Yale, Penn, Harvard Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Any thought’s re our daughter’s chances at Yale, Penn, Harvard? Considering Yale as an EA applicant, She is away working as a counselor at a camp, where she is without access to a computer for 8 weeks, so I’m posting this for her. Essential info is:</p>

<p>Extremely competitive, well-regarded, suburban Boston HS</p>

<p>SAT (1st time): CR 740, Math 750, Writing 770 (Will probably re-take this fall)
SAT Subject Tests: Bio (as sophomore) 710, History 770, Math IIC 750, Lit 800
AP US History: waiting for score</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (UW), 4.9 (W)
High Honors 11/12 terms, Honors (1 B+) 1/12 terms</p>

<p>Jr. year courses: AP US History, Honors English, Honors Math, Honors French, Chem, Honors Band (all A’s)</p>

<p>Sr. year courses: AP English Lit, AP English Writing (Journalism), AP French, AP World History, AP Math, Physics</p>

<p>EC activities:</p>

<p>9th: </p>

<ul>
<li>Newspaper, junior staff; Book Review Editor</li>
<li>Speech Team</li>
<li>Freshman play, stage crew</li>
</ul>

<p>10th:</p>

<ul>
<li>Newspaper, junior staff; Book Review Editor; Arts Editor</li>
<li>Speech Team</li>
</ul>

<p>11th:</p>

<ul>
<li>Newspaper, junior staff; Arts Editor; Editor-in-Chief</li>
<li>Symphonic Band (Honors Band)</li>
</ul>

<p>12th:</p>

<ul>
<li>Newspaper, Editor-in-Chief</li>
</ul>

<p>Honors & Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>Speech Team Award, 9</li>
<li>Speech Team Award, 10</li>
<li>National French Exam Award, 10</li>
<li>Outstanding Service Award, Big Sister Program, 11</li>
<li>Silver Medal, Flute Solo, Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA), - 11</li>
<li>World Language Department, Certificate of Merit for excellence in the study of French, 11</li>
<li>Williams College Book Award, 11</li>
</ul>

<p>Community service: </p>

<ul>
<li>Participant, YMCA International Camper Exchange Program (ICEP), Sweden and Russia – Summer 2004 (community service and cultural exchange program, including 40 hours of community service doing volunteer work with orphans in St. Petersburg, Russia, and children at a Swedish Y camp)</li>
</ul>

<p>Aide, girls’ camp (120 hours of community service doing volunteer work with campers as a camp aide)</p>

<p>Participant, American Cancer Society Relay for Life – 9, 10, 11</p>

<p>Big Sister Program – 11</p>

<p>Employment: </p>

<ul>
<li>Summer 2005 – Aide (volunteer), girls camp in Berkshires</li>
<li>Summer 2005 – Part-time lifeguard, apartment complex pool</li>
<li>Summer 2006 – Ass’t Counselor and Lifeguard, girls camp in Berkshires</li>
</ul>

<p>Hobbies, Interests, Travel:</p>

<ul>
<li>Reading</li>
<li>Flute (8 years, including 3 years of lessons and chamber music trios at the New England Conservatory)</li>
<li>Piano (10 years)</li>
<li>Photography</li>
<li>Travel in Sweden and Russia (Summer 2004)</li>
<li>Camp</li>
<li>Red Cross certified lifeguard (certified Summer 2005)</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks for your comments!</p>

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<p>Do you mind telling the school?
Boston Latin?</p>

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<p>lol boston latin...they send like 10000000 kids to harvard</p>