<p>I started the college process at the end of junior year, and by that time some of my peers had met enough with their college counselors to already have a complete list of schools to apply to. I thought that was pretty standard (starting to look for unis junior year), is it not?</p>
<p>And yeah, counselors sometimes confuse me too, to put it nicely.</p>
<p>You probably have a fantastic system if your peers all had thier lists by then. Private? Big publics are understaffed. Truly. I hope she finds it. @Gasharina–if you don’t find it, call your h.s. once summer school starts and ask how to find it, and make an appointment to see your GC asap. Are your parent’s involved?</p>
<p>Our guidance counselors are not available once summer vacation starts, until the end of July. However, the school office is open and I think some of the administrators can provide a list of SAT/ACT/GPA of students who applied to certain schools :)</p>
<p>Actually it was a large public. There was one CC for every 200 students. I met with my CC three times (required meetings). The system benefits the few students (which, not by coincidence, were the ones that got their lists together early) who actively saught out their help. I think that was why they pushed naviance so much early on; to lessen their workload. </p>
<p>And OP- even if you can’t get that data, if you know approximately where in the class you stand (not necessarily rank) and if you know where past students got in and where they stood, you may be able to approximate your chances at some schools. For example: I knew a lot of students the year above me who got into Northwestern who had similar to slightly worse grades, test scores, and ECs, so I figured that I had a pretty good shot there (which naviance confirmed later).</p>
<p>“And when everyone from my high school looked at naviance, they were pretty depressed. People who had dreams of going to HYPSM (myself) had to significantly lower their expectations.”</p>
<p>Finally a way for people to see how hard it is to get into those schools. I try to tell people but unless they have been through an application season where they can see how few applicants are accepted they don’t see it.</p>
<p>“his/her counselor is an idiot for not telling him/her about it sooner.”
Poetgrl, not every school uses Naviance, let’s not assume too much! For example, my school just started last January, so it is very possible that Gashergina’s school simply is not even signed up for the program.</p>
<p>since you mention API, you must be a California resident. And, sorry to say, there are less than a handful of publics in the state that have a national ranking. Without a hook, Cornell-CAS is likely out of reach with a 3.49 uw, ~top 15%, even ED. Last year, our California HS (top 20 API) had over 40+ applicants to Cornell; four got in, all were UC ELC (top 4%). </p>
<p>ED could probably work at Emory. Otherwise, you’d be a really strong candidate for Emory-Oxford.</p>
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<p>Naviance ain’t free. And, last time I checked, California was broke. Just bcos the Prez can print money, the state cannot. If it’s a choice between Naviance and an AP class, the class wins easily. </p>
<p>fwiw: the OP’s school district is one of the tops in the state, but does NOT use Naviance. Sheesh, where do you get such an idea poetgrl?</p>
<p>Well…if most are APs…won’t good AP scores count for something?</p>
<p>Well, it’s sad if they don’t have a system to let the kids know how they stack up coming out of thier particular schools. I’m suprised. But, if i’m wrong, then I’m wrong. Nbd, as the kids say. Good luck to you. Don’t get discouraged. I’m sure there are many fine schools you can attend and thrive at as well. California is a sad state right now. :(</p>
<p>Oh, and I did not say the counselor was an idiot–I was quoting, though not as skillfully as you. ;)</p>
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<p>They do, but it’s just not online. The OP’s GC can easily give him/her an idea what colleges their 15-20% ranked kids got into. Based on the OP’s others posts, I would guess that a GC would suggest mid-tier UC’s, for example. The 2200+ will get a strong review from Cal and UCLA, but the gpa is UC’s number one criteria, and it takes a hook (first gen to college, low income, overcome adversity, attend inner city HS) for the state flagships to dip below top 10%.</p>
<p>Indeed, with those test scores, Cornell’s contract colleges might be worth a shot, but it would take a convincing essay for fit.</p>
<p>Well, that’s a relief.</p>
<p>Ya the rigor of the classes will definitely be considered. In my opinion, I think a 3.7 UW with hard classes > 4.0 UW with regular classes because it shows your passion to challenge yourself.</p>
<p>i think you have a chance for emory
maybe its just my school but it still like even the most unlikely people still get in
emory and tulane seem like jokes, but thats jut to me </p>
<p>you seem to be well qualified
good luck!</p>
<p>We recently visited emory, and the adcom giving the orientation lecture made a point that the number one thing they looked at was rigor of your classes- did you challenge yourself and take all of the AP classes available. She made it very clear that this was more important than GPA.</p>
<p>Lol no worries, Poetgrl!
I was just excited my school got Naviance this year! It’ll be so much more helpful. I mean, we just had class ranking and such before, but Naviance is so much more detailed, I’m so glad we got it :] It’s really new around the schools here.</p>