<p>I am a white male floridian (born in NY) attending a small Christian Academy not very well known by colleges, but hey, it gets the job done...</p>
<p>9th
Average GPA: 4.3 Unweighted
Courseload: Hardest Possible (4 Honors)
Mu Alpha Theta
NJHS
Varsity Tennis- 1st Chair, MVP, Captain
Intern @ Smith Barney (Prodigious Stock Brokerage)
Swim Team
Dean's List
U.S. National Achievement Award in Science
National Something or other League of High School Scholars</p>
<p>10th
Average GPA: 4.4 Unweighted
Courseload: Hardest Possible (5 Honors); Online Web Design Class, Online AP Course
Cross Country
Varsity Tennis
Varsity Track
Intern @ Smith Barney
Future Business Leaders of America
Founder and President of Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club
Mu Alpha Theta
Student Counsel- President
Yearbook Club
National Honor Society
Co-founder and Vice President of an official online business</p>
<p>11th
Average GPA: 4.6 Unweighted
Courseload: Hardest Possible
SAT: 1900
Cross Country
Varsity Tennis
Varsity Track
Varsity Soccer
Intern @ Smith Barney
Future Business Leaders of America
President of Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club
Mu Alpha Theta
Yearbook Club
National Honor Society
VP of an official online business</p>
<p>By my senior year, I will have completed 170 service hours and have some very good recommendations. I am also ranked 3rd out of 100 students and have held this rank throughout highschool Please chance me for the following:</p>
<p>ED to Princeton
Harvard
Columbia
NYU Stern
Cornell U.</p>
<p>i'm not sure what the official online business is, but that could add a great deal of weight on your app, depending on how successful and how much effort you put into it. </p>
<p>also, 1900 SAT isn't bad, but you need to get that up to consider harvard/princeton/the higher ivies, especially if you're not an URM</p>
<p>URM - Under Represented Minority. Generally, this means African-Americans, Latinos, and American Indians.</p>
<p>Princeton - Big Reach
Harvard - Big Reach
Columbia - Big Reach
NYU Stern - Slight Reach
Cornell U. - Reach</p>
<p>Although your GPA and class rank are good, your SATs are nowhere near Ivy quality. To be a competitive applicant at any of the Ivies, and at Ivy level schools, you need SATs in the 2250 neighborhood. Unless you raise your SAT scores substantially, your list is unrealistic.</p>
<p>But what if I scored a high ACT (around 33), would that make up for my SAT? If not, what do I have to score on my SAT to make Princeton or my other choices a better chance of admittance?</p>
<p>colleges dont care about CS hours. they know kids like you just amass them to look impressive and they dont really mean anything. your consistent ECs though, showing a strong interest in business, do matter. your GPA and class rank dont help too much because, as you said, "small unknown christian academy." your ECs will keep your foot in the door at all of these schools, but your SATs will probably throw you out real quick from princeton, columbia or harvard. nyu-stern and cornell will prob admit. good luck!</p>
<p>A 33 would make you a viable candidate, but I still wouldn't count on the harder ivies--all the ones on your list other than Cornell. Over 2200 on the SATs makes you viable though 2250 iss more ideal.</p>
<p>I'd use the ED for Stern as long as your math SAT is fairly strong.</p>
<p>lol...no beprepn but that would be sw33t dogg fo shiz...jk...thanks to all you guys for your feedback, please post more opinions/advice I sure do appreciate it!</p>
<p>All of these schools depend on what you plan to major in. Please be more specific. You might've stated that it's business and I just overlooked it, but in that case, consider the following:</p>
<p>Princeton - big reach
Harvard - big reach
Columbia - sorta big reach
NYU Stern - reach
Cornell U - reach (doesn't have a business undergrad, so this would vary depending upon your choice of major/college)</p>
<p>Also, if you're going to put the information into the application, be sure to use the correct form of "council." ;)</p>