how am i looking? (not physically, but grades wise haha)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey i just want to get everyone's opinion on how im doing so far. im the first person in my family to go to college in the US, and considering we only moved here 5 years ago, we're no masters of the college admissions game. i was hoping some of you could possibly suggest some colleges to me and hopefullly give me some sort of relative chance proportion for each school. at the moment my top schools seem to be: dartmouth, columbia, nu, cmu, brown, and a few others.</p>

<p>if i nail the scores on the SAT, which are mentioned below - it is looking extremely likely - what do you guys think?</p>

<p>I'm from westchester, ny. A very competive, but not cuttrhoat school. 100% graduation. 100% 4-year college. usually 10% ivy. 50-60% michigan or better. We have no ranks, but id say im around hte top 10 (i have a more rigorous courseload, i guess; i dont take BS electives to raise my GPA)</p>

<p>Note: We have no honors courses at my school, we're only 320 students in the HS. I would say we're about 95% white and >50% jewish. (I'm indian)</p>

<p>8th grade (2 HS courses): 3.85</p>

<p>Math 1 Accel
Spanish 1</p>

<p>9th Grade: 3.9something</p>

<p>Earth Science
Gym
Math 2 Accel
Global History 1
Photography 1
Health 1
Spanish 2
Creative Writing
English 9</p>

<p>10th Grade:3.74</p>

<p>Spanish 3
Gym
Composition
Math 3 Accel
English 10
Health 2
Global Hist 2
Biology
Science Research</p>

<p>11th Grade: Overall will be about a 3.85 uw</p>

<p>AP USH
Gym
Physics (I skipped chem, took it at the johns hopkins center for talented youth over the summer)
Math 4 Accel
AP English Lit
AP Statistics
TV/Film
Spanish 4
Science Research</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:</p>

<p>AP Macro Economics
AP Physics B (No C available)
AP Calc AB (No BC available)
AP English Language
Spanish 5
LAB - some sort of engineering elective, its new
Gym
College Accounting
Science Research</p>

<p>..final schedules are given out in may, where i will most likely add in other courses, but no more ap's. we have 9 periods a day and science research after sophmore year is out-of-school</p>

<p>This is probably the second most rigorous courseload at my school. There is one other student who is in 4 ap's; ap macro, ap ush, ap calc ab, and ap english lit, but he skipped a year of math at jhu. In terms of APs, there are only about 5 or 6 of us taking 3 ap's in the grade (95 kids) junior year.</p>

<p>EC's/Hooks: Lived on 4 continents, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, attended Johns Hopkins CTY program for three years, attended a People To People Ambassador Program, VP of Investment (P next year), Peer Tutor (Tutor 2 HS students, both in bio and one in global history. I also tutor 1 7th grader in math and science), Math Team, Model UN, BBTV (school TV channel, im the head producer of our main show), Junior State of America (I'll most prob be secretary next year, judging from the support others are giving me to run), Chess Club, Habitat for Humanity, co-headed a fund raiser freshman year to raise $18,000 for 2 charities in India and Pakistan ($15 G and 3 G respectively), Starting a publication to raise global awareness in the homoegenius community I live in. I am working with UNICEF to try and raise money to support those in need, Badger Swimming (famous team, but I'm no hotshot), Fed Challenge.</p>

<p>Recs: Probably from my AP USH and AP English Lit Teacher/ (AP) Physics and Science Research -- both will be really good, and show my diversity subjectwise
Essay: I've done some thinking, definitely going to involve my extensive travels
Fin Aid: Don't need aid, and I'm a citizen of the United Kingdom so my need for no aid is clear to the admissions comittee member reading my app.</p>

<p>Major: Economics, Economics-Statistics</p>

<p>SAT predictions based on current practice scores:</p>

<p>760-800 M 740 CR 770 W</p>

<p>PSAT: 67 M 67 CR 71 W (I didnt prepare). I'm pretty sure its good enough for commendation</p>

<p>yeah, so tell me what you can, i understand my current stats arent teh usual CC stats and also dont have that much in terms of standarized testing scores. I also have a newfound passion for english and history and am losing my previous 'asian quant' mindset, hopefully that might set me apart from the rest of the asian applicants?</p>

<p>thanks again.</p>

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<p>top 10 out of 95..sry forgot to mention that.</p>

<p>and avg school SAT of about 1200-1250</p>

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<p>looking very good..........if your sat predictions are correct, then you should apply to UPENN and Brown</p>

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<p>you think i have a shot at brown, considering im from NY? </p>

<p>penn as in wharton? other than that im not that big on penn... too many kids from my school apply, it s not worth ED ..haha</p>

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<p>your whole EC is a hook................actually try Columbia and Cornell...........those are AMAZING EC's and an amazing HOOK.............college look for diversity not only race, but intellectually..............and your the BEST EXAMPLE...........gl and im so jealous.................. :-)</p>

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<p>you really think living on four continents is that impressive? i'm sure there are plenty of other applicants who have similar international experiences.</p>

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<p>thanks. additional insight would be appreciated as well.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>i think your credentials are great! </p>

<p>you should always have faith in yourself and try some of your dream schools (as you've listed). Your EC's and your SAT scores (predicted) are looking really good but you really should start taking some exams b/c i think it is best to take it when you are in grade 11 instead of 12.</p>

<p>Good luck! =)</p>

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<p>..thanks.</p>

<p>SAT 1 : 4/1
SAT 2: AP USH - May (day after a AP exam)
Math 2 - June
Lit (im still deciding, but if i do it'll be in june too)
Physics (if i take it, haha i need to, my dad wnats me to apply to MIT. he's an IIT grad) Oct (if i dont take the SAT then)</p>

<p>anyone know if i have a shot at brown comming from NY?</p>

<p>what about dartmouth and columbia? princeton (my dream), stanford (my other dream)? haha </p>

<p>i dont think ih ave a shot at P or S, but i figured id mention them anyway.</p>

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<p>i think u have a VERY good chance...im jealous ;) </p>

<p>By the way where in westchester are u from?? I'm from westchester too!! :) New Rochelle to be exact hehe</p>

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<p>as i was reading through your credentials, i assumed that you wouldn't need any aid, considering you did those expensive fancy shmancy programs like people to people. and then i saw that you needed no aid. that always helps. it's good that you at least do some nice volunteer work. i'd say good chances.</p>

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<p>i think you're a good candidate and have just as good of a chance as any other good student. There are no guarantees with ivys tho so keep that in mind (my friend who had a 1590 (old sat) and a 4.0 uw gpas good ecs got rejected from harvard, columbia and he got waitlisted at duke).</p>

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<p>I wasn't able to start a new thread, so could I get some feedback here please?</p>

<p>Here's what I got:</p>

<p>-Class of 2008 (sophomore) at a tiny boutique public magnet institution on the beach (Miami) with 100% graduation rate and 97% go to college (other 3 to the military). My school has 550 kids (mostly hispanic), doesn't offer more than a dozen AP's, but a few can be taken online.</p>

<ul>
<li>Top 10%</li>
</ul>

<p>SAT
-Math 770
-Reading 710
-Writing 650 (Essay 7 out of 12)
PSAT- 211</p>

<p>ExtraCurricular-</p>

<p>Member of Social Studies Honor Society -in grd 10
Been to regional Model UN (and National) -10
Mock Trial Team -10
Future Educators of America -10
NHS
NSHSS
Who's Who </p>

<p>Volunteer-</p>

<p>Some tutoring - 3 hrs
Ballboy at tennis tournament - 2 yrs - 120 hrs
Other little stuff- 2 hrs
Plan on doing further tutoring, possibly tennis lessons</p>

<p>Awards -</p>

<p>Umm...
Well I won some spelling bees in 5th grade
Plan on applying to various scholarships and essay contests</p>

<p>Sports-</p>

<ul>
<li>Varsity Tennis - 9/10 and will do 11/12</li>
<li> School Crew - 9/10 possibly 11/12</li>
</ul>

<p>GPA and stuff-</p>

<p>Fooled Around in middle school, freshman year, a bunch of B's - no C's though</p>

<p>Currently 3.6 (unweighted), 4.0 weighted.</p>

<p>Straight A's Sophomore year, plan to continue through Junior and Senior Year</p>

<p>Honors and AP's-</p>

<p>Taken Honors Geometry (B), H Earth Space Science (Geology) (B), H Algebra 1 (B), Honors Eng. 1 (A), Honors Chem (A), Honors Precalculus (Trig) (A), H English 2 (A)
Taken Dual Enrollment Algebra II (A)</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule-</p>

<p>AP Calc AB
AP US History
AP Chem
Hon Eng III
Hon Spanish III
Woodshop
JROTC</p>

<p>Also :
I have done Coast Guard JROTC every year of hs, and also have taken Spanish every year with A's (and plan to pursue to AP)</p>

<p>Also, I'm Indian, so will that hamper my Ivy chances?</p>

<p>What more should I do, or am I aiming too high?</p>

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<p>chunkymonkey im from rye brook. you probably havent heard of it, our school (blind brook) is only 350 kids. Its basically right next to port chester, but its nothing like PC. </p>

<p>new rochelle. i swim at w/ the badgers at new rochelle hs.</p>

<p>thanks for your insight guys!</p>

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<p>axman i have heard of it! hehe i have family up there :)</p>

<p>and i'm a senior at New Rochelle High School! how cool that you're familar w/ my high school ;)</p>

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<p>haha yeah chunkmonkey</p>

<p>woudl anyone else like to add anything? </p>

<p>what could i do to increase my chances?</p>

<p>thanks guys.</p>

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<p>bump action</p>

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<p>Blind Brook, New Ro High School, huh? Yea, I'm a senior over at Iona.</p>

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<p>yeah, i just joined fed challenge about two weeks ago..we just started it this year. hopefully its a sucess.</p>