Quick q: What do you mean by “artificially low” on your GPA?
And you’re obviously going to be accepted by half, if not more of these universities, but you will have the same 4-7% chance the Ivies + Stanford, but it might be a bit higher if you can raise that SAT score.
@SingHar17 Artificially low means that my school uses a 7 point grading scale to determine As and Bs. If a 10 point scale is used, then I would have a 3.9 unweighted. I retook the SAT one last time today, but I’m not sure if my score will get much higher than 1500.
However, I’ve read on CC that only 70 blacks get a 1500 or above on the SAT in the entire US. Is that true? That number seems really low to me tbh.
Hey I think you have an incredible resumee, and it seems like you’re well balanced in all academic areas. Those colleges want students that stand out, and strong essays will give you an edge. It’s always a gamble with ivies, but based on your current application I would say you have a decent shot at most of them
You are certainly a competitive, compelling applicant, but as we all know, college admissions can be extremely random. I think you’ll definitely get in somewhere cool though!
my guesses if you were an Asian (judging from my friends who’ve applied to these schools. Asians i know with similar stats to yours)
Princeton (SCEA) - deferred, then rejected
UMich (EA) - accepted
NCSU (EA) - ?
Rice (rejected from SOAR) - accepted
Cornell - waitlisted
CMU (on campus interview with admissions officer) - waitlisted
Vanderbilt- ?
Northwestern- waitlisted, then accepted
UPenn- waitlist
Columbia (accepted to CE^2)- rejected
HMC (accepted to Fall FAST)- accepted, I might be biased because I live next to here
MIT- rejected
Stanford- rejected
With black/white, poor, 1st gen hook in mind (I do not have much experience with this so take this with a grain of salt) It will probably make up for your poor test scores.
Princeton (SCEA)- Accepted
UMich (EA)- Accept
NCSU (EA)-?
Rice (rejected from SOAR)- Accept
Cornell- Waitlisted
CMU (on campus interview with admissions officer)- Accept
Vanderbilt-?
Northwestern- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Columbia (accepted to CE^2)- reject
HMC (accepted to Fall FAST)- accepted
MIT- waitlist (I’m thinking if female, probably accepted)
Stanford- rejected
I live in MI. Every single respondent has said “Accept” but me for UMich-Ann Arbor. I’m sorry but I think all of you are overestimating an OOS applicant’s chances.
a bit irrelevant but just curious…how did you get your teachers to write such amazing things? how did you develop a bond? were you just really smart in class or did you hang out with them a lot?
@T26E4 Your point is moot since I was accepted to the University of Michigan College of Engineering, however i was deferred from Princeton
@otoribashi I heavily participate in class discussion and add a unique dynamic to the classroom. I had a really close bond with my Chemistry teacher because I enjoyed talking with her afterschool on Wednesdays. In general I got recommendations from teachers where I was extremely interested in the content and hence got very high grades (near 100s). Also, my teachers were well aware of my accomplishments outside the classroom. I’m not the most exceptional student in all of my classes, but I am a very exceptional student in some of them. Try to be intellectually curious, sociable, and participate in class - this is the key to getting good rec letters.