Admissions Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hispanic Male</p>

<p>Schools Being Considered:
Carngie-Mellon Univ.
Columbia Univ.
Cornell Univ.
New York Univ.
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Penn State Univ.</p>

<p>SAT (1st attempt):
Critical Reading - 570
Math - 620
Writing - 580
Overall: 1770/2400</p>

<p>Accu. GPA (Unweighted on a 4.0 Scale): 3.8064
Accu. GPA (Weighted on a 5.0 Scale): 4.85
Rank: 1/414</p>

<p>AP Exams:
English Language and Composition: 3 (Re-taking next year)
Spanish Language: 5 (Yay!)
** Taking AP English Literature & Comp., AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP U.S. History, and possibly AP Chemistry next year**</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activties:
Academic Team (9,10,11,12) -- President (11)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (11) Possibly 12
Student Council Representative (9,10,11) Possibly 12
School Newspaper - News Editor (10)
School Newspaper - Editor in Chef (11, 12)
Key Club (11, 12)
Community Service Group (10, 11, 12)
Future Business Leaders of America (11, 12)
Drama Club (11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Achievers in Our High School (9, 10, 11) Possibly 12
Prom Committee (11)</p>

<p>School Grades:
Math
Algebra 1 Honors: A+
Geoemetry Honors: A+
Algebra 2 Honors: A+
Pre-Calculus Honors: A+
AP Calculus: N/A</p>

<p>English
English 9 Honors: A-
English 10 Honors: A+
English 11 Honors: A+
AP English Language: A-
AP English Literature: N/A</p>

<p>Science
Biology Honors: A
Biology Lab Honors: A
Earth-Space Honors: A-
Chemistry Honors: A+
Chemistry Lab Honors: A+
AP Biology: N/A
AP Biology Lab: N/A
Anatomy & Physiology Honors: N/A
~*No Room for Physics *~</p>

<p>History
World History Level A: A+
U.S. History Part 1 Honors: A
U.S. History Part 2 Honors: A
AP U.S. History: N/A</p>

<p>Foreign Language
Spanish 1 Honors: A
Spanish 2 Honors: A
AP Spanish Language: A-
Spanish 4 Honors: N/A</p>

<p>Electives
Culinary Art Class: A+
Computer Applications 1: A+
Journalism: A
Independent Study Journalism (I): A+
Independent Study Journalism (II): N/A</p>

<p>Science Fair -- County Winner --- Honorable Mention
Recognition for Work on School Paper</p>

<p>Anythign else I can add to my extracurricular activity list? As a rising senior, I feel I haven't dedicated myself 100 percent... ::Pulls hair out of head::<br>
Thanks for reading and submitting your opinion/evalutations! I really appreciate it! </p>

<p>~Fraggle</p>

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<p>Are you applying to the colleges or engineering programs?</p>

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<p>Thanks for reading my post! :) I am planning on majoring in Chemistry when I receive my BA. Afterwards, I hope to utilize that degree in order to reach medical school.</p>

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<p>Columbia Univ. - reach
Cornell Univ. - reach
New York Univ. - match
Penn State Univ. - safety</p>

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<p>i think they are all reaches</p>

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<p>I think you need to retake the SAT. Even for an URM, I think that SAT score won't cut it at many of your choices. An extra 200 points or so would make more of a difference than anything else you could possibly come up w/ to do the last month of summer.</p>

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<p>again, too much emphasis on SAT. being an URM and having excelelnt everything else will overlook the SAT.</p>

<p>columbia: reach
cornell: reach</p>

<p>carnegie mellon: match
NYU: match</p>

<p>penn state: likely admit (if you're instate)</p>

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<p>Carngie-Mellon Univ. - match
Columbia Univ. - reach
Cornell Univ. - lesser reach
New York Univ. - match/ safe
Johns Hopkins Univ. - lesser reach/ match
Penn State Univ - absolute safety</p>

<p>You need more schools in between Hopkins and NYU. Look into places like Emory, WashU, Michigan, Chicago.</p>

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<p>They're all reaches because of your SAT scores which all the adcoms will see. Your chances are good at PSU. Agree with slipper1234 that you lower your sights a bit; his suggestions are good ones.</p>

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<p>Penn State i think hes right about, NYU possibly, but CGS if u ask me. And Cornell...i think is a reach</p>

<p>This is my personal opinion, i wouldnt look at these schools. Granted hes an URM, but a student who scores 1700 sumthin on his SAT's will have a hard time doing the work that the rest of the students at Cornell, Columbia, and the other schools are doing. You may get in on URM but is that what you really want??</p>

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<p>Your class rank and grades are fantastic, but that SAT is really gonna pull you down. How competitive is your high school? If it's not that good, then grades and class rank may not hold as much weight as you need them to. Try to get leadership positions in your clubs. If you want to be competitive at some of those schools, you MUST get that SAT up. 2000+ would be ideal, but at least try to get each section in the 600's. Right now I think Cornell and Columbia are huge reaches, JHU is a reach, and NYU and carnegie mellon are slight reaches. Penn state is a match out of state, safety in state.</p>