<p>White
Male
Conneticut
Best high school in state</p>
<p>SAT 2240 770 CR 680 Math 790 Writing
GPA: 3.8 but im worried that 1. thats not high enough 2. my courseload is not demanding enough
fresh: all honors soph all honors junior: 2 ap's (lit +history)
senior (most likely): honors statistics, AP micro econ, AP language AP euro AP psych, honors spanish 4</p>
<p>Awards: presidential award for 250 + tutoring hours
National Scholastic Writing Awards 2x
National Entrepreneurship Award Bronze DECA
State/regional journalism awards</p>
<p>Leadership:
Editor School newspaper and magazine
President DECA
NHS
SHS</p>
<p>Extra curric's:
Reading Tutor for kumon
reading education/curiculum development internship for princeton review
concert choir</p>
<p>Your stats are very similar to mine (2230, 4.0, choir, lots of volunteering/tutoring, leadership in some normalish things) and I got in :)
I guess I can't say "great chances" or I sound self-promoting, but I do think you have a really good shot</p>
<p>You definitely have a good shot. One thing that might help is if you try to raise your Math score. That might sound ridiculous, but that's one way of slightly upping your chances, albeit a very small amount.</p>
<p>Hm, I would raise it a bit more. I know I sound picky and a bit crazy for saying that, but the higher you can raise it, the better. What do you think your major might be?</p>
<p>Definitely English...which is why Im not too concerned abotu the math score
and i think my CR + writing scores plus awards and extra currics support the reason for which i would make a solid english major</p>
<p>^ They don't really care about your expected major. From what I've read on CC, they barely acknowledge it, because they can't hold you to it. Therefore I would suggest for you to just retake the SATs and score 30-40 points higher. You should be fine with a few weeks of practice - besides, it could have just been the curve.</p>
<p>I know people here are saying that you need to improve your math score, and while that would be nice, it's also not ESSENTIAL. Do you really think the admissions people are going to open up your app and look at your math score "OMG, 680? That's so much worse than Applicant X who had 700!" It's not all about the scores. If your scores are good (they are) and your grades are good (they are) and everything else is good, I think it mostly comes down to essays and those intangible random qualities colleges are looking for, NOT twenty measly points on the SAT.</p>
<p>raelah, while all of that may be true, it might just help brown14 to raise his Math score as much as possible. A high SAT score in the Math section may not make or break his candidacy, but it's better if he secures himself as much as he can.</p>
<p>All I'm saying is if he cares to improve his application, this is one way that he can, seeing as though he's only a junior and has a lot of time.</p>
<p>i thank you guys for your helpful opinions and i agree that in march i really have to own the math section and get it above the 700 mark
cross your fingers i get an 800 on writing because last two times ive taken test ive gotten 780 and 790 will 11's both times</p>
<p>Don't freak out about the math. My math score was a 620. But my verbal was a 730 so I just made the cut and I was accepted. I was also feesking about the math but at the end of the day, its all cool.</p>
<p>You guys really knock me out sometimes. An admissions officer at Wesleyan is certainly going to have the experience to look at brown14's record and see that he is taking honors stat as a senior. i.e. he is not the strongest math student. </p>
<p>Note the text in the Wesleyan viewbook Wesleyan wants to see applicants who have taken advantage of the strongest program offered at their high schools. This is clearly not that.</p>
<p>Under the circumstances there's no way Brown14 is a cinch. As he knew when he wrote, he's not at the tippy-top of this school. He's a reach. Also, aps at Wesleyan went from 8k to 10k this year. If anything like that holds for next year, the school will be even more selective than it has been in the past.</p>
<p>no chance at all. you can't spell "junior."
<em>in case you're not sure what I'm talking about, think carefully about what grade you're in at school, and how it's pronounced, and then look at the title of your post</em> hahahaha</p>
<p>Let's not be mean, guys. "Juniot" was obviously just a typo.</p>
<p>I think the OP has a very good shot. Wes wants people to take advanced classes, but it's okay if you miss out on 1 or 2 opportunities... Be realistic. It's still an honors math class. I took regular US history instead of AP US my Junior year because I knew that history wasn't my best subject, and it turned out to be a good move because I put my time into my other (harder) classes. Brown14 is just doing the analogous move with math.
I <em>would</em> try to raise the math score and the GPA, but I wouldn't be quite so harsh. It looks very solid overall, with some good (if normal) leadership roles, high scores, AP classes, and pretty good grades. Nit-picking beyond that is silly.</p>