Even if with your amazing accomplishments and SAT, I’d still say to trim down your college list. Your GPA will still be the most important factor to any college, regardless.
Chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1818642-stanford-rea-rd-cornell-brown-dartmouth-ucb-ucla-etc.html#latest
The mean SAT at UChicago is 1500 w/ a standard deviation of 77 (I just calculated) so the 68th percentile would be a 1536 putting me just about there
AP Stats is awesome haha
But then again with a standard deviation of 77, 2.5% of the class would have higher than a 1600 total hahahahaha
Yes, I knew that the 1530 is only CR + Math as U Chicago makes that very clear that is what they consider.
I do have a funny story of a kid telling me that she was applying to UChicago because they were easy to get into since their average was only a 1560. I had to tell her that was only the CR+M.
I have worked on the hill as a COS to a US Senator and for an Ivy, and I can tell you you are far better off with a recommendation that can comment in a nuanced way about your academic level and diligence than your Rep’s office who you have known for less than 6 months…
Your GPA is low, way too low for most of these schools. Regardless of your improvements and if you get an 800 on your World History subject test, your grades could still be too low. The Ivies want to accept people that will succeed in rigorous academic environments. What is your GPA from just junior and senior years?
@pupscotch Junior year is like a 3.75 and Senior year is a projected 3.85-4.0
http://admission.princeton.edu/applyingforadmission/admission-statistics
Princeton only accepted around 2% of applicants with a GPA under 3.5. So it’s possible, but unlikely, especially considering many of these accepted students probably have huge hooks (most will probably be top athletic recruits or development cases or have overcome huge hardship). But admission to Princeton is unlikely for everybody - it’s not a reason to not apply. You never know what will happen!
Since your GPA got better, then you may have a better shot (colleges like to see improvement).
@NotVerySmart @BabylonBabylon Sorry to Hijack this thread. What my research over these highly selective schools is that too many APs will actually harm or trigger your application. It’s like adding too much of sugar to sweeten the sweet dish results disaster. Secondly, even after you got 3.4 GPA, adding your AP, as per your assumption you might be around Top 10% of your class. Hence, for a while if we neglect your AP we can assume average GPA of students at your school.
Any first time application reader, will find you a well-rounded student but nothing different to be of spike. Your Recommendation for Congresswoman might help you showcase your utilization of your time, First two Harvard and Princeton are infamous to reject large number of perfect scorers, so if you think large number of AP will help you, I believe it will hurt your application.
It is not exactly what initiative have you taken, it’s actually about impact that you made with your initiatives. I would warmly accept a candidate who made an impact or actually interacts with his surroundings, than accepting the one who does for the sake of doing.
One question, did you do all the listed activities in last two years? I think so.