What kind of college could I get accepted to?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ivy League? Duke/Emory/Northwestern? Wake Forest/Chapel Hill/NYU?</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I: 2100</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Biology, 730 Chemistry, 800 Math II</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank: 31/379</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Italian (4), Spanish Lang (4), Calc AB (4), US GoPo (4), Human Geo (4), Chemistry (4), Lang & Comp (5), Calc BC (5), Lit & Comp (5), US History (5), Statistics (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Calc SL (7), Psych SL (7), Spanish SL (6), English (7), Bio (7), History (6)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB History HL, IB Biology HL, IB Spanish SL, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, ToK/Photography</li>
<li><p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver Congressional Award, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Honor Roll (9-12), Bronze National Spanish Exam (11), a bunch of Mu Alpha Theta awards, a few HOSA awards, AP Scholar, IB Diploma, a few photo competitions</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Secretary (9), SGA 2nd VP (11), SGA President (12), Novice Debate (9), American Red Cross Club (9-12), American Red Cross President (11-12), Piano (9-12), HOSA (11-12), NHS (11-12), NHS VP (12), Mu Alpha Theta (11-12), Varsity tennis (11-12), Photography (11-12), MUN (11-12)</p></li>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience: Pacsun (1 summer), Scripps intern (1 summer)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at hospital (3 summers), tutoring at local elementary school (10-12), lots of Red Cross volunteering</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities: traveling, taking classes at community college, learning Italian</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: nationally ranked, large public school, 15+ Ivy acceptances </p></li>
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<p>Just curious!</p>

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<p>As of now, you are arguably a competitive candidate for any of those schools. Definitely start working on those essays and, if you can, retake the SAT. Also, if you are set on Duke (just gathering from your username), definitely apply ED.</p>

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<p>How have you received your IB scores already?</p>

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<p>Those scores are what I’m most likely going to get.</p>

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<p>chances are looking pretty slim at the Ivy league (higher chance at cornell), Duke, Northwestern, and UNC CH. SAT score is eh. GPA + class rank is eh. Any chance your class rank will rise or is this final including junior year? And definitely retake the SAT or ACT. Definite room for improvement.</p>

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<p>GPA is “eh”? Are you kidding? I upped the rank, actually. My school is EXTREMELY competitive. You have to be a born genius to be in top 10. People in top 10 get straight As (which is hard… at my school), take a ton of online classes, AP classes, etc. Trust me, if I went to any other school in the surrounding counties or my county, I would definitely be in top 10. </p>

<p>HPA: 4.8</p>

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<p>stop overrating your high school lol. there are plenty of high schools where nearly the whole top 10% if not all will be in the ~2200+ range</p>

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<p>I was sick that day, trust me I definitely will take it again. My high school is ranked top 30 in the country by US News and top 10 in Newsweek. It’s different than others.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>You’re insanely arrogant.</p>

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<p>You are making excuses – “I was sick that day,” or “if I went to any other school in the surrounding counties…” – rather than accepting the comments as they are. The students you scoff at – who get “straight As, take a ton of online classes, AP classes, etc” – are very possibly the ones at your school doing all the extra work to make themselves competitive for the colleges to which you aspire. No point in chancing if you are going to make excuses and/or be argumentative.</p>

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<p>Brilliant comment swingtime.</p>

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<p>You people need to calm down. I’m going to say it again - I go to a DIFFERENT type of school that you all go to. The people in top 10 have ZERO extra curriculars. </p>

<p>Anyway, thanks for taking the time to look at my thread. I just want to know of you all think that I have a chance at these top schools.</p>

<p>By the way, I really do not see how you think I’m arrogant…</p>

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<p>“GPA is “eh”, are you kidding?”</p>

<p>“My school is EXTREMELY competitive”</p>

<p>“Trust me, if I went to any other school in the surrounding counties or my county, I would definitely be in the top 10.”</p>

<p>“I was sick that day, trust me I will definitely take it again.”</p>

<p>“My school is different than others.”</p>

<p>You’re right, you’re not arrogant at all. Enjoy not attending any top schools with that horrid GPA.</p>

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<p>Mr-Know-It-All, several of the posters are no longer in high school; no longer in the “DIFFERENT type of school” that you currently attend. Several of us have graduated from the very Ivy League colleges to which YOU aspire and, with your attitude, will probably never attend. Several of us have taught at such schools. Several of us also have advised high schoolers, which advisees have been admitted to such schools. We will indeed “calm down,” as you have so ordered. We will, also, no longer bother with this thread.</p>

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<p>I say your GPA and rank are ‘eh’ because the ivy league, duke and northwestern take barely any unhooked applicants outside the 1 and 2 or even top 5%. You are in your class’s top 10%. But since your school is much more competitive than the average high school, you still have a chance. Your ECs are about above average-average.</p>

<p>And I may be going to rpi this fall but I did get accepted to Cornell, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon. I know a lot about how admissions work at the most selective schools.</p>

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<p>It’s your rank that’s the problem, not your GPA. I’d say no at ivies and Duke, small sop at NU, good shot at others.</p>

<p>BTW 15 to ivies from a large school does not make it very competitive.</p>

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<p>What if I can get my SAT score to a 2200 - 2290, and my rank 20-25?</p>

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<p>I don’t see why people are saying the OP’s GPA is low, 3.8 is rather okay. An SAT score of 2100 is decent, but usually not good enough for the ivies, I’d say a 2250 at a minimum would be fine. Try and get your rank higher.</p>