Although it is impossible to know for sure if someone’s resume will get them into a college, please help me know my chances so I know where to apply.
In 11th grade right now
weighted GPA of 96% probably 4.1 on a 4 point scale
Class rank top 13% but will most likely trend into top 9%-7%
ACT of 30 but I’m taking it again and testing at a 34ish
Took 3 AP tests ast year and got two 5s and a 4
Taking 4 AP tests this year and senior year I’m taking 6 APs
White (but Jewish not sure if that helps anything)
NHS member
4 years of Youth and Government where I was secretary, vice president, and now president
BBYO (jewish youth group) served as secretary and treasurer
Model UN and got an outstanding delegate award
3 years of highschool basketball
2 years of highschool tennis
3 years of Science Olympiad
director of my local youth community service club
In the summer I am a counseler at my local summer camp
Started my own business of selling shoes and clothing and made $3000+ dollars
Experience in trading stocks and foreign currencies
I opperate my own stock portfolio and have made profits
I would like to go for a major in Finance and to eventually get a job in investment banking
I live in Pennslyvania but my dad went to the University of Virginia so I get counted in their in state pool
I would like to apply to…
Penn State
Pitt
University of Southern California
UCLA
Wake Forest
University of Virginia
NYU
Fordham
Villanova
Boston College
Boston University
University of Michigan
Indiana University
maybe UPenn or Duke as a true reach school
Please just leave feedback on what schools I have a good chance getting into and things I can do to improve my chances. Thank YOU!
Hi!
I don’t know much about the colleges except UMich. You should be set for LSA. I assumed you’d apply for Ross at a certain point and that should be ok. If not-- LSA is great and you’ll be just fine. I would do volunteer work or camps over the summer if you have time. Maybe even an internship if you can find one. Please chance me back for U of M:
Below are some stats, but I would like to get into U of Michigan. I was wondering if Engineering was too much of a reach and whether or not I should apply for LSA just to be safe. I do not know what I want to major in but I have always leaned more towards engineering.
Female
In-State
34 ACT
1510 SAT but recently retook, felt good about it, hoping for higher
One of the very few girls in the STEM Eng program throughout high school
Engineering internship
Varsity tennis 2 years
NHS Board (there’s 500+ members so this is impressive)
Started Art Club and co-pres, recognized by state for local project
Part of cultural club, yearly cultural performances
3.86 gpa uw, 4.2 w
AP world, AP bio, AP chinese, AP micro, AP macro, AP gov, AP lang, AP calc BC, AP environmental, AP chem, AP java, AP physics, AP psych, dual enroll calc 3
Rank: top 5%, should be able to get some really good teacher recs
Over the summer I plan to code an app with friends, volunteer at the humane society, and do an engineering related camp at a college
Penn state - accepted
Pitt - accepted
USC - accepted
UCLA - accepted
Wake Forest - accepted
UVA - accepted
NYU - accepted
Fordham - accepted
Villanova - accepted
BC - accepted
BU - accepted
UMich - accepted
IndianaU - accepted
I don’t think you need to bother applying to as many since I’d say you have an almost definite admission (as long as you raise your ACT score by around 2-3 points) at most of them (UVA, USC, UMich and are slightly harder but I’d still say you have you have a very good chance)
UPenn - rejected
Duke - rejected
However I definitely think you have a shot at an admission if you develop your application. My advice is to focus on Science Olympiad (where are you ranked? A national or international ranking will almost guarantee you a place) and develop your clothing business. If you could make around $15k by the time you send your application then that could definitely be a strong hook. And, of course, try to raise your ACT to around a 35.
You’d get into most, but not all, on your list assuming your act does go to a 34. Move some matches to more reaches.Honestly if you wanna get in to an ivy grow your business. Good luck!
Chance back?