Chances?? I reeeallly need help...

<p>Choices: Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Wash U St. Louis, Emory, Rice, UT Plan II, Columbia, UCLA, etc. etc. etc.?? Am I aiming too high?? Which ones are reach, match, safety (well, obviously, UT…)?? What are my chances??</p>

<p>Tests: (took sat1 again Oct 9,score N/A yet; taking Math IIc again Nov 6)
–SAT I: highest one-shot: 1490 (800V 690M)
combined: 1510
–SAT II’s: Writing: 750
Biology: 710
Math IIc:yeah i’m taking it again…word of advice DO NOT take 3 sat II’s on the same day…)</p>

<p>APs:
World History (5), US History (4) (don’t know how that happened…), Psychology (4), English (3) (yikes!! that was just a bad day…i’m taking it again), Biology (4)</p>

<p>Rank: 20/697
GPA : 4.7174 (top quartile;top 5%)
i didnt play the gpa game so well–i took chinese 1 (not 5.0 point class)…screwed myself out of the top 10 people…</p>

<p>Course load (now):
AP Computer Science; AP Government; IB Art; AP English Lit; Pre-IB Mandarin Chinese 3; IB/AP Latin 5; AP Calculus; Pre-AP Painting 3(supposed to be another IB art class–I’ve taken so many art classes they ran out of IB course numbers) </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
–Chinese Club
–Chinese Honor Society
–National Honor Society
–Latin Club(Co-pres/historian)
–Junior Classical League (Co-pres.)
–Art Club?? (I haven’t been that active; it’s a stupid club–face painting isnt really art, @ least not in my opinion…)
–I volunteer at ahospital every week since middle school (tho, i did skip a few years in between…but yeah i have about 200 hours; i work with quadruplegics/paraplegics)
–Lots of community service 4 clubs…not going to list them…will take 4ever!!
–North American Bluebird Society(NABS)- volunteer graphic designer</p>

<p>Awards/Acheivements
–International Society of Poets-Nomin8 Amateur Poet of the Year, silver cup
–Lots of latin awards…best student, highest score, summa cum laude, etc. etc.
–1 greek derivatives award (amazingly I got 3rd in state for a language I have never taken and only studied for on the ride over to the testing site)
–Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Silver key for Excellence in Visual Art
–Department of Education Visual Arts Contest- Senior Division Mixed Media 2nd place
…all A honor roll…blah blah blah…
does Who’s who of American High School Teens count??</p>

<p>Recommendations:
–Art teacher (great…I’ve known her since freshman year)
–Biology Teacher(Known her since freshman year, had her for 9th and 11th Bio/AP-Bio2)
–English Teacher(had her last year…she really liked me…i was really smart compared to everyone else in my class mostly. However i screwed around a little, and did not work hard at all…not that she could tell tho…got A’s)
–Latin teacher (eh, this year im in the same class as her “pet” so i don’t know how my rec will go)
–…for extra/legacy type recs can I get like family friends who have known me forever??? got some connections to Vanderbilt (uncle is a dean), Wash U (uncle’s friend is a dean; i don’t know him that well; reference maybe??), Rice (neighbor/family friend)</p>

<p>essays: working on it…</p>

<p>PLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE please help me =( Everyone else I know is so much better prepared than I am…eeee!!! I’m banking on my art and languages; good or bad??</p>

<p>Harvard - Far Reach
Yale - Far Reach
Cornell - Match
Stanford - Reach
WUStL - Reach
Emory - Match
Rice - Reach
Columbia - Reach
UT - Safety</p>

<p>hmm so maybe i have a legitimate reason to be worried, eh??</p>

<p>Harvard-big reach
Yale-slightly less of a reach, but still a big reach
cornell-match
Stanford-reach
WUSTL-low reach
Emory-match
Rice-match/reach
Columbia-reach
UT-safety</p>

<p>ok update…
sat score: 1510-V770 M740 (combined 1540-V800 M740)</p>

<p>list of schools:
Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Emory, WashU St Louis, Johns Hopkins, Wellesley, Vanderbilt, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UTAustin</p>

<p>I’m working on my art portfolio now…should i up my art stuff to make me sound passionate about something??
Just started volunteering at the Humane Society…
Is it bad to have lots of volunteering and extracurricular?? I mean that might make it seem like I spend all my time doing stuff other than concentrating on my school work…</p>

<p>chances???</p>

<p>bump???</p>

<p>Just my 2 cents:</p>

<p>Harvard…Iffy
Yale…Iffy
Stanford…Iffy
Columbia…Iffy
WashU…Okay
Cornell…Okay
Johns Hopkins…Good
Rice…Good
Emory…Good
Wellesley…Very Good
Vandy…Very Good
UTexas-Austin…Excellent</p>

<p>Hope this is of use to you. Good luck. :)</p>

<p>Test & GPA may fall within the range for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford…but, even then, no guarantee. Even chances at WUStL are questionable…given last yr’s admitts to # of applications. You will really need to express high interest for WU. Chances are better for Rice…and more so at the others. Good luck!</p>