<p>I know everyone does this, but I just can't resist. Yes, I know what you guys tell me is not a guarantee, blah, blah, blah. I just want to know if I'm in the right playing field, and what I need to step up.</p>
<p>I plan on being a doctor, so I can major in anything as long as I fulfill the requirements. General Bio is probably extremely competitive, so I am leaning towards perhaps a more specific form of bio or maybe chemistry.
I'm aiming for Ivy Leagues, Stanford, Pomona College, CMC, Higher UCs(UCB, UCLA, UCSD). </p>
<p>Info: </p>
<p>High School Valedictorian
All Classes AP/IB
2210 SAT
Have written a Self Published Book
I have a successful app in the Apple App Store
I am president and co-founder of an effort(successful) which created solar panels and implemented them in rural Indian villages that lacked electricity.
Vice President Chamber Ensemble
Secretary CSF
Vice President NHS
President Philanthropy Club
3rd Place and 4th Place at Inland Section FBLA Conference for Comp. Prob. Solving and Cyber Security, respectively.
3rd place and 2nd place at the CA state level, respectively.
USTA Tennis Competitor
High School JV Team Captain
205hr of various community service activities(over high school)
3rd Place District Science Fair
Summer Research Internship(8 weeks, 40hr/week)
College Class(4units) taken at UCI over summer </p>
<p>i think you have a solid chance at most ivies; hpys is more a mid reach cuz its hyps. dont know about pomona or cmc. all UCs shouldnt be a problem gettin in</p>
<p>Try to bring up your SAT a little bit more. Also, you need to take a couple SAT2 subject tests. What is your uwGPA right now? You do have a good chance for UCs in state.</p>
<p>I’m going to take my SAT II tests at the end of this year(most likely Chemistry, Math Lvl.2, Physics). Unweighted GPA is 4.0(weighted is 4.875 cumulative)</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are fine. Once you break the 2200 mark, SAT scores don’t matter much to admissions officers at competitive universities. People with 2200s on their SAT are chosen over people with 2300+ all the time. (I know a 2400 legacy who was rejected and a non-hooked/non-athlete person with the college’s bottom quintile SAT scores accepted to Duke with a scholarship.) SAT scores aren’t anything. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>2200 is still too low a cut off for top schools as it is below admission average for all top schools, particularly without knowing the distribution of section scores. In any case, you still need to have strong EC for those schools.</p>
<p>No. I don’t think it does not make difference. 2300 is still better than 2200 although the difference may be smaller than 2100 to 2200. Particularly, with 2200, you may still have one section under 700.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your responses. Sorry I haven’t checked in a while, I have been busy studying for those APs. My SAT was CR:750, M:770, WR:690. I only missed one in math so that annoyed me. Worst of all, writing is my best subject, but I did the worst in it. It was all just the essay(some topics I find very easy to write about and others not so much). I took the SAT again after this one and (considering I didn’t maintain my study for it) my score lowered. If I systematically study for it again, do you guys think I should go for another try? Or should I just put all of my focus on the ECs?</p>
<p>Should have studied for that second try…it’s still low right now. I got waitlisted at an Ivy with 2330. “Self-published book” sounds good, but I know people from my school who have self-published and it doesn’t mean anything because those particular people happen to be awful writers. DX Good luck though.</p>
<p>Did you reach a plateau in practice score around this level. If you did not get any improvement in the second attempt, what makes you think you can in the third one. Perhaps you should focus on something else.</p>
<p>2210 is perfectly respectable… what are you guys talking about!?
Especially if the wring it 690, which no one really even cares about because it is such a poorly put-together test…</p>
<p>I would not worry a BIT. 2210 and 2250 are not going to make a difference. Instead of wasting your time, work on out of school activities. Instead of wasting the money, help someone in need. There, honestly, is no point. </p>
<p>I’m kind of confused by your college choices though. Ivy league schools? THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. You should NOT want to go to them because of prestige. Choose out the ones you actually like…</p>
<p>2210 is respectable but it is around or below admission average for many top schools. 2210 and 2250 probably does not make much difference. If 2250 is the target, then OP should put the effort on something else. WR at 690 is below the 25% for most of the Ivies. Even the test may be not put together very well, it is considered by many schools.</p>
<p>I think you have a shot at the top schools, but you need to bring up the standardized testing scores. Your ECs are good. The self-published book thing sounds cool, but adcoms realize that anyone can self-publish a book if they have the money to do it… Good luck though!</p>
<p>I think your ECs are a bit scattered and unfocused. Now this may be wrong, but you appear to be the kind of applicant who did everything “right” in high school. I don’t really see anything that will make me remember you among the sea of applicants. But of course, I haven’t seen your whole application so take my comment with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Sorry for the delay. I got a 34 on ACT(slightly better than prev. SAT). 800 on SAT Chem. Will take ML2 soon. AP scores also came in. Three 5s(Calc BC, Lang, APUSH), two 4s(Chem., Comp. Sci) and one 3(damn Spanish). I’m thinking of starting a small side business in computer tune-ups. I have extensive knowledge on the matter and can perform tasks for a fraction of what professionals would charge. Do you guys think that could set me apart more?</p>
<p>That would make you above average among other Ivy applicants, not really stand out from the crowd at all. Your chance should be higher than the admission rates of these top schools. You should be matches for the upper UCs as in state student.</p>