<p>What's the best college I can likely get into, and what's the best scholarship that I have a good chance of getting?</p>
<p>SAT: (after taking the test multiple times)
800 M
800 CR
800 W
(2400 total in one sitting)</p>
<p>ACT:
35 (composite)</p>
<p>4.0 GPA UW</p>
<p>9 AP Classes (all 5's on AP exams)</p>
<p>SAT 2's:
World History 760
Chemistry 800
Math 1 and 2 (800)
US History 740</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity tennis team (9,10,11,12)
Tennis coaching (9,10,11,12--all during the summer)
Tutoring--paid and volunteer (11,12)
Volunteer organization--I have a leadership role (9,10,11,12)
Working at a fast-food restaurant (11,12--about 5 hrs a week)
National Honor Society (12)
Hospital volunteer work (11,12)</p>
<p>So, what's the best college I can likely get into? And what's the best scholarship that I have a good chance of getting (doesn't have to be to an AMAZING school, though)?</p>
<p>Define “best” for your purposes – i.e. possible major(s), cost and financial aid constraints, location, social environment, etc… Also, your state of residency may also matter.</p>
<p>You have these scores and grades and someone needs to tell you where to apply? If you are in 12th, how is it that you are asking for advice a day before early deadlines? </p>
<p>I guess the question that we’re asking is with perfect grades and perfect SAT’s, why would you think that there’s any school you don’t have an excellent shot at?</p>
<p>… be that as it may … there is no school in the USA (or probably on planet earth) where someone with perfect scores and perfect grades will not be a competitive candidate.</p>
<p>Of course, nothing is guaranteed with the top 20-25 schools, at least …</p>
<p>As to scholarships, there are threads that talk about merit scholarships. Again, perfect grades, perfect SATs, you have a shot at any of them.</p>
<p>Assuming you’re not a ■■■■■ - with a 2400 SAT and a 4.0 UWGPA and your AP record, you would be a candidate at every college in the country.</p>
<p>However: the only ones who can give you a realistic assessment of your chances are the members of the admissions committees at the schools where you apply, and then only when they have your complete application package in front of them.</p>
<p>In other words: nobody on CC or anywhere else on the Internet can accurately predict your chances at any selective enrollment school.</p>
<p>This message is MIT-specific, but the principle applies to all selective colleges:</p>
<p>Make sure your college list includes some safeties - schools where your stats are well above the norm, that you can pay for under most pessimistic FA assumptions, and where you’d be happy.</p>
<p>It would be more accurate to say “at any highly or holistically selective enrollment school.”</p>
<p>A moderately selective state university that admits or gives merit scholarships “by the numbers” and is safety level for the applicant should be pretty predictable. For example, 3.5 GPA and 1400 SAT CR+M gets the Presidential Scholarship at the University of Alabama; this makes it rather likely that the student will get admitted, don’t you think?</p>
<p>Haha. Assuming you are not a ■■■■■, you would be…but, wait! If you had scored this well, done well in hs, presumably you would know what colleges were good tries for you. Long before 10/31 of your senior year. So, what are you after here?</p>
<p>Any college. However besides your stellar academics, you have no extracurriculars and/or awards that will make you stand you, so getting into say an ivy will be just as difficult as another applicant with lower test scores, however you definitely have a shot at every school in the country. It will come down to your essays, however you most likely will get into at least a few top 20 schools.</p>
<p>First off, (and I guess I should have mentioned this) I am a junior in high school. I included 12’s (i.e. senior stats) to show what I PLAN to do…for instance, I’ve played on my school’s varsity tennis team three years, and I plan to play again senior year; thus, I put 9,10,11,12 after Varsity tennis team. I’m not quite sure what “trolling” means, but as I mentioned I had to take the SAT multiple times to get a perfect score.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the main reason I asked this question was because I’m concerned about my extracurricular activities. Colleges like applicants with “passions,” and to be honest I really don’t know what my passion is…maybe just tennis.</p>
<p>You could EASILY get into some lower-level top 20 schools, and probably WUSTL as they’re pretty stat-based with admissions. UC Berkeley is as well. However, you have a great shot anywhere, all the way up to Harvard. Best of luck, my friend(:</p>
<p>Your chances would be better if you were an URM, or if your ECs were State or National in caliber. However, you are probably auto-admit for your State schools, so that will help. Adcoms will wonder about the disconnect between the perfect SAT 2400 and the less-than-stellar 35 on the ACT by comparison.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. I had the same problem (35 the first time) and the second time it was much easier to get the 36. The whole guessing strategy really worked for me.</p>
<p>jhupost - now that we have it squared away you are still a junior…</p>
<p>35 is equal to 2340. So don’t waste your time. One perfect score is good enough.</p>
<p>You can apply to any school you want. However, all of the top schools only give you financial aid if you get in and they have no merit scholarships. You can expect a comfortable level of free schooling if your parental income is less than 60,000 with almost no contribution from you other than work study. As it reaches 80-100k, most financial aid disappears.</p>
<p>Chicago has some level of merit scholarship, Duke has some, JHU 2/3rd tuition scholarships, Vanderbilt and Rice have some. USC has a full tuition scholarship if you pass their interview.</p>
<p>jhu, You need to stop focusing on your test scores and expand your application to where it counts … what do you do when you’re not in school or studying for the ACT/SAT? How good are you in tennis? Will you be captain your senior year? Are you involved in any community service? If not, is there any community service that you can do that also taps into an area where you want to study in college? For example, if you like medicine, can you volunteer at the hospital? You do not need to waste anymore time perfecting your ACT/SAT because it will not increase your chances any further for any school. Once you get above 2300 or 34, there’s no further value to go higher. As you look at colleges, realize that you or you parents also have to afford them. No Ivy school is going to give you a scholarship for grades, and even some mini-ivies don’t offer merit scholarships. Schools like Boston U, Univ. of Rochester, NYU and other will give merit aid, but they won’t come looking for you, you will have to apply and see what they offer or don’t. All schools are looking for more than GPA and SATs for their highest scholarships, which you clearly have, but there is more to admissions than numbers if you want the scholarships or to get into the Ivies.</p>