I go to a rigorous private school. It’s ranked as the #2 private school in my state. It has a funky schedule, so I’ll try to explain it as best I could.
Because the school is so small, we only have a select choice of AP classes. The school only has 5 classes per semester, including the free period that 90% of students take. The first AP class you can possible take is sophomore year, so the weighted GPA is dropped. There is also a policy that there is a maximum of 3 AP classes per year, unless you study one of the AP classes independently. Anyways, here are my stats:
Weighted GPA: 4.04
Unweighted GPA: 3.9 (I calculated this myself because the school doesn’t report the unweighted GPA)
SAT out of 1600: 1500 (770 Math, 730 Reading & Writing)
ACT: Taking in September
SAT II Subject Tests: Biology, and Math Level II (Taking in August)
School does not rank
Academic Honors:
Honor Society
National Society of High School Scholars (the school isn’t a member of the National Honor Society)
National Spanish Exam award recipient (Gold last year, Silver this year)
Extracurriculars:
Science Olympiad Co-president (Rocks and Minerals, Microbe Mission)
Math Club (AMC)
Varsity Tennis Co-captain
Table Tennis member
Youth Group member of local mosque
Muslim-American Society Member
Volunteer at local hospital
Shadowing at local hospital
AP Scores: Biology - 4
Psychology - 5
Junior Year Classes:
Honors Precalculus
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Senior Year Classes:
AP United States History
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB (school does not offer BC)
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Income: High
Gender: Male
And I’m not sure if this helps, but both of the teachers that I have asked for recommendations have their PhDs
Congrats on your success in high school! Is there a particular region where you are interested in living/studying? Would you prefer a small LAC, a large state university, or something in between? Do you want an urban location, or would an LAC in a small college town be okay? Any ideas about what you’d like to study, i.e. pre-med or English lit? By indicating a high family income, is your family okay with a school that might cost a lot? These answers will help people offer you schools that might fit your interests.
Your own guidance counselor should be able to give you a list of academically extremely safe places. Your parents’ college budget for you will tell you which places are also financially safe.
Just remember that a truly safe institution flat-out guarantees admission to you based on your GPA and test scores, offers your potential majors, and is affordable without aid other than federal (FAFSA) aid and/or aid guaranteed to you by the institution iteslf because of your stats. Places that haven’t rejected any students like you from your high school fall into the extremely safe category.
I’d like to go into pre-med and major in biology. I currently live in Ohio, so any safety colleges around there would appeal to me. I am not into any Liberal Arts College, and would prefer a large town or large city. My only true safety is Ohio State, but I am also applying to Case Western, University of Michigan, and New York University. Thanks.
Try Miami of Ohio
You don’t need to go to a top school to compete with all those high stat premed. You need to go to a school where you are the top 10-20% of the admitted student.
I think you should go to Ohio State University or UM but I would visit the college before making a choice.I did that before I choose the one that I wanted to go.