Hi everyone,
I’m a rising junior trying to make a first draft college list. It is still early for me to know what my final SAT/ACT/GPA will be, but here are my stats so far:
SAT (new) - 1420 (I plan on getting this up a lot)
ACT - 33 (Eng - 33, Math - 35, Reading - 31, Science - 33)
SAT II: Math II - 750, Chem - 730
APs - APUSH (4)
APs junior year - AP Calc AB, AP French, AP World, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Chem
Current GPA: 3.98
ECs:
President of Red Cross Club
Committee Leader in the Youth Council of Central NJ Red Cross
State-certified EMT, currently a volunteer for local rescue squad
Summer Research Intern at Princeton University (one-on-one w/ grad student)
Published a new protein extracted from duckweed (Rutgers Waksman Program)
Science Olympiad Member
Tutor at High School (a part of the tutoring board ~ 5 other students)
Tutor at Middle School (will most likely be the leader of this next year)
French National Contest - Gold freshman year and Bronze sophomore year
Other Info:
Gender - Female
Ethnicity - Caucasian
Income - < $45,000
Financial Aid - Yes
Languages - English, French, Spanish
Intended Major - Premed/biochem
These are schools that I am interested in
Carnegie Mellon
Barnard
UMich
Johns Hopkins
University of Pennsylvania (dream school)
Georgetown
Washington University (St. Louis)
Northwestern
Thank you for your help!!
Those are all reaches get some more match and saftey schools you would be happy to attend. You could get into all those schools listed because your are a qualified applicant. But you could also rejected by all those schools and have nowhere to go.
Thanks for the response, @Math557 ! What would qualify a school as a “match” or a “safety” in terms of numbers? For example, would test scores in the 75th, 80th, 90th, etc for a given school be considered a reach/match/safety?
@lanam99
For top schools, even scores in the 75th, 80th, 90th, or 99th percentiles are not enough to make them safety or match schools.
Out of the schools you listed, your chances are probably highest at Barnard, but I would still classify it as a low reach (assuming very high quality application/essays/recommendations).
@yikesyikesyikes
Thanks for the response! I also noticed that you go to UMich. Any advice for students applying there in the future?
Since the consensus seems to be that I’m setting my standards too high, does anyone have match/safety suggestions for me?
Thanks, everyone!
@lanam99
It is not that you are setting your standards too high, you just need some matches/safeties along with your reaches. As for Michigan, apply early and make sure you put good work into your essays.] to present yourself as best as possible. You seem to be in good shape for Michigan (still a reach, as it is for basically everyone), you just need to follow through.
Obviously, even higher standardized test scores will help too.
Apply to state universities as safeties, you will most likely get a scholarship.