Chance Me for Ivy League Schools

Chance Me / Match Me
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GPA: 4.4 weighted, 3.7 unweighted
(highly competitive school; #1 public school in state) (multiple students get into to each ivy regularly)

Tests: ACT 34C, 12 Writing; 770 SAT Subject WH; 800 SAT Subject US History

Born in Europe, live in south; white male

AP scores:
(Sophomore year)
World History: 5
AP Stat: 3

(took these junior year)
Human Geo: likely 4
Apush: likely 5
Gov: likely 5
Art History: likely 4
Language: Could be anything
European History: likely 5

Extracurriculars:

Sports:
Varsity Lacrosse and Varsity Soccer (2nd in state and 4th in state respectively), might try to walk on for soccer
Club soccer for 10 years

Writing:
Wrote a play that got selected along with 100 others, out of 800, to be performed at a festival
Short story published in literary magazine

Clubs:
Co-president quiz bowl, selected for National All-Star Academic Tournament to represent my state, placed highly at nationals with school
Member of history bowl, finished 2nd in state history bee, qualified and participated at national tournament

Internships:
State Legislative Page
Intern with state democratic party doing data management
Internship with non profit in New York City that dealt with connecting policy makers with policy experts

College Essay:
Topic: Expressing myself through my writing

Recommendations:
Both very good, from my European history teacher and my civics teacher

Potential major: Political Science, History, etc

Father got Master’s at Brown, mother taught social work at Yale, do either give me an advantage at those schools?

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Interesting candidate, you have legacy which gives a good advantage. Your ECs and grades are fine. Your UW GPA is a bit low though. However, you seem a bit like a generic candidate for such top schools. You have probably a slightly above average chance, but can’t be sure of anything really.

3

Gpa and scores are fine. Though your ECs are good and show your interest and talent in various fields, I would try to concentrate on some ECs that manifest and develop my passion for my prospective major. Reading your resume, impressive as it may be, I missed understanding what your major is. Of course this doesnt make ot worse but I think that involvement in your subject of interest would help a lot. The aftermath: you are definately are a competitive applicant for all schools so yes I think you do have a chance even though ivies are the most difficult schools to be accepted to. All the above mentioned were just some friendly advice to boost your chances. Good luck with everything!