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what do u think my chances of yale/stanford are (just as a biiig chance) or any schools of that vein....

verbal 760
math 800

went away junior year, received excellent grades
through high school received approximately equal numbers of As and Bs
attending a very prestigeous/competetive private school
very good essay and recs
captain of two varsity sports
play piano (10 years) and harpsichord (2 years) and will be sending tapes to colleges
have numerous leadership positions at school
sat IIs not so good, around 600s-700s but im hopin that they wont care
two APs both taken when i was a sophmore: english lit=4 and american history=4

im thinking of
brown
cornell
tufts
colgate
yale (stretch stretch)
stanford (stretch)
wesleyan
dartmouth
Hopkins
hamilton

??????

what do you think?? i REALLY need help...

By Haruko (Haruko) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 01:16 am: Edit

you're kind of vague.. no gpa or ranking. what are those leadership positions? what are you hoping to get into at college? (continue with music right?) help with what?

By Stanfordrulez (Stanfordrulez) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 02:34 am: Edit

interesting how yale is a stretch-stretch, but stanford is just a stretch...
hmm

By Haruko (Haruko) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 10:33 am: Edit

lol I eyed that too o_O; Strange

By Evelyn82 (Evelyn82) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 11:05 am: Edit

I am trying to get into the UC Irvine Graduate program. I have a 3.10 GPA, haven't taken the GRE yet, but what are my chances of getting into the graduate program with this GPA? I am African American too.

By Sots (Sots) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 01:57 pm: Edit

Vague.......... But most likely Brown, Tufts, and Cornell-- which I applied to--What do u mean by "Go away"? I was an exchange student; is that what you mean?

Btw, go for Brown. :D It rocks.

By Chen (Chen) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 02:50 pm: Edit

Low for all of them. For the top students, they would be low. Brown and Dartmouth should be stretches for you. Cornell, Tufts, and JHU should be reaches. The rest might be matches.

Your SAT IIs are too low for Yale and Stanford unless you have something special going on, ya?

By Chen (Chen) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 06:24 pm: Edit

Just wanted to add that you should still apply to some of these places. It's not like they're that far out!