Rising Junior Dreams

unalove
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:43:51 +0000

I think you’re as strong an applicant as they come. That AIME score was the biter for me.

Even though you’re a strong applicant, you’re in a sea of other strong applicants. Maybe I should instead say that you’re a shark in a sea with many sharks.

The question about Stanford is not only one of legacy, but one of money. Does your family give a considerable amount of money to the school? If they do, then your chances there dramatically increase.

As it stands, I think… (organized in order of what I imagine is likelihood of admissions)

**edit: you’re a female. New predictions!

Princeton-- Matchy Reach
MIT-- Matchy Reach

Stanford-- Reachy Match
Northwestern-- Reachy Match
UChicago-- Reachy Match

Harvey Mudd-- Match
UMich-- Matchy safety
NYU – Matchy safety (a top-ranked OR program, I think)

Sucky-State-School (safety safety)