<p>Hi everyone! I'm from California and was wondering what my chances are for some Ivy Leagues, UCs, and Jesuit schools. My intended major is Microbiology or Human Biology.</p>
<p>SAT: 2250 (800 CR, 720W, 730M)
- I will retake the SAT one more time in October.
GPA Weighted: 4.5
GPA Unweighted: 3.9
Rank: Top Tenth (I'm not sure if my school releases top 5%)</p>
<p>AP Classes and exam scores:
- Calculus AB AP (5)
- World History AP (5)
- US History AP (5)
- English Lang. and Comp (3)
- English Lit. and Comp (5)
- Chemistry AP (2)
- Computer Science AP (4)
AP classes I will take Senior year: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP European History, AP Psychology, Calculus BC </p>
<p>SAT II Subjects:
- World History (790)
- Math Level II (750)
- Bio (750)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars and Honors
- Newsmagazine Editor-in-Chief
- Yearbook Copy Editor
- Treasurer for Interact club
- Member of the Varsity "A" Academic Team (top team at our school which goes to all the national tournaments, 13th place at High School Nationals (HSNCT) in 2013)
- Research Intern at local university (2013), Marketing Intern for local nonprofit (2012)
- 200 hours of volunteer service through coaching Little League Baseball and doing research at a local university
- AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>Schools I'm applying to:
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UCLA
UC San Diego
UPenn
USC
Stanford</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Cornell: low reach
Johns Hopkins: low reach
Georgetown: low reach
UC Berkeley: match
UC Davis: safety
UCLA: match
UC San Diego: safety
UPenn: low reach
USC: match
Stanford: low reach</p>
<p>The Academic Team EC is pretty impressive (I can guess which school you go to and know how good your team always is and how much work that takes). I would say the top schools in general are a bit of a reach, as they are for everyone, but the state schools are all matches or safeties.</p>
<p>Chance a fellow hopeful for several of those schools back?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1524667-chance-me-georgetown-sfs-stanford-other-schools-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1524667-chance-me-georgetown-sfs-stanford-other-schools-please.html</a></p>
<p>Cornell: Reach
JHS: Mid-Low Reach
Georgetown: Mid-Low Reach
Berkeley: Match
UCLA: Match
USD: Safety
UPenn: Reach
USC: Match
Stanford: Reach</p>
<p>Cornell - reach, just because it’s an ivy
Johns Hopkins - match, little bit of reach
Georgetown - some reach
UC Berkeley - match
UC Davis - safety
UCLA - match
UC San Diego - match
UPenn - reach
USC - match
Stanford - reach</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1524200-what-schools-suitable-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1524200-what-schools-suitable-me.html</a></p>
<p>You are competitive for all of these schools, but my advice having had two kids go through the process this past year is pick the school you love and apply ED. </p>
<p>Daughter applied ED to Duke and got in. Her twin brother, with 110 points higher on SAT (1540/2290 v 1430/2170) and higher on SAT subject tests (about 40 points each) and with similar grades,. ECs etc applied RD and got wait-listed and then rejected. </p>
<p>The one exception is Georgetown. Would recommend applying RD there as it is harder to get admitted there EA than RD. Son also did not make it there (luckily did get admitted at WUSTL, Davidson, UVA, and WM). Also, GU says EAs get a fresh look RD and I am sure that is true, but nevertheless I would be surprised if there is not a little stigma and GU only admits RD about 10% of the left over EAs.</p>
<p>In any event, good luck. You have achieved a lot and will go somewhere great I am sure.</p>
<p>UC schools are probably all safety/match.
Cornell, Stanford, Penn – reaches probably.
Georgetown is also probably a math, esp. if you want to do their foreign services school or something like that.
Chance me back, I have no clue what my chances are… <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1525054-chances-princeton.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1525054-chances-princeton.html</a></p>
<p>Also, what team were you on for HSNCT, I was one of the 8th ranked teams, and I’m wondering if we hit you.</p>