<p>For:
Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern University
Providence College
Tufts University
Johns Hopkins University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Major:
Biochemistry (probably) then go into graduate school for Pharmacology</p>
<p>Student:</p>
<p>User Name: zebra18
Gender: F
Location: Connecticut
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:
Valedictoria or Saludictorian
GPA - Unweighted: A (my schools doedn't give them to us on a 4.0 scale)
GPA - Weighted: A+?
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 150</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 690
SAT I Critical Reading: 670
SAT I Writing: 690
SAT I: 2050
ACT: 34
ACT English: 33
ACT Math: 33
ACT Reading: 32
ACT Science: 36 (yay!)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Basketball Manager- 9, 10, 11, 12* (Varsity all years)
Softball Manager- 11 (varsity)
FBLA- 9
National Honors Society- 11, 12*
BETA club- 9, 10, 11, 12*
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Soccer- 9(JV) 10(JV Captian and Varsity swing player) 11(varsity) 12<em>(varsity)
Volunteer/Service Work: Soccer coach for elementary school aged children- 10, 11, 12</em>
Girl Scout bronze and silver award- 9, 10
Relay for Life-Comittee meber and Team leader 9, 10, 11, 12*
Honors and Awards: Highest GPA in Class- 9, 11?<em>, 12?</em>
FBLA competition- 1st place- Introduction to Business- 9
AMC math competition- Highest score in school- 10
Alaskan Research Challenge participant- 9</p>
<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>
<p>Location type: Urban, Small City
Size: </p>
<p>Area: East Coast
Importance of cost: Important</p>
<p>i’m not sure, because my stats are right with you…and I’m looking at BU and Brown as well.
I’d say at least that you have a good chance for BU and Northeastern</p>
<p>I’m interested in what other people have to say</p>
<p>Boston College - High Match
Boston University - Match
Northeastern University - Match
Providence College - In
Tufts University - High Match/low reach
Johns Hopkins University - Low reach
Brown University - Reach
University of Pennsylvania - Reach</p>
<p>your GPA is very solid…and being in top 5 is VERY impressive. of course the weight given to taht will vary depending on the size of your school, classes, etc, but still. nice job
your SAT score is pretty solid but might be a little low for schools like Johns Hopkins and UPenn (the two schools taht jumped out at me as being a little more competitive) your ECs are pretty good, nothing overly negative or positive. i’d stress the fact that you did sports b/c that seems to make you stand out. also, you might mention if you’re the president/captain of anything?
overall pretty solid and you have a good shot at most of the colleges you listed…good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you very much Lunge, and fuzzyfirebunny.
And thanks for the advice north_face. My friend told me to do the same thing.
Do you think I should try retaking the SATs?</p>
<p>ha, only you know :D. given the scores you have now, i think you could score very high if you dedicated a bunch of practice to it…but a 34 ACT score is good enough for most schools on your list.</p>
<p>Haha. The thing is I definitely don’t want to study nor do I have the time to study. I went into both of those tests doing about 10 practice problems twos nights before. So yeah. Without studying I don’t think my scores will improve much.</p>
<p>Your high school doesn’t sound especially competitive with so few APs so top 5 is good but not great. Ivies generally want you to be val or sal from less competitive schools. You’re from an overrepresented state. Your ECs are average. If you really want Brown or Penn I’d put in the time to get scores as high as possible.</p>
<p>Boston College, Providence College, and Northeastern are all likely… My school had 12+ accepted to BC and Northeastern this year. Only suggestion: retake the SAT and aim for a 700 in each. it’ll look better that way</p>
