WHat's the best school I can get into?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Which tier of schools can I expect to get into? I realize that any one school is very random, but if I apply to all of the schools in that tier, for which would I likely get into at least one? </p>

<li>Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford/MIT/Caltech</li>
<li>Duke/Dartmouth/Brown/Penn/Chicago/Columbia/Penn</li>
<li>Northwestern/Cornell/WUSTL/Rice/Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>Vanderbilt/Emory/Notre Dame/Carnegie Mellon/Georgetown/Tufts/USC</li>
<li>Wake Forest/Lehigh/Brandeis/NYU/Rochester/Boston College</li>
</ol>

<p>I understand completely about fit and all that, and chances are I’ll go to a UC, but I am trying to see if it’s worth looking at private schools. This is especially hard to gauge since I am somewhat of a splitter. </p>

<p>My basic stats:
White male
SAT: 2390 (800 M, 790 CR, 800 W)
GPA: 3.67 uw, 4.13 w in all upper-lane/AP classes, school does not rank
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 French
APs: Seven 5s, one 4
School: Good California public (22/~400 went to HYPS, 22 to Berkeley, so about 5% for each)
ECs: Somewhat sparse (4 years varsity tennis - #1 singles junior year, 4 years chess club - won state championship, NMSF, a little community service etc.)
Relevant Legacies: Cal Tech, Barnard (does that mean anything for Columbia?), Stanford (grad school), Chicago (grandmother).</p>

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<p>1-5 = reach, your GPA is crap, sorry.</p>

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<p>wow people on this site are freakin harsh.</p>

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<p>No, just some. I think USC may be a slight reach/match. Not sure because of your EC's...Any awards for them? But, your GPA is pretty high, as well as your SAT scores. Superb!</p>

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<p>Excellent stats, but weak in ECs. As for tier 1, HYP are your lowest reaches, due to your excellent academics.</p>

<p>From what you've given here, you don't demonstrate enough passion or even interest in the sciences to have a great shot at the technical schools. You're not well-rounded enough to have a good shot at Stanford, but otherwise, keep up the excellent work.</p>

<p>Although I don't agree with the way you've ranked schools into tiers. Are those in descending order of perceived difficulty of being accepted. Or by how much you want to attend those schools?</p>

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<p>Any explanation for those amazing scores with so-so grades?</p>

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<p>^ mabye just super-mean teachers. I know some teachers are complete ***holes and grade on a actual bell curve (crazies).</p>

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<p>Yes, can you please elaborate on your GPA score? Was there a HUGE upward trend from a very LOW starting GPA?</p>

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<p>um, princeton and a few others require 3 SATII's, your kinda screwed</p>

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<p>what the **** are some of you talking about? your ap grades and your test scores are amazing. maybe you're gpa is mediocre, but write some especially kick ass essays, get excellent recommendations, and i'd say you're good to go.</p>

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<p>Compared to the competition out there, his GPA isn't that high. HAVE YOU SEEN the competition this year? There are millions of students out there...literally.</p>

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<p>Millions ? Damn it !</p>

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<p>cherokeejew= the trial. they are the same person. i remember u gettin a 2390 then i looked at the scores and gpa on ur stats profile...identical</p>

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<p>1-2 are reach
2-3 you've got chances
the line is blurred</p>

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<p>I really don't understand how you ranked those schools. It's not in order of acceptance rate, because I can see several errors just at a quick glance.</p>

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<p>prestige???</p>