Junior Chances for Cornell et al

For Cornell, Brown, Northwestern, UChicago, UMichigan, Northeastern, Vassar, Swarthmore, Reed, Penn

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (760 CR, 710 W, 710M).
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E 34R 34S 30M)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t give that, I have a 94.88. Weighted is 98.32

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second cohort group (for 97-100 average, 100+ is top). That puts me around top 20%, probably close to top 15%

IB (place score in parenthesis): I am taking a full IB diploma course load Junior Year Course Load: Regents Physics, IB Mathematics SL, IB HOTA HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, Science Research, IB Spanish HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major as of now, a bunch of Model UN delegate awards though. Also selected to present science research at an ISEF affiliated fair (competitive to get into through my school) and had another project accepted by a local, competitive psychology fair. I might try to publish that on a student psychology website (BrainStamp.Org)

Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Director-General), Debate Team (club no longer exists, but I was a member 9th and 10th), Political Activism Club (Treasurer), Science Olympiad, Independent Model UN Team (Co-head delegate, I created this with my friends because our school doesn’t let us attend many conferences and makes us jump through a lot of hoops to do anything. We’ve been very successful).

Job/Work Experience: NA

Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in a social skills group for kids with autism spectrum disorders, I’ve been doing this for years.

Summer Activities: 2015 Hofstra University Summer Science Research Program (pretty selective, I got to work with a professor in their Psych department) and a summer internship this past summer in an oncology/hematology lab at Weill Cornell Medical College where I conducted a research project. I will be going back next summer. I did psychology research with an NYU professor, concerning facial emotion recognition.

Intended Major: Biological Sciences or Chemistry

State (if domestic applicant): NY

Country (if international applicant): US

School Type: Large public Ethnicity: White

Gender: M

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish
Thank you!

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Just FYI, if you divide your GPA out of 100 by 25 you’ll get your GPA out of 4.0.

Your test scores are strong enough, you appear to have sufficient course rigor and nice EC’s focused on your area of interest. Your class rank or uweighted GPA will be somewhat of an issue unless the high school you go to regularly has many, many students admitted to these very selective colleges. Based on the information you have provided above I would say - U.Michigan, Northeastern, and Reed for sure. Cornell and Vassar probably. For the other schools it will depend on your essays and what high school you come from. Top 20% out of some high schools is very, very impressive at other high schools not so much. If you can afford it, you might consider working with an admissions consultant because things could go either way for you