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Here are my stats:

SAT I: 1330- 710M, 620 V (retaking Oct, Nov)
SAT II: 760 Math IIC, 690 Math IC, 720 Writing
Rank: 3 out of about 70. Top 5%.

I have pretty good ECs including a lot of sports and co-founding only student run club (chess club) in town. Problem is not a lot of leadership. I'm hoping to get SAT I up around 1400.

What are my chances at some of these schools:
NYU (Stern)
Notre Dame (EA)
Georgetown (EA - McDonough)
Connecticut College
BU
BC
Haverford
Babson

Also, are there any schools you think I should consider? I havn't decided which schools to apply to. Thanks.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 06:25 pm: Edit

Your chances for BU and Babson are good. As for the others, well, you're in the running but the dean of admissions probably said it best in this month's Atlantic Monthly:
"With highly selective institutions there is no way to predict with confidence whether a student will get in."

By Jamimom (Jamimom) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 07:00 pm: Edit

Carolyn expressed my sentiments exactly. BC really became a highly selective school over the last two years, as did Stern in the last 10. As a male, your chances at Connecticut College are enhanced and if you show some personal interest, you can enhance your chances more there. Skidmore, Vassar , Wheaton are some schools you might want to examine as well as UConn and Trinity College. Also Villanova, Duquesne, Pitt, Temple, Fordham, Lafeyette are some schools that are match/safeties for you. Hopefully you are applying to a state school as a safety. Everyone needs a good safety.