<p>Those are my reach schools. I posted a similar thread in another section of the forums, but in light of my new SAT scores i'll give this another go.
Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Male-Indian (American Born)
Premier Connecticut Public School (1600 kids counting all 4 grades)
Leaning towards Psych major (will do alot of exploring fields though)</p>
<p>GPA - 3.53 UW (senior year is looking ugly, like below 3.0)</p>
<p>Rank - We don't rank, but my counselor said definatley top 10% and maybe top 5% (my rank is HEAVILY weighted, since i have one of the toughest course selections in the school)</p>
<p>14 Honors/AP courses by graduation (only 5 of these are AP, but at my school honors and AP are treated exactly alike)</p>
<p>SAT I (first time) - 740 Math, 640 Reading, 660 (65/8) Writing = 2040
SAT I (second time)- 740 Math, 700 Reading, 740 (75/9) Writing = 2180</p>
<p>SAT IIs: 760 MathIIC, 720 US History, taking Chemisty next weekend (goal is 700s)</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Varsity Tennis -10,11,12 (CT state champions 2004, runners-up 2005)</p>
<p>Debate Society -11,12 (No leadership)</p>
<p>Hindu Youth Group - pre9th, 9,10,11,12 (I AM part of the leadership in this group, i've done about 400 hours of community service through it)</p>
<p>Jazz Band - 9,10,11 (Shows i have at least some musical ability :P)</p>
<p>4 week summer volunteer at Stanford Hospital ( A combination of volunteering and shadowing)</p>
<p>NHS -12, National Spanish Honors Society -11</p>
<p>Martial Arts - 10, 11, 12 (3 times/week year round)</p>
<p>Concluding Remarks:
That's about it. People have been telling me my GPA isn't up to par. But keep in mind that once weighted it is comfortably inside the top 10% of my fairly competitive school. My counselor recommendation should help me alot. She said she'd emphasize my course difficulty, and even try to explain the C+ in algebra II on my transcript (thankfully the only C).</p>
<p>I don't have much of an idea of what my teacher recs will be like, but I doubt they'll hurt me.</p>
<p>I'm hoping my SAT scores will counterbalance my unweighted GPA, as it is above the 50th percentile of accepted students at all my reaches. Closer to 70th percentile at Cornell</p>
<p>My counselor also said my extracurriculars were "good," especially my hindu volunteering stuff. </p>
<p>However, i fear that she's being too generous in predicting my chances (She said i had a "very good" chance at JHU, whatever that means). I'm especially worried about how my mid-year report will impact my chances. I will probably have C's in 2 out of 5 classes :(.</p>
<p>Yea, i think that's it. These are all RD btw. Also, could you comment on my chances at Dartmouth and Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p><3 CC</p>