Hi! I am a junior in high school and will be applying to colleges in a month or two. I just wanted to get some type of feedback from the public on what my chances (in general) are. Thanks in advance for your time.
Here’s my profile:
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian American
High school: private college prep in Michigan
Sports: tennis, varsity field hockey
SAT I (breakdown): 720 or 700 (M), 700 or 720 (CR), 690 (W). Total: 2110 on both tries lol
ACT: Super-score: 35 (E), 35 (M), 33 ®, 35 (S). Composite: 35. Highest out of one sitting is 34.
SAT II: Chem and Math 2. Not yet posted, but have a bad feeling.
PSAT: 211 (hopefully will get National Merit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (yeah… it’s bad.)
Total AP: Bio, Chem, Stats, BC Calculus, Spanish
Total IB: Spanish, Orgo, History
Awards: National Spanish gold and silver awards throughout high school years. School’s junior awards.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (editor), karate, art programs/classes
Volunteer/Community service: hospital (300+ hours), soup kitchen
Prospective Schools:
U of Mich Ann Arbor LSA
WashU St. Louis
Case Western
Northwestern
U of Rochester
Carnegie Mellon
Duke
Cornell
Purdue (main)
I understand that my profile is one of the weaker ones of the Asian American community. However, I will try the more selective schools like Duke and Cornell just to test my fate. I feel that my recommendations will be pretty good considering I have had one of the teacher for like three years and she has taken note of my growing confidence and maturity.
I just want to know what you guys think my chances are mainly for U Mich (it’ll be embarrassing if I don’t make LSA…), WashU, CWRU, and Carnegie. I would also appreciate any thoughts on the other more selective ones. I also would appreciate any thoughts on how to improve my application since I doubt my GPA, SAT, and ACT will go anywhere else.
Thank you again!
