<p>Hello, I am going to be a senior this year and I would really like to attend Barnard. I feel like its a long shot but what do you guys think? </p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
By graduation I will have taken 9 AP Classes
ACT-28 and 10 on writing. I plan to retake once more.
AP SCORES: 5(APUSH) 4(APWH) 3(APBIO)<br>
SAT2 Scores: 750 (US History) will take a science test this November</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
5 years of Soccer
7 years of Martial Arts ( Have won some medals at the Regional Level)
3 years of Yearbook and Editor in Chief this year
Participation in 2012 Google Science Fair
2 years member of Take Action Community Service Club
2 years member of Garden Club/NBTA Chapter, Founder and President
My Senior Project is centered around Organic Food and GMO Awareness so I will probably be doing some cool stuff with that
Working on getting a National Honors Society Chapter started up at my school and may be president, waiting for charter right now</p>
<p>Summers:
Sophomore: Library Volunteer
Junior: Trip to Greece for one month and internship at Hospice Care Facility
Senior: Yearbook Conference AT UC Santa Cruz and Shriner’s Children Hospital Summer Youth Program in Surgery Department</p>
<p>Plan to major in Neuroscience with possibly a English or History minor
Female (Obviously)
First Generation American
Afghan and Greek
Top 5% of my class<br>
California</p>
<p>I really appreciate any comments! Thanks Everyone!!</p>
<p>ACT seems low but otherwise it looks fine. The problem is we all (I may apply too) look fine. I have NO idea how they choose.
I have ‘heard’ the geographic diversity is a push currently. Will CA help or hurt? I would think help. Good Luck!
HSG</p>
<p>ACT is a little bit lower…but I think Barnard doesn’t value standard test too importantly… Essay and supplements are apparently more vital… Wish u good luck</p>
<p>My daughter’s ACT was 28. I don’t see any problem at all with an application from someone with a similar ACT, a 4.0 unweighted GPA, a bunch of AP’s, and a good array of EC’s. </p>
<p>You can’t get in if you don’t apply.</p>
<p>If you do apply, you have as much a chance as anyone else. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. </p>
<p>That’s not a guarantee — they have more well-qualified applicants applying than they have space for – but the ACT won’t keep you out. 37% of Barnard’s students who submit ACTs have scores between 24-29.</p>
<p>Your ACT is just part of the package. Barnard accepts a very small percentage of students with ACT’s 23 or possibly below. So a 26 is not disqualifying - they are looking at the whole package. Again, my daughter was accepted with a 28 – she was a successful student at Barnard and later graduated with top honors. She also was a very good student in high school – she had A’s in all academic subjects, a reasonable number of AP’s, and she had a high class rank (top 2%) - she came from a public arts magnet, was a talented dancer, and had studied abroad during high school. So she had strong academics and interesting EC’s. I think her essays were delightful, and she had an amazing LOR from her English teacher. </p>
<p>I’m sure that her test scores had absolutely nothing to do with her admission. She tends to be weak in math – the ACT composite was brought down by a weak math score, and she didn’t get very far with math in high school. But she obviously was not going to be a math or science major. </p>
<p>DON"T worry about your scores. Just do the best you can when you retake the tests and then focus on the rest of your application.</p>
Hopefully this improves my chances</p>