<p>“Your stats are fine. It’s not good to compare to people on here. Trust me, apply. You might be pleasantly surprised. – Funsidejas”</p>
<p>Funsidejas is listed as 17 years old, so regardless of whether he says, “trust me,” you shouldn’t. Don’t take advice on how to get into college from someone who is still in high school. And high school kids, please refrain from giving out advice on how to get into college or respond to Chance Me questions, unless you can provide concrete information about your next-door neighbor who did get in. You haven’t been to college yet.</p>
<p>Leave the information-giving to people who are at the school, graduated from the school, been accepted by the school or a similar school, interview people who apply to the school, have advised people who have gotten into the school, etc.</p>
<p>In general, these Chance Me threads are worthless, because most of the respondents are not in any position to provide any information that is not on the school’s web site. In addition, no one can evaluate someone’s extracurricular activities from the brief summaries that prospective applicants list here.</p>
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<li>From a Princeton alumni interviewer who was also accepted at Dartmouth who has spent hundreds of hours leading local kids through the admissions process on a volunteer basis and who evaluates executives for a living. (And I am a long way from being able to being able to read a Chance Me thread and give the poster a fair idea of their chances).</li>
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<p>And, since this is an anonymous board, I, as well anyone on here could be lying.</p>