Where do I have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm just a junior but I'm looking at colleges and I wanted to know my chances at some of these school or if they are just out of my range.</p>

<p>Background:
Hispanic male (Colombian)
New Jersey
competitive public school</p>

<p>psat's:
math-72 (this can go a lot higher i completely blanked on one section and spent 3/4 of the time staring into space and had to rush and made stupid errors (22-6=8))
critical reading-78
writing-73</p>

<p>weighted gpa:
freshman-4.26
sophomore-4.04
junior-about 4.25 so far</p>

<p>gpa is weighted like this:
Grade = AP/Honors = Regular
A = 5.0 = 4.3
A- = 4.7 = 4.0
B+ = 4.3 = 3.7
B = 4.0 = 3.3
B- = 3.7 = 3.0
C+ = 3.3 = 2.7
C = 3.0 = 2.3
C- = 2.7 = 2.0
D = 1.3 = 1.3
F = 0 = 0</p>

<p>Highest possible is 4.67 I believe.</p>

<p>The B's I've had have been in history freshman year and honors bio last year and ap chem and spanish this year.</p>

<p>Freshman year I took regular English because I didn't qualify for honors, and took honors geometry and honors physical science. I also took 4 semesters of academic electives instead of study halls.</p>

<p>Sophomore year I took honors English, honors Algebra 2/Trig, and honors bio instead ofAP bio. I took 4 semesters of academic electives.</p>

<p>This year I'm taking AP chem, honors english instead of ap, and honors pre calc. I'm taking a year of study hall and an year of academic electives.</p>

<p>Every year I took regular history (I didn't qualify for AP last year and you must take AP sophomore year to take AP this year) and regular Spanish (no AP or honors offered). I'm in Spanish 5 this year.</p>

<p>Next year I will have AP Physics, AP Calc A/B, and AP English. I will be not be taking history. I will be taking Spanish 6. I will continue to take academic electives.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Lacrosse-4 years
Newspaper-4 years (copy-editor this year and probably editor next year)
Drama Club-2 years
Involved in 4 productions
3 Math competitions each year for 4 years
People to People Student Ambassador 1 summer</p>

<p>I have had an after-school job since the beginning of the year.</p>

<p>Top 15% in my school. (We don't do exact rank)</p>

<p>So a quick list of ones I'm looking at (this will get narrowed down a lot):
Amherst, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Claremont Mckenna, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Lafayette, Lehigh, Middlebury, Northwestern, UPenn, Pomona, USc, Stanford, Swarthmore Wake Forest, Wash U, Williams, Yale</p>

<p>Please reply and help me. If you need it I can get my exact grades.</p>

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<p>i'd say u have a good shot everywhere</p>

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<p>really? awesome. my parents similtaneously say I should look at less selective colleges and say I should apply to harvard and princeton. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>so none of those places are completely out of my league?</p>

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<p>Look at the ED threads on this site. Yale and Harvard have been described by others as a "massacre." Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia were not as bad.</p>

<p>My impression is that ED'g to "second tier" Ivies - all but YH (and, I suppose P) can be a big boost .The 2400, 4.7's ED to HY(and P) leaving a less insane candidate pool at the other schools in the ED round. In the RD round those HY(and P) deferred kids enter the "second tier" Ivy pools. </p>

<p>Brown publishes their admission stats under "facts and figures." Last year they rejected 2/3's of their valedictorians and rejected - again that's rejected - 75% of their applicants with greater than 750's on their math SAT's. HYP are worse. </p>

<p>Look at the Brown ED thread, though, many, many kids got in with lesser stats. It is a lottery.</p>

<p>The trick of this game is to love your safeties. You need to apply to a range of schools - a range in selectivity, not quality - all of which you would be delighted to attend. It is much less important than you think to get into an Ivy - University of Wisconsin has generated more S&P 500 CEO's than has Harvard. </p>

<p>And the Ivy's give no merit aid. Expected family contributions are always a shock. If your stats are good enough to qualify for an Ivy league lottery ticket, they are also good enough to get MAJOR merit aid from schools which provide the opportunity for just as good an education - better in many subjects.</p>

<p>The ED threads include kid's ethnicity, their stats, and if they were accepted or rejected.</p>

<p>beprepn</p>

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<p>well, i'm not really interested in harvard and princeton. what about my chances at the non ivy's?</p>

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<p>You're in at non-Ivies, but it all really depends on AP Scores and SAT2s...They are the real indicators of college performance.</p>

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<p>Even the ones like Stanford, Amherst, Williams, etc?</p>

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<p>those are like ivies</p>

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<p>So do I have a chance at those?</p>

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<p>Where do I have a better chance, the small liberal arts ones like Amerst, Williams, Pomona, etc., the ones like the Ivies like Stanford, Duke, etc., or at the Ivies?</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>anyone? ...</p>

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Where do I have a better chance, the small liberal arts ones like Amerst, Williams, Pomona, etc., the ones like the Ivies like Stanford, Duke, etc., or at the Ivies?

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<p>Well, which one do you think??</p>

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<p>I honestly don't know as they are all about the same selectivity.</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>anyone?...</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>OK, basically the Ivies, Stanford, and top LAC's are reaches for everyone, but I feel you have a preety good shot of landing at least one of those schools in that category, assuming your PSAT turns into your SAT score (223 PSAT...congrats!) Match at Duke, Northwestern, and USC. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input and help.</p>