<p>So, I looked at this site to see how I could get into an Ivy. Interested, I decided to give it a shot and post a thread. How strong are my chances?</p>
<p>I'm, technically, Caucasian of Middle-Eastern descent. My parents are both doctors.
I can speak, read, and write Arabic and Spanish.
~4.74 (out of 5.0) unweighted cumulative GPA, I think.
Currently, a 6.0 weighted GPA.
Currently, 9th out of 405 students in our graduating class.
All 5's on my AP tests.
Honours, AP classes.
2280 on my SAT (but no subject tests - yet!).
33 on my ACT.
National Honour Society and Spanish Honour Society.
Taught myself classical guitar and banjo (but no awards or anything; I play for fun).
Mock Trial for 4 years, but MUN, Academic Bowl, and Radio since junior year.
Some awards in Academic Bowl, but nothing major.
Strong teacher recommendations.
No arrests or anything like that
Avid reader/traveler, verbally articulate, socially normal, hard-worker, yadda-yadda-yadda... </p>
<p><em>pants</em> phew!</p>
<p>So. Have I got a shot at an Ivy? My goal is Dartmouth, but Harvard would be nice, too. :)
Thanks for all contributions!</p>
<p>Yes, you have a shot at Dartmouth, can’t say anything about Harvard because they are rather unpredictable. You’ll have to write great essays that make you stand out though.</p>
<p>Lots of kids with your stats get into Dartmouth but even more don’t. You will have a much better shot if you don’t come from an overrepresented state, you are low income and if your school is competitive (40% of the class were val or sal so 9 in a medium sized class won’t wow them). After that it will come down to your essay and recs.</p>
<p>Harvard? Raise the scores and find a fabulous EC you forgot to list!</p>
<p>I’m going to write some killer (in my opinion) essays, so hopefully that’ll boost my chances. Haha.</p>
<p>I believe I come from an overrepresented state. I’m not low income at all, and my school is far from competitive. ****. This isn’t looking too good.</p>
<p>Um. I guess I’ll put my heart and soul into these essays. Thanks for all the advice. I know it takes more than what you guys just listed, but I’ll make sure to follow it all.</p>