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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:19 PM Author: indigo institution I've been doing a lot of college research this summer and thought I'd see what you guys thought of my profile and where I could get in. I'd really like to go to one of the top schools and would appreciate a reach/match/safety analysis for what schools you think would be good for me. After the break I've included a short list of colleges I've been considering.
Colleges I'm considering: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Williams, Amherst, Columbia, Rice, U. of Chicago, Duke, Dartmouth, Brown, Georgetown, and Middlebury. (If you think any others should be on my list, make sure to let me know!)
Applicant data:
Academic: SAT CR: 740 SAT Math: 800 SAT W: 740 (72,10) SAT II Math IIC: 740 SAT II U.S. History: 790 SAT II Chemistry: 750 ACT Composite: 34 Class Rank: 30/492 Member, National Honor Society
Extracurricular: Debate Team President 2007-2008 Texas All-State Choir Performer 2007 Eagle Scout Led effort to change state league rule President of Young Republicans 2005-2006
Teen Court Volunteer
What I want in a school:
-Intellectually stimulating students -Strong undergraduate education with solid pre-law record -Strong PolSci program and politically active (I lean conservative) -Good a cappella singing groups (I've read most Ivies do) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:22 PM Author: out-of-control cumskin all those things you want in a school are fine, and the schools you picked are good. you'll learn that it's not those factors that will make you happy, though (quality of life) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283890) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:24 PM Author: Gaped space all of those schools will meet or exceed your expectations in a number of ways. 18 year olds are highly adaptable - there are many schools you'd be happy at. apply to a number of places and see where you get in. then visit. fwiw, i'd either shoot for HYPS or a scholarship from a school ranked in the 10-35 range. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283897) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:27 PM Author: vigorous indirect expression box office dude, you will only be truly happy at wustl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283904) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:28 PM Author: Gaped space wustl is the best school for getting nito LSE or vandy grad school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283913) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:22 PM Author: stirring church new version I disagree. He should be shooting for Penn, with the goal of getting an MSE in Civil Engineering from Imperial (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284286) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:29 PM Author: indigo institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283920) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:03 PM Author: Infuriating azure alpha i'm not trying to be mean, but you have essentially zero shot at H, Y, P, or S.
the rest are do-able though. |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:45 PM Author: galvanic associate partner no, he has a chance. Some kid from my school got in with the same stats. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284396) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:17 AM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig Dartmouth has a high number of eagle scouts---and the Outing Club could be something for you to join if you're still interested in the outdoors as an undergrad.
The school (administration/faculty) is of course left, but the student pop is more socially liberal/economically conservative. The College Republicans there is active during campaign season every 2 years with national primaries and state politics. The Review serves as a feeder into national conservative orgs.
The a cappella scene is obnoxious, but active.
Study hard/play hard at Dartmouth, get a solid LSAT and you won't have any trouble getting into a t-14 LS if not t-6. But between now and then you might decide you don't want to do law, but good grades will get you a job in almost any field. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:18 AM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank Every fing school in america says they are Study Hard, Play Hard - it's hilarious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285943) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:35 AM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig Probably true.
Go spend a night in AD. Let me know what you think. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:38 AM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank They definitely have the play hard part down. Seriously Dartmouth seems like a good deal, you get to have fun and be prestigious. If only I wasn't more of a WASP I would have applied (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285973) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:42 AM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig I was only half-WASP, worked out just fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285984) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:44 AM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank So they didn't take you out into the forest, and force-feed you green eggs until you proclaimed allegiance to 'white jesus' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285992) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:48 AM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig ate the green eggs at the Lodge, became part of the cult, but it's not about jesus, it's just the school.
Honestly, with the OP's bio, I would recommend Dartmouth or Williams.
El_Lobo, where do you go? |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:50 AM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank top east coast LAC, all work and no props.
I'm actually looking at Dartmouth for MBA. I love the outdoors so I don't care that it's in the middle of nowhere |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:53 AM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig I would have rather gone to a top east coast LAC than Harvard, Stanford or some other big-ass university with all-props, all graduate schools. LAC's don't have the lay prestige of the HYS's, but in NYC/BOS/DC they play just as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286050) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:43 AM Author: rebellious orchestra pit twinkling uncleanness dartmouth is a different world. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285988) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:48 AM Author: pale quadroon piazza AD blows shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286016) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:59 AM Author: massive faggotry indian lodge but they have the tunnel to the sphinx (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286080) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 2:57 PM Author: irradiated preventive strike codepig myth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286742) |
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Date: April 26th, 2008 4:41 PM Author: indigo institution Thanks for the advice everyone, I will matriculate this fall as a Dartmouth '12! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#9688710) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 2:30 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle laser beams Villanova (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286661) |
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Date: April 28th, 2008 12:30 AM Author: Electric half-breed you choose, they choose. it's crazy like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#9696499) |
Date: June 21st, 2007 9:29 PM Author: Arousing candlestick maker What about Penn? By the way, Rice, Chicago, Duke, Dartmouth, Brown, Georgetown, and Middlebury are all TTT. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283923) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:30 PM Author: indigo institution Oh really... so the only tier I should really consider is HYPS? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283928) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:31 PM Author: Gaped space HYPS are the only schools i'd pay $50k for. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283930) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:31 PM Author: vigorous indirect expression box office MIT MIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283933) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:32 PM Author: Arousing candlestick maker Penn, Columbia, top LACs....and as mentioned WUSTL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8283936) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:04 PM Author: Infuriating azure alpha WUSTL? LOL... lmfao... hilarious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284174) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:20 PM Author: Arousing candlestick maker The mention of WUSTL was an obvious joke. hth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284283) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:45 PM Author: Arousing candlestick maker Wait……you are a young Republican………what about Bob Jones? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284045) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:44 PM Author: Gaped space ROFL YEA REPUBLICANS LOLZ DID U SEE THAT THREAD ON CC ABOUT BOB JONES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284387) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 1:07 AM Author: Arousing candlestick maker No.....Link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285164) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 3:05 PM Author: stirring church new version touchy touchy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286755) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 9:56 PM Author: Sick blood rage I have a mental image of a lean, uncoordinated white male who is confident in settings where he feels his intelligence gives him a leg up, but struggles in unstructured social situations and athletics. Enjoy Duke. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284129) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:00 PM Author: 180 cruise ship Subject: University of Rochester! A school with the third best a capella group in the world, The Midnight Ramblers, strong pre-law program / political science department, and great for debate is the University of Rochester.
Midnight Ramblers: http://sa.rochester.edu/ramblers/ Political Science: http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/intro/welcome.php Law: http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/intro/welcome.php
If you want to know anything else, let me know!
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:47 PM Author: galvanic associate partner UofR, lol. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284406) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 10:59 PM Author: 180 cruise ship honestly what is so funny! I laugh at Stupidity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284476) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 11:17 PM Author: galvanic associate partner it's alright i guess, but it's nothing extraordinary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284587) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:58 AM Author: Cream cerebral rehab multi-billionaire The great Craig Owens did teach there in the eighties--also Nick Tahou's garbage plate is rumored to be excellent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286073) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 11:12 PM Author: racy library lolololololol young republicans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284561) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 1:09 AM Author: Arousing candlestick maker lol.....STAY IN TEXA$ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285171) |
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Date: June 21st, 2007 11:26 PM Author: bipolar knife goal in life brandeis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8284644) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 1:10 AM Author: Arousing candlestick maker LOL…. Could a Young Republican handle the Jews? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285181) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 1:40 AM Author: bipolar knife goal in life the republican club is pretty active and fairly large. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285296) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 1:59 AM Author: Sooty home chad You don't have any safeties, so if you actually want to go to college you kind of need to add some. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285374) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 11:04 AM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank Claremont McKenna would be a good safety. It's very politically active, has strong Republican group, and does pretty well for Law School placement. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8285916) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 12:08 PM Author: Cream cerebral rehab multi-billionaire Isn't Claremont a bit selective to be considered a safety? I think he would almost certainly be accepted if they thought that he were really interested, but I wonder whether it's one of those places that rejects or waitlists applicants when they suspect that they want to go somewhere else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#8286132) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 4:05 PM Author: Ultramarine floppy ticket booth tank I think with his poli sci interest they would take him seriously.
Speaking as a poli sci major myself, I don't know why you would want to major in it. Econ's better for jobs, and history is more fun. |
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Date: April 26th, 2008 5:01 PM Author: Beta Slippery Public Bath Skinny Woman Because you want to be President of the United States, duh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=647936&forum_id=1#9688797) |