<p>Thank you; I have so much riding on the next sat scores,
where is this gwu thread–so i can look at it?</p>
<p>i dislike both middlebury and bowdoin - not to be argumentative, but i have researched both and i really don’t like them that much. but thank you for offering me advice. i do need it.</p>
<p>Take the SATII bio again. You have a better chance of getting over 700 if you concentrate your study on just one test.The lit test is quite tough, so bio is the better bet. You already have one nice SATII result, so you only need one more.</p>
<p>The SATI math will just have to come in, and be what it is. There is nothing to be done about it. But bumping the SATII could only help.</p>
<p>It’s good that you don’t like Middlebury or Bowdoin, because to be honest, you would have a slim chance at getting into either of them.</p>
<p>Yay! My November SAT scores just came in.
My November test was
Cr:770
Math 690
Writing :730</p>
<p>Score: 2190</p>
<p>Super score
800 Cr
690 Math
760 Writing</p>
<p>Composite:2250</p>
<p>Boo yeah!</p>
<p>Just given you a little bump, I know how anxious these times are. </p>
<p>First and foremost, congrats on your new scores that should really give you a a boost in admissions. Now for the chancing, to preface I’m going to be pessimistic: </p>
<p>Cornell: Mid Reach - (Personally, I was rejected there though I was waitlisted at many schools I considered better. I tend to think of Cornell as a university that isn’t really into the literature loving quirky type and is much more into the math/science terminator. Personal anecdote, though I know these are useless, Asian girl at my school - lower ranked, lower scores, lower ECs, was accepted RD at Cornell. In this particular case I was really happy for her because she didn’t even get in to the local in state honors programs which it seems to me that you already have. Another moral of this story, admissions are a crap shoot.</p>
<p>Penn - Definite reach though I think it’s a better fit for you. I was waitlisted at Penn. Meh. It’s kind of like them telling you “you’re good enough, but just not quite good enough.” But, definitely apply. There’s no harm done by reaching for the stars.</p>
<p>NYU: I’m going to call it now - acceptance. Unless you’re applying for Sterns, then it’s a probable acceptance.</p>
<p>GWU: acceptance. You fit their profile very well.</p>
<p>Now, a bit more of personal wisdom. I had to make a tough choice between an honors college and a prestigious private university, and I can see you being in a similar situation in the coming months. I had acceptances at Northwestern, Wesleyan, and Vanderbilt, and I ultimately turned them down for my instate honors college. Yes, it kinda sucks when people ask you, “where are you going?” expecting to hear an ivy and all you have to tell them is, “UT.” But that scenario was exactly what drove me to make the choice I made. I found that scenario the most repulsive motivating factor to choose a school that would cost my parents (yes, I’m lucky) 30 grand more a year over a school that for all realistic purposes would provide just as a good an education. Hence, I’m technically a junior at UT and having a good time. Which leads me to my second point, if you do decide to go to Pitt, take. AP. tests. A huge boon of going to a public school that I didn’t initially realize is their flexibility with AP exams. At my other potential schools, I’m sure at most I could claim credit for three or four exams. At UT, I easily claimed credit for 51 hours which in consequence has allowed me to triple major with ease - definitely not an option at schools like Cornell and Penn. Furthermore, I can probably tack on a semester of studying abroad at the instate price instead of private. It’s just a smart move. Bottomline is, don’t feel defeated if you don’t get in to all these prestigious places. You’ve already won by getting into an honors college. In the end, it might have been the best choice anyways.</p>
<p>Love. Beowolf. thank you.
Yeah. University of Pittsburgh lately sweetened the deal by offering me a full tuition scholarship. ( no room and board) but still. Thats amazing. No one in my school could believe that it happened; even my GC was shocked. If I go to Pitt now, at worst I would pay 28,000 dollars for four years–assuming I don’t graduate early.</p>
<p>But despite, Pitts’s overwhelming genorosity; i still lust for ivies, crave that brand nickname, the prestige that tells others I am worth something–the acceptance.Yes, I do love these schools for their eccentricities but I love the recognition more.</p>
<p>which, as you have said is not a good reason to apply anywhere. </p>
<p>At this point, I have reevaluated myself and realized taht I have a lot of things to think about. I ended up applying to.</p>
<p>Brown
Princeton
Tufts
NYU
GWU
JHU
Columbia
UPENN
Cornell
And after looking at stats, and comparing my stats to those of the colleges, I have come to the same conclusion you have Beowolf, many of these colleges are reaches. Especailly since, due to my heavy senior courseload, my gpa has dropped as much as two to three points over midyear reports.</p>
<p>Thank you for chancing me. And even more than you for chancing me in a pessimistic, realistic way. Many chancers all over the forum simply say, “you are in at every school”
when realistically the applicants have almost no chance.</p>
<p>I guess I wait till April.</p>
<p>“April is the cruelest month” - T.S. Elliot.</p>