Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.
I’m applying to:
Brown
Yale
Swarthmore
Pomona
UChicago
Cornell
Wesleyan
Oberlin
Amherst
Williams
Georgetown
SUNY Geneseo (state school, and safety, if you haven’t heard of it)
SAT 1: 2350 (superscore), 800 (CR), 760 (M), 790 (W)
SAT 2: US History (800), Literature (760)
Class Rank: 2/ 775 (Salutatorian)
High School: I go to a large, nationally recognized public high school. Three students were accepted to Harvard last year.
GPA: 99.41 (weighted), 98.41 (unweighted)
AP scores: AP European History (only 5 in the school), AP US History (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP US Government and Politics (not taken yet), AP Psychology (not taken yet), AP Stats (not taken yet), AP English Literature (not taken yet), AP Macroeconomics (not taken yet)
Course load: I have taken the most challenging courses offered to me, including 9 APs, and numerous honors and accelerated courses
Recommendations: Two of my recommendations will range from good to very good, and one will be amazing.
Essays: Range from good (but nothing spectacular) to great
Interviews: Ranged from average to amazing
ECs:
Revitalized and worked with high school’s Key Club as Secretary for 2 years, coordinated and led community service events and meetings of club with over 150 members
2 creative writing programs (one at Susquehanna university, and one at Brown) over the summer
organized card drive to send cards to political prisoners, and works with high school’s Amnesty International
participated in numerous clubs
participated in two foreign exchanges (Germany and Belgium)
published in high school’s social studies magazine, and creative writing magazine
vice president of the Sophomore class
peer tutor for all four years of high school
member of Arista
Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (in running to become Finalist/ National Merit Scholar)
AP Scholar with Honors
White, female, no legacy, no hooks, upper middle class
Thank you so much for taking the time to give your honest feedback I really, really appreciate it!
Brown and Yale would be considered reaches for everyone, especially unhooked applicants. That being said, I would expect you to get into most, if not all, of your other schools.
You seem like a really strong and interesting applicant. Best of luck!
@Iceribbongirl - I’ll second Tman1005 - you will get into most of these schools, and I think you will be a competitive candidate at all of them, including Yale. Of course Yale and peers have too many competitive candidates, and it’s tough to predict who will get in and who will not. Good luck!
Brown: Low reach
Yale: Reach
Swarthmore: High match
Pomona: Match
UChicago: Low reach
Cornell: High match
Wesleyan: Match
Oberlin: Match
Amherst: High match
Williams: High match
Georgetown: Low reach
SUNY Geneseo: Safety
Brown- Low Reach
Yale- Reach
Swarthmore- High Match
Pomona- High Match
UChicago- Low Reach
Cornell- High Match
Wesleyan- Match
Oberlin- Match
Amherst- High Match
Williams- High Match
Georgetown- Low Reach
Your SAT scores are fantastic, however, if your EC’s aren’t impressive in comparison to others (which I obviously won’t know), the upper tier LAC’s move from high match to low reach. Good luck!
“many clubs”. Sounds like there’s nothing you really care about, or care to focus on. Sure you’ve got good grades, but the way you spread yourself thin and arbitrarily throw clubs onto your resume…
Brown: Low reach
Yale: high Reach
Swarthmore: match
Pomona: Match
UChicago: Low reach
Cornell: low match
Wesleyan: Match
Oberlin: high Match
Amherst: High match
Williams: High match
Georgetown: Low reach
SUNY Geneseo: Safety
my friend got deffered from brown with 2270 sat. no subject test. and 3.9 gpa i believe.
i have another friend that got deferred from uchicago but then got accepted. he had 2200 sat 800 math 2c and chem subject tests. 4.0 gpa. that being said, you have a good chance at all of these.
I really, really appreciate it!