I am a male senior with Pakistani parents and go to
GPA: 9th: 3.75 (Weighted) 2 Honors Classes only Ranked 125/450
10th 3.825(Weighted) 4 honors classes Ranked 109/450
11th 4.7375 -4 APs -Rank 47/450
Cumulative: 4.1045
New SAT: Verbal-640 Math-800 1440 (Retook and waiting for scores) 97th percentile
SAT II : Chem-730 US History-680 Math 1 - 720 Math 2-750
Senior Year Schedule 5 APs 2 Honors and 2 self studied APs for a total of 7 tests
Clubs/ ECs
Varsity golf captain/ mvp
NHS
Math NHS VP
Science NHS president
SS NHS
Math league
Science league
Computer science club president
Chess club founder
Interact club
Summer Job at golf course and
tutor for algebra 1 2 precalc calculus geometry trig and chemistry
Fluent in 5 languages
I will be applying to Johns Hopkins, UPenn, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Georgetown, NYU, UVA, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Boston College, Boston University, Berkeley, UCLA, and Rutgers as a safety
Already finished most of the supplements and common app essays and have plenty of time for revision
Which schools am i competitive for and which are too far out of reach?
@zantheman UVA is really not a match for anyone out of state. The only real match here in my opinion is BU with BC as a low reach and UVA/UCLA/NYU as mid reaches. Add a few more match schools to your list and maybe narrow down some of the reaches. You have great stats, but this process is brutal and there will be hundreds of people applying with the exact same if not better academic credentials.
I wish I know your UWGPA and UC GPA to chance you better. In California, I consider mid-tier UCs to be perhaps (high) matches for you. UCSC perhaps a match.
I personally would not submit the math 1 SAT2 score to any colleges and try to boost the rest to be competitive
SAT1-low end of average for the schools you have listed (CR/W below 25% percentile)
Match/safety schools would depend on major. Are you thinking humanities or STEM?
Please PM me with any questions
@onlynongenius I’m thinking about majoring in neuroscience, my new SAT score is a 1510, do you have any advice on what schools would be a match for me?
Chinese male
GPA: 4.10 W/3.95 UW
SAT: 800 M 720 CR 740 W (about 1550 in the new SAT)
SAT II: US Hist. 800 Math II 800 Chem. 780 World Hist. 770
ACT: 35 composite (you should probably take a look at the test)
Previous AP’s: World Hist. 5, U.S. Hist. 5, Comp. Sci. A 5, Chem. 5
EC’s:
NHS
Science HS
French HS
Robotics: Treasurer (won awards and helped out in the community)
Table Tennis: Treasurer (raised money for the community)
Asian culture club: Vice-President
150+ hours at the public library
To put things in perspective,when it comes to the Ivy League I am near the bottom of the pack. I was rejected from Princeton EA and was barely accepted to Cornell RD. Some of my friends have far higher scores than I did, better grades and far more national achievements; they were rejected from all their reaches. When it comes down to it, the college process can be very subjective, so having so many reaches might not be the best idea. I would cut your list down to only those that you like the best and have the most to offer you.
