<p>Top 10% of class in high school in NJ (400ish people)
GPA: 3.98 UW (4.3 for A+), 4.50 W (5.3 for A+) (pretty sure it's still considered a 4.0 and 5.0 scale, but not too sure)
SAT:
First sitting - 1480/2130 (680 CR/800 M/650 W)
Second sitting - 1460/2260 (700/760/800)
Superscore - 1500/2300 (700/800/800)
PSAT: 204 (commended, notified BC and Northwestern)
ACT: haven't taken an official one yet, but don't really like the test
Senior year schedule:
Physics H
English 4A
AP Spanish
Gym
AP Econ
AP Environmental
AP Calc BC
Independent study: portfolio of newspaper stories I'm going to write</p>
<p>ECs:
- Newspaper: Feature editor (10, 11, 12), copy editor (9)
- Key club: editor (12), member (9, 10, 11)
- Spanish Honor Society: Co-president (12), member (11)
- NHS member (11, 12)
- Spring track (10, 11, 12)
- Winter track (11, 12)
- Jobs:
- Gym supervising (10, 11, 12)
- Umpiring softball (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Tutoring math (started this year, hopefully continuing and more consistent next year)
- might work at the library next year, probably instead of gym supervising and umpiring</p>
<p>Please chance me for....</p>
<p>Northwestern
UPenn
Georgetown
Cornell
Cal
UCLA
UVa
BC
UNC-CH
UMich
NYU</p>
<p>Kind of a long list - sorry! Any help would be great. Thanks! Oh, and I'm a prospective economics major and also want to study math/statistics and I think two languages (Spanish and Italian/German).</p>
<p>Great GPA and fantastic SAT scores! While you have a good list of ECs, you may want to take up another leadership position if possible. You certainly show a lot of participation, but the rising ivy’s really like to see leadership skill. You have very good chances at UVA, BC, NYU, and plenty others. I was wondering though, what did you do to bring that writing score up 150 points? I’m also looking into many of these schools, and while I’ve scored very well in math and writing, my 650 critical reading is really hurting me on the 1600 scale. (I’ve only taken the SAT once, and will be taking a class over the summer for the October 1st test.) Hope I could help!</p>
<p>To get that score up I did a bunch of practice tests. There are only so many silly grammar rules they can test you on, and after a few tests you know them all. Reading I haven’t really figured out yet but my method is skimming the questions, bracketing any lines mentioned, and then answer questions relating to specific lines/paragraphs and finally the tone/mood/story as a whole questions. It brought my score up a little but but not that much.</p>
<p>Anyone else? Let’s throw Claremont McKenna onto that list as well.</p>
<p>Econ and stats? Definitely check out MMSS at northwestern</p>
<p>You’re doing well for UCLA and Berkeley and CMC, though being OOS raises the bar quite a bit. You may want to boost test scores for those schools (at least; I’m not really familiar with non-CA schools).</p>
<p>Chance back, please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1160541-chance-rising-senior-senior-member.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1160541-chance-rising-senior-senior-member.html</a></p>
<p>I think your test scores are fantastic. Keep up the work in your ECs and you’ll get accepted to these schools. Just do what you enjoy and yes, you definitely have a chance with Claremont McKenna</p>
<p>I think your test scores are fantastic. Keep up the work in your ECs and you’ll get accepted to these schools. Just do what you enjoy and yes, you definitely have a chance with Claremont McKenna</p>
<p>Your test score is above average for UCLA and UCB, so don’t worry about it. I hope that the class is cheap because you don’t really need to take an SAT preparation course and it wouldn’t be a worthwhile investment. For the formerly mentioned universities, leadership positions are looked upon as almost necessary. I talked to several UC admissions counselors and they all said the same thing: Try to be president or vice-president of a club or an organization. They said being secretary, treasurer, or director of public relations doesn’t mean much.</p>
<p>Well I really think I should have been EiC of the school newspaper (obviously what I think doesn’t matter haha, I’m just saying), but I am the co-president of Spanish Honor Society and will probably do as much work as an EiC on the newspaper.</p>
<p>You look pretty clean cut! I would love to know what the results are! Even though it’s In the very distant future :p</p>
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chance back!!!</p>
<p>okay, so the ivies that you mentioned might be a bit of an issue… your scores and gpa are just fine, however, you will face much difficulty with your lackluster ECs. If you apply ED however to either penn or cornell, i wager that you will get in. UNC might be a bit hard OOS (i live right down the road and 87% of incoming class is in state), and NW and Gtown will be low reaches as well (maybe high matches with some good essays). Apply ED to a school you love on that list and you will surely get in :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your input guys…anybody else?</p>