<p>I'm a sophomore in high school and this is what is <em>most likely</em> to be on my profile (because I have not taken the SAT's I will only provide score ranges). Please describe my chances at getting into schools such as Brown, Cornell, MIT, Georgetown, the UC's, etc. If they are too far out of reach, please provide a supplement.</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests
Math II: 780-800
Chemistry: 730-750
Physics: 760-780</p>
<p>GPA: About 3.78 Unweighted. Class rank unavalailabe.</p>
<p>I will have taken one of the most rigorous and challenging course outlines that my school offers. Total of 8 AP's.
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP Physics C: 5
AP US History: 4
AP Language and Composition: 3
AP European History: 3
AP Literature: 4
AP Statistics: 5</p>
<p>And all honors classes throughout high school.</p>
<p>Member of the debate team at my school from 10-12 (grades in high school)
Member of the math team at my school from 10-12
Member of my school's orchestra 9-12
Applied and was accepted to SIG (Summer Institute for the Gifted) where I stayed during the summers between 10/11 and 11/12.
100+ hours of volunteer work
Made it to AIME (from AMC)
Member of my school's chamber orchestra 12</p>
<p>Whether I will receive any awards for debate or math is unknown for now.</p>
<p>Intended plan of study: Not currently known but possibilities are
Physics
Engineering (type of engineering is undecided)
Medical research</p>
<p>Most of this info should be accurate considering I am in most of my EC's currently and my school schedule with the AP's is already set in stone, as well as my planning and preparation for the SAT's. Of course it is subject to change, but I did not "inflate" my SAT scores or anything along those lines.</p>
<p>Thanks! And as stated in the title, chance me and i'll chance you back</p>
<p>Unfortunately the Ivies are never a sure bet, even for the most able applicant. Your rigorous schedule looks very nice (how many APs are you taking the rest of high school), and assuming you get the intended SAT score, Georgetown and all the UCs are definitely within match or in range. I cannot guarantee entrance into the Ivies–even Brown or Cornell-but they definitely seem possible; however, your relatively low unweighted GPA may hurt you. And some colleges don’t look highly on 3s on the APs.
Chance me?
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<p>Brown, Cornell, MIT, Georgetown are all reaches, with your GPA being the reason. But don’t be discouraged - These are reaches for every student.</p>
<p>I think you’ll def get into all the UCs. The Ivies are highly selective but you have a strong gpa, impressive sat score, and great ecs so I think you have a solid shot!
Just to be on the safe side…apply to a few more safety schools…doubt you’ll need them but it’s always better safe than sorry:)</p>
<p>Do well in the AP classes and your weighted rises. SAT 2100 won’t hurt you if you do well in the APs, get great recs and write the right essays/short answers. What will look silly is member of this, member of that. Motto: go beyond member. All the top kids are in some combo of Key, Interact, debate, math club, science olympiad, student government, some sports, some green activity, etc. 100+ hrs of volunteer work counts if you can explain it- and specifically what you, mistervert, did was significant. Just the way you have described it all above, you will find yourself in the great mass of maybes- maybe toward the top, maybe toward the bottom of that mass. So, use your time now wisely. That includes getting on the right side of the folks who will write your LoRs.</p>
<p>Don’t bother mentioning your intended fields of study on your application… your extracurriculars don’t really show me you’re THAT interested in them. Try and focus on ONE extracurricular. There’s a lack of leadership positions in your EC’s. Making AIME means about nothing nowadays. The AP scores aren’t fantastic, and the projected SAT scores are about average. The GPA isn’t fantastic either.</p>
<p>Sorry, but I think Brown, and MIT would be high reaches. Same goes for the better UC’s (Berkeley, LA) if you’re out of state. Cornell and better UC’s would be low reach (assuming instate). Georgetown and middle-tier UC’s, maybe match.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies. Yes I know it’s not really possible to project my current SAT score, but I’m just pulling this out of my practice test results from the blue book, and how i expect to progress.</p>
<p>Yeah my extracurriculars seem a bit bland. Nothing really out of the ordinary as the above poster stated. I’m thinking of starting up a science club, or something to do with technology/engineering at my school seeing as we don’t have anything of the sort. Would that look good?</p>
<p>You want to go to a top school? Make yourself look like the kind of kids they like. They don’t want sorts who focus on one EC (unless they are stratospheric, otherwise.) They don’t want kids who only do ECs that have a narrow personal benefit. Showing yourself as a leader isn’t always just about holding a leadership position- that’s important, but it’s not enough to say pres of Key Club, we did volunteer things. What counts is how you can show that what you do is significant. Ie, founding a sci club- how would you make this significant? How would it impress a bunch of adcoms? Just because you got together to do sci problems? Not really. Brought much-needed science mentoring to a middle school? And continued it with a summer science program at the local library? Better, especially if you can show you got a number of hs kids involved and a good number of hours over a good period of time- ie, committment. School orchestra and chamber are just school things- maybe you can’t do All-State or a regional auditon orchestra- but what can you do outside school with this music? If you now have 100+ hours of service, see if one of those offers you a chance to break out and take on some leadership. See how you need to think “qualitatively?” And, yes, you can skip declaring physics or engineering- but, to show you are a thinking kid, you’ll need to describe your deepest interests somewhere on the app- which will take you right back to physics and engineering. It can be better to just declare them and show how your interest in these is matched by great grades and AP scores in math-sci and maybe a little field experience. AND, great recs from teachers in math-sci. See?</p>
<p>The SAT score ranges look great (assuming you can get them, but I think that if those come from practice tests, you can be fairly confident… assuming there are no extenuating circumstances).</p>
<p>I agree that the ECs look kind of bland… Maybe ask around at local colleges and see how the professors would like to take you on as a volunteer or intern? I feel that starting clubs just looks like you are trying to hard to get into college, but that showing the initiative to talk and work with a university professor (especially in physics/engineering) would look really good (that being said, I am hardly an admissions officer or even a college student). I agree with the above poster that you need a range of ECs, but I think if you have what you have, and also show definite interest in physics/engineering the application will come off well.</p>
<p>I think that everything you’ve shown here shows you to be very well rounded. High grades, scores, a challenging class load, good ECS, and volunteer work. I would just make sure you pick teachers for recommendations that you know will really add something to your application and I think you have a good shot at the schools you want to go to.</p>
<p>You made AIME? You’re certainly getting an 800 on Math 2.</p>
<p>800 SAT1 Math is actually less certain, as even the best math students can make careless mistakes and there’s no curve (there’s a very generous one on math2).
Brown, Mit: reach</p>