<p>I want to get into Brown so bad but I have doubts about if I might actually have a pretty good chance of getting accepted. OR OTHER IVY LEAGUE!, and from other colleges: University of Florida..... so here's what i've got:</p>
<p>-1,800 SAT (planning to take it again)
-Planning to take subject tests on Bio, literature and Spanish
-4.0 GPA
-Vice-President of the National Honor Society
-Founder and president of Model of the United Nations at my school
-JROTC member (Captain ranked and currently a company commander)
-Oratoria League (Vice-President)
-Forensics League (Vice-President)
-Community Service Club (Secretary)
-French Club (Secretary)
-Tennis Team (Captain)
-Dance Team (vice-president)
-Environmental Club (Secretary)
-Student Council (Events Coordinator)
-top 10% in my class (my school doesn't really rank
-all honor courses (always been like that)
-Planning to take 2 AP courses next year
-going to harvard secondary school this summer for college credit</p>
<p>Please Help :((( so nervous
(im from puerto rico)</p>
<p>As of right now your SATs are way too low for ivy consideration. S/o to you for being a fellow JROTC Captain though!! Take the tests again and then you’ll be in the running. Good luck!</p>
<p>Your SAT score is very low.
Is your course the most rigorous possible?
Good extracurriculars, but are they all significant (e.g. do you actually have an important leadership role or are they just for the “name”)? Do you have volunteer experience?</p>
<p>Then what SAT score would you say that would get me on the running?
And yes, I make sure to always maintain a leadership role on all my extracurricular activities and have alot of community service hours. Im a junior btw
And what would you say about University of Florida? Thanks for your response</p>
<p>2200~2300 ideally unless you can balance it out with significant awards and such.
Good chance for University of Florida.
What sort of volunteering do you do?</p>
<p>A score of 2250 places you in 75th percentile, and a 1920 puts you in the 25th percentile. An 1800 SAT is, of course, below the 25th percentile of the school. Definitely try to raise it to at least above a 2000.</p>
<p>I’ll work hard for it, right now im taking the Princeton Review and I’ve learned ALOT of things that i didn’t know about.
-beach clean up (6 times)
-children with down syndrome festival
-susan g coleman race for the cure
-volunteer at a Vetrean’s hospital
-coffe gathering
-next generation (2 times)
-tutoring elementary children
and i still have alot more yet to come the rest of this semester and next year.</p>
<p>Nice leadership positions and they are good (nice GPA) but I see no hook or really specific field so I don’t see you getting admitted. Sorry good luck raising that score. Fortuantly for you, you have time and the test scores are the easiest to improve in the shortest amount of time. Good Luck</p>
<p>I agree, that’s why im trying to create a Med Club at my school…so it can show my high interest in the field of medicine beside volunteering at local hospitals, i also attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and got nominated for the National Young Scholars Conference (twice) (too expensive so i didnt go) and nominated for the National Hispanic Institude (also too expensive)(three times)</p>
<p>^ That’s great but colleges really don’t weight NYLF and those programs because they cost a lot and many applicants can’t afford to go. But it is good to show great interest in your future major. Now study for those SATs. You could also try the ACT if your having trouble but since Princeton superscores the SAT and not the ACT it would be better to take the SAT (as you did). Once again best of luck.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. A lot of students are nominated for NYLF and NYSC so these programs aren’t deemed as prestigious as, say, RSI or SSP. But if you gleaned a lot from NYLF, discuss that in your essays(:</p>
<p>^I agree that there seems to be way too many ECs. </p>
<p>-Take the most rigorous course load you can and still get As. Most rigorous=More APs at most schools.</p>
<p>-Get SAT above 2000, ideally over 2100. Pick subject test wisely and score over 700 on each.</p>
<p>-Dial back on the ECs. Maybe someone else can chime in on ECs. There are so many clubs and activities that it makes me feel like you racked up activities and titles to put on a resume without any depth of commitment. They all seem remarkable and you have so many officer positions that I get the sense that these are “no show, low commitment” jobs. I could be completely wrong but without knowing you, I can’t shake that feeling and I am concerned about how an adcom would feel, not knowing you personally.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I also want to suggest an SAT tutor over a book. It comes at a cost but it’s worth it to get a tutor who has coached a couple kids into the ivy league. Ive seen a few good ones analyze the PSAT and pinpoint weaknesses in test strategy resulting in score increases of a couple hundred points so I don’t underestimate their value.</p>
<p>Most public schools and Kaplan courses and guidance counselors I know don’t do that as well. You should get a one on one coach with a good track record and it should cost between $50-$100 a session. Someone with a good track record is also someone who is busy - the guy that can start immediately may not be as good and in demand as his marketing says.</p>
<p>This is just my two cents. I don’t do this for a living so I have nothing to gain by giving this advice.</p>