<p>AP
I took calculus bc as a junior and got a 4 for bc and 5 on ab subscore</p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>Marching Band for 4 years
HOSA for 4 years
Mu Alpha Theta for 4 years
National Honor Society for 2 years (get selected as a junior)
Spanish National Honor Society for 3 (get selected as a sophomore)
Key Club for 2 years</p>
<p>I'm looking at some tough schools such as Cornell, Rice, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn, Berkeley, CalTech</p>
<p>Hi. While your GPA and class rank seem good (but then again I'm not 100% certain of your school's weighting system) your SAT's and ACT's are relatively low compared to competitive schools, especially the tough schools that you are considering. The fact that you have only taken 1 AP course in junior year isn't going to help you either. Sorry to say, but your chances wtih most of those top tier colleges are slim to none. All of your tough schools require 2100+ on the SAT's to even stand a chance against the crazy competition.</p>
<p>yeah, your chances are very small. you have to realize that students who apply to top notch schools are going to be boasting great GPA's and other stats. your EC's are weak. you are barely involved in your school. you have no leadership roles. plus your SAT scores might not even be good enough for your local state school, let alone those top tier schools you're applying to. oh, and your GPA and class rank are misleading, according to your info, you only took one AP course? that shows no rigor of course. no chance, sorry.</p>
<p>ok mr troll above me...no need to be a jerk to him. Possibly his school only offers one or two AP course jr year. Most NHS require comm. service so possibly he left out certain stats.
To OP, raise those scores. They are very important to the schools averages unless you have something to really give to them. The rank and GPA are all in their range but the above is right that you need more ECs and better scores. You do have slim chances. I recommend you lower your targets and be fair to yourself in this process. Look at sub50 schools on US News probably. Keep some of these for reaches though! You always have a chance! But don't leave yourself with just safeties too.</p>
<p>nobody's being a jerk; so the name calling is unnecessary. i am simply stating a fact - one AP course is NOT going to cut it for stanford, unless it is backed up with a plethora of EC's, leadership roles, and volunteer hours. and clearly, this is not the case. i am not sure if you know much about college admissions, i know that i don't, but one of the things i learned during my visits to college fairs was that rigor of course is one of the things that many people seem to undervalue. with that said, FH will have almost no chance of getting into those top tier schools. point blank.</p>
<p>1880 SAT, OOS at Berkeley is slim to none, and if this is engineering then pretty much none. SAT/GPA inbalance screams grade inflation. The top tiered schools won't take you unless you have beyond godly ECs and essays.</p>
<p>I can understand that his version of the SAT/GPA imbalance screams grade inflation, but (this is going to be pretty much off topic) what if the imbalance was the opposite: high SAT's and low GPA?</p>
<p>The other type of imbalance of high SATs and low GPA can mean either 2 things:</p>
<p>(1) You were a brillant kid, but a huge slacker in school.
(2) You went to a really difficult and competitive school with a good reputation of sending kids to good colleges. (Your HS better be known to the Adcoms though).</p>
<p>"plus your SAT scores might not even be good enough for your local state school"</p>
<p>That's rather rude to a kid who is working toward a great school and his SAT scores are not that poor if you don't bring schools such as what he is talking about into the picture. So not only is it rude to him, but its rude to the other kids aiming for good schools that may not be in the top 100 of us news</p>
<p>AP
I took calculus bc as a junior and got a 4 for bc and 5 on ab subscore
I also took ap us history as a junior (school doesn't offer that many as junior)</p>
<p>As a senior I am taking 5 ap's: statistics, economics, govt, english, chemistry </p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>Marching Band for 4 years (leadership: music and drill instructor for 2 years)
HOSA for 4 years (advanced to state competition junior year)
Mu Alpha Theta for 4 years (treasurer)
National Honor Society for 2 years (get selected as a junior)
Spanish National Honor Society for 3 (get selected as a sophomore)
Key Club for 2 years
Went to boys state and won district judge </p>
<p>I'm looking at some tough schools such as Cornell, Rice, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn, Berkeley, CalTech</p>