<p>First, my prospective senior schedule:
AP Bio
AP Calc AB
AP Stats
AP English Lang
Gov/Econ-school does not offer AP. Currently (junior year) in an online AP macroecon class, so I'm fine with sitting back and having an easy semester senior year.
Medieval History/Foods that shaped the world</p>
<p>My prospective college list:
Cornell ILR
UPenn Wharton
UChicago
Georgetown-sfs
Vanderbilt
Hopkins
NYU-stein
And a safety or 2.
I plan to apply early decision to either ILR or Wharton, and early action to Chicago. Depends on which summer program I am accepted to, and what I think of the school from it.
Stats:
Grades: Cumulative thus far: 3.53 uw. Low, yes. Unfortunately, it is also downward sloping. I have no idea what my weighted will be, especially given that I have no idea how my school does this, but I've taken almost all honors, except for 3 aps this year, and some classes only offered as regents.
PSAT: 77Re, 75Ma, 63Wr
Taking SAT March 13.
ECs: Crew spring Soph (novice), Fall Junior (varsity), will do Spring Junior and Fall+spring senior.
Swimming (varsity) started this year.
I've been active in my school's Free The Children club since freshman year.
5 summers of JHU's CTY
(Fingers crossed on apps) This summer either Cornell summer college (a humanities course taught by an ILR prof) or Penn's Leadership In The Business World program. Whichever accepts me. I'm honestly undecided which I would go for if accepted to both (unlikely).
As a possible extra bonus, I will be graduating from Ithaca High School. I've heard that this is a plus for Cornell, and my school's admin stats reflect that, but that is skewed by the high count of legacies/profs kids.
Will chance/eval back.</p>
<p>This year my language was in conflict with ap chem and precalc, so I couldn’t take it. Would it be worth taking pre-ap level foreign language as a senior?</p>
<p>You have a shot at NYU, but I just can’t see you getting in anywhere else. Assuming you’re white, and I can also assume you’re well to do (if you have attended those summer programs), you have no sob story to tell. </p>
<p>To make matters worse you have a downward trend, that never really boads well.</p>
<p>I’ve technically taken 3 years of french. We start in 7th grade, with 7+8 counted as one year. I then took it fresh and soph year. I could possibly take french 4 next year, but I’ve met the three year suggestion.
As far as my economic status, I will be full pay wherever I go. Isn’t that a bit of a plus now, considering colleges are hurting for $$?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Most top colleges are need-blind, meaning they won’t consider your ability to pay in the admissions process. Tufts, notably, isn’t.</p>
<p>For the language, I’d take another year just to be sure and to stand out as dedicated. Would taking another year preclude you from another class?</p>
<p>I’m not sure if it’s a possibility. I’ve done my guidance appointment already, with the schedule that I laid out. It’s a full schedule other than lunch (considering bio lab and gym) so I don’t know if I will be able to fit in french. It would definitely come at the cost of one of those classes, and I would be terrible at it. Freshman and sophomore years, French was one of my worst grades, and to return to it after a year of not practicing would probably be terrible. I’m torn, because I know that it would stand out, but I would have a bad grade, and be unable to take one of the classes that I’ve laid out.</p>
<p>Thanks. Based on my stats, what would recommend as more reasonable match schools? I only really know much about top schools.
Schools that I’ve considered so far for match/safety are Drexel and American.</p>
<p>I would do business at drexel. I am not an engineering person. Math courses are the reason that my GPA is miserable. I’ve visited Colgate, and I didn’t really like how tiny the town was, as well as how different I felt from the students there. I don’t think Colgate is a school for me. I’ll look into GW though, thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>If your SAT resembles and your PSAT these are your chances.
Cornell ILR Reach
UPenn Wharton Huge Reach
UChicago Match because they only look at M and CR for SAT
Georgetown-sfs Low Reach
Vanderbilt Low Reach
Hopkins Low Reach
NYU-stein Match</p>
<p>Yes, I realize that. I apologize if my typo offended anybody. Noticed it earlier, never got around to fixing it.
Seems that I can’t edit my post now. sorry about that.
And unfortunately, I think that kameronsmith’s assessment is quite accurate. Might as well give it a shot.</p>
<p>To be fair DMOC, one of those was at baby CTY. I wasn’t a five year freak like some of my friends.
A lot of people I knew managed all 6 normal years possible, so I’m nowhere near the top.
Thanks for the NYU estimate.</p>
sorry about that.
Wow, you beat me.</p>