What Are My Chances: Ivies to Average

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Status:
Rank: 2/300
GPA: 3.64 Unweighted 5.3 Weighted
Sat Score: 1180 (out of 1600) It’s bad i know
AP Classes Taken:
Physics B, Chemistry, Biology, US History, English Literature & Composition, US Government & Politics, and Calculus AB

Extracurricular:
Delco High-Q (Academic Questionnaire Competition)
SeaPerch (Underwater Robotics Competition)
SeaGlide (Coding oriented Underwater Robotics Competition)
Student Representative at District Board Meetings
Co-Manager of Girl’s Tennis team,
Varsity Player in Boy’s Tennis Team
National Honors Society
Physics Club
Coding Club
Robotics Club

Captain of :
SeaPerch, SeaGlide, and High-Q team

Awards (ignoring the certificate of appreciation papers)
2017 Chester Rotary Club: Student of Month Award
2014, 2015, 2016 Hi-Q 's Academic Achievement Award
2016 Chemistry Olympiad (highest score in the school)
2016 SeaPerch Competition (placed in every category in the state of PA)

Universities Applied to:(Intended major, Computer Science)
Stanford
Yale
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Carnegie Mellon
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Pennsylvania State University
Drexel University
East Stroudsburg University

Note: My School is extremely sub par in nationally and even state ranking. The vast majority of the clubs (Robotics, Coding, physics) and competitions were started by me and my friends during my years.

2

Congratulations on the class ranking! Whether or not your school is sub par doesn’t matter a whole lot, that #2 is going to look pretty good on any transcript.

I’m no expert, but I’d assume your safe for Upenn and everything from Illinois Urbana-Champaign to East Stroudsburg. Everything else is probably a reach school for you.

I’d suggest working really hard on your essay. Tons of salutatorians already attend the Harvard’s and Yale’s and Stanford’s of the world so your going to have to make yourself stand out.

Good luck!

3

What are your subject test and AP scores? Why is there such a big difference between your weighted and unweighted gpa? Normally, an unweighted gpa of 3.64 would not cause one to be second in their class.

How many times did you take the SAT and did you ever try the ACT? Stanford will want to see all your scores and Yale will want all of your scores of whichever test you submit.

4

Have you run the calculators for the non-lottery schools you applied to (Illinois to ESU)?

Are they affordable?

5

It will be tough for anything above Illinois-Urbana Champaign due to your low SAT. Maybe look to retake it, or try the ACT.

6

Out of reach
Stanford
Yale
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Carnegie Mellon

Reach
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Pennsylvania State University

Match
Drexel University
East Stroudsburg University