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Ok, I've been delaying this for awhile, but I think I have to start getting some serious opinions. So here are my stats along with projected numbers on retakes. I'd really appreciate if you could rate my chances percentage wise using both my current stats and projected stats. Thanks in advance.

Black Male
Top 10% in class (but lower portion of top 10%)
SAT 770 Verbal 660 Math (projected: 1530 based on two recent practice scores of 1570 and 1590...trying to be conservative)
SAT II Writing 790, SAT II US History 690, SAT II Math IIC 620 (projected: 710).
AP scores: Psychology 5, World History 4, US History 4, English Language 4

Senior Schedule:
AP Calc AB
AP Chemistry
AP European History (Independent Study)
AP US Government
AP Humanities (mixture of English and History. Geared towards the Lit exam).

So far I've taken the hardest schedule possible at my school with all Honors and AP's and will have taken 7 AP Classes, and at least 10 AP exams by the end of this year. Extra-curriculars are basically average with the sole exception of 1. I founded and currently run a baseball magazine in my school which comes out bi-weekly. I've been doing this since freshman year. As far as awards go, they're also fairly average but I'm currently a National Merit Semi-Finalist, which must count for something. Here are the schools I plan to apply to:

Reaches:
Dartmouth
Brown

Matches:
Colgate
Hamilton
University of Rochester

Safeties:
The College of New Jersey
University of Puget Sound

I'd appreciate any comments on my chances at these institutions.

By Hoo_29 (Hoo_29) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 08:48 am: Edit

In everywhere. With a scholarship. Seriously.

By R2005 (R2005) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 12:22 pm: Edit

Bejeezies.

Pick some more Reaches. If you can get that 1450+, you're in everywhere, bud.

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 12:37 pm: Edit

Go for Stanford man. Stanford, Harvard and Yale will all consider you seriously.

By Obilisk18 (Obilisk18) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 06:28 pm: Edit

Hmm, any other opinions? Does AA really make that big of a difference? And would it matter that my grades tend to fluctuate from mp to mp? I'm just feeling a little cautious since I'd assumed I'd have little chance at Dartmouth and Brown.

By Kinshasa (Kinshasa) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 07:11 pm: Edit

I agree with Alexandre. Yes, AA is huge. The schools to which you've been accepted will offer to fly you out in April so they can rush you. A few years back I interviewed a black senior for my alma mater. Both Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern popped for his airfare to check out their campuses.

By Slipper2002 (Slipper2002) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 04:55 pm: Edit

Yeah, bump it up a little.

Match-Reaches
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Princeton

Matches
Dartmouth
Brown

Safeties
Colgate
Hamilton

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 06:39 pm: Edit

Go ED for one of the Ivies. You'll probably get in with good essays (and your scores indicate that you're a good writer).

By Madd87 (Madd87) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 06:42 pm: Edit

EA*

By R2005 (R2005) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 06:44 pm: Edit

go to stanford.. go go go!



i'm asian, and i'm even a nat'l merit semi (stereotypical, i know)