who's got the biggest reach?

Applying to College
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<p>wow, i'm pretty tired of people with 4.6 gpas and 2360s that have their own fortune 500 companies posting threads w/ titles like: do i have even have a chance? :((((</p>

<p>so i'm posting my own huge reaches! brown, stanford, pomona, swarthmore, wesleyan, wellesley, boston univ, bryn mawr, nyu</p>

<p>the stuff that makes them reaches: an awful experience that led to a 580 math sat II, a 3.7 uw/4.0w gpa, a 117/350 ish ranking (my school is super competitive but doesn't officially rank). </p>

<p>these are what REAL reaches are like. yeeep.</p>

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<p>Cal
UCLA</p>

<p>2.81 UC GPA
770m 690v 640w (2100) SAT</p>

<p>Considering both schools consider GPA to be the most important aspect of the admission by far..I would say those are pretty impossible reaches</p>

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<p>UCLA
UCB</p>

<p>3.73 GPA
1840 SAT
710 + 550 SAT II's</p>

<p>yeh... super reaches</p>

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<p>I'm applying to Carleton and Wellesley with 24 on ACT, didn't even bother with SAT....</p>

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<p>I just want to thank all of you for posting on this thread. I come from a nowhere public school in hicville Wisconsin where everybody complacently enrolls in a UW school. My guidance counselors have never had anyone apply East Coast so I feel like my dreams of NYU, BC, and Brown are a shot in the dark. Thanks for showing your faces amongst the scary academic robots that comprise this website. :D</p>

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<p>Here I go: Penn, JHU, USC, Case western
SAT: 630w/670cr/610m highest combined
ACT: 28
gpa: 3.882w/3.7uw (with a C+)
71/437
Terrible EC's</p>

<p>w00t go us!</p>

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<p>Brown, Wash U, JHU
SAT: 2270 (my only redeeming factor)
Gpa: 3.4 (C+ in pre-cal both semesters jr. year).</p>

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<p>GPA: 1.3
Rank: 252/386
New SAT: 870
ECs: One club, 1 hour a week
Applying to: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, MIT</p>

<p>Just kidding.</p>

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<p>My big reach is Brown, which I applied ED to. I find out in six days. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.43/3.43
Rank: 47/398
SATs: V-700, M-640, W-550 (I'm hoping they will overlook this because I have a great essay)
good ecs and leadership (nothing outstanding), went to NC Governor's school for art, great interview.</p>

<p>I have an ok profile, but probably not good enough for Brown.</p>

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<p>Columbia, Stanford, Northwestern...</p>

<p>GPA: 3.0 (Sprinkled with a few Cs and a D... in Precalc. A math class. Damn)
Rank: Not sure exactly... barely top 10%
SAT: V-760, M-680, W-710 (My best hope, but it doesn't quite make up for my GPA)</p>

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<p>Aeggie, you are in the top 10% with 3.0?! Wow, your school must be VERY competitive!</p>

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<p>Well... I don't know my exact GPA... I just know it's in between a 3.0 and a 3.4. I just went with the low one this time. Weird, but, I haven't been too number-focused, or worried about that sort of thing. A lot of the schools I'm applying to are going to be an uphill climb, but if I don't get in then that's it and it's over and there's no crying or freaking out.</p>

<p>I am sure that I'm top 10%, and those are my scores, but that's as much as I do know for sure.</p>

<p>Edit: Our average SAT score is something like 980. And only 30% of seniors take the test at all. So, yeah, tough competition.</p>

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<p>duke= Uber Reach</p>

<p>gpa: 3.83w
sat=2100 (680m&v; 740w)
sat IIs= math2:610; chem 680
okay ecs
only 1 actually nationally known award</p>

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<p>haha, i hate goldshadow. i was like, wow...1.8? </p>

<p>we rock. i'm glad icz_skaycho feels better. because i started this post to show that hopefully everyone on cc IS just the freakishly good 1% of applicants.</p>

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<p>Yay Im So Glad For This Post ! Those 4.6 People Were Seriously Scaring Me...like Wowwwww I Can Barely Pull Off A 4.0</p>

<p>Ucb
Ucla</p>

<p>3.85 W / 3.7 Uw</p>

<p>Ahh Reach</p>

<p>Sat's Dec. Don't Know Yet But Prolly In The 500s For Each One
Sat 2 Chinese 770 And Im Chinese =/</p>

<p>Mannn These Threads Are Seriously Depressing But I Keep Comeing Back</p>

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<p>this thread made my day :), I wasn't the only one who applied to high reach schools with low stats! (mine is the worst of the worst tho..)</p>

<p>Columbia, Duke, Brown
GPA: 3.88 UW (out of 4.0, we do not have weighted system)
ACT: 27
SATI : V-550, M-800, W-600
SATII: IIC-770, Chem-740</p>

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<p>Northwestern ED with a 3.5 UW!</p>

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<p>APFREAK. (10 char rule)</p>

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<p>2140 SAT (750 CR, 660 M, 730 W), 3.9 (soon to be 3.7ish) unweighted, pretty much no ECs other than gymnastics and swim...SAT IIs in Math IIC, Literature, Bio M (guessing 480, 700, and 650 respectively)...</p>

<p>...applying to Brown and UNC. Do I win?</p>

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<p>You have a 3.7 and you think you are reaching? HA</p>

<p>Quite frankly if your GPA is above 3.5 and you have a hard courseload you stand <em>somewhat</em> of a chance almost anywhere</p>

<p>I feel you on the SAT II, I bombed that. I did decent on SAT I though (720M 650+650 for the oh-so-annoying inflated verbal section(s))</p>