Chances for Ivies, Stanford and UChicago

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: 2014classof
Gender: M
Location: Seattle, WA
College Class Year: 2017
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.99
GPA - Weighted: 4.50
Class Size: 450</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 760
SAT I Writing: 740
ACT: 34</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Chess team, Model UN, Junior Statesmen of America, Soccer, Volunteer work at the local YMCA, religiously affiliated social action program, trumpet in "A" orchestra at my school
Leadership positions: volunteer as assistant counselor at the local YMCA, leadership training summer trip in Israel
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Soccer-recreational
Volunteer/Service Work: volunteer at local YMCA,
Honors and Awards: National Latin Exam-Summa Cum Laude, Nesiya Fellowship, National Merit Scholar</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Harvard University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: Yes, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban
Size: Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast, West Coast
Importance of cost: Secondary</p>

<p>When you are looking at schools in the caliber of IVYS, this is what they want:

  1. SAT scores: 1560 is good enough
  2. Gpa 3.99 is good enough
  3. Ecs not spectacular, and that is what sets you apart, truthfully yor ECs are not IVY league cliber.
  4. Last but not least most IVY caliber schools are looking for atleast 5 APs with 5s, If you have these your ECs may be forgiven. Lets not even talk about subject tests.</p>

<p>Here is the silver lining, You will be a great candidate for Vanderbilt, Rice, Notredame, Emory and Georgetown. Some of them like Vanderbilt might offer you full tuition scholarship. Look into these schools.</p>

<p>just for the record, i will be taking 4 more AP tests this year, im a junior</p>

<p>your specs (except extra curriculars) look similar to what mine were.
2300 ~ 2310
4.5 ~ 4.46</p>

<p>make certain to take Math II SAT subject test. and a science. and get 750+ on both. </p>

<p>like the person above said, not particularly strong extracurricular things. have done anything interesting in your proposed field? it’s okay if not, though, I didn’t really. </p>

<p>with (2310, 4.46, 3.97) and my extracurricular activities I was accepted:
Cornell
CMU
UT (full scholarship)
A&M (full scholarship)</p>

<p>Rejected:
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Rice</p>

<p>Just to give you an idea, since our specs are similar. And LOL I remember the National Latin Exam. nostalgia attack.</p>

<p>yeah im also taking AP Calc AB, AP gov, AP LA, APbio tests this year, and AP physics, AP calc BC, AP micro econ, AP latin, and AP LA next year
what extracurriculars did you have?</p>

<p>also, history is my worst subject, so i expect more 5s on my upcoming APs. and i plan to take mathII, latin and one other subject test. suggestions? i was thinking biology, or lit</p>