Chances????

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Thought I’d ask</p>

<p>White Female from competitive midwestern public school
Intended major: Physics</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.628
Class Rank: 2/754</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 770
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Significant Extracurriculars: Theatre: 3 years; I have worked on 16 shows in high school, member of the international thespian society
Choir: 2 years; I am in my school’s top choir. I was also selected to perform in an adult choir that is going to perform with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in 2008 as a pre-olympic tour
Fencing: briefly team captain at the local park district
Other: Math team 3 years, 4 years of oboe before high school, black belt in tae kwon do LONG before high school
Leadership positions: Props crew head for 2 shows
Production manager for Picnic - went to state theatre festival 2007
Director of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Volunteer/Service Work: I have maybe 20 hours working at a conservation organization but I’m in NHS and will have 40 hours by the time I graduate.
Honors and Awards: Hillary Prow Award - most outstanding junior in theatre
Science Olympiad Regionals (jr year) - 1st in chemistry, 2nd in physics
WYSE Regionals (jr year) - 1st in chemistry, 3rd in math
Math team regionals (soph year) - 2nd place individual competition
Math team state (jr year) - 7th place relay team
Awarded a theatre ‘letter’ - 50 ‘points’ from working in shows
NHS member</p>

<p>Legacy at Wash U. We donate money every year and my mother represents them at college fairs and things.</p>

<p>Chances for HYP, Stanford, Wash U, Brown, Dartmouth, Pomona, Carleton, Caltech, MIT, Tufts, Rice, Amherst, Cornell
???</p>

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<p>I forgot APs
5 in Chem, US Hist, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M</p>

<p>Next year to take AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Spanish, and both AP Eng. tests. I will also have choir and dance (for PE) and no lunch again.</p>

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<p>Wow, you’re incredibly talented. I must say I am feeling a sting of jealousy. All that aside, I’d say you have a great chance. I think I read somewhere that students who win science olympiads, or do well in them at least, are almost shoo-ins to anywhere.</p>

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<p>My counselor seemed less sure. That’s why I’m asking.</p>

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<p>It sounds like you’ll get in most anywhere – especially with your SAT scores and your salutatorian rank. Good luck (but you may not need it at this point anymore!).</p>

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<p>Science olympiads not Science Olympiad. If you win or do well in Chem (USNCO), Bio (USABO), Physics (USAPhO), Math (USAMO), or Computer Science (USACO) olympiad then you’re a shoo-in. Not if you medal in some misnomer like Science Olympiad.</p>

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<p>definately in at Wash U with the legacy. you have an excellent chance at every other school, but they are unpredictable, so there is no guarantee. however, I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into more than 3/4 of the schools that are on that list.</p>

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<p>Obviously none of the schools on that list count, but what kind of schools should I look at for a safety?</p>

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<p>Research schools by your own standards/wants/needs/etc. </p>

<p>Great rank, great SAT scores, decent/good EC’s = in at almost everywhere. Maybe 2 or 3 rejection letters from HYPS at most. </p>

<p>GJ and GL in college =D</p>

<p>PS: I wouldn’t worry about safeties, you’re definitely in at some of those schools you posted if not all.</p>

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<p>I guess I’m just afraid to only apply to selective schools. Is there anyone with similar stats that could tell me what school they used as a safety? Even if you didn’t apply there if you know where I should look I would appreciate it! ^__^</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>Anyone?</p>

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<p>Nobody???</p>

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<p>Why do you even ask about chances? Your stats are almost perfect.</p>

<p>As far as safeties/low matches look at schools like Georgetown, Villanova, Emory, Mich, UNC Chapel Hill,NYU, USC, Miami, George Washington.</p>

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<p>frog139, if you apply to all the schools you listed, you are bound to get into half of them. therefore, by implication you already have match/safety schools</p>

<p>don’t bother applying to 20 schools</p>

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<p>definitely get more volunteering hours or you’re screwed for top ivies.</p>

<p>my guess
reject: HYP+ caltech(but you might get lucky with one of those, and probably get waitlisted)
very sketchy: stanford
good shot: MIT, since you’re a girl and because of your IIs
you’ll probably get into the rest</p>

<p>(not sure about amherst)</p>

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<p>lol @ get more volunteering hours or you’re screwed.</p>

<p>Thats funny</p>

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<p>I would say a safety would be UMich or University of Wisconsin. I expect you to get into the honors college at both. Basically, you have a great shot with all but HYPSMC being high matches (Dartmouth) to low matches (Carleton) Though, as firefox said you probably don’t need safeties and don’t listen to the above poster (BillBank), Ivies don’t care if you have a lot of volunteer hours as long as you are doing something and somehow giving back to the community.</p>

<p>Please chance me at:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=4333484[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=4333484&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;