What are my chances for the Ivy League?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a Junior</p>

<p>SAT I: Math:800 Reading:740 Writing: 770 Total:2310
SAT II: I haven't taken these yet. Which do you suggest? I'm strongest in writing and Math</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2
RANK: Top 5%
Junior YEAR COURSE LOAD:<br>
- AP Lang & Comp
- Spanish 3 (went to a school which offer high school credits in Spanish in middle school)
- AP US History
- AP Psychology</p>

<ul>
<li>Robotics</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>AP Calculus AB
The last three I am taking at a "Governor's School" (a magnet school) and the non-AP Chemistry is the highest level Science available to me.</li>
</ul>

<p>MAJOR AWARDS: none, but I'm planning to enter a local writing contest. I live in a town of 800 inhabitants, so there isn't many possibilities.</p>

<p>ECs:
- Sorry to make a long list but here are my EC's that I'm not an Officer in (or might less important?): Chess club, Student Newspaper, FBLA, Key Club
Literary Magazine:joint-editor in chief
- Hiked 90 miles at Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in Colarado and New Mexico (Philmont is a Boy Scout High Adventure Base)
- Debate Team
- Technology Students Association:Historian and Reporter
- Boy Scouts- Senior Patrol Leader(highest youth position), Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Instructor, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Scribe
- Eagle Scout with challenging service project involving $5,000 in fundraising
- Member of the Order of the Arrow- Scouting's Honor Society
- Forensics Team
- National Honor Society:service Club- 45 hours/semester, also involves tutoring other students in Math
- Travelling : Two extensive trips thrugh Ireland
- Science Fair First place in my category 5 times, Second once at school level, always second or third art regional level
- Went to Global Competition Level in Destination Imagination (Team writes, performs play) in Middle School received 1st place at State competition level -Does this matter at all?</p>

<p>VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY: about 170 hours now (and rising) goal of 300ish hours</p>

<p>SUMMER JOB: Camp Counselor at one of the Boy Scouts of America's camps (top 2 or 3 in the nation)
ESSAYS:
-I want to do something very philosophical in writing style</p>

<p>GENDER: M
ETHNICITY: W
AID: Need financial aid b/c 3 siblings & upper middle class income
Relatives:Parents both have PhD's, Grandfather went to Clarkson(then on par w/ MIT)</p>

<p>Chances and advice please!</p>

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<p>You’re a statistical Match at any Ivy League school or Ivy Peer.</p>

<p>Meaning these are schools you should be considering.</p>

<p>Advice – visit, visit, visit. My D eliminated Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown and Penn because either she didn’t want Urban Schools or Didn’t feel at home at the schools.</p>

<p>Consider non-Ivies (any of the USNWR Top 20 – Like Chicago, JHU, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, Vandy, Wash U.</p>

<p>Consider schools which are still good, but which have somewhat higher acceptance percentages to round out your list.</p>

<p>And – Most important – find a school that is both an Economic and Academic Safety that you would be happy attending. It’s a real numbers game for the top top schools and nothing is guaranteed for anyone.</p>

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<p>You have ivy-league type stats, but your chances are hard to tell. Your GPA seems a tad low but not too bad. ECs are solid. It really depends on your essays/recommendations.</p>

<p>I would take Math II and US. Maybe Lit or Chem.</p>

<p>When looking for schools, I wouldn’t obsess too much about the Ivy status. As the above poster said, also consider non-ivy top schools. Make sure the school fits your career aspirations as well as your personality.</p>

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<p>Oh and I’m also in our school’s Student Government Association</p>

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<p>For my career aspirations, I can’t really see myself doing anything other than experimental psychology or at least with connections to (non-religious) philosophy</p>

<p>Also, after looking a LOT of near ivy leagues I felt like they weren’t what I’m looking for.
I want to attend a particularly prestigious school as an Undergrad and then choose a more specialized school. I figure that this shows intelligence AND knowledge.</p>