<p>Thank you for chancing me on my thread. To be honest, I dont know too much about the schools your applying to and i am sorry i cannot give you any solid information.
However, I think your plan is good. Heres some pointers.
As a junior, you still have time (unlike me)
Try and aim as high as you can with your SATs. SATs are probably the easiest to do well on (compared to GPA and ECs). Study your butt off for a few months (itll be painful but it will pay off). Don’t be like me. I took a prep course for a year (paid $1000) and scored 1960. Then i studied for a summer and took it again and still only got 2150. My advice, dont do prep courses, get Barons and Princeton Review (they helped the most). The SAT General is not about how smart you are, its about how good you are at taking standardized tests which means practice actually makes perfect (ofc your gonna have to memorize grammar and math stuffs)</p>
<p>GPA wise, try for as high as you can. (pain to do but you wont regret it) I slacked off, never studied and while my friends are getting into Princeton, uPenn and Uchig and stuff, I am here, unable to get into a good uni. pay attention and keep notes in class and a little studying before tests should garuntee a 3.0+.</p>