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diontechristmas · 10-30-2009, 11:27 AM

I'll put this as bluntly as possible: You have as good a chance as anyone of getting into the 'crapshoot' schools. There's no reason to ask for chances, because you're well within their ranges. It'll simply come down to stuff that's not in your control. Good luck.

hudsonvalley51 · 10-30-2009, 01:05 PM

I'd like to congratualte the OP for posting his actual grades in a "Chance" post. This way we can see for a fact -- as long as he is telling the truth -- that he is a 4.0 student. Even discounting the non-core courses this is a true-to-life 4.0 student. What we usually get, in contrast, is a weighted GPA that was calculated using a methodology known only to the poster.

Keasbey Nights · 10-30-2009, 04:03 PM

diontechristmas - thank you for your kind words. As I suspected, the essays, interviews, and recs will most likely be the determing factor for admissions.

hudsonvalley51 - thank you for your kind words. Florida's weighting system is weird and useless, seeing as it gives 6.0s for an A in an AP class. I have some crazily high weighted GPA, but it's only for class rank purposes. If anybody does not believe my grades, I can scan my report card (obviously blotting out private information).

Keasbey Nights · 10-31-2009, 06:41 AM

I'm going to have to bump this.

diontechristmas · 10-31-2009, 10:58 PM

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I'm going to have to bump this.

That was my point--you dont need to. You need to interview well and write good essays. There's nothing else of note anyone is going to tell you here.

collegebound162 · 10-31-2009, 11:01 PM

thx for answering. I'm a closet atheist (parents are super-fundamentalist christians). I always become curious when I see things like that, even though it's not my buisness

Your scores are great, I think that wherever you get in you'll be happy with yourself. If you want to see if you improve, take the SAT again, but I wouldn't worry about it. From what I've heard, top schools like these put all the good scores (which you have) in a pile then look for an interesting person. Again, g'luck!

Black's Law · 11-01-2009, 12:35 AM

Ah, it's always great to see my competition

. Good resume: scores, EC's (could use some focus), and GPA/rank...You'll be fine, just distinguish yourself on the essay (well don't cause I want some of those schools) but if you MUST do something...do that

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Keasbey Nights · 11-01-2009, 10:46 AM

collegebound612 - I've been an open atheist since 6th grade. Because of this, my super-conservative parents (who are reform Jews because they're lazy) had me get a bar mitzvah in Israel. The country was awesome; the religion was not. My parents still think that atheism is just a phase. Thank you for your kind words! I signed up for the December SAT just to try and bring my score over the 2200 mark. I feel that it has a nice psychological effect.

Black's Law - I don't see myself in competition with anybody else. I see myself as competing to match what the admissions counselors deem is a student that would fit in at their school. I don't mean to be argumentative, but you said that I should focus my ECs. I think that I can focus in on a few of the key ones (seeing as stuff like music and baseball have literally changed my life). I was merely listing them all out there for feedback. Good luck to both of us!

Keasbey Nights · 11-02-2009, 04:05 PM

I'm bumping this like an infant bumps his head.

ch0iminy · 11-02-2009, 10:10 PM

Ivies are ivies, but they seem like low reaches to me. UF, Rollins and NYU= IN! GL

Keasbey Nights · 11-02-2009, 10:39 PM

Thank you very much!

Keasbey Nights · 11-03-2009, 03:53 PM

Anyone else? All comments are appreciated.

justchuck · 11-22-2009, 09:11 PM

You will get in to Princeton, that's my guess.
You could have mentioned in your first post that your mom does interviews for them, LOL.

disgone · 11-22-2009, 09:15 PM

Princeton (legacy) - Low Reach
Harvard - Reach
Yale - Reach
Columbia - Low Reach
UPenn - Low Reach
Georgetown - High Match
Stanford - Reach
WashU at St. Louis - High Match
UNC Chapel Hill - Match
UMich Ann Arbor - Match
NYU - In
UF - In
Rollins College - In

Chances?

leilapasko · 11-22-2009, 09:50 PM

You have a fantastic shot at any of these schools, disregarding the complete unpredictability of HYPS. However, I think your legacy status will help you at Princeton, and as for everything aside from HYS, I think you have an extremely good chance of admission, if not 100%.

I also liked the reference in your title.