<p>I have an SAT score of 2120 my first try (740CR/690W/680M) and did 150 points worse my second try.
SAT II- 780 Bio E, 760 Physics, 680 Math 1
I'm self-studying 3-4 AP's my senior year, (AP Lit, Bio, Chem and Calc BC)
My school doesn't use ranks, but if I had to guess I would say 3/4th out of 140, school doesn't use GPA, but about 3.8 would be accurate.
References: pretty good, approaching stellar.
As for EC's, I'm president of Student Council, Founder and Editor for the school newspaper, did quiz bowl all four years of high school and captained it 3 out of those 4, I did soccer for two summers, worked in my school's chem lab and volunteered at a summer reading program for a summer (66 hours).
Ethnicity: Nigerian-American (First gen immigrant)
Hook: I did every two years of grade school on average in a different country, I lived in a small town during high school, so I didn't have very many opportunities for research and other EC's(I'm taking all the EC's offered and only three people at my school take AP's, the other two are only taking AP lit.) I skipped three years of elem and am now an HS Senior at 14 (I couldn't participate in very many varsity sports because of this).</p>
<p>Your GPA is good and your Test scores are fine unless you’re applying for the engineering/math/physics/cs etc because your math sat is a little low. Your Ec’s are ok, your dedication to a few clubs rather than many will be good. What will really help you in this case is your age, being a first gen urm, and how you are taking all of the opportunities offered to you in your circumstances. Because of this I think you have a really good chance at all these schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks! Would my math sat be <em>ok</em> enough for chem eng, biochem or pre-med?</p>
<p>If you were in a fighting arena, I would describe those schools as a big tiger and yourself as a lion. Tigers are bigger and stronger than lions, but that is not accounting a barbary lion, which were the biggest lions and could take on a tiger 1v1. A tiger does not have a thick mane to protect itself from neck bites or clawing — you are probably a barbary lion in the application pool-- meaning you have the biggest mane and would most likely kill the tiger because tigers usually always target the neck in a fight or hunt – </p>
<p>This analogy was saying, you are ahead of most other applicants and that you are probably going to be accepted(you killed the college tiger - kinda like beating admissions and getting accepted) </p>
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<p>Thanks! What about higher ranked universities such as Tufts and the Ivy Leaguers?</p>
<p>You being a minority and having above a 2100+ opens all doors. ED to an ivy and you’ll get in. No questions asked</p>
<p>Funny you say that… I just ED’d to Harvard not expecting in the slightest to get in. By Ivy you do mean the ‘lesser’ ones right, not the Harvards and Princetons and Columbias</p>