Want to know your chances?

<p>Thanks circumlocution. pretty sure it's one rec for your school though I haven't seen the application. As far as the financial aid thing, the answer is no, the school has enough qualified applicants who are paying that it does not need to reject anyone who cannot pay or give bonuses to those who can. If the stock market implodes then they might not be so cocky. Ccsbm, SAT IIs are soft factors that compliement your application. So IF you're gunning for sciences then yes. If you want liberal arts then you can "forgot" to report them for a bit. Though it's not going to be a big deal either way since both scores are quite good.</p>

<p>cr:640 maths: 750
gpa 4.0 unw top5%
MSB
thanks!!</p>

<p>381 apply; 102 accepted - no problem</p>

<p>(best CR & Math from two sittings)
CR: 800
M: 660
GPA: 3.9unw, 4.4w
My school only reveals what decile each student is in: I'm in the top 10%.
NMSF; applying for SFS.
Thanks so much!</p>

<p>NEW SCORES! (^Wow, we're pretty similar)</p>

<p>CR: 800
M: 650
GPA: 3.86
Top 10%</p>

<p>Lots of EC's, a few state awards.</p>

<p>applied EA to McDonough for finance major</p>

<p>SAT I
Math 750 CR 750 Writing 780 (11 essay) (2280/1500) (all in one sitting)</p>

<p>sat II's in december, but all will be in 700-800 range</p>

<p>GPA 4.0 UW
no class ranks, but in top 10% (highest bracket they give)
very competative parochial school, sent three to gt last year
very good ec's</p>

<p>SAT:</p>

<p>1st time
M750
CR600 (I really wasn't feeling very well that day)</p>

<p>2nd time
M720
CR760</p>

<p>superscore:1510</p>

<p>AP USH: 5
AP Macroecon: 4
AP Microecon: 4
AP Calculus AB: 4
AP Chem: taking it this year</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83 (as calculated by my school. Georgetown might have a different way of calculating it; I'm in a Canadian school). School doesn't weight GPA or provide ranks. Counselor wrote down top 20%, but I think I'm much closer to 10% (it's reflected in the recs). Taking 3 university courses - 2 first year ones (history + philosophy), 1 second year (poli sci)</p>

<p>EC's
pretty strong - president of 3 clubs; hosted a debate in an election, etc</p>

<p>Rec's
Pretty strong as well. My socials teacher especially adores me.</p>

<p>I'm applying EA to the SFS</p>

<p>I posted on this thread before, but I have more concrete data now. Mario, if you could provide some statistical and qualitative evaluations, it'd greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>

<p>sorry. Forgot to mention SAT II in my post. I will be taking US Hist and Math IIC in nov. Expecting 750 or better for both (possibly 800 for hist).</p>

<p>She is in the top 5% of her class
SAT I - (M) 800
(CR) 740</p>

<p>Her dream schools are Penn, Georgetown, and Emory University (Atlanta).
Applying to Georgetown College, probable Political Science major - strong law interest</p>

<p>GPA = 4.0 (UW) (weighted 4.485)
National Merit Semifinalist
Senior year -
AP US Gov
AP Calc BC
AP Macro & Micro Econ
AP Physics</p>

<p>highly competitive private school
strong EC's (WE think)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
US History - 710
Math Level 2 - 790
French - 590</p>

<p>APs
Calc AB - 5
US History - 4
French - 3</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<h2>applyin to rutgers</h2>

<p>math - 700
reading - 540</p>

<p>GPA 3.8
top 25
very competitive high school</p>

<p>25%*---------
pls answer
thanks</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 uw 4.7 w
Class Rank: officially top 10%, unofficially top 2%
(I transferred after freshman year, which messed with my ranking due to different systems, but my counselor is including an addendum using just my current high school's grades and that's how it changes from top 10% to 2% )</p>

<p>SAT Math: 780
SAT CR: 760
SAT II BIO: 750
SAT II US: 780
SAT II MATH 2: 730</p>

<p>Applying to the College (EA)</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

<p>(best CR & Math from two sittings)
CR: 800
M: 660
GPA: 3.9unw, 4.4w
My school only reveals what decile each student is in: I'm in the top 10%.
NMSF; applying for SFS.</p>

<hr>

<p>NEW SCORES! (^Wow, we're pretty similar)</p>

<p>CR: 800
M: 650
GPA: 3.86
Top 10%</p>

<h2>Lots of EC's, a few state awards</h2>

<p>Indeed, you two fall in the same range: 21 applicants; 6 acceptances. so congratulations on the scores simpson. i would suggest you both emphasize soft factors like ec's since this is a competitive bracket to be in.</p>

<hr>

<p>applied EA to McDonough for finance major</p>

<p>SAT I
Math 750 CR 750 Writing 780 (11 essay) (2280/1500) (all in one sitting)</p>

<p>sat II's in december, but all will be in 700-800 range</p>

<p>GPA 4.0 UW
no class ranks, but in top 10% (highest bracket they give)
very competative parochial school, sent three to gt last year</p>

<h2>very good ec's</h2>

<p>232 apply; 133 accepted - good luck on those SAT IIs</p>

<h2>hehe299792458:</h2>

<p>2nd time
M720
CR760
high aps</p>

<h2>GPA: 3.83 (as calculated by my school. Georgetown might have a different way of calculating it; I'm in a Canadian school). School doesn't weight GPA or provide ranks. Counselor wrote down top 20%, but I think I'm much closer to 10% (it's reflected in the recs). Taking 3 university courses - 2 first year ones (history + philosophy), 1 second year (poli sci)</h2>

<p>This is difficult for me to gauge since the counselor's number is what is most important. I am showing you have roughly 16 applicants and 3 acceptances given similar numbers. 2nd decile makes things tough no matter what school you are trying to get into, but 20% odds of admission are pretty good and given your ap's and , hopefully SAT IIs, I think your chance is more like 30%. Just be thankful you aren't applying to the business school, for some reason last year they were especially brutal to people in the 2nd decile. yeesh. not sure what happened there.</p>

<p>------------She is in the top 5% of her class
SAT I - (M) 800
(CR) 740</p>

<p>Her dream schools are Penn, Georgetown, and Emory University (Atlanta).</p>

<h2>Applying to Georgetown College, probable Political Science major - strong law interest</h2>

<p>81 apply; and it looks like 34 are accepted (I have a weird line on my sheet, it's either 32 or 34.). </p>

<h2>-----------applyin to rutgers</h2>

<p>math - 700
reading - 540</p>

<p>GPA 3.8
top 25</p>

<h2>very competitive high school</h2>

<p>0 apply and 0 are accepted. though I encourage you to send in your application anyway, since we've never gotten a rutgers application sent to us. there's no telling what might happen. the possibilities are limitless.</p>

<hr>

<p>GPA: 3.8 uw 4.7 w
Class Rank: officially top 10%, unofficially top 2%
(I transferred after freshman year, which messed with my ranking due to different systems, but my counselor is including an addendum using just my current high school's grades and that's how it changes from top 10% to 2% )</p>

<p>SAT Math: 780
SAT CR: 760
SAT II BIO: 750
SAT II US: 780
SAT II MATH 2: 730</p>

<h2>Applying to the College (EA</h2>

<p>no problem, but it would help to know if you're applying for a liberal arts degree or a science/pre-med program for me to provide info!</p>

<p>Thanks for the information Mario. For the GPA, would it have been better if it were left blank? My school doesn't rank at all and I had to persuade my counselor to write down a number. It's mostly pure guess, and he tends to be very conservative.</p>

<p>Old person, new numbers :D</p>

<p>SFS
SAT I: 780M/750CR/800WR - single sitting
SATII: 780MII/740Chem Taking 2 more in Nov.
Class size 800, rank top 2%. Very competitive public</p>

<p>-International. English 2nd lang :D-</p>

<p>Thanks so much :)</p>

<p>Hey, Im applying for a liberal arts degree (political economy)
My other info you already have. </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

<p>ok here's mine</p>

<p>1400 SAT (710 CR, 690 M)</p>

<p>still need to take SAT IIs</p>

<p>63/1263 in competitive public texas school</p>

<p>Hispanic student, billingual, immigrant from Argentina</p>

<p><em>Liberal Arts</em>
SAT I (highest combined) - 700 CR / 700 M / 690 V
SAT II - 730 Lit / 690 WH
4.0 Weighted
No class rank - Estimated Top 5% - Catholic HS
Asian American</p>

<p>And thank you!</p>

<p>Liberal Arts (political economy)
750-math, 690-verbal
92uw, 94w, my high school doesn't convert it
780 US
710 Math II
620 World History
strong extracurriculars and recs
very competitive public high school-no official rank but between 5-10%
five AP courses plus alot of honors classes throughout high school
National Honor Society, Spanish, and Science Honor Society
Thank You!</p>

<p>get excited everyone... i figured out how to quote things!!</p>

<p>
[quote]
Thanks for the information Mario. For the GPA, would it have been better if it were left blank? My school doesn't rank at all and I had to persuade my counselor to write down a number. It's mostly pure guess, and he tends to be very conservative.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>Well, 3.83 is a high GPA so I don't see a problem with that. You should ask your counselor why he wrote down top 20% if it is not based on anything. If there is no rank provided by the school, then it is much better to say No rank than Top 20%, since Top 20% is so general as to be detrimental to the application.</p>

<p>
[quote]
Class Rank: officially top 10%, unofficially top 2%
(I transferred after freshman year, which messed with my ranking due to different systems, but my counselor is including an addendum using just my current high school's grades and that's how it changes from top 10% to 2% )</p>

<p>SAT Math: 780
SAT CR: 760
SAT II BIO: 750
SAT II US: 780
SAT II MATH 2: 730</p>

<p>Applying to the College

[/quote]

81 apply; 40 accepted</p>

<p>
[quote]
Old person, new numbers</p>

<p>SFS
SAT I: 780M/750CR/800WR - single sitting
SATII: 780MII/740Chem Taking 2 more in Nov.
Class size 800, rank top 2%. Very competitive public</p>

<p>-International. English 2nd lang -

[/quote]

solid improvement, congratulations. 68 apply; 40 are accepted</p>

<p>
[quote]
ok here's mine</p>

<p>1400 SAT (710 CR, 690 M)</p>

<p>still need to take SAT IIs</p>

<p>63/1263 in competitive public texas school</p>

<p>Hispanic student, billingual, immigrant from Argentina
JuanEatsPandas is offline

[/quote]
</p>

<p>need to tell me what school youre applying to.</p>

<p>
[quote]
<em>Liberal Arts</em>
SAT I (highest combined) - 700 CR / 700 M / 690 V
SAT II - 730 Lit / 690 WH
4.0 Weighted
No class rank - Estimated Top 5% - Catholic HS
Asian American</p>

<p>And thank you!

[/quote]

sure, no problem. 913 apply; 240 are accepted. If you're really in the top 5% then your odds go up significantly within that range. </p>

<p>
[quote]
Liberal Arts (political economy)
750-math, 690-verbal
92uw, 94w, my high school doesn't convert it
780 US
710 Math II
620 World History
strong extracurriculars and recs
very competitive public high school-no official rank but between 5-10%
five AP courses plus alot of honors classes throughout high school
National Honor Society, Spanish, and Science Honor Society
Thank You!

[/quote]
</p>

<p>no problem. 897 apply; 232 accepted. Good luck!</p>

<p>as an aside: we're getting ready to start doing accepted student early action phone calls in november and i hope i get to call some of you. if you get deferred don't sweat it. as i mentioned a million times i was deferred. just let admissions know you're still interested, that is -- if you still ARE interested! a lot of times people think they really want to go here but visit other schools in the spring and change their mind. don't get too stressed.</p>