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I really don't know where I want to go to school next year, no schools really seem to fit me. I've been looking for a while, and I really haven't fallen in love yet. And application season if fast approaching, so I'm starting to stress out. I have some schools in mind, and I was just wondering about my chances there. Not married to any of them at this point, so if anyone has any other schools to suggest, feel free! Thanks ahead of time.
This is going to be very thorough, this is the first time I've taken a moment to list out everything/try to...
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian/White
School: #1 in state (public school)
Class Rank: Not ranked
UW GPA: 3.9
W GPA 4.9
Freshman year: Honors IMP 3 (Trig), Honors American Literature, Honors Chemistry, Honors World Studies (World History/World Issues), Honors Art 1, Honors Chinese 1, P.E.
Sophomore: Honors IMP 4 (Pre-calc), Honors British Literature, AP Biology (5 on AP Exam), AP US History (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 2, P.E.
Junior: AP AB Calc (3), AP Lang & Comp (4), AP Chemistry (3), AP US Gov & Politics (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 3, Honors Computer Science
Tenative Senior year schedule: AP Stats, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, AP Chinese/Chinese 4, Senior Lifetime Activites (P.E. class)
ACT: 33; 29 E, 33 M, 34 R, 35 S, 11 W
33; 32 E, 29 M, 36 R, 33 S, 10 W
Scores are strange (weird math/english, etc.), retaking in fall. Hopefully will do some prep and raise my score (haven't done any yet, getting private tutor hopefully. Very soon).
SAT: not taking...
SAT 2: 750 US History, 720 Biology. Will take more in fall? Haven't looked into it. Should.
EC: Volleyball (JV Freshman year, Varisty Sophomore-Senior, Captain Junior & Senior season), Soccer (JV Junior year, Captain), Club Volleyball (did it from 8th-Sophomore, but I'm including it because it was a huge time commitment, about 18 hours per week during the season, and when I quit I started soccer for the first time), Model UN (Junior-Senior), JSA (Sophomore-Senior, Activism Director Senior year), National Chinese Honor Society (Sophomore-Senior), NHS (inducted Junior year), Ski & Snowboard Club (Junior-Senior, we just went on ski trips), Pep Club (Freshman-Senior; Sophomore year, Underclassmen Representative, Junior year, Secretary, Senior year, President)
Other: about 150+ service hours, volunteer Junior Counselor (Sophomore), Day Camp Rec Leader (Senior), Pegasus Players Global Voices Program (wrote a play and exchanged with native Chinese students, performed for local Chinese-speaking students), AP Scholar with Distinction, Macalester Junior Book Award (?), raised over $12,000 in two years for children's brain cancer research (through volleyball program, we started organizing fundraisers when I was a sophomore)
I think that's it, and as for schools... maybe Duke or Brown or Penn as reaches, not really sure. Thinking about Rice and Emory too, don't know what category they'd fall into. My counselor said that as a student from Chicago, I'd have a geographic advantage because not many students from metropolitan areas outside of Houston and Atlanta (respectively) apply there. And maybe USC and UMichigan, and then UIllinois and Trinity as safeties. Other than that I really got nothing, I'd appreciate help looking for schools (want to major in History, possibly go into film) or chancing for these. Thanks, I know this was a lot.
- 199709
This is going to be very thorough, this is the first time I've taken a moment to list out everything/try to...
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian/White
School: #1 in state (public school)
Class Rank: Not ranked
UW GPA: 3.9
W GPA 4.9
Freshman year: Honors IMP 3 (Trig), Honors American Literature, Honors Chemistry, Honors World Studies (World History/World Issues), Honors Art 1, Honors Chinese 1, P.E.
Sophomore: Honors IMP 4 (Pre-calc), Honors British Literature, AP Biology (5 on AP Exam), AP US History (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 2, P.E.
Junior: AP AB Calc (3), AP Lang & Comp (4), AP Chemistry (3), AP US Gov & Politics (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 3, Honors Computer Science
Tenative Senior year schedule: AP Stats, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, AP Chinese/Chinese 4, Senior Lifetime Activites (P.E. class)
ACT: 33; 29 E, 33 M, 34 R, 35 S, 11 W
33; 32 E, 29 M, 36 R, 33 S, 10 W
Scores are strange (weird math/english, etc.), retaking in fall. Hopefully will do some prep and raise my score (haven't done any yet, getting private tutor hopefully. Very soon).
SAT: not taking...
SAT 2: 750 US History, 720 Biology. Will take more in fall? Haven't looked into it. Should.
EC: Volleyball (JV Freshman year, Varisty Sophomore-Senior, Captain Junior & Senior season), Soccer (JV Junior year, Captain), Club Volleyball (did it from 8th-Sophomore, but I'm including it because it was a huge time commitment, about 18 hours per week during the season, and when I quit I started soccer for the first time), Model UN (Junior-Senior), JSA (Sophomore-Senior, Activism Director Senior year), National Chinese Honor Society (Sophomore-Senior), NHS (inducted Junior year), Ski & Snowboard Club (Junior-Senior, we just went on ski trips), Pep Club (Freshman-Senior; Sophomore year, Underclassmen Representative, Junior year, Secretary, Senior year, President)
Other: about 150+ service hours, volunteer Junior Counselor (Sophomore), Day Camp Rec Leader (Senior), Pegasus Players Global Voices Program (wrote a play and exchanged with native Chinese students, performed for local Chinese-speaking students), AP Scholar with Distinction, Macalester Junior Book Award (?), raised over $12,000 in two years for children's brain cancer research (through volleyball program, we started organizing fundraisers when I was a sophomore)
I think that's it, and as for schools... maybe Duke or Brown or Penn as reaches, not really sure. Thinking about Rice and Emory too, don't know what category they'd fall into. My counselor said that as a student from Chicago, I'd have a geographic advantage because not many students from metropolitan areas outside of Houston and Atlanta (respectively) apply there. And maybe USC and UMichigan, and then UIllinois and Trinity as safeties. Other than that I really got nothing, I'd appreciate help looking for schools (want to major in History, possibly go into film) or chancing for these. Thanks, I know this was a lot.
- 199709
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write a good essay and present yourself as someone who really cares about stuff and are more concerned with what you can do with your knowledge and grades in the world than what schools you can get into with them.
- hopeful2getin
- hopeful2getin
If no college seems to fit you, then don't go, drop out of HS and you will do fine
- goblue1162
- goblue1162
i disagree. apply to the places that seem cool and VISIT THEM. do an overnight thing there and attend a class or two. see if you could do it for four years. the place that seems the most stimulating and survivable is probably your best fit.
- hopeful2getin
- hopeful2getin
sorry, but i dont think you can get into brown or penn if you dont take the SATs...
- diarrhetic
- diarrhetic
yes you can. more than 99% of institutions take the ACT, some just require additional sat subject tests.
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3746&profileId=1
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1464&profileId=1
the level of investigation by the members of this site is incredibly disappointing.
- hopeful2getin
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3746&profileId=1
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1464&profileId=1
the level of investigation by the members of this site is incredibly disappointing.
- hopeful2getin
my dads is a dean at adelphi and mom is a teacher in the district so i know about the in's and out's. my suggestion, don't stress. no matter what anyone tells you, you don't have to have your major, or your life for that matter, decided when you enter your freshmen year of college. you don't even have to go to the school you want to the first year. if you stress you're just going to freak yourself out and that can get messy. if you really don't know where you want to go yet, go to a community college for the first year, get your GPA up nice and high, then transfer to the school of your choice after you've taken some gen. ed classes and have seen what you like and what you're interested in. that way you can get then out of the way, and you can focus on what ever you choose to major in. hope this helps.
- amycakes
- amycakes
brown seems like a good fit for you...
- djpotts4
- djpotts4
for me?
- amycakes
- amycakes
i definitely would not advise going to community college at all. you have a tough academic transcript and did great on the ACT. comm college is for people who dont have the grades/scores for the school they want to go too.
brown seems like a good fit but just keep in mind that even though you may seem to fit the mold for the ivies... so do thousands of other kids. try looking at a tier lower too, such as williams, colby, bowdoin...
- ellieee124
brown seems like a good fit but just keep in mind that even though you may seem to fit the mold for the ivies... so do thousands of other kids. try looking at a tier lower too, such as williams, colby, bowdoin...
- ellieee124
i dont want to sound like i am against community college, i just feel that it isnt appropriate in your case...
- ellieee124
- ellieee124
Thanks guys. Right now I'm thinking Emory is my #1 choice, hopefully it will work out... As of now, applying to Emory, Rice, UIllinois, Duke, Princeton, Barnard, BC, and Brown. Thanks for the help/feedback
- 199709
- 199709
Damn... you got some nice credentials there... I wouldn't settle for anything less than Ivy League level lol
- whoever
- whoever
I think you should definitley not settle for anything less than an Ivy League school. Try Harvard for one thing. Then I think you should look into UPenn and Columbia.
- DABEARS
- DABEARS
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