<p>So I am hoping that my tack/xc times will help me in terms of admitance to some competetive schools that aren't necessarily very good track/xc schools.
I live in Georgia btw so basically sea level. and im a junior.
My junior yr times are
4:16-1600m
9:30-3200m
1:54-800m
5k-15:50
(If you dont know anything about track dont think that I am like olympic caliber, basically im probably between 80-150th in the US for juniors)but i might even be wrong.
450ish hours of community service
2060-sat 29-act
I started a club, and organized a fundraiser for the presidential election.
My gpa is a bit low
fresh-3.24
soph-3.65
jr-4.0
sr-Probably 3.85ish
So weighted gpa-3.85 and unweighted is 3.7
I have taken 5 ap classes so far.
I play percussion in band and Jazz Band.
I have 2 REALLY nice letters of reccomendation, (One from my track coach and one from a teacher.
And ive got some other small stuff going for me but its not really worth writing.
Since people say race matters i am 1/2 african american, and 1/2 white.
What would y'all suggest my chances are for colleges.
The ones i had in mind were columbia, cornell, yale, and Harvard.
Basically I would have a small shot at these colleges (minus maybe cornell) w/ out track, but will track and xc significantly help me?</p>
<p>You have to contact the coaches yourself. Definitely do that right now and see what they have to say. </p>
<p>@Oberyn I will, i just want to know what i should expect before i talk to the coaches</p>
<p>I believe your chances are pretty good, actually. Did you run at state or NXN or Footlocker or anything? Your times are solid and I’d definitely contact the coaches to see if there’s an opening. A good way to see how you stack up is to compare your times to those of the newest freshman recruits - if they’re close, then awesome! I think your 800/1600 times are the strongest so maybe focus on that?</p>
<p>And yeah, you’d definitely want to apply as an athletic recruit for that admissions boost. I know that Princeton also has a strong running program, have you considered applying there as well? Anyways, I think that out of the four athletically, Columbia would be your best shot, whereas academically it would probably be Cornell (I love Cornell but this is true haha). And if you just want to run at an Ivy, I’m almost positive you’d get the coach’s support at Brown. </p>
<p>Your upward trend looks really good and I’m sure the URM status won’t hurt either. Best of luck! </p>
<p>@Coriander23 Thank you, I did run in NXN, and state track, Would I be considered an URM if i checked 2 boxes?</p>