<p>Hey everyone-names cj i posted a thread a few days ago on this same subject and well id like a few more of your thoughts on whether i could get into these schools or not
Applying to:Cornell, Duke, Michigan, Georgetown, UF (in that order)
Im looking to try to get into economics or anything prelaw for undergrad
Right now im a junior in a competitive school in florida. Last year (10th grade) i took
AP World History,-A (3 on Ap test-i know sucks)
Ap Biology-A(3 again-i had a really bad fever and missed like the last two weeks of school so this was expected)
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Geometry Honors,-B
English 2 Honors -B
Drafting 2. -A</p>
<p>Junior Year (so far/ projected)
AP Chemistry-C (Project a 3)
AP English Comp -A (Project a 4-5)
AP American History -A (Project a 5)
AP Government (TOOk ONLINE)-B (Project a 4-5)
Spanish IV Honors -A
Pre Calculus Honors -B
Algebra II Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B
Precalc Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B
Latin I Honors (TOOK ONLINE)-A</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule
Ap Stats
Ap English Lit
Ap Spanish
Ap Psycology
Physics H
Calc H
Economics H (Online)
Latin II Honors (ONLINE)
Test Scores
ACT-31</p>
<p>SAT II's
MAth I-680
American History- 710
Spanish-680</p>
<p>ECs(by the end of high school)
4 years of Track (3 varsity, 3 school records, regionals states all that good stuff, not going to run in college though)
3 years varisty Cross Country (Captain Jr and Senior year) ran on a cracked rib the whole season, so didnt go to states or anything
Finished 4th in my age group in the Naples Half Marathon (1:32:00)
3 years of soccer (varsity senior year)
Job at Country Club (18 hours a week)
Executive Internship at a local law firm in the summer
80 hours of community service
Founder and president of local running club
2 years of Key Club
3 years of FCA
2 years of NHS
2 years of History Honors Society</p>
<p>National Honor Roll</p>
<p>My recs will be great and im writing my essay on how i ran all of cross country last year on a cracked rib and torn intercosstiual? muscle in my chest, so im sure theyll like it</p>
<p>If this helps me any, my mom is a single mother with 4 kids on a teachers salary...</p>
<p>My Gpa should be around 4.8-4.9ish due to the weight our school puts on honors and AP courses and 3.5-3.6ish U.W.
Class Rank= top 15
I ve basically worked my balls off this year to give my self a chance at this...
thanks
cj</p>
<p>If you're getting B's in your classes (and a C in AP Chem), why are you taking courses online? Online courses are meant to stimulate unchallenged students, while your record shows that you clearly need to put more effort into your actual classes.</p>
<p>Your ACT is decent, but your SAT 2's are weak. Because you won't be recruited for athletics, and since your major extracurriculars end with atheltics, your extracurricular record matches that of thousands of applicants. Finally, because Michigan takes reweighs your GPA and uses a formulaic admissions system (and you're OOS):</p>
<p>Cornell- high reach
Duke- high reach
Georgetown - high reach
Michigan - low reach
UF - match (b/c IS)</p>
<p>(BTW: don't think that you're special in that you've "worked your balls off." Find some successful Ivy League applicant who hasn't.)</p>
<p>uhm ok...thats cool-what crawled up your butt and died?-i said i worked my tail off (that sound better?) because thats exactly what i did sorry if my application isnt some "special" cookie cutter model for you...and since when are 680s-710s weak? when half of cornell's admits are in the 650-700 range...and as for my online classes-i dont take them to "stimulate my unchallenged mind?" i take them because i want to get the most out of a free education and want to learn more</p>
<p>your stats arent amazing but theyre decent enough- id say you have a pretty good chance at michigan and about 15-20% at the other 3...florida your in</p>
<p>cJ: If you're so knowledgeable about college admissions and your own chances that you don't need other people's thoughts, why did you post in this thread? If you think your SAT scores are so amazing, why do you need to be chanced? Obviously you'll get into every college you'll apply to.</p>
<p>In fact, 680-710 scores ARE weak, especially when that 680 is Math I, not Math II. They're weak in the context of other applicants to Cornell and Duke, and that's how they should be judged, unless you live in some fantasy world where everyone gets a 500 and you get a 680.</p>
<p>I chanced you honestly--take it or leave it, but please don't flame me when you're asking ME to chance YOU.</p>
<p>i think you guys misunderstood-all i meant to say was that i gave it my all this year and even though they all didnt come out as straight A's, a majority did and thats all i could hope for
thanks for your response-i was just a little sore because i didnt think i was that "weak" but i dunno, i guess u guys have a point
if anyone else can give me some insight particuarly on UMICH, itd be great thanks
cj</p>
<p>and bake shoppe, and babysitting, and even, on a more serious note, those tech. ed classes that can be quite intensive but are disregarded (I think) by UofM.</p>
<p>The ACT score is fine for Michigan. A 3.5 would be a bit low.
Michigan throws out gym, orchestra, band, cooking, etc,.</p>
<p>This chart shows that anything below a 3.6 would make it tough to get into Michigan from out of state (the chart is from a good California school):</p>
