<p>Ok crazy mom with too much time on her hands!</p>
<p>California resident
fresh/soph GPA 4.0 (no AP offered)
Jr. year unweighted 3.80 weighted 4.80 (4 honors/AP) (also 2 band classes with A not included)
SAT 2100 700/700/700 (will retake in fall)
no SAT II scores or AP scores avail yet
EC - Track, Model UN, Nationally recognized boys' choir member 7 years
Pep band, jazz band</p>
<p>probably a few more things I can't recall</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Well SAT’s are on track for UCLA and Cornell, and GPA is good for all of them (obv. at perfect 4.0)</p>
<p>Though a 2200+ would really be helpful in my opinion, esp. for Yale, Brown, and Stanford.</p>
<p>In state helps. But EC’s are… boring. No leadership, no volunteering, no summer programs, no awards. I think you need to update that before getting a good chance, otherwise, well… it’s an uphill chance…</p>
<p>Not nearly enough info to get an reasonable opinion. Rank is more impt than GPA. What classes were taken vs. what was available as well.</p>
<p>For the ivies and Stanford, ECs beyond the school level are impt. If no hook so are SATs above 750 per section and very hgh percentiles on SATIIs.</p>
<p>CA is an overrepresented state at the ivies making the bar very high. Unfortunately nothing you list so far suggests an ivy admit.</p>
<p>I would second what HONORLIONS said. Assuming an improved SAT, and high SAT IIs, I would say the extracurriculars are fairly typical & do not represent a high school student reaching above and beyond readily available school opportunities (jazz band, track) besides the choir thing.</p>
<p>Cornell, Yale, Stanford are high reaches (at this point, honestly, I do not think they’re a strong possibility).</p>
<p>Do you have any information about the high school attended? Is it highly regarded & well-ranked? Public or private? How many people does the school generally send to the schools listed?</p>
<p>no hooks unfortunately!
public school, does not rank students but in the top 5-10% of class
total school approx 1,300
very competitive, upper middle income level kids</p>
<p>Fresh/soph - typical classes geom, bio, span 3-4, chem, alg 3-4, span 5-6</p>
<p>Jr. year classes
AP Biology
Honors Spanish 7-8
Precalc
Honors English
AP US History
band
jazz band</p>
<p>Sr. Year - i think
AP Physics
AP Calculus
AP Econ
Honors English
US Govt
Adv band</p>
<p>very musical plays several instruments </p>
<p>been browbeating him on ECs but what’s a mother to do? choir commitment is most of summer with touring so unable to commit to projects then. also hw several hours a day so not sure how all you kids do so much! </p>
<p>Thanks again for replying and good luck in your own searches</p>
<p>couple more answers</p>
<p>taken pretty much all APs available except maybe chemistry and music</p>
<p>schools sends probably 5-10 to Stanford/Ivies every year </p>
<p>lots to all UC schools</p>
<p>GATE student</p>
<p>Well he’s what I like to call the ‘calculator’ applicant at this point. Good with grades and SAT’s, but if that’s all you can think of regarding EC’s… well… it’s still a pretty high reach. </p>
<p>Did you look into some sort of music programs? As well as leadership positions? Volunteering’s a must too. I suggest trying to get him and some of his ‘band geek’ friends into starting some sort of charity organization that plays music for idle old people in retirement homes or makes a Thanksgiving Dinner at a soup kitchen seem a little more… not crappy. </p>
<p>Just my 2 cents =D</p>
<p>wonderful suggestions, thanks very much. he has done some volunteering through our church and relay for life and blood bank donations so he’s not a total slug!</p>
<p>If you want good E. Coast, more realstic than ivy schools he looks like a good candidate for Vassar and Sarah Lawrence.</p>
<p>Though I’m sure he’d make a good applicant for the ‘lower’ UC schools like Davis (us Jerseyians are too narrow minded to know the prestige of anything but UCLA, UCB, and CalTech on the inferior Western Coast).</p>
<p>“taken pretty much all APs available except maybe chemistry and music”</p>
<p>That’s quite shocking for such a ‘musically inclined’ guy btw. Did he try out for like 1st chair or w.e. it’s called? Or try running for office in the MUN? I doubt choir’s THAT demanding… or is it?</p>
<p>I know I think he’s kind of burnt out on music therefore didn’t want to take the AP Music class although should be pretty easy with the amount of theory he’s completed. Choir is a weekly commitment of 4-5 hours with year round performances most heavily during the holidays, summer camp of 2 weeks and 2 weeks touring each summer either US or international. </p>
<p>he switched instruments per his director’s request to balance orchestra so probably not first chair but could change back</p>
<p>and btw Davis is an excellent school on the superior west coast…</p>
<p>Your SAT score is far too low for the Ivies</p>
<p>For the UC schools and maybe cornell
you have good shot</p>
<p>but for the other ones
you should have a higher SAT, idaelly 2200 plus.</p>
<p>however, goood luck tho!</p>
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<p>you have a good shot at Berkeley and UCLA.</p>