Only a HS Junior but ...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stony Brook University - SUNY
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<p>Hi, I'm only a hs junior this year but I want to see if I could get in. I'm also in one of the top 10 high schools in NYC and top 100 in the whole country. So saying if I accomplished what I listed, what are my chances? </p>

<p>Heres what I have so far:
SAT - M-640 CR -580 W-640 1860 (January but definitely retaking in May/June/October to get [hopefully] get over 2100)
APs (taken and taking this year) - AP World (4), AP English Language & Comp. (may hoping for 4/5), AP Biology (may definitely wants a 5), AP US History (may hoping for a 3/4)
SAT IIs - Biology (may/june), English (may/june)
Unweighted GPA -3.4 (i know it's low but sometimes you can't be the best at all the classes )
Weighted GPA - 3.6
Senior Year Course Load - planning to take AP English, AP Statistics, AP Calculus
Averages (weighted, school doesn't show unweighted) - Freshman (92), Sophmore(86-87?), Junior (96 [theres still half the year left so trying to get a 100+ weighted average])(Don't colleges look at your junior year 1st term the most and if they see improvement, it's good?) </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Key Club(freshman year), Mural Club (freshman and sophmore year), DECA (going to become president/vice president) (also joining NHS next year)
Job/Work Experience: Teacher's Assistant at an afterschool
(am planning to spend my whole summer with an internship at a buisness company)
Summer Activities - Schooling?
Talents - Piano classically - 3 years, Violin classically -3 years + continuing </p>

<p>-planning to ask my AP English, AP Biology, and APUSH teachers for recommendations </p>

<p>Also, do they take AP World credits? What kind of APs does StonyBrook take credits for?</p>

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<p>Stony Brook takes APs for all courses if you get at least a 3. Not all count for particular courses, however; some just get you DEC credit, others get you credit for a course, still others require you to get a certain score (or in the case of Economics, do well on Macro AND Micro) to skip a course.</p>

<p>That aside, I think you’ve got what it takes.</p>

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<p>thanks! do we also need to take anything like an ACT?</p>

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<p>You don’t need the ACT, but I took it anyway just to be safe. If you can do well on the SAT, you can do well on the ACT with minimal preparation. (I got a 2160 on the SAT with lots of prep, and a 30 on the ACT later with none!)</p>

<p>When you get in, you’ll need to take a math placement exam unless you get a certain score on one of the AP Calculus tests. This will determine which math courses you can take. There’s a writing test as well, which lets you place out of one of two required writing courses, but I don’t know if that’s mandatory or not.</p>