Chances at an ivy league!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Here are my stats!
Stats:
SAT: 730 CR, 770 Math , 750 Writing
SAT IIs: Biology (m) 750, Literature 730
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.98 WGPA: not calculated at school, but over 4.0
Rank:20/800 (bound to increase by senior year if i continue getting straight A’s in IB)
classes: in IB (IB english, IB U.S. history, Theater, and Bio HL), , for ap’s: Biology and Calculus and French </p>

<p>EC’s
-student writer for LA youth, a youth newspaper distributed around LA county
-created a Nonprofit organization (Humanitarians for the World) that holds yearly events to raise money for Zimbabwe
-i’m interning with a state senator (bob huff)
-i’ve been on track and cross country for three years
-involved in a leadership organization, CASC and I counsel for leadership conferences and summer camps
-wrote a proposal that was presented to the California state department of education
-presented a legislative proposal in Sacramento to the California Legislative Senate Committee on education
-president and founder of a student activism club at school (based off my nonprofit) </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

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<p>I say you have a very good resume. I think you have a shot at the ivies. Youre ECs are what stands out. List some of the colleges you’re into so we can tell you exactly WHERE you have a chance at.
chance a fellow Ivy hopeful?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/708592-chances-getting-into-brown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/708592-chances-getting-into-brown.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wow, nice scores and strong ECs. I think that as long as you write good essays and get good recs, you’re pretty much set for the lower-level Ivies (i.e. not HYP, which are reaches for almost anyone). Try for those, too, though, if you want.</p>

<p>Chance back, please?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/707610-please-chance-me-ive-never-done-before.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/707610-please-chance-me-ive-never-done-before.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>do you think my rank is too low…</p>

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<p>Your rank doesn’t put you out of the running but won’t help. Even at the ‘lower’ ivies, most unhooked students are at the very top of their class. It does help a little if the top kids at your school are not applying to the same colleges you are.</p>

<p>With the mid tier ivies taking 11 and 13 percent this year, they are now in the category that used to be reserved for HYPS–the vast majority of highly qualified kids are rejected. Especially those from overrepresented states which CA is.</p>

<p>First, I’d raise the CR score which is under median at the mid tiers. Then focus on getting great recs and writing great essays.</p>

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<p>so how are my ec’s? anything special?</p>