Not your ordinary chance thread

jamesford
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:34:17 +0000

It all comes down to the reasons for the drop. You make it seem like it was at least partly your fault, so that will not look good. Remember, all of us are dealing with stress/senioritis/EC’s so unless you have a legitimate reason for your grades, that won’t look good. It won’t kill you, but it will hurt.

Stats are good, ECs decent (I like how your brother motivated you to do volunteer work for reasons beyond app padding).

Columbia (#1) - reach
U Chicago - low reach/high match
Cornell - low reach
Yale - reach
Harvard - reach
Johns Hopkins - low reach/high match
Ursinus - ?
Macalester - ?