What are My Chances for Columbia, Yale and Dartmouth?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Intended focus: Law
SAT I (breakdown): (first try 2040, expecting at least 150 point increase on next test based on practice tests) —> hopefully
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 670 in US / taking math II in november
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure yet, 3.8+ assumed</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not sure yet, near top assumed </p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP US (4)
AP Calc AB ()
Ap Econ Micro ()</p>

<p>Awards: Scholar Athlete, National honor society/Social studies honor society prestige awards,</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-(12:Founder/President/"Hedge F. Manager") Hedge fund-Finance club
-(11,12: President) politics club
-(10,11,12 President/founder) Fitness club
-(Most improved player) Golf Team</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience/Volunteer/Community service: I work(ed) for/with various local -> state politicians, including at one point the Comptroller of NYC. I helped in various campaigns, political events, fund raisers etc, interviewed as part of a campaign of one of said politicians. </p>

<p>Summer Activities: Working with politicians on campaigns etc</p>

<p>Essays:
Personal Statement: Very very interesting way I wrote it, I don't want to go into specifics about the structure but it was very different. About my “life story” per say and how I realized exactly what I wanted to do. I was told by multiple professionals and peers that it was one of the best they’ve ever read. </p>

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<li>Why my major (Law or possibly Economics) :I want to go into politics or finance, still deciding. My application is focusing on my "politics" side.</li>
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<p>Teacher Recommendation: One I was allowed to read, and if everything works out, and she sends the one I read, it is literally amazing. The other one will hopefully be good.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I go to a large public, so it will probably be pretty generic as I've only spoken to him a few times</p>

<p>Additional Rec: From one of the politicians I worked for (ran for state assembly), going to be very very good as I'm "helping" him write it.</p>

<p>Interview: Not yet</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Middle class, pretty large school
Ethnicity: White eastern european
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Less than $120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents never graduated college, first generation American. </p>

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<p><em>bump</em></p>

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<p>Reach for all of them. Impressive resume though.</p>

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<p>I’ll edit this post after I find out my SAT score… and again if I get into my ED (Columbia)</p>

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<p>I understand what “reach” means, but, necessarily for all but a few people, Columbia, my ED school, is is a reach for every one (6.9% admissions rate) so how much of a reach is it for me? (in your and other’s opinions)</p>

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<p>Although your gpa is somewhat sub-par to ivys, I think you’ll at least get into one of them because of your political work. Probably Dartmouth, but I’m not sure you’d like it there (you seem like a big city person and Hanover has like 10,000 people in it). Good luck!</p>

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<p>I want to add that I wen’t from an 83 average freshman year to 93 sophomore and 98 junior year, significant improvement in all subjects and I got almost a perfect score in honors physics my junior year, a 99.</p>