<p>Hey, can you please tell me if I am in/match/reach for Columbia, Penn, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins. UChicago and Duke. I'm in the CUNY Honors Program at Hunter college with a 3.9 gpa. I really appreciate any insight, help or comments (good or bad)so I know how to improve for future apps.
Classes include:
Biology 100- A+ (Im getting a rec from this teacher who knows me pretty well and I did great in her class of 750)
Chemistry 102- A
Psychology- A+
Honors Arts in NYC (mandatory honors requirement)- A- (im getting a rec from this teacher who taught at Columbia and Duke and has a PHD from Yale)
I'm finishing intro to bio and chem this semester and finishing the labs as well, along with an upper level psychology brain and behavior class and an Honors Immigration in NYC class. </p>
<p>My SAT and SAT2 scores are:
Math- 670
Verbal- 730
Writing- 790
2190 total</p>
<p>MATH IC- 660
US HISTORY- 690</p>
<p>My EC's include Peer Health Exchange which is a nationwide organization which helps underfunded schools with health education. I teach the dangers of drug abuse every week to a different NYC high school. I am really committed to this program and am getting a letter of rec from the director, a Columbia alum. I am a captain for my Relay For Life team, and am organizing money for cancer research through this program. I am also a volunteer at Bellevue Hospital, and work in the pediatric center and read to children. I also might start participate in Psychology Research at Rockefeller University. I also have some ecs from high school which include school newspaper, school musical productions, mock trial team, Muslim and Italian clubs, and one full year of track and basketball.
Please give any feedback.</p>
<p>I would apply to some non-Ivy top 15 schools. They tend to be MUCH more transfer friendly and actually have reasonable admissions percentages. I would check out WashU, Northwestern, Georgetown, Rice, Emory, Vandy, and UNC-CH in addition to Chicago and JHU. You are likely to have much more success with these schools.</p>
<p>From the number of courses you've taken, I'm assuming you're applying as a soph transfer. If you weren't competitive for those colleges out of HS, you will have a more difficult time transferring as a soph than if you waited another year and tried as a jr.</p>
<p>my biggest mistake from hs was ecs and essay which i feel i have really changed this yr.. that being said do i have the grades to make it into any of those 6?</p>
<p>oh wow my bad about that...
99.84 hs gpa weighted- about 96.5-97 unweighted
I was in the schools "scholars" program and took 6 APs and 2 college classes
My rank was 11 out of 577 top 2%</p>
<p>I'm sorry but i didnt see if you are an upcoming sophomore or junior?
good shoot at penn and duke. if you are transfering as a sophomore, i will say columbia have a chance, literally columbia prefer sophomore transfers instead of junior transfers due to the very challenge courses.
your ECs are impressive but is it necessary i'm not sure those colleges will read recommendations from your directors instead of your proffesors? is it a little bit risking? correct me if i'm wrong cuz i'm also an applicant for 09 fall, dunno that much.
good luck then!</p>