<p>Took ACT this spring (28 composite; Writing NOT offered on testing date at my HS :( ).
Just got SAT results back from 10/06/2012 date: Crit. Reading 660/Math 580/Writing 550 (I do my best writing late at night, not early in the morning when the test is given).
Taking SAT Subject Tests this Saturday (Math Level II, Chemistry & US History).
GPA 3.9; class rank 6 of 64; active in Scholastic Bowl, Drama Club; summer job at Dad's law firm
Applied/applying to:
Franklin College (IN) - already accepted
Monmouth College (IL) - already accepted
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Harvard College
Haverford College
Princeton University
Swarthmore College
Washington and Lee University
Yale University
Mom & Dad also want me to apply to Bowdoin (ME) and Davidson (NC)
1st choice major: Elementary Education; 2nd choice major: Secondary Education (language arts/English?); 3rd choice major: Computer Information Systems (something computer & business-related, if there were NO undergrad teacher certification programs at the college I end up at); preferred minor with any of the above: Psychology (because I'd ultimately like to become a school counselor)
Net price calculators basically determined where I applied to (because the financial aid at my big brother's college stinks, and Mom & Dad don't want a ton of college loans for me, too). What are my chances of actually getting into these places, though?</p>
<p>your sat is only 1790,
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Harvard College
Princeton University
Swarthmore College
Washington and Lee University
Yale University</p>
<p>wow, those are great schools. i do not think you can get into those</p>
<p>Agreed even class rank/ec’s aren’t really up to par with the students that get admitted to these^ schools</p>
<p>I think your SAT is too low to get into those schools.
Try to work a little more on your scores. eventhough your GPA is good, scores reflect if you are ready for the college-level work.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Going along with what other people are saying, your GPA is not standardized with everyone who is applying; im not saying this is necessarily the case, but adcoms might look at your GPA and SAT score and come to the conclusion your school is very easy to do well in because SAT is standardized.</p>
<p>What im saying is, its too low for these schools, but it doesnt hurt to apply to a few of them regardless =)</p>
<p>Sorry but I don’t see Davidson as a possibility either.</p>
<p>APPLY TO BOWDOIN AND DON’T SUBMIT YOUR TEST SCORES!! Test-optional is a wonderful wonderful thing in your case. You might have a chance at UIUC, but I’m not sure. The top-tier schools…probably not, since you honestly don’t have any extracurriculars that make up for lackluster tests.</p>
<p>Agree with what everybody else has said, all the ivies/little ivies/top schools are a bit unrealistic with your SAT/ACT score.</p>
<p>Sorry, but I agree with what everyone else said. Why don’t you focus on state-schools instead??</p>
<p>Can’t afford the state schools, because the financial aid is lousy at my family’s income level. Maybe will add Bowdoin to the Common App because of the test-optional thing; no elementary education there, but the Teacher Scholar program for secondary education sounds impressive.</p>
<p>I suggest looking at Bates as well. They are score optional and your grades and EC’s make you a great candidate for them.</p>
<p>Also, Bowdoin is a great option as well. Along with Union College. (Both score optional)</p>
<p>I’ll investigate Bates and Union College (and my mom will crunch the numbers in their Net Price Calculators).</p>
<p>Union College is a great school! definitely apply! i think your SAT score is too low for many of the ivy leagues and schools up there. you have a good chance at UIUC</p>
<p>If your passion is education, you won’t make a lot of money. Keep your debt to a minimum. Also, you may have a better chance of getting a job coming from a state college that specializes in teacher training.</p>
<p>The problem with UIUC (and other state schools in IL) is that their financial aid is lousy for families at my Mom & Dad’s income level; my brother who’s a junior @UIUC gets work-study, and a small Pell grant some years, but otherwise it’s all loans (and approx. 1/3-1/2 Parent Plus loans). The only thing that makes UIUC doable is that Mom & Dad would make my brother & me share an off-campus apartment, which would cost about the same as what my brother’s room & board in a private dorm has been running each year. Monmouth has already made a partial financial aid offer that brings their net cost below what UIUC’s would be if I didn’t share housing with my brother; however, there’s no guarantee that the rest of their financial aid package would be enough to tip the balance in their favor over UIUC - or over one of the better-endowed schools I’ve applied to which, were I admitted, would have a net price about 1/3-1/2 that of UIUC.
Besides, I’m really not crazy about having to room with my brother at college! ;(</p>