Yes...Another Chances Thread

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a junior, and don't know which schools I might be able to get into. Any advice or suggestions you could give me would be very helpful.</p>

<p>I am a white male, attending an averagy high school in Wyoming, with a graduating class of around 200. I have taken all the honors classes possible.</p>

<p>What are my chances for:
Princeton
Harvard
MIT
Stanford
Pomona
U. Pennsylvania
Others (these are just my reaches)</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 4.00
Class rank: 1
ACT: 34</p>

<p>APs:
Junior year: Chemistry, US Government and Politics, US History
Senior year (planned): English Literature/Language, Physics, Calculus AB
<em>I also plan to take courses at the local community college to supplement my school's offerings if necessary, particularly in the summers</em></p>

<p>Activities/Honors:
Junior Class President
Expect to get National Merit
National Honor Society
Start on varsity basketball team, and will go to the world championship 3 on 3 tournament. Winner of the state tournament.
Varsity tennis team
Paid internship at a local bank this summer
Chess club
Math team
Key club
Plan to do the UDOC program next summer
Big Brother, plus tutor elementary school students twice a week</p>

<p>I expect to get excellent recommendations, and write great essays.</p>

<p>My primary interest is business, especially investment banking. I also may pursue a career as an engineer, scientist, or doctor.</p>

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<p>Anyone at all?</p>

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<p>Please???????</p>

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<p>Clearly your stats are good but your ECs are not. HYPSM reject more than half of Vals and 2400s, and I woul;d expect you'll be in that half. Pomona and Penn over 50% chance.</p>

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<p>I also agree, your ECs aren't much. I would focus on a killer essay.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Oh give me a break. He has great EC's. They show dedication to what he loves---basketball. To be able to balance such a rigirous academic schedule with a commitment to basketball is next to impossible, and I am positive these schools will see you as a great person for that. You show interest in things that are important to you and things which should be important to all succssful people: your own personal interests as well as a desire to do well in school. You are a National Merit Scholar, you have a GREAT ACT Score, and many other things. I'd say you have a good chance at all of your schools.</p>