Chances for Ivies and Others

Chance Me / Match Me
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Applying: Yale (REA), Princeton, Duke, Notre Dame,UVA (EA), UPenn, Vanderbilt, UNC (EA), William & Mary (EA), Alabama (EA), Baylor
Intended Major: Theology (Christian-Muslim

Relations) with Pre-Med concentration
17 y/o Male, HS Class of 2016
Private Military School in Albany, NY
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 3 of 75
Took all APs (4 on Euro, 5 on APUSH) offered, also Physics and Chemistry at local community college (A in both)

Senior Year: AP Micro Econ, AP Calc AB, AP Lit,
College Chem, Spanish 4

Testing
ACT: 35C, 35E, 34M, 35R, 34S
Subj. Tests: 770 U.S., Math 2 in fall

Extracurriculars

  1. Professional Choir (1-4) (40 wks, 7 hrs)
    Head Chorister (captain) (1-2); Traveled to UK, Montreal, Boston
  2. School Baseball (1-2 JV; 3-4 V) (12 wks, 13 hrs)
    JV captain sophomore year; played in Myrtle
    Beach junior year
  3. Travel Baseball (1-4) (14 wks, 10 hrs)
    State Regional 3rd place, played in Newburgh,

    Cooperstown, and Worcester
  4. Elderly Care (3-4) (20 wks, 2 hrs)
    Founded a group devoted to visiting those who don’t regularly receive visitors
  5. Piano Lessons (1-4) (42 wks, 1 hr)
    Participated in a piano masterclass with Joshua
    Rifkin, famous concert pianist
  6. Quiz Bowl Team (1-4) (6 wks, 3 hrs)
    One of the league’s high scorers in junior year
  7. JROTC Officer (3-4) (35 wks, 2 hrs)
    Cadet Major, member of Brigade Staff and head of S-4 department
  8. Youth Mentoring (3-4) (5 wks, 5 hrs)
    Worked with a church youth group in an poor suburb
  9. Varsity Golf (3-4) (5 wks, 6 hrs)
  10. Tutoring (2-4) (25 wks, 1 hr)
    Helped struggling students (and classmates) with
    school work

Academic Awards
Nat’l Honor Society
National Merit Commended
Gold Honor with Distinction (overall avg. above 95,
no grade below 90) (all semesters)
HOBY Leadership Council (1)

No disciplinary history

Essay(s)
Common: Story of being a godfather to an
African-American friend in his Baptism
Secondary: Sharing my intimate love of and

connection to classical music

Would really love to hear your thoughts, criticism is welcomed and appreciated! Thanks!!

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Also not sure if this is an academic honor but I was awarded a Recognition of Community Service award at my school

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If you apply to Yale REA you can’t apply EA anywhere else. Plus W&M has ED, in which case you can’t apply to Yale REA at the same time.

Yale (REA): Reach
Princeton: Reach
Duke: Reach
Notre Dame: Reach
UVA (EA): Match
UPenn: Reach
Vanderbilt: Reach
UNC (EA): Reach
William & Mary: Low match (ED)/Match (RD)
Alabama (EA): Safety
Baylor: Safety

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Yeah you’re right I couldn’t apply to W&M but with REA you can apply to early action public schools or any school with rolling admission

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I appreciate the feedback, where do you think I could improve my app?

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Are you seriously worried about getting into Alabama? You are too good for that school. All your schools are reaches except Alabama of course, Baylor and UNC. Good luck!