Yale SCEA, JHU, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
A few updated stats:</p>

<p>White Male</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (Score finally came in.)
GPA: Weighted 4.12/4.0 Unweighted 3.6/4.0
Freshman: 3.1/4.0 Sophomore 4.286/4.0 (Straight A's) Junior 4.286/4.0 (2 B's)
SAT Subject Tests: 720 Bio 750 Math IIc 730 Chem
Taking: Math IIc again, German w/Listening, Physics</p>

<p>Class rank: Between 8 and 15th/300</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman
Advanced Art A/A
Honors Bio B/A
Honors Col Alg B/B
Honors World History B/B
Spanish 2 (I got a C in here, both semesters which really hurts my GPA) C/C</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP US History (5) A/A
AP Statistics (5) A/A
Honors Eng A/A
Honors Chem A/A
Zoology A/A
German A/A (I am fluent)
Geometry A/A</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Calculus A/A (5)
Honors Trig Analy A/B
AP English Lang (4) A/A
AP Chem B/A (4)
AP Gov/AP Econ (A/A) 3/4
Spanish 3 B/B
AP Bio A/A (5)
Honors Physics A/A</p>

<p>Senior:
MultiVariable Calc
Linear Alg (Comm. College)
Spanish 102 (Comm College)
AP Physics C (Both Mech. and E&M)
AP Psych
AP Euro
AP Eng Literature
Honors Anatomy and Physiology</p>

<p>Extra Cirriculars:
Vice President of NHS
Vice President of Students for Gifted Education (A tutoring, support group- I tutor all math and science subjects)
Science Bowl- Captain this year, won State last year, did well at Nationals.
Quiz Bowl- 3 Years, Varsity A team one of the best teams in the nation.
Rocket Team (AP Physics requirement)
Soccer Freshman Year-Varsity
A local math science competition, we usaully get top 1 or two in moth regionals and sectionals.</p>

<p>Other Things:
I taught a student both Physics and Calculus over the summer so they could take AP Physics C.
I speak fluent German.
My taking community college classes over the summer resulted in me riding my bike every day about 30 miles- I did not have access to a car.</p>

<p>I worked at an engineering company for two years.</p>

<p>My Recs should be good, one phenomenal, the other pretty good.
I am an okay writer, so my essays should be good.</p>

<p>That said, with my upward trend, do I have a chance at:</p>

<p>(Also, I know that HYPS are luck after a certain point, but, I am mainly asking is it: A. Worth my money to apply to them, B: Worth applying to Yale SCEA instead of, say, JHU.)</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

<p>Yale SCEA
Princeton
Johns Hopkins (ED?)
MIT
Caltech
NorthWestern
Dartmouth (ED?)
Stanford (EA?)
And.. My state school. (Safety, no need to chance)</p>

<p>Thanks! Leave a link, Ill chance back.</p>

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<p>Wow, you must go to a very tough school to have your rank with so many Bs. I would not use the SCEA on Yale, it’s highly unlikely. P, S, M, C are also extreme long shots. ED at JHU sounds like your best bet.</p>

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<p>Good luck even getting into a state school with those C’s in Spanish.
Buena suerte lech</p>

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<p>Looks great, but I count 4 B’s junior year, not two like you say in the intro.</p>

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<p>Sorry, I was tired and went by total number as if a B was a B both semesters, sorry.
As for competitive school, yes, very, and their are quite a few teachers who pride themselves on only giving one or two A’s a year, I was lucky enough to get A’s from them occasionally. </p>

<p>As per Spanish, I have had a great number of difficulties with my Spanish teacher, which later resulted in some administrative action against her when it was discovered she had no grade book, but, my grades did not change.</p>

<p>I went into the counselor today and I am 9th our of 350, if that changes anything.</p>

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<p>That’s a pretty good rank and good ACT. I would think you would have some chance at the Ivy’s, especially Dartmouth from your list. I don’t see how it can hurt to apply. I don’t know about the early action though.</p>

<p>As for your Spanish teacher, she sounds like a real clownpuncher.</p>