Helloooooo

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>HS senior here. November now, getting kind of antsy. Shouldn't have procrastinated as much ;(
Anyways-- thought id give this site a a shot, heard so much about it. Any and all help is very much appreciated. Truly! ")
NYS resident</p>

<p>SAT (first time)
writing-~630
reading ~640
math 670
total- 1910
took it a second time last week, feeling pretty good, I think i secured a 2k at the very least.</p>

<p>middle-class family, but I don't really want to burden my parents (they don't like me very much) ;(</p>

<p>HS average- ~94 or 95 (that becomes a 3.9 or something right?)</p>

<p>AP- scored 5 on calc AB
- self-studying calc BC, taking exam this year
-taking AP bio now
- my senior year english teacher really likes my work for some reason, said i could start AP english in Jan if I wanted to. I plan to.</p>

<p>School- Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences-- brand new school, my batch is actually the first complete 4 year batch to graduate. Limited APs (only about 4 or 5). Not really noteworthy at the moment, but it's really good and rising fast. </p>

<p>EC-- tennis team (2nd singles), fencing team, robotics, swimming team, no really special achievements. volunteer work at local library. no really outstanding achievements ;(
a couple of CollegeNow classes (2)</p>

<p>Looking specifically at: Stony brook (honors possibly)
Macaulay Honors (CUNY)
Colombia university (though I haven't looked into to it as much)</p>

<p>Researching more into-- Geneseo, Buffalo (SUNY)
-- Maritime (for the ROTC programs)
-- Yale
-- Cornell</p>

<p>What do you guys think?
ps- sorry for the terrible format, I'm very new to online forums
Ill update info if required</p>

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<p>Yale and Cornell: Reach due to low SAT</p>

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<p>If you want to apply to the three Ivies, go ahead, but they are all high reaches and you also need something in between those and the SUNY and CUNY schools. I recommend Boston University and Lehigh, if you want to stay in the Northeast. </p>

<p>If you are willing to go out of the region, take a look at Tulane down in New Orleans. If you get an ROTC scholarship and take it there, then Tulane will give you free room and board. A few other colleges do the same thing. Boston University gives free room and board to about half of its ROTC scholarship students, on a competitive basis.</p>

<p>By the way, your SAT adds up to 1940, not 1910. There is a mistake somewhere.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses guys! Really appreciate it.
Yeah Cornell and Colombia are high reaches but going to apply anyways.</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Stony Brook Honors a solid possibility. It’s a great program. Yale and Columbia reaches. Cornell depends in part on which college there you’re applying to. Some much harder to get into (i.e. engineering) others easier w/ lower SAT ranges. Check out the scores required for the Contract College schools (Human Ecology, ILR, etc) - Macaulay Honors highly competitive </p>

<p>I’d say Buffalo and Geneseo look good. Maritime is great if that’s what you’re interested in majoring in. Good luck.</p>