Chance me: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Texas A&M, NYU, Duke, UPEnn, Uchicago

<p>Hi! I'm a junior in High school in Louisiana. I want to major in Neuroscience/
Neurology sciences. I want to apply for a plethora of schools: Carnegie Mellon,
Cornell, Texas A&M, NYU, Duke, UPEnn, Uchicago. Can you all chance me?</p>

<p>Other college choices are: University of Indiana, UT Austin, Ohio State, William&Mary, John Hopkins... </p>

<p>High school:
My unweighted GPA is 3.6
ACT: 26
AP's: Will be taking the tests in May. By senior year ill have 5 AP classes:
French V, VI, English III, IV, World History </p>

<p>Extracurricular activities (weak, I know):
- National Honors Society
- English National Honors Society
- French Club (president)
- 16 hrs a week I work at a restaurant
- Captain of showcase soccer team
- HOSA</p>

<p>** Dual enrolling for Calculus and Chem II at a college next year
** Will be volunteering during the summer
** Was born in Ivory Coast, lived in France and Burkina Faso, now here...so multicultural if that matters.</p>

<p>I know I'm aiming high and these are a lot of colleges but what are my chances? or what can I do to improve them?</p>

<p>C’mon guys… Anything?</p>

<p>sorry to break it to ya like this, but those are all far reaches (the first list) :(, I mean your GPA and ACT are well below admission stats, and your ECs are cookie-cutter :(</p>

<p>Wow, absolutely none of them? How about the second list?</p>

<p>Also Carnegie Mellon is my dream school</p>

<p>Your ACT score/GPA is too low for most of the colleges on your list (you can look up a college’s ACT score distribution). From your current list, you don’t seem to have a safety college at all. </p>

<p>I’m not saying you don’t have a chance at all–everyone has a chance–but I think that you’re applying to too many extremely selective schools that aren’t likely to come through for you. Apply to a few, sure, but look for other colleges too. </p>

<p>I’d recommend trying to raise your ACT to at least a 30.</p>

<p>I will be retaking the ACT soon and hopefully will try to get a 28-30 score. </p>

<p>Does anyone know if neuroscience is competitive at CMU?</p>

<p>By the way, remover chat, my safety is LSU. Sorry about that</p>

<p>How about this… Can you guys name some state colleges that you think I could manage to get into?</p>