<p>What are my chances of getting into my top 3 schools? (Brown, Stanford, Harvard)</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 unweighted and a 3.8 weighted,
I'm in the top 10 percent of my school
I scored 226 (80 Cr, 68 M, 78 W) on my PSAT
I scored 2150 on my SAT but I'm planning to retake it in January
I've taken 2 APs so far (4s scored on both Bio and World), and by the end of this year (junior) I will have taken 5, and by the end of high school I'll have a total of 9.
I'm in my 3rd school play and got the lead in the fall production of Our Town.
I am in a highly selective award winning jazz choir at my school
I have over 200 volunteer hours
I've taken 3 years of French, and, by the time I graduate, 4 of math, 4 of science (2 science labs), 4 of english, 3 history, 2 fine arts, and 6 performing arts.
I've won second place in an LAUSD spelling bee, gotten a science fair award from CSUN and had an abstract published in a national science journal, participated in Model United Nations, was on the Superlative Picture Team for yearbook, had a poem published in a collection of poetry,and won a presidential award and a certificate of special congressional recognition.</p>
<p>The thing is, I don't even know if any of this matters because my grades and test scores aren't stellar!
Do I have a shot??
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Pretty low, you extracurricular are very good, but you academics are pretty terrible for those schools. Generally people get in for being Fantastic in one and Decant in the other in terms of academics and extracurriculars, or from being very good in both.</p>
<p>Try your best and pick 1 or 2 to apply if your really want to try. The chance is not high though. Don’t put much hope at any schools at that rank. Both your GPA and SAT are not competitive enough.</p>
<p>What will your GPA be by the time you apply? If you can get it higher, you might have a shot. GPA is weighted very heavily in admissions, however. Being in the top 10 percent helps. Go ahead and apply, but be sure to have a bunch of other schools that you have a good chance of getting in and being happy at.</p>
<p>@billscho, thank you for replying to my pm. My son is also applying to Brown, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Duke, some other private schools and public ones. He knows the chances are small, but hey you never know:) Here are his stats, your comments will be appreciated.</p>
<p>4.0 GPA - 4.85 weighted
top 1.2 of class - rank 10/851
SAT: 2220
ACT: 32
SAT II: Math 2 790, Chem 760, US Hist 740
AP courses taken: Human Geo 5, World Hist 5, Chem 5, Calc AB 5, Eng Lang & Comp 5, US Hist 5
EC’s: Swimming, swimming, swimming!!! 7 years of insane hours in the pool, lol
year round club swimming 2007-2013
HS varsity swimming 9-12 grades
HS team captain 2013
3 time individual district champion, 4 times individual metro west conf champ
AA times (50 free, 100 free, 200 free)
HS Varsity water polo 10-12 grades
Metro and district champions 2012-2013, Regional champions 2013
CIS international council
Summer job as a lifeguard summer 2012
Awards and recognitions: Scholar-Athlete of the year 2013, academic AA,
AP scholar with distinction, Spanish honor society, Beta Club, Mu Alpha-Theta,
Rho Kappa
Volunteer & Community work: Swimming special olympics 60+ hrs,
Give Kids the World 50+ hrs, Surfrider foundation 25+ hrs, Relay for Life 15+ hrs
Foreign travel: EF tour to China 2012 (Beijing, Xian and Shanghai)
EF Tour Eastern Europe 2013 (Germany, Check Rep, Poland and Hungary
Japan 2013 - Kakehashi project</p>
<p>This year he’s loaded with 5 full year AP’s, 2 half year AP’s and 2 full year honors. So far all A’s.</p>