Chance at Ivies?

evilspartan92
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:40:11 +0000

Dartmouth - reach
Brown - reach
Harvard -UBER reach
Amherst - reach
Williams - reach
Wesleyan - lower reach
Brandeis - high match
Middlebury - lower reach
BC - high match/low reach
Bowdoin - lower reach
Stonehill - match
Bentley - match

You seem to have a lot of circumstances that might have contributed to your lower scores–colleges will look at these. Your ECs look above average but not spectacular. Your SAT scores/GPA are definitely on the low end of the Ivy spectrum. Take the SAT again, and try to get at least 2100+ (aka >700 in each area). Same with SAT IIs. There is not much you can do about your GPA, but if your guidance counselor writes a note saying that you were sick frosh year, colleges will take that into account.

Do ED to an ivy/top choice…and see what happens. If you don’t get in, you’ve got some great safeties to look at