<p>Asian Male
Specialized HS in New York City - Test for Admission
GPA Unweighted: 3.5 (All Honor Level Courses)
Ranking: School does not rank</p>
<p>SAT: (Retaking this Saturday / November) - 1890
CR - 660
M - 640
W - 590</p>
<p>SAT II:
Biology - 730
US History - 700</p>
<p>AP Scores: (School only has 5 AP courses)
AP Biology - 4
AP History - 4
AP Calculus BC - currently taking</p>
<p>Sports:
1 Year of Varsity Tennis
3 Years of Varsity Swimming</p>
<p>Clubs:
Christian Fellowship 2 Years
Science Club 1 Year - Secretary
Key Club 1 year</p>
<p>ECs:
80 hours of volunteering at the library
5-10 hours for key club</p>
<p>Summer:
HIV / Fruit Fly course at Mt. Sinai Hospital
CollegeNow Business 1000 at Baruch College - A-</p>
<p>Schools:
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Stonybrook
University of Rochester
New York University
University of Michigan
Boston College
UCLA
USC
Cornell (for the sake of applying)</p>
<p>You're not average, you're probably in the 90%tile.</p>
<p>i would say i'm considered average compared to like 90% of these threads!</p>
<p>but thanks zinokey, apreciate it</p>
<p>what Zinokey said.</p>
<p>You are a reach for 15-25, and a slight reach/match for most 25-50, and LACs 20-30. And you could catch an adcom on a good day and get into a Top 25.</p>
<p>So from your list, Cornell a big reach, USC, UCLA and Mich reaches, NYU/BC/Rochester slight reaches. SUNYs are Safeties (and a great value).</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton - Match
SUNY Stonybrook - Match
University of Rochester - Match
New York University - Reach
University of Michigan - Reach
Boston College - Reach
UCLA - Reach
USC - Reach
Cornell - Reach</p>
<p>Why not get a few safeties? Based on the types of schools you've listed (medium-large), I'd say SUNY Albany, SUNY Buffalo, CUNY Baruch, CUNY City College, CUNY Hunter, etc.</p>
<p>lilygraces... why do you say Rochester is a Match?</p>
<p>His SAT scores are within range and his GPA is less than the majority of people who have matriculated there. AKA: A match.</p>
<p>I guess we use the word Match differently... for me Match is a student whose stats are between about 60% and 70%for the school in question... absent any hooks like athletic, legacy, URM, or exceptional ECs. OP's SATs are below the 50% for Rochester. I don't look at GPA b/c I cannot normalize it not knowing his school.</p>
<p>New York University
University of Michigan
Boston College
UCLA
USC
Cornell </p>
<p>those are your only reach schools. i would say the rest are matches.</p>
<p>I agree with Claire that those 6 schools are definite reaches (especially since you are OOS for Michigan and UCLA), but I think UR may be in that category as well (although certainly to a lesser extent). Most people don't quite appreciate just how selective UR is. </p>
<p>Unless you would be completely happy at one of the SUNYs, you might want to consider adding a few schools that are a closer match to your qualifications.</p>
<p>There simply is not enough relevant information in the original post to offer realistic assessment of chances. It would be helpful if the OP stated the specialty of his current high school, his intended major, and what he considers important when selecting a college or university.
The numbers alone suggest that, as an out-of-state applicant, UCLA is not likely to admit the OP. The same could be written regarding Cornell except that it may depend on whether or not the OP-a New York state resident-is applying to one of Cornell's land grant colleges.
Because the OP performs better on achievement tests than on IQ type exams, an SAT optional school might be a wise addition to the list of colleges/universities.
I do agree that the University of Rochester looks like a match.
If pre-med is your intended course of study, then your list needs additional schools.</p>
<p>Coldwind, I don't quite understand your comment. While the specialty of his high school and his intended major might have some impact on how his credentials are evaluated by an admissions officer, what is the relevance of "what the OP considers important when selecting a college"? I just don't see what that has to do with his chances of admission.</p>
<p>wow! thanks for all of the comments, and i'm hoping i can bump my sats up a bit this saturday or if it comes down to it in november. I am a New York state resident, and i would be completely satisfied with suny's but what do you mean by a school with a closer match to my qualifications worried_mom, is there some middle ground between the sunys and the schools i selected?</p>
<p>really appreciate the help btw</p>
<p>OP - Sunys are ranked in the 70s... your other schools are 16-35. There is a large gap therek, since ranking usually correlates with stats needed to get in.</p>
<p>There are a lot of really good schools in that range, not to mention LACs. YOu mentioned BC, but not BU -- BU is a little easier to get into and still well ranked... in the 50s I think. what about Penn St? U of Miami? Or smaller like Bucknell, Lehigh, Colgate, etc. etc. etc. What about Syracuse? Fordham? Tulane?</p>
<p>Just take a look at the USNews Unis ranked 36-75, and LACs ranked around 15-35 (like Hamilton in NY). A TON of choices depending on your finances.</p>
<p>thank you so much dunninLA, i totally forgot about all of the colleges in between, I'm going to be doing some research, you might have saved my college career !</p>
<p>I'm not sure which Specialized HS you go to but I'm at Science. I'll take a guess and say you're at Tech (top three specialized hs).</p>
<p>At Science we have a website where we can compare the GPAs, SAT, and ACT scores of students from our school who were accepted or waitlisted. Check if your school has that or ask your guidance counselors. I would say that for the vast majority of colleges, the average GPA for kids from my school that get in is a little lower than the "sticker" GPA the colleges put up online. They recognize that Specialized High Schools have a bit more rigor than your garden variety public school.</p>