parents-can u guys plz rate my chances at these schools (I want an adult perspective)

<p>Tulane would have been nice except for it's gone :(
ColumbiaMom I live in McLean. Oakton? That's quite close right next to Vienna.</p>

<p>You test score puts you out of contention for UVa and Wm and Mary..we live in Virginia and OOS is almost Ivy standards. Same for Cornell, Wash U and Berkeley. My S altered his scores in the last sitting in October, but it is possible you are too busy to focus in testing skills as a senior. Why not sit in on the last sitting of the ACT and see what happens...but prepare as the strategies are totally different than SAT..I don't see you looking at some excellent match schools..beef up that list, attend one and be the strong student you are once admitted. Try LAC's that make SATs optional that appeal to you. best of luck..also read over Harvard Schmarvard to build up a strong match list</p>

<p>UC San Diego is good, but not a safety for you. Next to Berkeley and UCLA, UCSD has the highest standards and next lowest acceptance percentage. UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara or UC Davis would be more in the region of a good safety. All good schools.</p>

<p>wat SAT score range would make my college list seem more reasonable???</p>

<p>URM = underrepresented minority.</p>

<p>You're EC's don't show any leadership positions, tho you do have lots of volunteer work. Nothing jumps out at me as being out of the ordinary. What kind of teacher recommendations do you expect? Have you thought about your essay yet? What was the breakdown of your SATI?</p>

<p>Sonic,
Just look up the schools' SAT score ranges. You can find this info on their web pages or in college guidebooks such as the one one by US News. In general, if you are above their 75th percentile, your chances are good of admission (assuming that you do a good job with your application and show interest and assuming that you aren't applying to HPYS, where there are so many excellent candidates that even students with 2400 SAT scores aren't assured admissions.)</p>

<p>If you are applying to an out of state public university, particularly an excellent one, your scores have to be far above the 75th percentile for you to have a decent chance of admission. </p>

<p>Also check the class profiles that most colleges have on their web sites in the admission section. That would tell you lots of info about the current freshmen class, so you could see how your stats compare with theirs.</p>

<p>When you go to a college website and type in Common Data Set..details come up at most places. Keep in mind that some kids are declined with high test scores but average grades. Your grades are also a strong predictor of success in college..so build up a strong match list. If you are unhappy with your tests, take Real SATs on the clock at home and study your errors but simulate the real thing..snacks, breaks, timing.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, the data reported about test scores and GPAs for the UC's can give a false sense of security. The UC comprehensive review process adds in other factors to the admission decision that are not evident if you just consider the pure numbers. I've seen too many kids with great GPAs and test scores NOT get into the top UC's (by that I mean UCLA, UCB, and UCSD) because they didn't qualify for the extra points doled out during comprehensive review. I've also seen kids with so-so GPA's and test scores get in because things like coming from a low income family, a low performing school, leadership ability, unique talents, coming from a low performing high school, etc. put them over the top during the comp. review process.</p>

<p>The original poster should probably take a close look at the comprehensive review explanation given on the UCSD website to understand why Scipio and I are warning that UCSD should be considered a match, not a safety, even though his GPA might suggest it is a safe bet.Here's the links explaining comp review:
<a href="http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/freshman_app.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/freshman_app.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>k thks and i will redo my list</p>