Nervous about college !!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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School : Brooklyn Technical HS
Major: My school has a major system and so i am currently in the Biological sciences major
Grade: 11
Ethnicity: Asian
Current average: 91 (trying to bring it up)
I have been on the honor roll for 3 years straight

SAT SCORE (1st try) 1810
breakdown: math: 620 reading: 610 writing: 580
SAT SCORE (2nd try) 1890
breakdown: math: 700 reading: 570 writing: 620
SUPER SCORE 1930 (i will take it for the 3rd and final time in jan. and aim for a 2000+)

Extra Curricular
-Model un (2 years)
-Attended all girls summer STEM program for 6-8 weeks
-National Honor society
-VP of BTHS Greenthumb
-shadowed doctor for 1.5 years

Volunteer experience:
-worked at make a wish foundation in Pakistan
-visited children at hospitals
-worked with NYC cares
- collaborated with special need children
-tutored at library
-worked at the psychiatry dep. in hospital
-worked at a nursing home

Advanced courses :
9th grade: design and drafting of productions
10th grade: Digital Electronics, AP European History
11th grade: AP bio, AP physics (these are my MAJOR’s requirements and i am currently taking these courses)
12th grade: AP Psych, Genetics, Human anatomy (will be taking these next year, also major’s requirements)

Colleges List
NYU
Brooklyn College (BS/MD program)
Stony(BS/MD program)
Sophie Davis ()
Cornell ()
Columbia () (My father received his masters from here. he was in SIPA: School of international and public affairs)
Barnard ()
Rice ()
Brown()
George Washington University
Fordham University

Which schools do you think i may have a chance in and what can i do better my chances at the schools which are indicated with a (*)?? Also do you think my school name will be looked into for consideration bc it is a specialized hs?

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Gee, 3 times SAT as a junior? Wow

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its bc the sat is changing after march and i dont want to take that one. id rather prep for the old one that everyone is familar with and prerp centers can help me out with all the past materials

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The SATs are really gonna hurt your chances (for the ivies, they should be 2200+ at least). Your school won’t help - if anything, the fact that you come from such a prestigious school makes you in direct competition with a lot of much better students from your school. From your average, I assume your gpa is somewhere around the 3.4-3.8 range which also is not great for the Ivies. Other than the VP role, you haven’t really shown much leadership nor commitment to activities.

My guesses:

NYU - Low reach

Brooklyn - not sure

Stony (stony brook?): match to high match

Sophie Davis - not sure

Cornell - impossible

Columbia - high high reach (not impossible because maybe the legacy might help)

Barnard - high match

Rice - reach

Brown - impossible

George Washington University - low reach / high match

Fordham University - match

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Tysm for the feedback and i will be working on the areas which you pointed out thank you again!!

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I don’t think it’s “impossible” for Cornell; I remember reading on the Cornell ED thread that some people got in with a 1900. I think Columbia is probably not going to happen; legacy won’t make up for a 1900 SAT.