AP classes: 6 in total through senior year AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, AP Lang, AP Stats, AP Chinese, AP Euro Hist-- rest of my classes all honors all of high school
Extracurriculars: President of Lit Club, President of NCHS (Chinese honors society), VP of acappella singing group, peer mentors program at high school, school newspaper editor, garden tour designer for shedd Aquarium.
summer programs: env community service trip to Hawaii, env research trip to Belize, env council training institute in new mexico.
intern at Shedd aquarium- young naturalist position.
won a couple of national awards like chinese honors society, presidential volunteer service award, questbridge, etc.
teacher recs will most likely be great
counselor rec will be great
essays will be written on diving/hovering underwater and how it shaped my perspective on the world
Its worth a shot - many of these schools are somewhat holistic in their admissions. Let’s be honest though. All these schools are selective with admit rates in the low 20s percentile wise or lower. Brown is sub 10%, Colorado College below 17% this year I heard. No reason to think that next year won’t be even lower to all these schools. Read through the forums on each college and look at the stats of kids who were declined or waitlisted this year. It is sobering.
I don’t chance because its too much of a crap shoot. It’s great to have reaches but make sure you are developing a well rounded list that includes matches and safeties as well.
@doschicos is absolutely right. A lot of the little things will determine if you get in or not. Based on stats alone, maybe try to bump that GPA up a little bit, and raise your ACT score to about a 32.
But as everyone knows, stats aren’t everything, and unless you’re like International Math Olympiad gold medal winner or if you have like a 1.5 GPA and 1200 SAT score, it is impossible to predict for these selective colleges.
Many people who “aren’t qualified” get in each year and many people who “are qualified” don’t.
While I believe it is possible to get in with an ACT of 30 as I got into Vassar with an ACT of 29, I really feel like if you have the chance to improve your ACT you should. This year for instance, the mean ACT for Vassar was 32 and the 25th to 75th percentile was 31-34. If cost is not a problem, give the ACT one more shot and then focus on your essays.
Lmao thx or (no thx?) everyone but I already got into all these schools which just goes to prove how holistic admissions are and everyone needs to chillax with scores