<p>Gender: F
Location: Pennsylvania
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.05
GPA - Weighted: 3.80
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 300
(My grades were outstanding in freshmen year, but dropped a bit in sophmore and junior year) I'll get B's in 3 courses I've taken in high school. Will the B's screw me over too much?? (yikes) </p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 750
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Chemistry: 760
SAT II Chinese with Listening: 800</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Hi-Q (Very prestigious, oldest continuous academic quiz competition in the nation) (4 years)
Varsity Tennis (3 years)
Orchestra (4 years)
String Ensemble (4 years)
YMO (Orchestra outside of schoo
Leadership positions: Delco Hi-Q- Capitan
Orchestra- Vice President (maybe? if not some officer position)
NHS- Board member
Mandarin Club- President/Founder
Science Symposium team- Capitan
Rube Goldberg Club- Founde
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Varsity Tennis 1st Doubles (3 years)
Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteered 2 weeks at Upenn lab (got a great recommendation letter there) </p>
<p>Honors and Awards: Hi-Q Champion 3 years in a row (won $8000 for our school)
National History Day 1st place districts
Hoby Nominee
National Merit Semifinalist (so far, as a Junior)
College Summer programs: Still waiting for Gov school results</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University,
Johns Hopkins University
Washington University in St. Louis
Cornell University
Duke University
Northwestern University
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Carnegie Mellon University
Lehigh University
New York University
Tufts University
Vanderbilt University
(I listed in the order of my choices) </p>
<p>Which of my top choices do you think I can get in if I apply early?</p>
<p>Actually, I think if you apply early you would get in to most of them. Penn and Columbia are your top 2. Between them, I’d say you would have a better shot at Penn Early Decision for two reasons:</p>
<p>(1) You are from Pennsylvania (not a huge help, but still something)
(2) There are more seats available at Penn than Columbia</p>
<p>The only question is what school at Penn would you apply to. Which one is it?</p>
<p>I want to try for Biomedical Engineering program. Or pre-med.
Another question is that what do I have that makes you think I can get in by Early Decision? I feel so empty this year, I know I slacked off a bit and some of the grades had gone down. That greatly lowered my confidence of getting in my top choices.</p>
<p>hey, you go to Marple Newtown High School, correct? You guys kicked but (AGAIN) this year in the Hi Q season.</p>
<p>My school does Hi-Q also, but we lack resources and a good adviser…so we suck at it. </p>
<p>anyway, about your chances: you have a great chance at all of the schools on your list. There’s nothing more to it…great essays/teacher recs. will probably push you over the edge to get accepted.</p>
<p>Oh wow. lol small world.. Where do you go?
eh, I’m still worried about my grades. I probably can pull off a B in AP US.. that course probably shortened my life by 5 years.</p>
<p>sounds on track to me. Personally, I’d go early with a school that offers Action rather than Decision, because then your fate will be sealed.
I’m assuming that you’re Chinese? That’s going to suck, just like being Korean for me sucked.
Your scores look good, keep them up.</p>
<p>ah whoops. It’s the other way around. My school uses scale based on 100, so I’m not exactly sure what my GPA is. But my GPA has gotten lower..and lower Junior year :(. Should I be worried about my overall GPA or individual grades for each course? My overall GPA will probably be okay because I have science and math courses to keep them high lol. I’m really worried about the grades right now ugh..</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania–moderate reach if ED
Columbia University–reach
Johns Hopkins University–moderate reach
Washington University in St. Louis–low reach (presuming you demonstrate interest)
Cornell University–low reach
Duke University–low reach
Northwestern University–high match
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill–match
Carnegie Mellon University–match
Lehigh University–safety
New York University–low match/safety
Tufts University–high match (again, assuming demonstrated interest)
Vanderbilt University–high match</p>
<p>by the way, I think your grades are fine, but you should dive deeper into 1 or 2 EC’s you’re especially passionate. or maybe just 1 other than Hi-Q.</p>