Hello there college confidential
I was wondering what my chances were for the following schools:
Williams, NYU, Barnard College, Cornell, Vassar, Brown, Columbia, Yale EA
Intended major: environmental science or ecology
ACT: 35
SAT: It’s mediocre
SAT 2s: 790 Bio M, 700 lit
GPA: 4.0
High School: Nationally recognized magnet school
Courses I already took:
Spanish 1-6
Latin 1-4
Linguistics
English 1-4
Algebra, Geo, Trig, Precalc
Earth sci, bio, chem, physics
Art
USH
AP LIT (5)
AP WORLD (4)
AP Human Geo (5)
AP Bio (4)
Senior Year Sched:
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish lang
AP Gov
Organic Chemistry
I’m dual enrolled so
College classes: Humanities and Anthropology
I took the most challenging courses available and have an unweighted gpa of about 96
EC’s:
Field Research Assistant for Wildlife Conservation Society/ Fordham U (20hrs/6weeks) --> worked with environmental protection agency as well
Earth Science Internship (where i learned sustainability)
Library Volunteer 300ish hours (tutored underprivileged kids)
Seva Member (It’s a religiously affiliated group that helps the community)
Temple Volunteer 100+ hours
Sikh Student Associated (all years, historian)
Grade Leader/Senior Council (2 years)
Mentoring Program (3 years)
SING officer (basically a student production thing in nyc)
There’s another event in my school, called FON in which I was a dancer all years +co choreographer
Honor Societies:
National Honor Society
Arista
Archon
National Science Honor Society
Awards:
National Latin Exam: Gold Medal (jr year)
National Latin Exam: Silver Medal (soph year)
also are there any other schools that you guys would recommend applying to given my scores and interest thank you
i know my ec’s aren’t anything special so please don’t criticize me and just chance me
other:
hook: first gen
income: poor lol <30,000
ethnicity: indian… which i guess puts me at a disadvantage but I’m Sikh not hindu so maybe that helps me? i also speak 5 languages
i wrote my college essay on how gardening impacted me life its pretty good