Odds of admissions

MickMickMick
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:44:31 +0000

Clarification of original request: course load is all APs for soph, jr & sr years; save for one required religious class each semester. Straight A’s. ACT score is 35. All AP tests are 5s, except for Chem AP test which was a 4 – but he didn’t take AP Chemistry, he scored a 4 with the book. Took one SAT II, received 800. Two teacher recs., one from P’ton alum, one from Brown/Stanford/Harvard alum. Both teachers (very experienced) will say he’s in the top 2-3 students they’ve ever taught. Extracurriculars center around literacy (he has founded a non-profit which engages older students to read to younger/less-able students).

I definitely don’t think he’s a shoe in. I’m just wondering about the odds. Feels like about 65% to me, exclusive of essays.