yes, i applied to every single ivy BUT...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>how good are my chances really? thank you!</p>

<p>STATS:
Senior
School type: competitive suburban public school
GPA. 3.86 (5 B+, 1 B, rest all A's in all three years)
Top 10 percent; all honors and APs whenever possible
Math: 740
Writing: 800
CR: 800
SAT I: 2340 (superscore)
SAT 2s: 750 Math II, 760 US, 720 Lit
APs : US History (5), European History (5), Psychology (5), Biology (5), Calculus BC (3)</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Published writer for national health magazine (my job; published several articles, appeared on TV, written pamphlet – 10, 11, 12)
School newspaper (News Editor, Copyeditor – 10, 11, 12)
Literary magazine (Editor-in-Chief – 9, 10, 11, 12)
Student Government (Senior Class President, Junior Class Vice President – 10, 11, 12))
Model UN (some Delegate Awards – 10, 11, 12)
Amnesty International (President, Secretary – 10, 11, 12)
Cross Country (9, 10, 11)</p>

<p>AWARDS AND HONORS:
AP Scholar with Distinction
Commended Student
National Honor Society and National French Honor Society
NCTE Writing Awards Nominee
Winner of national short story contest (name disclosed for privacy reasons, but it’s not that prestigious)
Published in various local newspapers (freelance journalist…have own column in local magazine)</p>

<p>WORK AND VOLUNTEER WORK:
Health Magazine (mentioned above)
Volunteer at local hospital, community center etc. (10, 11, 12)
All my freelance writing for local papers and magazines (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>INTERESTED SCHOOLS:</p>

<p>University of Chicago (accepted EA)
Georgetown (deferred EA)
Columbia
Stanford
Duke
Cornell
Wash U in St. Louis
Harvard
Yale
Washington and Lee University
Princeton
UPenn
Brown
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>I have no idea why Georgetown deferred you. You seem like a very qualified candidate. HYPS and Columbia are reaches by default since I’m assuming you’re unhooked. You have a pretty realistic shot at the rest.</p>

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<p>University of Chicago (accepted EA)
Georgetown (deferred EA)- target. i dont know why you were deferred
Columbia - reach
Stanford - reach
Duke - high match
Cornell - high match
Wash U in St. Louis - high match
Harvard - reach
Yale - reach
Washington and Lee University - target
Princeton - reach
UPenn - high match
Brown - reach
Dartmouth - reach</p>

<p>chance me?
University of Chicago (accepted EA)
Georgetown (deferred EA)
Columbia
Stanford
Duke
Cornell
Wash U in St. Louis
Harvard
Yale
Washington and Lee University
Princeton
UPenn
Brown
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>