<p>So I'm a junior and I put together a laundry list of colleges to consider ranked according to how likely I'd get in and how much I'd want to go there. If you could chance me for them it would help me narrow down my list somewhat.</p>
<p>My colleges are:</p>
<p>Tier 1: Elite colleges that I may or may not get into
MIT (applying EA), Columbia (Fu Foundation), Princeton, Caltech, Cornell, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale</p>
<p>Tier 2: Colleges I'll probably get into
Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Northwestern</p>
<p>Tier 3: Safties
SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Buffalo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Tech, Stevens Institute of Tech</p>
<p>And my stats:</p>
<p>Biographical:
School Type: Private Catholic School
Location: New York City
Ethnicity: Mostly White, Partially Hispanic
First-Generation College Student
Low Family Income - Divorced Parents
~$50,000 saved (in my name)</p>
<p>Academics:
No Class Rank
GPA: ~100 (my school only gives weighted averages)</p>
<p>Major Classes + Grades
(9th Grade)
English 9 Honors - 95
Algebra Honors - 95
AP World History I - 94
Spanish 1 - 95
Bio Honors - 99
(10th Grade)
English 10 Honors - 96
Geometry Honors - 99
AP World History - 90
Spanish 2 - 93
Chem Honors - 99
(11th Grade) First Semester Grades
AP Literature - 97
Advanced Algebra/Precalc - 100
AP US History - 86
Spanish 3 - 98
Physics Honors - 100
(12th Grade Courseload)
AP Composition
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
College Physics 1</p>
<p>Tests:
PSAT - 219 (Possibly National Merit)
SAT - 770 CR 750 M 800 W (all one sitting)
SAT IIs - 730 Bio-E 740 Math 1 760 World History 770 Chem 800 Bio-M (Probably 800 Physics and 800 Math 2 this year)
AP World History - 5</p>
<p>Activities:
Science Olympiad 10, 11, 12
ACE Mentorship Program (Engineer) 11, 12
Drama Club 9, 10, 11, 12 (multiple plays including leadership positions in some)
Volunteer Tutoring (11th Grade Math) 11
Marist Youth Leader 11, 12
Chorus (will have solos in 3 out of 4 concerts) 11, 12
Yearbook 11, 12
Band 9, 10, 11, 12 (Clarinet)
(Probably) NHS 12
(Possibly) Columbia Science Honors Program 12</p>
<p>Other activities:
A Robotics Project at Queens College starting in 11th Grade
A Science Reseach Course that wasn't supposed to be offered to students in my grade, obtained special permission to join (Doing survey research on sleep and academics)
Volunteered a few weeks at Esopus Camps for people with Special Needs (Adult Vacation for 2 years, Special Kids II for 1)
Cybercamps Teen Leadership Program over 2 summers
Currently attempting to found an Engineering Club at my school</p>
<p>Awards:
Science Olympiad Medals (NYC Regionals)
2008 - 4th Place Ecology
2009 - 3rd Place Cell Bio
2009 - 3rd Place Chem Lab</p>
<p>Junior-Senior Math Bowl - 1st Place
ACE Nationals - Honorable Mention
(Possible National Merit Finalist)</p>
<p>Recommendations:
Math Teacher - Advanced Algebra/Precalc
English Teacher - English 10 Honors, Chorus, AP Composition
Supplementary - ACE Mentor
Supplementary - Science Olympiad Coach (has a very strong recommendation reputation)</p>
<p>So if you actually took the time to read through all my stats, chance me for the colleges I listed. Especially note schools not in the proper categories (Safeties that I can't really consider excellent bets, Probablies that I'd definitely get into) Thanks for helping me</p>
<p>Also, since my first choice is MIT and I have other very technical schools on there, Should I retake the SAT to try for a higher math score or would an 800 on the Math 2 Subject Test make up for that?</p>