But thanks.</p>

<p>Wharton:Reach
Stern: In
Michigan: In, PA-Match
Northwestern: Match:
Columbia: Slight Reach-Reach</p>

<p>Schools: Penn CAS (ED), Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, UVA
School: Very competitive school on Long Island, sends 20+ to ivies every year
ACT: 34 SAT: 1460/2190 SAT II: 780 US, 770 Phys, 740 Math I
GPA 95 W, strong upward trend
No Rank
ECs: Good
Very good work experience (internship)</p>

<p>Penn: Reach
Cornell: Slight Reach
Northwestern: Slight Reach
Georgetown:Slight Reach
UVA: Match</p>

<p>Schools Applying: Princeton (ED), Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins
High School: Very Competitive School in NY, sends like 30+ students to Ivies
Academics: SAT- 1490/2210, SAT II - Chemistry: 750 Math IC: 740
Biology M: 710, GPA: 98 (Weighted) upward trend
ECs: Really Great. You can clearly see incredible passion and committment to activities</p>

<p>These chances threads really mean nothing. Random high school students giving their perspectives on your chances at getting into college?</p>

<p>hey i was skipped as well! somebody do mine please, Here they are again:</p>

<p>1) Notre Dame, Holy Cross, Richmond, Villanova, Boston College, Binghamton, Colorado-Boulder, Clemson, Wake Forest, Pepperdine
2) Very competitive private high school in NYC
3)SAT: CR- 640, M-650, W-630
4)GPA: 3.5 uw (w/ many honors and 2 AP's)
5) EC's: Excellent (alot of service/catholic stuff), 4 yr sports</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

<p>Notre Dame: reach</p>

<p>I haven't heard of the other schools.</p>

<p>1) Penn (ED) M+T ->Wharton, NYU Stern, UCB Eng, UMich, RPI, JHU (legacy), Rutgers, Northwestern, Duke?, Columbia?, UIUC?
2) New magnet-esque hs in NJ - 2nd grad class
3) SAT: 730m610cr620w 760chem700ic...expecting >780iic
4) GPA: ~3.9 UW (~94%) Most Rig. Sched. - No Rank (but about 6-9 out of 45 <- sucks when you w/ tons of smart ppl)
5) Excellent</p>

<p>1.) List of schools Colgate ED, Tufts, Colby, Lafayette, Bucknell
2.) Small college-prep public high school on the west coast
3.) ACT 29
4.) GPA un 3.95/w 4.15
5.) class rank 2
6.) EC's and awards - very good
7. Extras - teacher recs. will be outstanding; demonstrated love of intellectual challenge, taken the hardest courses our school offers, varsity athlete, selected to visit India on a community service project, raised lots of $ both before and after. Selected for several leadership/scholar opportunities, participated in national science competition, state winner of essay contest</p>

<p>User Name: richardfev
Gender: M
Location: Antarctica
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.30
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 700</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 800
ACT: 36
SAT II Literature: 790
SAT II U.S. History: 800
SAT II World History: 800
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 780</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: AMC 12-- 150
AIME-- 14
Professional-level Piano (12 years)
Columbia Engineering Program (Summer '05)
Scientific Research published in Scientific American
Leadership positions: Student Body President
Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper
Honors and Awards: National Merit Semifinalist
National Science Bowl Team (3rd place)
Westinghouse Prize (2004)
School Physics and Calculus awards
College Summer programs: Stanford Physics Program (Summer '06)</p>

<p>SJTH, I'll chance you, but remember to chance the person above you.</p>

<p>Colgate ED: slight reach
Tufts: Reach
Lafayette: Match/low match
Bucknell: Match
Colby: slight reach/match</p>

<p>I'll also chance you jcromero b/c you were skipped. Remember to only post up to 5 schools next time. If you want to be chanced for more than 5, you can do more than one post:</p>

<p>Wharton: Big Reach
NYU Stern: Slight Reach/Reach
UCB: Reach
JHU: Slight Reach/Match b/c you're a legacy
Rutgers: Safety
Duke: Big Reach
Columbia: Reach
Northwestern: Reach</p>

<p>Everyone remember to list 5 schools or less per post b/c no one wants to have to read a list w/a ton of schools. </p>

<p>I have another pair of schools to be chanced:</p>

<p>Rensselaer and Carnegie Mellon
High School: Very Well Known, competitive, Catholic in NYC
SAT: M: 710 / CR: 640 / WR: 680 / (2030 total, 1350/1600)
GPA: 96.4 Weighted (about a 92 / 100 Unweighted)
Rank: 21/278
EC's: Decent w/a lot of volunteer work as a camp counselor.
Extra: Took pretty hard courses, almost all Honors w/6 APs. My cousin goes to Rensselaer.</p>

<p>This is just a reminder of the guidelines for this board:</p>

<p>What should be in your post:
1.) List of schools (only pick up to 5 b/c these posts need to be short)
2.) Description of High School
3.) SAT / ACT (you may include SATIIs)
4.) GPA (indicated if it's weighted or not)
5.) class rank (if your school doesn't rank, give your decile)
6.) EC's and awards, Don't list them. Just rate them w/the following scale (please be honest):</p>

<p>Outstanding
Very Good
Decent
Poor
Non-existent</p>

<p>7.) Extra: List anything that you think benefit you in the admissions process (legacy, recruited athlete, minority status, hard couse load, etc.)</p>

<p>Remember to chance the person above you. No one should have to be skipped over.</p>

<p>RPI-low match
CMU - really depends on the major</p>

<p>bearcats, I'm going to major in business.</p>

<p>CMU is a sure reach...tepper is one of the highest ranked business schools in the nation</p>

<p>Ok since no one posted before me, I guess there's no one to chance. So here's mine</p>

<p>1.) Boston College, Lehigh, Wake Forest, Lafayette, Rochester
2.) Competitive, was at one point a couple years ago ranked the number two public school in NJ
3.) 720 M, 720 V, 700 W
4.) 91.4---Huge Upward trend, 95 and 97 GPA Junior and Senior years
5.) No class rank
6.) Wouldn't call them outstanding, but very good--3 sports plus karate, 250 hours of community service, lots of stuff with my local mosque.</p>

<p>I would be tempted to say
lehigh low match
others all matches
BC high match</p>

<p>-Ethnicity- pakistani..english my 2nd lang
-residence-nj
-gpa- 86.5
-class rank 202/584(top 34%)
-SATs(AHHHHHHHH , i suck at these ):
CR- 500, Math 580, writing 560
-Not too many AP or honors...so far 2 AP classes(Ap biology, ap statistics) and 2 honors(math and physics) in all these 4 years.</p>

<p>-Have done community service for 4 years every saturday at an Islamic School( alotttt of hours)
- Have been a an assistant and teacher at that school for 4 years for 1st n 2nd grade
-volunteered at robert wood johnson summer of 2006
-martial arts freshman year
-walksman student scholors</p>

<p>-got very good recs(2)
-and wrote a really good rutgers essay(reviewed it from teacher)</p>

<p>what my chances at..
Rutgers(top choice), Drexel, NJIT, NYIT, University of Sciences in Philly(actually got a 6k scholorship offer lol but didnt get in yet), Temple, Penn State, and Rider</p>