Chances to a prestigious college if any?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>im a junior with an unweighted gpa around 3.8</p>

<p>took the psat this year and got
Cr: 58
Math: 70
Writing: 54</p>

<p>these are the classes i took
8th
Algebra I Honors - A
Earth/Space Honors- A</p>

<p>9th
Geometry Honors - A
Spanish I - A
English I Honors - B
Biology I Honors - A
AP World History - B
Leadership/PE - A</p>

<p>10th
Health/Personal Fitness - A
English II Honors - B
Algebra II Honors - A
Chemistry I Honors - A
Interior Design I - A
Interior Design II - A</p>

<p>11th (1st semester grades)
English III Honors - B
AP US history - A
Pre-Calc Honors - A
Intro to IT - A
Spanish II - A
Physics I Honors - A</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular, really sucks, wasnt involved in any school releated club or sport, until this year,</p>

<p>I joined the Film Club, and am currently applying to National Honor Society, and maybe National Technical Honor Society (if its worth the twenty bucks lol)
and maybe try volleyball @ school, and join some math and science clubs, since i know the teachers well.</p>

<p>and for next year i chose this schedule, which im not 100% sure on and have an appointment with counselor to talk about.</p>

<p>AP Calc AB
Forensic Science Honors* (couldnt decide between this and an AP science, which i know would be a killer, plus no AP physics @ my school)
English IV Honors
AP Music Theory
AP Govt/ Economics
Financial Accounting
Interior Design III- slack
PE/Driver's Ed- mostly for insurance discount and slack,</p>

<p>any recommendations on what i can do to try and aim for higher colleges, i know what i got sucks especially the ec, but w/e
i was considering switching PE to AP Stat next year to try and make up for not taking an Ap Science</p>

<p>i signed up for sat in april, and also am taking the online course, and will buy the official sat study gude, cuz i know i gotta up that score.</p>

<p>any recommendations and around what tier of schools can i get into with my current stats.</p>

<p>i was thinking big like "mit" or "syracuse" but after reading some of these posts, i have to think more realistically</p>

<p>thnx</p>

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<p>Syracuse is not considered particularly competitive, and you should be fine there. MIT, the Ivies, and other Ivy-equivalents are way out of reach with low standardized test scores and no EC's. Colleges within reach could be Boston U, Maryland, Brandeis (slightly harder), Syracuse, and U Miami (FL). If you look at the US news rankings online, something in the area of 50 for national or LAC should be good for you as a match.</p>

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<p>^thnx for the response,</p>

<p>how bout something like cornell or so, i check the median sat scores and im in that ballpark</p>

<p>also, what can i do to increase my chances to go higher,</p>

<p>whats a good sat score, around 1400 for math and reading to hit the ivies?</p>

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<p>higher with no ecs and pretty good grades, probably 1500+</p>

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<p>^i just took a practice sat online and got</p>

<p>Cr: 610 Math: 700 Writing: 550</p>

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<p>not a terrible start :) but probably out of the reach of ivies, keep working though... keep up your GPA, prep for the SATs and try to get a leadership posistion in one of your clubs.</p>

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<p>If you really are a wrestling champ, then you may be recruited at the two Ivies that are aggressive about their wrestling teams- Penn and Cornell.</p>

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<p>i think i'm kind of around wehre you are...my EC's suck hah. and there's a BIG gap between MIT and syracuse..i think. im thinking cornell too.. good luck =)</p>