Wharton, Harvard, Chicago

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Stats:
User Name: 10jarsle
Gender: M
Location: Northern Maine
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 96.96
Class Rank: 7ish
Class Size: 108
Courseload: Most rigorous ever taken at my High School (I outstripped the curriculum in French and Math)</p>

<p>Junior year:
French 4 (a class for seniors)
AP Calculus (likewise a classtypically for seniors only) (4 on AP test)
Adv. Chemistry
Band
Honors English 11
AP US History (5 on AP Test)</p>

<p>Senior year:
AP French (not offered until this year, class of three students)
AP Calculus BC (online course sponsored by my state’s education department)
AP Physics
Band
Honors English 12
AP Psychology
Health (Independent Study via American School of Correspondence)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 780</p>

<p>SAT II Math II 800
SAT II US History 780
SAT II Literature 730</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Altar serving since third grade, Student Council for four years, trumpet player, NHS, author of chapter in a book on my town’s history, sell ping pong paddles on Ebay
Leadership positions: President of Student Council, NHS Officer, Manage Inventory of School’s Concession Stand
Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
Soccer:Varsity, (four years)
Cross Country (Nordic) Skiing: Varsity, attended state meet last two years (four years)
Track: Varsity (four years)
Volunteer/Service Work: Managed school’s concession stand at basketball games and other functions, altar serving since third grade, lots of work preparing for my town’s sesquicentennial celebration where I introduced a keynote speaker.
Honors and Awards: Most Outstanding Math: 9th, 10th, 11th grades
Most Outstanding Social Studies: 9th, 11th grades
(Daughters of the American Revolution Award Winner)</p>

<p>Chances at: BC (Carroll) EA, Penn (Wharton), Harvard, Bowdoin, University of Chicago</p>

<p>What do you guys think? I’m truly curious.</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>10jarsle</p>

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<p>Good shot at all–of course no one really has a “good” shot at Harvard.</p>

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<p>You didn’t specify race, so I’ll assume white</p>

<p>Your class rank isn’t very good, and the rigor is roughly comparable to other hypsm applicants. Your standardized test scores are good. ECs are rather light, you have no distinction beyond school level (and your school is tiny).</p>

<p>You have little to no chance at Harvard, but I’d say you have a 60% chance at UC and you look pretty good everywhere else.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that rigor is defined subjectively with respect to each person’s context. The fact that the OP’s course load at a tiny public school in Northern Maine is comparable to that of those attending private schools in, say, New Jersey will be a plus in the Adcom’s eyes.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies! I’ll add that I also hold a part time job at my family business (a small grocery/general store) where I usually work 20 hours a week during the summer and 4-8 hours a week during school (sports keep me really busy.) Also, I am white, I guess I figured that Maine was a giveaway on that one. My rank is my worst stat, I’ll agree. Definitely a downer since no one at my school takes a schedule like mine, many take easier classes just to pad their GPAs for the yearbook rankings. Out of the 6 people ahead of me, three aren’t even taking AP Calculus their senior year (the class that killed my gpa and class rank.)
I’m pretty sure I’ll be happy wherever I end up, though… I’m a pretty optimistic guy!
Thanks for the comments,</p>

<p>10jarsle</p>

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<p>You got a 2380 on your SAT, academics are not going to be the problem. Your ECs, on the other hand, are probably below average compared to most students who are accepted to Wharton or Harvard</p>