What are my chances to get into Ivies, Little Three, UChicago?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey! So I'm a senior in high school from Jamaica (international student), who applied to the schools in the title above. I'm just curious to see what college confidential posters think are my chances while I play the waiting game with the admissions department. So here are my stats:</p>

<p>[NB It may be difficult to understand as relates to school courses because the JA school system is quite different from American (high school is from 7th-11th grade so five years; sixth from 12th and 13th grade)]</p>

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<p>Female, Afro-Caribbean ethnicity</p>

<p>Rank: 1 out of 150
GPA: 4.0 unweighted</p>

<p>SAT: 2320 composite; 2310 one sitting (second time); Math and CR 1560</p>

<p>SAT II: Bio 800, Chem 800, Math Level 1 750</p>

<p>School Courses: CAPE (sixth form; eq. to AP level; senior; 5 subjects total): Bio, Chem, Math, Sociology, Communication Studies - All A's
CAPE Unit 1 external exams: Top (highest grade) in the island and Caribbean for Sociology and Communication Studies
CXC CSEC (11th grade; eq to junior level; 10 subejcts total): Bio, Chem, Phys, Math, History, Spanish, IT, English, Literature, Business - All A's
CXC External exams: Top in the island for Bio, Chem, History, Lit; 2nd in island for Math; 3rd for IT; 4th for Physics</p>

<p>Other Academics:
Valedictorian Graduating Class of 2011
Honour Roll from 7th - 13th grade
First Honour Awards (highest) from 7th - 13th grade
Most Outstanding CSEC Student
First In Year Group from 7th to 12th grade</p>

<p>Positions of responsibility:
School Prefect - 11th to 12th grade
School Subprefect - 10th - 11th grade
Student Council Representative - 9th grade
Class Head Student
Attendance Monitor</p>

<p>Work Experience: Summer Job at Agricultural Government Agency 2010 for 1 month</p>

<p>Extracurric:
Chief Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of school online newspaper, and member of school yearbook committee
Drama Club - member from 7th to 11th grade (5 years); Secretary for 2 years; entered national festivals
Engineering Club - member from 11th to 13th grade; Public Relations Officer 12th-13th
Service clubs (Homework help programme and volunteer clubs) - three years (9th to 11th grade)
Peer Counsellor - 12th and 13th grade
Various other non-service clubs</p>

<p>Water Polo Team Member - 9th-10th grade
Volleyball team member/player - 9th to 10th grade
Rugby player - 12th and 13th grade</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
Team Member on Jamaica Cancer Society Relay for Life Team 2010
Summer Volunteer at Kingston Public Hospital (national hospital) 2009
Summer Volunteer at Hope Institute (Cancer hospice) 2010
Frequent volunteer at The Blind Society (home for visually impaired persons)</p>

<p>Total volunteer hours probably 50 in the last three years.</p>

<p>Schools applied to:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
Dartmouth
UChicago
Amherst
Williams
Wesleyan</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>I think you’ll definitely get accepted to all those schools !! :slight_smile: your stats are amazing !</p>

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<p>i am by no means an expert but you are much to well rounded for H.Y.P in my opinion your scores are excellent but you have made the mistake of spreading yourself too thin</p>

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<p>Agreed, while you didn’t do anything wrong, you seem like a tootsie perfect girl (not saying you are) and you don’t see to have any obvious inherent passions or interests. Can you PM your essay? which would perhaps show that aspect of you?</p>

<p>Maybe I am wrong, but I do hope you get accepted, and being international makes you in a very elite competitive field,</p>

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<p>IF you don’t mind, where did you get in? And decide to attend?</p>

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<p>Oh wow I’m just seeing this since I wasn’t msged that anyone replied
Umm well just as an update since I know a Jamaican like me posted on this
I got into Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams
Waitlisted by Harvard, Wesleyan, Uchicago (eventually rejected by Uchic)
Going to Yale :)</p>

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<p>Congratulations! Your stats were incredible, and I’m not at all surprised by your acceptances! You seem to deserve all of them! (the acceptances, not the rejections, I mean. lol ;P) Good luck at Yale!</p>