The Final Chance...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all! I am a white, male rising senior from northern Mass and I attend a competitive private school that sends around 10 kids a year to Ivies/top 20 and then others to top LACs, etc.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.6 weighted (A/A+ on transcript)
Rank: 2-3 / 370
Sats: (2230)
Math- 740
Critical Reading- 740
Writing-750</p>

<p>SAT subject tests:</p>

<p>760 Spanish
740 Physics</p>

<p>I have taken the hardest classes available to me, including 9 APs:
Biology
Physics -- 3 (Should I report?)
Calc AB -- 3 (Should I report?)
Calc BC
US History 1 and 2
Spanish Language
English Language -- 5
English Literature</p>

<p>Extra Curricular activities:</p>

<p>-Freshman/JV division 1 soccer
-Varsity division 1 soccer (Junior/ Senior years)
-Student Leader of "Beverly House" (Community service program) and person who strengthened/widened the scope of the program
-Newspaper (4 years)
-Spanish club (4 years)
-Sophomore Retreat coordinator/ leader
-Eagles Wings Freshman Orientation co-leader
-XBSS (one of six students chosen from grade to meet multiple times a week to plan new activities for to the school that will honor its charisms)
-Co-Leader of School-wide Immigration Initiative
-Ecuador service trip
-Spanish exchange program
-7 years of drum lessons- 3 years of African Hand drumming (studying specifically the djembe), with multiple ensembles
-100 hours of community service for/with NHS
-Little jobs around campus- i.e. filming videos for the admissions office, going to prospective student meetings at houses, blogging, etc.</p>

<p>Jobs:
Summer day camp counselor, in charge of recreational activities at Camp (3 years)
Soccer referee (2 years)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:</p>

<p>Harvard Book Award
AP Scholar
XBSS nomination (one of six students chosen from 370 kids)
Headmasters list three years (a- average or above)
Campus Ministry Award
National Merit Commendation
National Spanish Exam Gold Medals: 2009, 2010
Academic Excellence Awards:
2008: Religious studies, English and history
2009: Religious studies, English, history, chemistry, mathematics
2010: Overall Academic Excellence (English, religion, Calculus)
National Honors Society (3 years)
Foreign Language National Honors Society (3 years)</p>

<p>Recommendations:</p>

<p>2 glowing
counselor rec I assume will be OK.</p>

<p>essay is good, going through major revision</p>

<p>Please Chance for:</p>

<p>Middlebury ED
Bowdoin
Dartmouth
BC
Amherst
Colby
Cornell
William and Mary</p>

<p>Also, should I report the two 3's on the AP tests?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump that thread. bump it</p>

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<p>You are on target for all these schools, except Dartmouth which may be a reach. BC is practically a safety, you will have no trouble there. </p>

<p>If you’re applying ED for Middlebury, I would say you have an 80% chance of getting in.</p>

<p>Don’t worry about the 3’s. You can report them if you want, it won’t make a difference either way. Just worry about getting good scores on your upcoming ones.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks lyssar. Other views?</p>

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<p>Agree with lyssar</p>

<p>Basically the thing with the APs is that they can’t really hurt you. Worst comes to worst, you can still call into CB and tell them to cancel or hide the scores from certain colleges.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/954601-hypsm-hopeful-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/954601-hypsm-hopeful-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Amherst seems on the low-match for you, Cornell would be a match, and Dartmouth would be a reach.
I would report all scores since if you didn’t report it, it seems like you didn’t take the test at all because you weren’t confident with yourself.</p>

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<p>thanks. bump</p>

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<p>I would not put Midd at 80%. They get a ton of prep school applicants from MA including many legacies making it much harder than if you werree from South Carolina. I would say reasonable shot there and at Colby, W & M and Bowdoin.</p>

<p>I don’t see Dartmouth with these stats from MA and Cornell is a reach.</p>

<p>Don’t mention the 3’s if not asked.</p>

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<p>I go to W&M. You will get in there at least.</p>

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<p>@redroses: even early decision? I thought that would help me out a bit…</p>

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<p>I think ED will help at Midd, i just wouldn’t say you have a near 80% shot, you’re in a super competitive pool. 10 to ivies out of 370 does not make your school very competitive in terms of MA prep schools. Fair shot, but a deferral wouldn’t surprise me so they can view the whole pool.</p>

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<p>Fair enough. Thinking about this year, I believe 12 kids went. Usually, the kids rank in the top 10 students in the grade. So would you say I have more of a chance RD than ED?</p>

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<p>Better chance ED for sure. The top prep schools send 30% plus to ivies plus (plus is Stanford and MIT). When you add in the top 6 LACs, Duke, Chicago, Vandy, NU…it’s near 75% of the class.</p>