<p>My advice would be to do something community service oriented with your publications acumen. You have a truly excellent talent in publications, now find some way you can give back to your community with that. You could possibly start an organization that uses your knowledge of newspapers and the like to reveal issues in your community or injustices that are going on. Have you ever heard the AP US History term, “muckraker”? You could be one! A muckraker is someone who uncovers social injustices and publishes them for the world to see. You could start an organization like this in your state or community, and make a difference with an issue. Good luck! You are on the right track! :)</p>
<p>Your ECs are quite expansive and your gpa is also very impressive, however most of the schools your looking at will see many impressive applicants. You’re probably a shoe in for Boston, and your odds look quite good for NYU and Rice if you can score well in the SAT or ACT. However I’d advise focusing on your personal connection to a few of these massive number of ECs and stand out with your essay. If you do that, there’s little doubt you’ll get into almost all the schools on your list.</p>
<p>If you could chance my thread, I’d greatly appreciate it aswell.</p>
<p>Based on the rest of your application, I’m sure that your test scoers will be fine. Don’t mention stuff that you only did for 1 year, and make sure that you can draw a connection with your passions and the ECs that you do. Chance me back:</p>
<p>It is too early to give definite chances, but you are on an excellent path. I am going to echo scoring a 2300 on the SATs to be a super solid applicant.</p>
<p>Thanks for your chance! So I agree with previous posters that tests are pretty important and you need to take them seriously, get good scores, etc, but considering your academic record I think you’ll be fine. If you test as poorly as you say, I would consider a prep class. Your passions for Swimming and Journalist truly show through, and I would definitely focus on that during your next 2 years. It’s hard to chance you on specific schools before tests and junior year, but you’re on the right path.</p>
<p>okay, so you seem to be QUITE the hard worker. </p>
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<li><p>don’t include middle school in your apps</p></li>
<li><p>keep up publishing work</p></li>
<li><p>get a 2250+ on your SAT or 33/34+ on the ACT</p></li>
<li><p>write great essays</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Columbia (ED) = low reach, same with Brown (ED)</p>
<p>Um…no, none of the Ivies or Top schools should be considered matches. For starters, any school with 20-something% or lower acceptance rate is likely to self-select an eclectic class, and it’s impossible for anyone to predict if you’re exactly what they will want for their incoming class, which is why they shouldn’t be referred to as matches. And schools like Emory will likely yield-protect, which means if it seems like you’re just applying because you have high stats and have a good chance of getting it…they’ll probably waitlist you. So work on your SAT’s and add some actual matches in there or else you may find yourself in an awkward situation where you don’t get into the top schools you expect and then end up waitlisted at others.</p>
<p>Also focus on doing some research into financial safety schools. If you get into a top school or an Ivy, that’s great because many have great financial aid for people who fall in the 60-75k range, but in the scenario where you don’t and end up getting into schools like BU (that don’t have the best fin.aid or provide a lot in loans), you’ll be kind of screwed if you don’t want to end up heavily in debt.</p>
<p>barnard, boston, nyu, and emory id say your definitely in at. you also have a great shot at georgetown. upenn, cornell, and brown you also have good shots at. the rest you definitely have a shot at, but theyre so unpredictable that i cant say for sure. and i agree with what was said before. if you can get really good at a sport, you can probably do it in college, which gives you such an edge over others. Remember, the ivys are terrible at sports, so you dont have to be the best of the best to compete there. i personally was recruited for pole vault at the ivys and my stats were def not as great as everyone else’s and i jump high, but i was only ranked 4th in the state. this doesnt really apply to princeton though, at least not in my sport, i cant say about others for sure.</p>