<p>Hello, I am currently a sophomore. I know that you guys will tell me to come back when I am a junior, but I am very nervous and am wondering if I could please get your help...</p>
<p>I am wondering about my chances to get into:
Caltech
Berkley
Stanford
MIT (probably not)
CO School of Mines (home state)
Franklin W. Olin
-or any other competitive math/science school? suggestions?</p>
<p>This year I will be taking AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, and AP U.S. History
Next year I will be in the IB Program + a little AP
All of my classes have always been at least honors.</p>
<p>My PLAN to ACT is 34.
My PSAT To SAT 1600 is 1360.
My PSAT to SAT 2400 is 1970.</p>
<p>Soccer (Not Varsity)
Track (Not Varsity)
Model UN
Will have 150 hours of community service (for IB)
All School Math Award Freshman Year
(Will have more)</p>
<p>Again, I know this is a tiny bit early but could you please, please tell me if I'm on track, or if I should be looking at a different range or schools. Any help is appreciated and I can answer any questions. Also any suggestions or tips?
Thank you everyone!</p>
<p>I think all of those schools are considered reaches for everyone, so you might want to add a few more mid-range schools (for your abilities) and perhaps one definite safety to your list.</p>
<p>It looks like you’re definitely interested in engineering/science, what in particular do you want to do?</p>
<p>You’re lacking in extracurriculars and your SAT scores/ACT scores won’t cut it at the top schools on your list. Unless you improve your SAT/ACT from what you got on your PSAT and PLAN and improve your extracurriculars, then I honestly don’t think you have a shot at any of those except for CO School of Mines and (possibly?–I don’t know anything about it) Olin. You need to add some more realistic safeties and matches to your list.</p>
<p>Try looking at the following schools–all of them are excellent places where you’d have a better chance of admission:</p>
<p>University of Rochester
Emory
Rice
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
UMichigan</p>
<p>I don’t mean to sound harsh. I’m just trying to give you the most constructive help I can.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice. But could you be being a little too harsh?</p>
<p>Sure my PSAT were not that good (I had a broken collar bone) but I think my PLAN scores are definitely in the range of those colleges. Sure I’m not going to MIT but some of the others are possible right?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that I will get into the CO School of Mines easy, and I will definitely check out the colleges that you listed.</p>
<p>Wow. I can’t believe I didn’t notice the ACT score. My bad! That’s a great score and it puts you in range for a lot of those schools. I would submit that and if you don’t improve on the SAT, just focus on the ACT.</p>
<p>However, your Extracurriculars are a bit lacking. Try to improve those during the summer.</p>
<p>Still consider the schools I mentioned. A lot of those are matches/safeties for you.</p>
<p>I’d advise you to take a few ACT tests from Kaplan or Princeton Review, or the REAL ACT guide. Plan test scores are NOT accurate. At least for me. The science section on the plan is a joke, on the ACT it’s probably 5x harder. I got a 28 on the plan test, yet the first time I took the ACTs I got a 26</p>