Ivy level profile?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey, I am not sure how realistic my chances are for any of my schools, listed at the bottom. Any comments or thoughts on my chances would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Will have taken 13 AP’s by end of Senior year
US Government and Politics (4)
Human Geography (5)
Statistics (5)
Calculus AB (self study) (4)
Biology (self study) (5)
Chemistry (5)
Calculus BC (4)
Calculus AB subscore (5)
European History (5)</p>

<p>Taking right now:
AP US History
AP Spanish
AP Lit
AP Psychology
AP Physics B</p>

<p>Have taken at a local college (Urisnus)
Calculus II
Discrete Math
Multivariable Calculus
Will take one more class next semester, possible Organic Chem</p>

<p>The rest of my classes are honors level classes, grades overall are all A’s except for two B’s in Spanish and then a B in an advanced math course I took over the course of 8th and 9th grade that covered three years worth of material in once a week 2 hour classes, a very rigorous course. </p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 750
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 670
ACT: 34
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Biology - E: 790
SAT II Chemistry: 750</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Archaeology- Have participated in 4 archaeology digs over the past summers, gave a presentation at a professional conference on one of the excavations</p>

<p>Historic Renovation- I am a non-voting member of the board of trustees of a local historic house and am involved in the renovation of the house</p>

<p>Boy Scouts- Have been involved for many years</p>

<p>Cello- Have played for 9 years, private lessons for 8, principle cellist of school’s three orchestras, symphony orchestra, select strings orchestra and a regular string orchestra</p>

<p>Science Olympiad- Science competition, team placed 12th in the state last year</p>

<p>Math Club- Prepare for mathematics competitions</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:</p>

<p>Commended National Merit Scholar (12)
Highest score at PVHS in American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 (9), and AMC 12 score (11).
AP Scholar With Honor (10)<br>
AP Scholar With Distinction (11)
National AP Scholar (11)</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:</p>

<p>Boy Scouts: Senior patrol leader, patrol leader, webmaster
Orchestra Vice President
NHS Vice President
Math Club Vice President
Science Olympiad Secretary</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>Projects through Boy Scouts
Valley Forge
German American folk festival volunteer, recreate the lifestyle of 18th century German Americans
Cleaning up local parks</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>Swarthmore (Legacy)
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn (Legacy)
UChicago
UVA (Legacy)
William and Mary
Johns Hopkins (Legacy)
Penn State (Safety)
University of Michigan (Legacy)
Cornell</p>

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<p>I think you could be competitive at all the schools you listed with great essays.
Don’t get your hopes up on Yale or Harvard or w/e per se.
But you have what it takes.</p>

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<p>Do you know your class rank?</p>

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<p>Okay great, thanks. </p>

<p>My class rank is definitely not what i wanted and is probably going to hurt me and I am surprised I forgot to put it up there but it is 21/381</p>

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<p>How do you have legacy at 4 places? Legacy= where your parents went for undergrad.
If you have 2 parents, that would mean you have 2 schools w/ legacy . . .</p>

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<p>Grad counts too.</p>

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<p>I think you’d have a good shot as a legacy at Penn or Swat if you apply ED. Do check though, many schools only count kids of undergrads as legacies and many state schools can’t give a legacy boost.</p>

<p>HYP are longshots given scores and no exceptional ECs, so going for one of those ED is probably your best strategy. Penn especially insists on ED for legacies.</p>

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<p>UVA at least considers legacies as part of their in state pool even if you are out of state which is a nice boost. I don’t know about UMich. </p>

<p>I am applying as longhots so i won’t be too disappointed if I don’t get in but you never know.</p>

<p>Thanks for the chance though.</p>