Chances: Davidson, Northwestern, Non-HYPC Ivies, Hopkins!

<p>Hey guys, SATS just came out so i thought it would be the perfect time to post one of these threads! I'm really looking to get some feedback on how I'm doing, and it would be really helpful to know my chances at some/all of the following. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Davidson College
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
USC
UNC out of state
Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth</p>

<p>Maybe Yale SCEA.
Someone once told me that it's much easier for guys to get into yale because they get almost 1/3 less applications from men than women. I realize it's still incredibly selective, but I'm curious. </p>

<p>Here are my stats:
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Geographic/Racial Diversity**
- White 11th grade Male in Austin, Texas
- First Generation College Student.</p>

<p>GPA and Rank
- Weighted GPA: 106.84 (we have a weird 100 point scale..)
- Unweighted GPA not reported.
- Class Rank: 1/517 at a really competitive Public High School</p>

<p>**
AP's and Honors Coursework/Grades**
- AP World History-A/A
- AP Calc. BC-Not taken yet
- AP Environmental Science-not yet
- AP Chemistry- A+/curently taking
- AP English 3- A/current.
- AP English 4-not yet
- AP U.S History- A+/current
- AP Government-not yet
- AP Economics-not yet
- AP Spanish Language- A+/current
- AP Spanish Lit- not yet
- AP Psych.-not yet taken
- all other classes are Honors Classes with A+</p>

<p>SAT Scores*
CR- 740
Math- 750
Writing- 740 (10 Essay)
also 225 PSAT, so I'm national merit in Texas.</p>

<p>2230 composite. </p>

<p>These are **superscored.* I have taken it twice.</p>

<p>Subject Tests
World History 770
Chem-790</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities</p>

<p>Elected Class Office Positions

- Sophomore Class President
- Junior Class President
- Student Body President (Just got elected! I'm Excited!)</p>

<p>Academic Competitions</p>

<p>State-wide Science Competition(UIL)
-3 years participation
-Team Captain for two years
-Qualified for regionals this year, we beat out schools in our district to go.</p>

<p>State-wide Social Studies Competition(UIL)
-2 years Team Captain
- First Place Team at District level, qualified for regionals

Social Events Comittee
- Head for one year (10th Grade)
- Planned a school dance from the bottom up.
- Planned Homecoming events</p>

<p>Community Service Committee
- Head Junior Year
- Sponsored outings to a retirement home
- Organized a school-wide coat drive
- Organized other outings to marathons and other community stuff</p>

<p>Principal's Council
- Member 3 years. (Elected)
- We sit with the principal once a month and discuss campus issues.</p>

<p>National Honor Society
- Member 3 years
- Officer 1 year
- Elected as Liason to Student Council</p>

<p>Summer Activities</p>

<p>10th grade
- Employed as a cashier at Chick Fil-A (3 months)
- Was tutor at a summer program for elementary schools (3 months)</p>

<p>11th grade
- Researching sustainability with faculty at UT-Austin, hopefully a good rec letter.
- Camp counselor at a residential camp for children with special needs (4 weeks)</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch guys! I know this is lengthy, but I tried to make it look nice!</p>

<p>Bump. Should I retake the SAT?</p>

<p>Of course not!
Your SAT grades are good as they are - just focus on keeping a good GPA and sporting some unique extra curriculars - I think you have a pretty good chance wherever you apply.</p>

<p>Thanks! That’s really good to hear. I appreciate it. </p>

<p>To anyone still reading, I’m mainly looking at Davidson, USC, and Johns Hopkins. I’d love to hear other opinions.</p>

<p>You’re a really good applicant I must say. As far as your research at UT-Austin, do you intend to enter it into the Siemens and Westinghouse Competition or the Intel STS?
very nice extra curricular stuff, have you ever done any sports? if you have that would be good to put. I don’t think you have to retake the SAT unless you wanna try and break 2250 with it. just a question, what was your highest single SAT? because they look at that too.
also can you list your AP exam scores for the classes you’ve taken?
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