<p>Hi, I am currently a junior and am really freaked about whether or not I can get admitted to some of the more competitive schools...</p>
<p>Residence: SoCal
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) 4.2 (weighted)...be around 4.48 by senior year
rank: 4/517</p>
<p>(moved from GA to CA 2nd semester of sophomore year...GA did not offer AP Curriculum to 10th)</p>
<p>AP Courses: all A's so far :)
(10th)
1 semester of AP World History: A (managed to score 5)
(11th)
Pre-IB Pre-Calc/AP Calculus A: A (accelerated program)
AP English Language: A (pretty sure on getting 4/5 on exam)
AP Biology: A
(12th)-next year's schedule
AP Art History
AP English Lit
AP Govt
AP Economics
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>PSAT: 190 :(
SAT I: (1st time) 600W/620M/640CR---ouch
(2nd time) 650W/690M/640----ugh!
*retaking in Oct...hopefully can bump score up beyond 720+!
also taking ACT in June & Sept
SAT II: so far only taking Math IIC (650) yuck
*retaking in June</p>
<p>EC's:
1. Latin Club:Founder/president (2yrs)
began teaching Latin I to my peers b/c I was bummed out that school didn't provide it as foreign language course
2. National Honor Society (1 yr)
3. California Scholarship Federation (2.5 yrs)
4. Future Doctors of America: Co-Founder/president (2yrs)
5. LiNK: Liberty in North Korea (humanitarian activism)-only high school charter in the world...originally est. by HYP (harvard/yale/princeton):activities coordinator/public relations comissioner (promotions director)/co-secretary
5. LEAP: Leadership Enhancement/Advancement Program (2yrs)-teacher nominated
6. After-school tutor: math/Latin (1 year)...discontinued this year </p>
<p>Other:
Student of the Month (April 2006)
Academic Decathlon: 1st year for school (honors team: A's) 7th in county </p>
<p>Secondary School Record:
-opened 2004, I am part of the 1st graduating class next year (there's currently no seniors)
-#1 school in Riverside County, CA (high API score: 817)</p>
<p>Colleges: any suggestions?
Wellesley
Barnard
Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
Claremont
Weleslyan
Emory
UCRiverside (Safety)
UCIrvine (Safety)
Mount Holyoke
Cornell (big reach)
Yale (i know totally out of my reach..but i can dream!)
Princeton (ditto)
Macalester
Vassar</p>
<p>Since you are a CA resident, you should be golden for all the UCs, since grades and strength of schedule count the most, and you've got that. You seem like someone who has some issues with standardized tests (your hs record is much stronger than your test scores. You might consider some LACs that don't require SATs such as Bowdoin. Your record should get you into Mt Holyoke. The ivies are a waste of your time unless you get the SAT scores up to 2100 or better. You'll do fine on your applications. Don't worry!</p>
<p>thanks!...i have considered some LAC's but I am kinda turned off by the lack of diversity and the rural settings that most schools are situated in...</p>
<p>crazedjunior:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match</p>
<p>anyone else? please! more feedback the better!</p>
<p>I've deleted the schools I don't know that much about</p>
<p>Berkeley -reach
UCLA - slight reach
UCSD -match
Emory -match
Cornell (big reach) - reach
Yale -dream
Princeton -dream
Macalester -match
Vassar-match</p>
<p>I understand that my SAT's are a bit low but after talking to my teacher who attend Berkeley and two admissions officials from Berkeley, they stressed that academic performance far outweighed other stats such as SAT's. Moreover, they stated they UCB's acceptance pool consisted 50% of those who were ELC's (top 4% of class). I am qualified for the ELC & state resident so why would UCB be a reach?</p>
<p>I didn't say they were a reach, did I? Don't worry about the UCs.</p>
<p>no you did not, but Bill<em>h</em>pike did so</p>
<p>but I was wondering about Wellesley and Barnard which are high up on my list...thanks to you kidsdad I am now strongly considering Bowdoin as well...but the isolated location concerns me...as well as lack of diversity and rural setting...</p>
<p>You would be competitve at both. Women's colleges tend to be a bit easier to get into than coed schools at the elite level. You mentioned Claremont. There is no Claremont College. Hoewever, look at the colleges that comprise the Claremont system. Have you considered Scripps College? You should be at least a match there. Claremont-McKenna and Pomona are out of reach unless you up your test scores substantially. You could consider Pitzer College as a safety. You should also look at Occidental College. You could consider that one a safety.</p>
<p>I also agree that Scripps would be a good fit, though I would argue about it being a solid match unless you get your SATs up. For the class of 2010, the 25/75 range was 1270-1450, which makes you about average in the pool. Your GPA is good, but your ECs just average. I would make Scripps a good match/slight reach (only because of SAT and ECs). The acceptance rate is declining (about 44% this year) and the selectivity increasing.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Wellesley this fall, and even though, of course, I can only guess here, I would say that you stand a very fair chance, because you do so well at school and have so many extracurriculars. </p>
<p>When I applied (this must not be the case for everybody), I felt that the interview helped a great deal; I interviewed with an alumna, and even though the interview took only about an hour, we stayed at the coffee place for two more and discussed politics, peer pressure, women in the world, Hillary Clinton.... It was really what made a difference for me and induced passion for the school. Do an interview with as many schools as possible, and come armed with a few specific questions (along the line of "how about that special sophomore Washington internship that the college offer since x years...."); at at least one of my interviews, my good preparation was remarked upon, and it shows that you have a genuine interest in the school.</p>
<p>About the SATs, I was in a similar situation to you. I used Princeton Review's "How to crack the new SAT", and I got my scores up more than 200 points compared to my PSAT (though, did they change the PSAT's points system? Because I got mine in the same format as the SATs').</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope this helps.... Good luck with your applications!</p>
<p>Yea...I have considered Scripps but its not a college I am really dying to get into...kinda above Mount Holyoke though b/c of the location. But I really considering ED for either Barnard or Wellesley but I don't want to commit myself if I really don't have a substantial upper hand. If I hypothetically received upper marks in my SAT Subject tests (US History/Math II/Biology) would that lessen my disadvantages at all? Particularly Barnard and Wellesley...</p>
<p>anyone? please!!!!!</p>
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