SAT I (breakdown): 2300 Superscore (800M, 750CR, 750W)
SAT II: 750 French, 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59 or 3.6 i don’t rememer the exact amount
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (2), Psychology(5), Human Geo(5), US History(4), Statistics(4), Physics B(3barely lmao), Computer Science A(4), Macroeconomics(4)
1 sophomore year, 7 junior year, and 6 senior year, 11 dual enrollment classes
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP European History, AP Government/APMicroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Comparative Politics, FLVS(AP French), No 7th(Dual Enrollment)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA 11th-(1st Districts, 1st States, 3rd Nationals) 12-(1st Districts, States pending), HOSA 11th-(1st Districts, 1st States, 2nd Nationals) 12-(Districts pending-tomorrow!!!),
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
FBLA(9-12)- 11th-Community Service Director 12th- Secretary
HOSA(10-12)- Awards
Marching Band(9-12)
Amnesty International(11-12) - President and Founder
UNICEF(11-12) President
National Honor Society(10-12)
Math Honor Society(10-12)
Academic Team(12)- Vice President and Founder
Founded the annual 5k in my community through the city council!
Job/Work Experience:
Secretary at Elementary School(Paid)
150+hours at Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income: 150k
URM
Abysmal GPA. It will most likely keep you out of all of those. Your ECs are below average and look like you started padding them for the list in 10th grade, none of them are anything besides simple clubs. You don’t list what DE classes you’ve taken so I assume they’re joke classes since you didn’t skip any classes like calculus or history based upon your AP schedule. How’d you manage to find 11 classes that did not help at all with high school? if you took classes that did not help in highschool there’s almost no chance they’ll help in college. You should have been taking stuff like history, math, and social sciences. Also, you’ve obviously gotten bad grades and bad AP scores.
Really I don’t think you have a great shot at any of those. The only strong points of your app is the fact you’re a black kid and have a good SAT score.
@MandarinSin alright buddy, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. That comment was ridiculously rude, and on top of that completely incorrect. Twinsarelies you have a very strong SAT score, have taken very rigorous classes, and have done well to be a leader outside of the class as well. The thing is, though, that at some of these colleges the majority of the students who apply have high grades, a similar SAT score and similar extra-curriculars and leadership experiences, so it becomes hard to differentiate between applicants. This is why you should make sure your essay(s) are fantastic and speak to who you are, so that colleges can see you apart from just your numbers. Based off just your stats, I would say that Cornell is a high target, Columbia is a reach, Johns Hopkins is a target, UPENN is a reach (this depends on which school you apply to at UPENN), Vanderbilt is a high target, Yale, Brown, and Princeton are all high reaches, as not even the top students in the nation can know for sure if they will get in to these ivy league schools. Ignore MandarinSin.
You GPA and AP scores are your biggest problems. You’ve taken a wide, seemingly random, variety of classes and performed only mediocrely in them. The best students push themselves to get 5s and rarely get Bs. The SAT score will prove to colleges that you have the intelligence, but at the same time your coursework makes you appear lazy.
As already mentioned, the huge increase in ECs starting in tenth grade suggests that you are doing those ECs and leadership positions with the intention to impress admissions officers, rather than develop your own interests.
You will need amazing essays, and even then, they may not be enough.
@twinsarelies - Hmm. Big difference of opinion so far in this thread. First of all, the Ivy League schools are a reach for ANYONE. No high match for any of them. Your SAT scores are great. Your GPA is bad though, nearly one B for every A. That is well on the low end for students being accepted to those schools. The fact that you are a URM helps you, and it’s POSSIBLE you could get admitted to one of those schools, but I think the odds are against you here, and if I had to guess, I would guess you will be denied at all of those schools though I think you have the best chance at Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins, and it would not surprise me if you got into one of those schools, even one of the Ivies (your super SAT and SAT Subject Matter test scores DO have weight after all). Good luck!
GPA is absymal. URM will help lots. ECs are indepth with national awards, but most were started in 10th grade. Good SAT score. I say great chances because of URM.