<p><em>the bad part</em>
class rank: 47/480
gpa: 3.1</p>
<p><em>the better part</em>
aps:
bio 5
chem 4
stat 5
world hist 4
us hist 5
calc AB and BC 5
psychology 5
english lang 5</p>
<p>president of chinese club
key club board member
mu alpha theta member
science natl honor member
varsity badminton
natl art honor member
model UN and youth and gov member</p>
<p>sats:
2390 (i only took it once) 800 reading/writing, 790 math</p>
<p>bio 740
math II 800
chinese 790
physics 740
us history 660 =_=
english 760</p>
<p>chances to get into one of the big 3?
chances to get into an ivy league?
chances to get into a different high/mid tier school? (duke, northwestern, washu, jhu, etc)</p>
<p>oh and my dad's a researcher at johns hopkins (not a professor at the university thoguh or anything)</p>
<p>Unless you have a very good reason for your low GPA, you’re unlikely to be accepted in most Ivy League schools, especially since high school performance is considered a better predictor of college success than test scores.</p>
<p>You should definitely still apply to a few higher tier schools, but make sure you have a solid list of matches and safeties that you’d be happy going to.</p>
<p>you are in the top 10 percent of your class so i would say you have a shot anywhere… </p>
<p>im in the same boat as you. 36 act but ranked 45/409 which doesnt even put me in the top 10 percent. im still applying to the top schools but making sure i have some real safeties/backups</p>
<p>I guess that’s another thing to ask about. Does your school have very rigorous classes / grade deflation? Check out your school’s records for students applying to top universities.</p>
<p>No, I dont believe it does. The courses offered are pretty rigorous in my opinion (multitudes of AP classes with average scores well above the national mean) and maybe 3 or 4 kids with 4.0 gpa’s (class rank 1-4 accordingly). we have this QPA system which is basically modified gpa except it’s not reported to colleges and only used for class rank (my friend for example has a 3.9 and has a lower rank than me)</p>
<p>i’m pretty sure more than a dozen kids are applying to at least every single ivy league school</p>
<p>I don’t see anything wrong with your GPA. Since you have 2390 in SAT, you can relax in case of your GPA. Your ranking seems to be little bit unhelpful for someone with such stats. But, you need to remember, college is not just about GPA and ranking. Yes, ranking might make the negative difference but you need not worry that much! You have excelled pretty well in a lot of field!</p>
<p>my recommendation is to shoot for whatever school you want. You’re a competitive candidate at a lot of schools. Your GPA…could be a whole lot worse.</p>
<p>Right now your app says that you are smart and a good test taker, but it doesn’t show up in the class room. The top-tier universities have pools of applicants such that they don’t have to take chances on candidates in your position. Your senior year grades are going to be very important wherever you apply. Be prepared to be waitlisted as some schools will want to see your third quarter grades before making a decision.</p>
<p>Why do you have a 3.1? Is this just more Bs than As and nothing lower than a B? Or is it more like As in some particular subjects and Cs or worse in others? The admissions committees will look at your whole transcript, not just the GPA. If there is any particular pattern to your grades, sit down with your guidance counselor and talk about what this represents.</p>
<p>And if your grades are low because you don’t turn in your homework, either because you forget to take it to school with you or because you forget to do it in the first place, get yourself screened for ADD and related Executive Function problems. Then talk with your teachers and counselor about time management techniques that you can learn now while you are still in HS so that you can better organize yourself when you are in college.</p>
<p>I think your chances at the Ivy Leagues and any of the top 15 schools is close to 0. Your GPA is simply far too low and even a near perfect SAT score can’t compensate for it. (To illustrate, an A+ and a 50% F is still a C.) When people try to excuse their low GPAs, they’re still nowhere near as low as yours!</p>
<p>EDIT: Your ECs also don’t exactly scream “Ivy”. A lot of kids from top, top-notch schools with deflated GPAs typically have a far more impressive resume than yours. This reinforces by argument that you’re probably not a strong Ivy candidate.</p>
<p>i have motivational issues =_= i’m getting better at actually doing work at home, and i feel like i could really excel if i just had the chance. really though i’ll have that regardless where i attend but was just wondering is all</p>
<p>Your HS might place well because of the difficulty of the curriculum.
Since you are in the top 10% and near perfect SATs consider the following;
Case Western
U. Rochester<br>
Tufts<br>
RPI
Apply to JHU and 1 or 2 other reaches. I assume that you are interested in the sciences, so I listed schools known for research.</p>