Hi. I’m a rising senior and (hopefully!) a future neuroscience major on the pre-med track. I know that I will be able to get into my safety schools (state public schools, etc.), but will I be able to get into any Ivys? Thanks so much.
My stats:
4.0 weighted GPA
ACT: 34
SAT: 1500
PSAT: 1450
AP courses:
AP Bio 4
AP Euro 5
AP English Lang
AP Chem
AP Calc AB
(these scores are tentative)
Next year I will be taking:
AP English Lit
AP Physics
AP Calc AB
For extracurriculars, I am the teen leader of my youth group, have volunteered at a hospital abroad, will be shadowing a physician soon, and am a volunteer counselor at a summer camp every summer. At school, I am involved in a program working with the younger kids(with leadership position) and am a member of NHS (with leadership position).
I am passionate about working with kids, and in the future I hope to specialize in adolescent psychiatry.
Will this be enough to help me get into any Ivy League Schools?
@Johnny45554554 that was extremely insightful.
What is your unweighted GPA? It is certainly possible but nothing is a definite at Ivies. ACT score is very good but extracurriculars are lacking. Do something over the summer to reiterate your interest/passion and write a good essay and you will have a chance. With that said, Ivies are a reach for everyone.
Also does a 1450 PSAT qualify for NMSF?
@Dontskipthemoose
Unfortunately, my school does not provide unweighted GPAs , so I don’t know what my score would be. If it helps, I’m once again volunteering at the camp this summer, and I work at a tutoring center. I am also in the math honor society and tutor through that as well. In addition, I am a member of my school’s psychology, and emotional intelligence clubs. I will be an AP scholar and am graduating in the top 10% of my class with honor roll. I know I’m not as qualified as others, but I’m truly passionate about what I want to do.
Your extracurriculars are pretty lackluster. Most of those things are a given for an Ivy applicant (AP scholar, honors societies, top 10%, etc.).
Why do you want to go to an Ivy? For the prestige? Is there a particular program you are interested in at a specific Ivy?
“Your extracurriculars are pretty lackluster.”
“Why do you want to go to an Ivy?”
One of the issues that I noticed in the original post is that it was not about getting into any specific school, but just “the ivy’s”. The Ivy League universities are not all the same. If you just want to get into any of them, then it looks like you aren’t actually thinking about what you want in a university, but just want to do it for the name. I don’t think that this strengthens your chances of getting in.
OP, you have great stats, and should be fine getting into a very good university that has a very good program in the field that you want to study – which is a very worthwhile field. However, you need to research individual universities, without regard for whether they are Ivy’s, and find a university which is a good match for you and for what you want to study.
You have the stats to get in but your ECs are very basic. Apply, but make sure they don’t make up more than a third of your college list as they are definitely reaches.
Even if your school do not calculate uwGPA, you should be able to calculate it from your grades. Your test score is within the admission range, but so as most other applicants while the admission rates are less than 10% for most of the Ivies. Think about what can make you stand out from the others. Just going after the name of Ivies should not be your goal. You should at least learn about the schools as they are 7 very different schools. More important, think about which kind of schools you like by size, programs, location, cost, etc.