<p>I am a HS Junior and I recently took the SAT, I want to see if I have a chance of getting into some of these schools (being Stanford, Colombia, Amherst, NYU, Pomona College, Northwestern, and others like these).
SAT:
-Reading: 670
-Writing: 700
-Math: 800
Total: 2170
Grade Point Average (Unweighted) : 4.0
Extracurriculars (this is long):
-Volunteer at UCLA Hospital
-In the highest orchestra at my school and have been first chair for a whole year
-Participated in solo and orchestral competitions and received Superior Rankings
-Played at Disney Hall, Lincoln Center and toured Northern California and New York with the orchestra
-Tutor autistic cello students and needy kids (hoping this is my good one)
-Have been in track for the past three years and I am now the assistant coach of the track team, I also participated in several meets and manage meets
-I am the vice president of S.A.V.E. club and secretary of the UNICEF club, will be president next year
-I am a photographer
-I also am almost certain that I am participating in a Medical Program at Stanford this Summer but it not very long
-I am also in a creative writing club</p>
<p>(If there is anything else I will write it down, and other people write your stuff on here so people can get ideas-EC's and stuff)
Thanks!</p>
<p>At first glance it doesn’t look good for HPYS. You need to raise that CR subscore. Have you taken the ACT? How many honors or AP classes?</p>
<p>The others, you seem fairly solid, but it’s the nature of the beast with the Ivy League that you had better be perfect or near-perfect to have a chance-- and even then there are no guarantees.</p>
<p>To be honest, your chances at most of those schools are low (as is the case with any of the good schools you mentioned), with the exception of NYU. But then again, it depends which school at NYU you’re applying to. A guy at my school got into NYU with a similar SAT score, but he had amazing musical ECs.</p>
<p>You may have a fairly good shot at Northwestern with your ECs.</p>
<p>Work on your SAT score and packaging your current activities. In addition, your chances will improve greatly if you have stellar essays.</p>
<p>The AP’s I have taken so far are AP World History, AP US History, AP Language and Comp, AP Chemistry, and I should be taking a bunch more next year (I got all A’s) all the rest of my classes throughout high school have been honors. I am now positive that I am going to take the ACT in the fall. What should be a score I should shoot for, composite and each section?</p>
<p>For the Ivies, you’ll probably want a 32 or above; naturally, be the best you can be but it’ll ebb and flow based on your strengths and weaknesses are-- for example, I scored a 35 in English, but only a 26 in math. Make sure you write a strong essay; otherwise it’ll drag down your English subscore. </p>
<p>Try Brandeis, their program is nationally renowned. Bear in mind that that’s only marginally easier to get into than the Ivies-- and for good reason: you’ve got to be smart before they let you go poking around in peoples’ brains. Perhaps you should look into a good premed program to begin with and focus on neuroscience in grad school?</p>
<p>At least a 34 for these schools. Other than NYU, which I know nothing about, the easiest of the remaining schools only accepts 18% of its applicants these days (most stats you’ll find are a few years out of date).</p>
<p>Your ECs show promise: if you can get recruited for your music or athletic abilities, you’ll get into several schools. The “autistic cello students” could lead to a great essay.</p>
<p>Are you female? You may have a decent edge as a science major. That edge is probably smaller if you indicate pre-med on your application (lots of women in medicine) and higher is you were to indicate something like chemical engineering instead (with few women). The first semester courses would probably be much the same and you could “change your mind” before signing up for second semester classes.</p>
<p>Does a 4.0 GPA mean you are at the top of your class?</p>
<p>If you took PSAT and did well, you should already be getting emails from them. If you are getting unsolicited emails from any schools, that usually implies they are trying to recruit you.</p>
<p>To be honest, your SAT score will probably hold you back from the top schools since it puts you at a disadvantage (as I mentioned, unless you are a minority or first in family to go to college including your parents or have overcome major family obstacles or legacy).</p>
<p>You can try Chicago, Northwestern etc apart from liberal colleges. Try to improve the sections you did nt do well so you can superscore.</p>
<p>to the first post (texaspg)–Ya, I am at the top of my class, I’ll just post my schedule so you guys can see. When I took the PSAT I never filled in that bubble to send out my scores or to get mail from other colleges, stupid me.
Freshmen Year:
English 21A (College Credit)-A
English 9HP-A+/A
Spanish 2-A/A
Health-A+/A+
Geometry HP-A/A
Phil Orchestra-A/A
Track-A/A
Biology HP-A/A
Sophomore Year:
World History (College Credit)-A/A
English 10HP-A/A
Spanish 3-A/A
Algebra 2HP-A/A
Symphony Orchestra-A/A
Track-A/A
Chemistry HP-A/A
Junior Year:
US History (College Credit)-A/A
(This is first semester junior year)
English 11 AP-A
Spanish 4-A
PrecalcHP/Calc A-A
Track-A
Chemistry AP-A</p>