Hello there college confidential
I was wondering what my chances were for the following schools:
Williams, Vanderbilt, NYU, Notre Dame, Barnard College, Cornell, Vassar, Georgetown
(I’m applying to Ivy’s but I know they’re reaches for everyone, especially me but they include Brown, Columbia, and Harvard)
Intended major: Neuroscience or biology with a minor in psychology
ACT: 31… LOW I AM AWARE but I’m working towards a 33!
SAT: It’s mediocre and I’m not sending it unless it’s a school that doesn’t look at writing, in which case I have a 1420 (740 math, 680 reading)
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
Drama --> going change to a science class
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)
Columbia Splash Classes (Took them 3 times)
Earth Science Internship
Library Volunteer 200+ hours
Seva Member (It’s a religiously affiliated group that helps the community)
Temple Volunteer 100+ hours
Sikh Student Associated (all years, historian)
Grade Leader (2 years)
Mentoring Program (3 years)
Tutor (all years)
SING officer
There’s another event in my school, called FON in which I was a dancer all years
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