Chance a rising senior.. Yale, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Penn (Wharton), Notre Dame...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>SAT I (breakdown) 2280
ACT: 34
SAT II: Have not taken yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW 4.8 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 650
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography: 5 Calculus AB: 4 Language: 5 Psychology: 5 World History: 5 Physics B: 5</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: Ap French, AP Lit, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Gov’t, Honors Marketing 3-4 w/internship, H Newspaper, H AcaDeca, H Enrichment Math, Honors Accounting, Honors Intro to Business<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, DECA Titleholder, AcaDeca titleholder, Best Newspaper, National French Test 2nd place</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Academic Decathlon 3 years
DECA 2 years
French Club (president) 3 years
FBLA (president) 3 years
Key Club 3 years
Math Club 3 years
Cheerleading 4 years (3 years varsity, captain 2)
Student Democrats 2 years
Newspaper (editor) 3 years</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Job each year over summer, internship at a major commercial real estate company</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Over 400 hours, started tutoring program at local elementary schools which involved other students</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Volunteering, working, internship, spent 2 weeks in Europe after sophomore year</p>

<p>Essays: Should be excellent
Teacher Recs: Should be excellent
Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me very well it’s a big school but she’ll say good things
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
School Type: Very large Public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): from Nebraska, started tutoring program, dad didn’t attend college, mom got pregnant at young age, raised by single parent (not sure if these count)</p>

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<p>What hinder you from taking any SAT2? Otherwise, your credential is around average for those applying to top schools. Your EC is also around average. So your chance for Yale, Standord, etc would be around their acceptance average. You should have a better chance at Notre Dame.</p>

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<p>what would help do you think?
I also forgot to mention that I was in Girls State and I am in the statewide Governers Youth Council</p>

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<p>what, in your opinion, would help strengthen my chances for yale, stanford, etc.?</p>

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<p>You seem like a strong candidate for all of the schools you listed—Vandy is most likely a match. I’d recommend that you apply to NYU Stern or a similar school for a safety. But you are an incredible candidate and all of these schools would be lucky to have you.</p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

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<p>Um, you have no singular hook and your stats aren’t fantastical. If you want a legitimate shot at a top college, you’re going to need to either do something insane or play up the newspaper thing hard on your application. You don’t have any of the businessy stuff that Wharton usually looks for and Yale/Stanford are just a reach period. Vanderbilt low reach-match, ND low reach-match.</p>

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<p>Don’t get me wrong. You do have a chance for these top schools, but you are just not standing out too much from other candidates. Make sure you have a great essay. Also, get a few great scores in SAT2.</p>

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<p>Yale, Stanford: reaches, as for everyone
Wharton: reach
Vanderbilt: high match/low reach
Notre Dame: mid-match</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing me! Best of luck to you.</p>