Alright Guys And Gals, Toss Me Some Insight

<p>Hey People Of CC. Toss a bro a chance.
I started my ec's pretty late, but they're all things I like. I've had fun doing them, and a lot of them center around volunteering.</p>

<p>I'm a junior, and secretly, I'm freaking the eff out.</p>

<p>User Name: csokane
Gender: M
Location: Texas
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: I'm part of my high school's first graduating class. The other high school in my district has had top kids go to ivies and other top schools every year. </p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.85 (On an A=90-100=4.0, B=80-89=3.0... scale), 3.88-3.89 by the time junior year ends with how my grades are going
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 118</p>

<p>A big thing that has worried me is my grades. They seem like they'd be too low for Stern and other such schools, and I only have an UW gpa of 3.85 on a A=90-100, B=80-89 scale.</p>

<p>My school doesn't have literal honors classes, but we have a thing called pre advanced placement and gt placement. Both are given more wait than normal classes but right below AP and IB classes. So, I'm thinking that colleges will consider them honors classes, and as of now here are my grades. Waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy to many A-'s. When junior year ends I should have: 5 B's, 13 A-'s (90-93), and 18 A's and A+'s(94-100).</p>

<p>8th Grade (two high school level classes taken, they factor into my GPA and are on my transcript)</p>

<p>Spanish 95/97
Algebra 1 97/97</p>

<p>9th grade
English GT 90/91
Spanish Pre AP 94/94
Geometry GT 88/90
Biology GT 90/92
AP Human Geography 89/88</p>

<p>10th Grade (Different school in same district, no AP's offered this year):
English Pre AP 91/92
World History Pre AP 91/92
Chemistry Pre AP 87/92
Algebra 2 Pre AP 90/92
Spanish Pre AP 84/92</p>

<p>11 Grade (First semester gone by)
AP English 95
AP Physics 94
AP US History 95
Pre AP Precal 94
Community College Psychology 99
Spanish Pre AP 94</p>

<p>Scores: SAT 3rd Time (not superscored)</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 770
SAT I Critical Reading: 790
SAT I Writing: 690
SAT M+CR Composite: 1560
SAT Overall: 2250</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
First Robotics Competition [11,12]
Interact Club [11,12]
Red Cross Club [11,12]
Community Service Club [11,12]
In School Debate Club [11,12]
Job Shadowing (40+ Hours By Graduation)
NHS</p>

<p>Leadership positions: None at this time
I'm going to be part of the first graduating class at my school, so I might be starting a chapter of Spanish Honor Society at my school. If possible, I would list founder as a leadership position.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
100-200 Hours By Application Time, Depends on how things go-
Various local volunteering activities
Reagan Wells Ranch Restoration Project
Children's' Medical Center Summer Volunteer Program
Honors and Awards: National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>Stern In NYU (definitely my top choice)</p>

<p>Tepper In Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame</p>

<p>Emory University</p>

<p>University of Michigan Ann Arbor</p>

<p>UC Berkeley oos</p>

<p>UCLA oos (definitely my 2nd choice)</p>

<p>USC</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban
Size: </p>

<p>Area: East Coast, West Coast, Midwest</p>

<p>I’ll chance back with a link.</p>

<p>Stern In NYU (definitely my top choice)- match - low reach</p>

<p>Tepper In Carnegie Mellon- ?</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame-match</p>

<p>Emory University-reach</p>

<p>University of Michigan Ann Arbor-low reach</p>

<p>UC Berkeley oos-reach</p>

<p>UCLA oos (definitely my 2nd choice)-match-low reach</p>

<p>USC-match</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame-match</p>

<p>chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/912361-chance-me-ivies-other-schools-new-member-here.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/912361-chance-me-ivies-other-schools-new-member-here.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Really, reach for Stern?!</p>

<p>NYU Stern - High Match
CMU - Match
Notre Dame - Match
Emory - Match
Ann Arbor - Safety
UC Berkeley - Low Reach
UCLA - Match
USC - Match</p>

<p>You are a strong candidate for any of these.</p>

<p>Alright, thanks for the chances guys. Does anyone have any criticism or advice to offer?</p>

<p>Bump. .</p>

<p>bump .</p>

<p>NYU Stern - High Match/Low Reach
CMU - Match
Notre Dame - Match
Emory - Match
Ann Arbor - Low Match
UC Berkeley - Reach (depends, due to being OOS)
UCLA - Match
USC - Match</p>

<p>I think if you write excellent essays and show your true love of your EC’s, I’m sure you can get into any of these places.</p>

<p>Alright, huge problem is I haven’t been doing them for too long.</p>