<p>University of Penn [Engineering/Arts and Sciences]
Brown
John Hopkins
Columbia
Cornell
Northeastern
Boston College</p>
<p>Information:</p>
<p>-Ethnicity: White
-Sex: Female
-State: NY
-Grade: 11
-Major: chemical engineering
-School: Public</p>
<p>-GPA: 4.0
-Rank: Top 10 out of 600+</p>
<p>SAT: 1870 [will retake to reach at goal of 2050]
-Math: 690
-Critical Reading:590
-Writing: 590 (8 essay)</p>
<p>ACT: 31 [retaking to reach a goal of 33]</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Elite Program at Westbury College.
Chamber of Commerce Student Representative
Math Team Treasurer
Science Olympiad Sec in 11th, President in 12th
Honor Society Vice President in 11th
Business Honor Society Secretary in 11th, Co president in 12th
Spanish Club 11
Foreign Language Honor Society 11
DECA Executive Officer and 1st place at regionals
Drama Club
Class Government
Varsity Bowling
Interact Club </p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
-Various Local Cleanups
Relay For Life (Co-Captain)
Special Education Summer School (over 100 hours per summer)
-Various Business Functions (over 30 hours per year)
Thanksgiving Food Drive</p>
<p>Now, I know my SATs aren't the greatest and I just took the SATIIs today. But do i even have a shot at the Ivys? I figured some leadership positions might make up for it as well as good recommendations and essays.</p>
<p>I'd say you definitely have a chance!! Your EC's are really impressive (more than mine, anyway...)
Maybe you should retake your SAT's??</p>
<p>Def retaking them in June along with the ACT :3
My friends are the top 2-4 in the school, so i'm always like you got a 35 on the ACT?!? :o and then I feel like I have no chance at all.
But my goal school is UPENN followed by Columbia. So, I'm crossing my fingers. I'm looking for anyone else with more insight on what those schools would like to see :)</p>
<p>I think U penn is easier than Columbia, just because my friend screwed up her upenn app and still got in, but worked decades on the columbia one and was denied. </p>
<p>Columbia is definitely more "leadership" type than U Penn, so I think you have a chance at both. Plus, your GPA is incredible!!
You definitely have a hold on JH, if you keep your EC and grades up, I think.</p>
<p>I also have been to various leadership conferences and held facilitator positions at them. My list of random achievements in never ending. I'm just focused on the standardized test scores because I know thats my weak point and I'm trying to figure out how to compensate for it.</p>
<p>UPenn has been my dream since forever, but its still "a shot in the dark".</p>
<p>As long as you avoid Warton, U Penn is one of the easier schools to get into of all the Ivies. That's what I heard. I had a friend that ended up there, and this is what I know about her:</p>
<p>4.0 IB, rank #1 in school (in our school, a 4.0 happens like once a century, because practically no one gets past junior year without a C or lower in IB Euro history. That teacher is nuts.)
SAT: somewhere in the 2200's; SAT II: she took 3, all scored between 700-800
She didn't show her ACT scores</p>
<p>EC:
National Debate tournament winner
Pre-Med club president
NHS treasurer
Pretty good recommendations
Speech and Debate, and our school newspaper's editor (not in chief, though)</p>
<p>See, it's not much to get in, especially for you. Random achievements are good! My counselor told me to really focus on one or two excellent areas you have (just not like I tutor students, won a physics competition, a tree-hugger, a writer, a musician, a skateboarder, and all over the place). So as long as your random achievements fit together and complement, that's great.</p>
<p>University of Penn [Engineering/Arts and Sciences]: Reach
Brown: Reach
John Hopkins: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Cornell: High fit (unless you apply to the state schools within Cornell)
Northeastern: Fit
Boston College: High fit</p>
<p>Thank you New :)
I'd be happy to get into Cornell :3
I'm Glad none were NO WAY YOUR NOT GETTING IN =]</p>
<p>You will never get into john hopkins. know why? because it doesn't exist.</p>
<p>Hence why we write JH. It's Johns Hopkins, btw.</p>
<p>I agree with NewEng. An additional thought- girls from the Northeast are over-represented in the applicant pools of the schools you are thinking about, so the competition will be tough. Make sure to chose some safeties, and maybe some choices outside your geographical area.</p>
<p>I know. I realized it after i posted it.
Thank you.</p>
<p>EDIT: I have quite a few "shoe-in" schools. But i felt that there was no need to "chance" them because I know I should get in.</p>
<p>Then why not UC Berkeley or Stanford? Those are certainly on the other side of the nation... :)</p>
<p>Is Boston College your safety school?</p>
<p>No, I actually considered BC a semi reach school.
I have a couple in-staters that i would be okay going to if all else fails :)
But i have a 5 hour limit (by car) from long island on where i'm allowed/want to go.
Thus only colleges in NY, Penn, Conn, RI, Mass, ect :3
It eliminated Dartmouth which was a college i was semi interested until i found out it didn't have chemical engineering.</p>
<p>All I knew was the BostonU had a pretty good history professor, semi-good acceptance rate, and compared to its other Mass. neighbors, it is seriously in the dark... I didn't know that you would consider it even a reach school at all!</p>
<p>Boston U and Boston College are on two completely different playing fields LOL.
Boston College is much more difficult. Note, I said Boston College is more of a reach school.</p>
<p>I don't really plan on applying to either because neither have engineering.</p>
<p>Everything seems solid except those test scores. You're going to need better a lot better SAT scores or a little stronger ACT scores if you want to tackle Penn or Columbia.</p>
<p>I don't think I could raise my SATs to more than 630ish each so what should I strive for on the ACT?
think a 32 would do it? or is a 33 a must?</p>
<p>bump onto first page for more opinions.</p>
<p>Actually, I thought 32's and even 33's were typical for top-tiered-looking people. What about a 34 or even a 36? I mean, the higher you aim, the higher your score would be. That's what I've gathered, at least.</p>