Chances for a Junior

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently I am a Junior.
Residing in New Jersey
Male</p>

<p>Plan to major in Neuroscience.</p>

<p>GPA:
UW: 96.0
W: 100.0</p>

<p>Class Rank : 7/230
Top 3%</p>

<p>SAT
Verbal: 640
Writing: 720
Math: 800
Total : 2160
(Plan on retaking in January)</p>

<p>SAT Math IIC: 800
Plan on taking SAT II for Chemistry and Biology</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Amnesty International, Literary Magazine, Yearbook Club, Mentor (for incoming students) , Debate Club, Future Educators of America, Math League, Science League, Mock Trial, NHS, Physics Olympics, Book Club, Model Senate, Mock ICJ, World Affairs Council, and Students Against Destructive Decisions. I also volunteer at a medical hospital in Philadelphia, and various other volunteer work for the community. </p>

<p>During the summer I attend academic programs. This summer I will most likely attend a program at Hahnemann Hospital.</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>Freshman: Honors Biology, Honors Lit, Honors Geometry, Honors Mod. World, French 2, Computing for College Careers
Sophomore: Honors Chemistry, Honors Amer Lit, Honors Pre-Calc (attended summer school to skip Honors Alg 2) , Honors US History, French 3, Advertising, Photography
Junior: Honors Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, Honors World Lit, AP Stat, AP US History
Plan to take for Senior year: AP Lit, AP Physics B/C, AP Biology, French 4, AP Environmental, AP Euro History, Macroeconomics, Further study calculus at a local college</p>

<p>Sports:
JV Track: 9th
Varsity Cross Country: 10th
Varisty Tennis: 11th (and most likely during 12th)</p>

<p>Honors ( that I can think of off hand):
National Society of High School Scholars
Honor Roll (9,10,11) I assume the rest of 11th and 12th grade :P
Literary Award for NJ Center of the Book
Track Awards</p>

<p>If I think of anything else I will add it...</p>

<p>Colleges: Carnegie Mellon, Colgate, Cornell, Johns Hopkins (top choice), Lehigh, New York U, Penn State (Honors), Rutgers-New Bruns (Honors), U of Michigan, Vanderbilt,</p>

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<p>in at NYU. can't really tell much else..</p>

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<p>I think it depends on your positions and the amount of involvement in your ECs. I'd say get your SATs up a bit more because some of those schools look at those scores a lot! If you do that, and make sure you have good positions in your ECs, I'd say you have a fair shot at Carnegie and JHU.</p>

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<p>Any other comments?</p>

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<p>Bump those SAT scores up a little bit more, get some stellar recs, and write stunning essays. Your ECs seems to check out fine for Carnegie Mellon and NYU, and you probably have a pretty good shot at Hopkins. :)</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>if u liked colgate....check out W&M they have a pretty good neuroscience program</p>

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<p>Thank you :]</p>

<p>Im planning to send my application Early Decision next year for Johns Hopkins.</p>

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<p>the 640 Cr is a little scary (for JHU, Cornell, etc.)......but you're a junior, so there's a lot of time to improve that..</p>

<p>Ps: I also plan to major in Neuroscience...I've heard GREAT things about JHU's neuro program. Cornell, unfortunately, does not have a neuroscience major :(...in fact, a lot of schools don't...I spent about an hour looking for top schools that have neuroscience as a major and only found about 5...</p>