<p>I am a high school senior getting ready to apply to colleges now and I know that I want to go into neuroscience. I have pretty good credentials so I plan on applying to some Ivy League schools like Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, UPenn, and Yale. I understand, though, that acceptance into Ivy League schools is unpredictable and I probably won't make it into any of these schools. I plan on applying to other schools as well for this reason like Johns Hopkins, Washington University in St. Louis, and Duke. These schools are also very selective, though, so I need some safety schools that would have good neuroscience programs.<br>
Here are some of my credentials:</p>
<p>-2nd in my class of 559
-4.67 Cumulative GPA (4.0 unweighted)
-35 composite ACT (English: 36, Reading: 36, Math: 33, Science: 33)
-2300 SAT score (Reading: 770, Math: 760, Writing: 770)
-232 PSAT score (National Merit Semifinalist)
-AP Scholar with Honors (US History: 5, Lang. and Comp.: 5, Chemistry: 4, Calc AB: 3 (I plan on doing better on Calc BC))
-760 SAT Chemistry; 750 SAT US History
-Played on the varsity tennis team
-2nd place at the National Academic Games Competition in World Events in 2009 and 2011; 3rd place in 2010
-Captain of the Academic Games Team
-Senator in Student Council in 12th grade (VP in 9th grade, Pres in 10th grade, Representative in 11th grade)
-PA Youth and Government (speech and debate)
-Volunteering at the local library
-National Honor Society
-Founded the school bowling team
-Attended the BASF Science Academy (I was selected; did not have to pay)
-Worked as a tutor at Kumon Math and Reading Center</p>
<p>I'm sure that I have a small chance of making it into one of the schools listed above, but I obviously also want some schools that I am sure to get into, or at least have a fairly good chance. Please comment and thank you.</p>