<p>i am an upcoming senior and am worried about whether i can reach my dreams of attending an ivy league or top college. here are some info:</p>
<p>gpa:
10-12: 3.95
overall: 3.88
weighted 4.63</p>
<p>class rank is 4 of 554 (top 1%)</p>
<p>ap courses: music theory, us history, chemistry
will take bio, calc bc, gov, econ, literature for the upcoming year</p>
<p>sat IIs: chem (720), math2c (750), and korean (790)</p>
<p>sat: 1890 (i will be retaking them)</p>
<p>extracurriculers: academic decathlon, taekwondo black belt 2nd degree, Key Club-Kiwin's: sec for 2 years, historian for 1 year, California Scholarship Foundation- vice pres., NHS, volunteering at church with people with disabilities, tutoring
<em>I really want to start a new club which helps peer counsel at high school and at surrounding elementary and middle schools. This club is also plans to help children have a place to play to prevent them from joining gangs,,, I have already made plans, but I am not sure if I am too late to start this club since I will be an upcoming senior</em></p>
<p>I want to attend upenn, dartmouth, cornell, or brown. Other schools outside of ivy I wish to attend are Johns Hopkin's and UC Berkeley. Thank you for your time and your responses in advance!</p>
<p>compared to other applicants, i am aware that i am on the lower range. any recommendations to improve my profile? also, recommendations to apply to a school that may be a better match? thanks once again! :]</p>
<p>As it stands, your SAT Reasoning Test score, in addition to you being an ORM (Korean?), put the Ivies out of reach. If you want a reasonable chance, you’ll want to bump up your score by 400 points, which is basically impossible.</p>
<p>If you start a club like that in senior year, colleges will surmise that it’s purely for college apps, btw.</p>
<p>Definitely raise your SAT I scores.</p>
<p>yeaa, i was thinking that the colleges will assume that haha… thanks for your comments!</p>
<p>“you’ll want to bump up your score by 400 points, which is basically impossible.”</p>
<p>^First of all, even a 250-300 point jump would leave you competitive at some of the lower IVYies (since you have a good class rank.) Second, if you were to study a lot for retest, a big jump is not impossible.</p>
<p>I jumped on the ACT the equivalent of a 1980 to a 2340. So keep studying, and it may pay off.</p>
<p>thank you for your encouraging comment ccuser18. i needed it. i will work hard for a higher score haha :], also do you recommend act over sat’s?</p>
<p>Im srry but your chances for an ivy league are nearly non-existent. But all college dreams don’t have to be satisfied by an ivy league schools. Im taking a leap of faith and saying your a CA resident??? Here’s some good colleges you should consider:
UC Irvine
USC
University of Miami
Syracuse
UMich
UC San Diego
Wake Forest(test scores optional)
UC Berkeley
Northwestern
John Hopkins
**If your SAT goes over 2000 then you should apply to at least one ivy probably Cornell. Also, try the ACT, i suspect you could easily pull off a 29+. Good Luck :)</p>
<p>haha yeaa i’m a ca resident, thank you for your honest comment! i will look into the colleges you’ve listed. the ones i listed above were just dream colleges haha, but if i reach for the moon i’ll land among the stars, no? thank you for taking the time to write the list, i feel more certain of where i should apply to :]</p>
<p>“do you recommend act over sat’s?”</p>
<p>-I personally preferred the ACT. I had gotten a 195 on the PSAT, and decided to spend my time practicing for the ACT instead. My first ACT was around the same, but after studying a lot I raised it considerably. Each person is different, but if you’re struggling to raise your SAT, maybe give the ACT a try.</p>
<p>I personally thought it was easier to get a high score on the ACT. It’s set up a little differently & has more variety. And that doesn’t mean a high score on the ACT is less impressive than a high SAT.</p>
<p>ohh i see okay i’ll try the act as well… my psat score was a 205 actually, but the sat’s didn’t reflect the scores, so i guess i’ll study hard for both the sat and act… thanks for your advices!</p>