UMich, NYU, USC , UCB, UNotre Dame, Duke, and etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello everyone! I’m a junior in high school right now and I happened to be really interested in attending the school’s above in the title later in the future. So please look over my high school resume (it’s not completed but it’s a general outline) and please give me as many feedback as possible.

I attend Troy High school and I am in its Tech Program.

Classes:

FRESHMAN YEAR (GPA : 4/4.17)

  1. Geometry - A
  2. Spanish 1 - A
  3. Biology - A
  4. F.O.P. & C.L.A. (tech) -A
  5. English 1 Troy Tech - A
  6. World History Honors - A

SOPHOMORE YEAR (GPA: 4/4.5)

  1. Algebra 2 -A
  2. Spanish 2 Honors - A
  3. Chemistry - A
  4. Media Concepts (tech) - A
  5. English 2 Honors - A
  6. AP European History - A

JUNIOR YEAR (GPA: 3.66/4.5)

  1. PreCalculus - A
  2. Spanish 3 IB SL - A
  3. AP Biology - B
  4. Film IB (tech) - A
  5. English 3 Honors - A
  6. AP U.S. History - B

PICKED OUT CLASSES FOR SENIOR YEAR

  1. AP Calculus AB
  2. AP Spanish
  3. Physics (regular)
  4. AP Psychology
  5. AP Language & Composition
  6. AP Government & Economics

Test Scores:

Old Sat : 1930/2400
New Sat: didn’t take it yet but got about 1400-1460 in my practice exam
Korean Sat 2 : 790/800
Planning to take sat for us history, and math level 2.
AP EURO : 3
*planning to take more AP exams

Activities / Achievements

  • Water Polo
  • Swim
  • California Scholarship Federation
  • Tech Program
  • Principal's Honor Roll (GPA: >4.0)
  • Principal's Advisory Board Leadership
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County Club
  • Pencils of Promises Club
  • Culinary Cooking Club People VP
  • Job - working for my dad's company by contacting to foreign customer and organizing paper work
  • Tech Internship ( ~ 150 hours)
  • Honors at Entrance Award
  • attended Korean School for about 9 years • received Best Writer Award, SuperIntendent Award, Perfect Score Award at Graduation

I want to enter in Pre-Med program if I can since I want to be a doctor or a PA in the future.

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You will for sure get into “etc.”!
strengths: Good rigor. GPA is OK, assuming it doesn’t drop by year end. ECs look decent.
Weakness is SAT. Be better to have it higher for a better chance, if possible.
You are CA, so if you keep your grades up you’d have a decent chance at a good UC (UCB might be a stretch unless the SAT comes up or you pull up one of those Bs just because it is so competitive.)
You can go check out the SAT on each schools common data set (and elsewhere.)
NYU is probably on the low end of your list for test scores (bottom 25% was 1860) You should have a very good/decent shot there.
NYU 25% 1860
UCB bottom 25% is 1870
USC bottom 25% is 1920
UMich 25% is 1930
ND 25% is 2000
Duke 25% is 2060

As you can see, your current SAT quickly drops you close to or below the 25% level at mos of those schools. Which does not mean it is impossible, but it really weakens your case. I’d say if you keep your grads up, and maybe pull one of those Bs up? and bump up your SAT (or try the ACT, you might do better on that type test?) you could have a shot at NYU, UCB, USC and Mich. ND and Duke get more difficult.

but you also need a couple of stone cold safeties.