<p>I'm a junior in Florida (HS class of 2007, college class of 2011), have a 2260 SAT (800 Critical Reading, 750 Math, 710 Writing) and a 36 composite ACT (35 Reading, Math, 36 English, Science), write for the teen section of my local newspaper, have 200+ volunteer hours in little over a year of volunteer work and a burning passion to leave this state. Are there any limitations on where I can go?</p>
<p>yes. you can't go to mars</p>
<p>hahaha
what other ECs do you have?
What's your class ranking? GPA?
with those stats alone, there are definitely limitations to where you can go (you probably wont make it to any Ivies without more ECs)</p>
<p>What are you talking about she can't get into ivies? With the stats she's given so far, she's more qualified than nearly all the applicants there. You can't do better on the ACT - submit that, and that only.</p>
<p>You have OUTSTANDING test scores. Unfortunately, the #1 factor for all colleges is GPA (well, nearly all colleges.) What is your GPA? Whatis your class rank? What was your curriculum in high school? What were your ECs?</p>
<p>I'm talking about the fact that the only EC she's mentioned is writing for her newspaper. She has not mentioned any music, athletics, leadership positions... If you look at other threads, you'll see that most applicants to top schools have more ECs. Her scores are obviously excellent, but they won't be enough by themselves</p>
<p>To all: My GPA is a 3.95 unweighted (it's something like 4.43 weighted but glorious Rockledge High uses unweighted for valedictorian, etc. so I can't say for sure) and I'm maybe third or fourth in my class (again, don't know because these stats aren't for public consumption in a school where the average SAT is around a 1050 on the old version...which I earned a 1340 on in seventh grade); I also serve on my city's Student Advisory Council, partake in Academic Team and Science Bowl and Knowledge Master Open on a purely academic EC front, do my volunteering at a middle school in a capacity that has me coaching Science Bowl/Olympiad teams, compete in speech contests, and am a member of my school's nationally ranked robotics team.</p>
<p>Also: I'm a guy. My name's Andy. And I'm a legacy at both Princeton (mom) and Brown (dad).</p>
<p>Further (sorry, forgot this): As part of my excellent adventure with my local teen section, I was one of ten students selected from a pool of nearly a thousand teen journalists around the country to go to the 2005 Newspaper Association of America/Youth Editorial Alliance's Conference (of Too Many Capital Letters!) in Nashville this October...and I've written 50+ articles for this section (so 50ish "clips," if you will) in a little over a year on subjects as diametrically opposite as summer movies and the new SAT, as well as a slew of reviews of movies, CDs, books, and the like...</p>
<p>Just trying to give you a better-outlined picture of me; let me know if there's anything more you would need to better judge me.</p>
<p>Great GPA, Rank, Test Scores = admit to mostly any university.</p>
<p>Legacy at Princeton and Brown definately helps.</p>
<p>You have a valid lottery ticket at all schools. P is your best bet for a top school because they're loyal to legacies. At HYSM you are just in the huge pool of very qualified candidates and have about a 15% chance. Lower ivies are a good bet.</p>
<p>there is no limitation to where you can go, nor the amount of people you put to shame by posting your stats.</p>
<p>I don't understand why people act ignorant of their own excellence?</p>
<p>I'm sorry, Meat. I don't mean to "put anyone to shame." I sincerely wanted an opinion from someone outside Rockledge because my counselor is notoriously bad, meaning my odyssey is mine and my parents' alone.</p>
<p>What's HYSM?</p>
<p>I get it: Harvard, Yale, etc...</p>
<p>But what about lower-tier schools? Especially liberal arts schools? I've heard great things about Macalester, Oberlin, Kenyon, Northwestern...would like to go somewhere with a good writing program, too.</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>"lower" tier schools with good writing to consider:</p>
<p>-Boston College
-Pomona College
-Oberlin College
-Wabash College (if you're male)
-Amherst</p>
<p>Thanks Meat. What about journalism? I've heard good things about Medill at Northwestern, about Missouri, about Columbia's grad school, but I don't know much of any more. Help?</p>