Ivy League Hopeful

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>THIS IS FOR A FRIEND, NOT FOR ME!!! I AM ALREADY IN COLLEGE.</p>

<p>White male from LI, not applying for financial aid</p>

<p>SAT’s: 780 CR, 710 M, 690 W (2180)
SAT II’s: 800 World History, 780 US History, 730 Bio-M, 670 Math 2
AP’s: World History (5), Bio (expecting 5), US History (expecting 5), English language (expecting 3), Calc AB, Chem, US Gov, Spanish, English lit (all next year)
Rank: 1/330
Letters of Rec: He claims they will be very good
Essays: Says they are great</p>

<p>EC’s:
Research-3 year project on arabidopsis, ISEF 4th place, LISEF best in category and 1st place winner, Long Island Science Congress Honors, Siemens entrant, expecting to be an Intel semifinalist next year
Science Club-treasurer, 4 top-5 finishes
Math Fair-silver medalist
Historian of community service club
Long Island Challenge and co-founder of school quiz bowl
Spanish contest silver medalist
Good Deed award for community service
Volunteered at a camp for children with special needs
Volunteered at a hospital (200+ hours)
Won numerous essay contests</p>

<p>He says he will not apply ED/EA anywhere but this is his RD list in order of preference:
Yale, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Amherst, Williams, Georgetown, Tufts, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Brandeis, Duke, Emory</p>

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<p>sounds like a really good app to me, although a couple of those will be reaches – like yale, columbia, penn, jh, and maybe duke…is there any chance retaking the SATs would bump him up a bit, especially in writing / math??</p>

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<p>He already took the SAT twice and these are his high scores. He doesn’t plan to take them again.</p>