Chances for UChicago, Stanford, Princeton?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m currently a junior so there are things below that aren’t totally final. I’ll probably be majoring/minoring in some combination of math and social sciences, probably with math being the major.</p>

<p>Here it is:</p>

<p>PSAT (not sure it matters): 219 (might get me in NMS running enough to let stellar SAT finish the job)
SAT: Will take in a month, expecting about a 2300-2400
ACT: 36 composite
SAT IIs: waiting on Math II and USH scores. I’m expecting 800s or very high 700s on both.
GPA: 4.10 W, 3.99 UW</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Geometry
Freshman English (no other option for freshman at my school)
Physical Science (stupid decision not to take Bio then on my part)
World History
PE
Theology (tiny Christian school, required)
Spanish</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Alg 2/Trig
American Lit
Bio
US History
PE
Stats
Theology
Spanish</p>

<p>Junior:
Pre-Cal (honors)
World Lit (honors)
Chem
AP US History
PE
Sociology
Theology
Spanish (honors and dual enrollment with small Christian college)</p>

<p>This is going to be my Senior Schedule
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit (might take Lang test too)
Physics
American Gov’t
Econ
Theology
Spanish (honors and dual enrollment)
Accounting (wondering if I should switch to a humanities course)
Psychology (honors)</p>

<p>ECs and awards:
school soccer (varsity since sophomore and might make captain next year)
club soccer (select since 8th grade playing almost all year round)
National Honor Society (junior and senior years, sadly lost officer election today)
Yearbook (starting over summer and continuing into senior year)
Theater group (not acting but watching and analyzing, also starting this spring and continuing into senior year)
Community service (about 50 hours per year, mostly working with children)
debate (2 years in homeschool high school level during middle school and 1 year in high school before coach left and team basically collapsed. still managed to find success at novice level nationally: individual and team awards)
soccer refereeing (three years)
high honor roll (all 4 years)
probably going to be at least salutatorian
will probably receive dept awards for social studies and math</p>

<p>Unfortunately, that’s pretty much the limit at my school for ECs unless I feel like deciding what dress-up days to have before a dance or hang up streamers twice a year. The only other APs offered are in Bio and Physics. There should also be awards for being decent at sports and having awesome grades. Those will probably also be my recommendation letters, though soccer coach (also really likes me) and former debate coach are other options.</p>

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<p>Remember that UChicago’s acceptance rate is 8.8%, Princeton is 7.3%, and Stanford is 5.7%. It’s damn hard to get into these schools. Just make sure that your schedule is as rigorous as possible. Unless you didn’t say something, my first impression about your EC’s is that it’s a laundry list, with no one or two things that you REALLY excelled and were committed in.</p>

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<p>That’s what I think may ultimately screw me over. Debate was sort of a passion for three years (traveling all over the country, meeting people, probably one of the best in my year and state). Going into high school, I was expecting to end with six years of debating against high schoolers and plenty of trophies to show for it. Sadly that sort of collapsed with the coach moving and no recruitment for two years, leaving me with what were secondary activities (that probably would have shown ability to handle workload and a well-rounded schedule) having to bear the burden. Thanks for the advice, friedman.</p>