[YellowRyce]

Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me out here. I haven't given college a serious thought, and I'm a senior this year too...

STATS

GPA : (out of 100) 93.1

Rank: seriously do not know. my school doesn't even tell us this. I would say somewhere around 150/750, but I do go to a magnet school. (Stuyvesant)

SAT I: R-690 M-750 W-690 / 2130 / 1440 Will retake if Early Action/Decision doesn't work out for me.

SAT II: Chem - 680 (yikes), Math IIC - 740, American History - 540 (yikes). Planning to retake Math and History in October.

CLASSES
*just for your information, every single course in my school can be classified as accelerated by most standards, even the regular ones.

Junior Year
Honors Precalculus
American Literature
AP Spanish Language and Composition --> 3 on AP
Band (Trumpet)
American History
Health (half year)
Digital Photography (half year)
Physics

Senior Year (classes I am expecting to take)
US Government / Economics
First Year Japanese
Symphonic Band
AP English
AP Chemistry
AP Calc BC

Notable:
I took Honors Chemistry sophomore year.
I was on the Math team freshman year.
Have been in the band every single year.
Have been in the Honors Math program since the spring term of freshman year.
EXTRA CURRICULARS

I have been on the school baseball team every single year. It's the largest commitment on my part besides school, we practice year-round even when it's cold and during the season we practice everyday except Sunday...I also hope to be playing baseball in college so thats another factor I have to consider when I apply.

School clubs
uh..none then again I have baseball year-round...

Other
I was awarded college credit for 2 courses I took in the summer of 2005.

SCHOOLS I'M THINKING OF: (I'm still all over the place here..)
Carnegie Mellon
Rice University
Stanford
NYU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
*CUNY Honors Baruch/CCNY/Hunter (depends on what I am studying)
*SUNY Binghamton/Stony Brook
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UNC
Stanford

these can be best classified as reach schools, and I am fully aware of it:
Columbia Engineering
Cornell
Tufts
Brown
Princeton
Caltech

*I live in New York City

I am most interested in what people call the "New Ivies," which are listed here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14325172/site/newsweek/page/0/

My goal is to be playing varsity baseball at a prestigious college. And quite frankly, if there is a spot open for me to play baseball at any prestigious college (especially the Ivies or New Ivies), I would attend, although I do believe my best chances lie in the DII/DIII level. Club baseball wherever there isn't a varsity team (like Carnegie Mellon or NYU) is fine, too.
I also have absolutely no idea what I want to major in. At this point, I'm leaning towards the sciences (don't know which), business, or economics.

Reachs: Stanford, Berkeley (Out of State), UCLA (Out of State) Being out of state of the UCs hurts a lot
Matches: Carnegie Mellon, NYU, and Rice
Don't know much about the other schools.
Unless your a recruited athlete, its not going to help your substantially for admissions. Your SAT IIs are on the low side of most of your schools, even your Math IIC is pretty low, I mean whats the percentile for a 740 like 80th or something? All the smart math people take Math IIC and it definitely makes anyone who gets lower then 750 look bad. Also your rank is a bit low even for one of the top schools in the nation.

Are you applying NYU CAS or Stern? I'll probably apply stern

im going to be a junior this year and i live in new york and i attend a hihgly competitive school.

STATS

GPA : 93.6 out of 100 though i am sure i can raise it to a 95 this year...

Rank: no idea. but probably in the top 50 percent at least

SAT I: R-660 M-670 W-690 / 2020 / 1330 I didnt acutalyl take it yet... these are the scores from a practice test...

SAT II: taking chemistry this october hopefully i'll get 700+, will take math two in june next year and probably the physics one too

CLASSES

Junior Year
AP us history
AP spanish
AP english
other than that nothing special

Senior Year
Ap bio
ap cal bc
ap stat
ap chemistry


EXTRA CURRICULARS

hopefully i'll get into track team this year but...
for now: school newspaper - art and web
some small art clubs
math team for one year
band 1 1/2 years


Volunteering

Hospital - 100+ hours

SCHOOLS I'M THINKING OF
my dream school was stanford but i lowered my standards.
i guess i would be fine with uc berkley, ucla, nyu, u of chicago, etc.

Reachs: Stanford, UC berkley (Out of State), UCLA (OOS) (SATs too low, you probably need 2200+, to have a chance)
Matchs: NYU, U of Chicago (they weigh a lot on the essays, so you need an outstanding essay)

[AZNbOYreACTI]

^yea, that's the reason I'm retaking them

as for nyu cas or stern, I still have no idea. depends on where my interests lie.

and unfortunately, i'm not recruited

but let's just say i was. how much easier do you think that i can get into the college of my choice?

[efflorescent musings]

I'm gonna be a junior in like 2 weeks and I just went to registration so I got all my stats and stuff

Gen. Stas:
Academic unweighted GPA 3.9/4.0
Class rank 17/451

Testing: Planning on taking my SATs this coming January and I'm still prepping for it.
My PSAT score last year was 153 without studying

Classes:
freshmen year:
Intro to HS/Health
English 1
Geometry
Biology
French 2
Orchestra
Marching Band

Sophomore Year:
world History
English 2
Algebra 2 honors
Chemistry
French 3
Orchestra (section leader)
Marching band

Junior year:
AP Bio
AP US History
English 3
Pre-calc honors
french 4
advance orchestra (possible section leader)
Marching band (section leader)
ROP - commercial art and design(?)

Senior year: (planning to take)
AP Euro
AP Govt/ Econ
AP Calc
honors physics
marching band (section leader)
advance orchestra
english 4

Extra curricular:
CSF (CA scholarship foundation)
Girl Scouts (received Bronze and silver award, working on my Gold, since 3rd grade)
Home Ec club (sophomore year)
Marching Band student council

College I'll be applying to:
UCLA, UCSD, UCB, one of the Cal Poly schools, and Cal State Long Beach

I feel so average though. TToTT

[MANGO☆MELON]

Oh god....ok you guys really make me feel like I won't get into college. ooooh man.
I'm not posting my stats because I'm only entering Junior year so I haven't taken SAT's or anything like that
I do have a question though: I don't know how many of you have heard of a magnet school but it's the type of school I go to.
Basically what it is is, you pick a field you want to enter (for example, I picked culinary arts) and because of that, two of my eight classes are culinary arts. This would be really nice for someone who wants to enter the culinary arts field later in life (like a couple of my friends want to go to Johnson & Whales). HOWEVER, I DO NOT. So I'm wondering if the fact that I only have my basic, required classes (like a math, science, english, history) and the culinary will affect my chances of getting into a college. My school it ranked #2 in the county so it's much better than going to a regular public school. But at the same time, I'm limiting myself in other areas like continuing with a foreign language (would have had French 3 honors but they cannot give me the class because it's at the same time as Culinary and I'm required to take my culinary class). So I'm thinking like .... will doing some type of concurrent enrollment help me my senior year? Plus, my school lacks clubs So I'm on like .... running club and that's it because we HAVE nothing else. And as for my billions of culinary arts credits ..... can I just could culinary as some huge elective? Haha yeah I'm really confused here.

My GPA is around a 3.7 and I'm taking 2 AP and 1 GT class next year. Everything else is honors and then there's culinary. I'm on the varsity volleyball team and I'll probably be on the varsity lacrosse team in the spring.

[Amuse]

Hello. ^^ I hope someone can help me out here. x3 I am an upcoming junior.

STATS
GPA: 3.85/4.00
Rank: 15/550
SATs: Planning to take it this year.

CLASSES

Freshmen Year
English 1 Honors
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
Biology
World History Honors
Journalism 1
Spanish 1
Volleyball

Sophomore Year
English 2 Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
Chemistry
AP European History
Journalism 2
Spanish 2
Volleyball

Junior Year
English 3 Honors
AP Calculus
Physics
AP US History
Journalism 3
Spanish 3
Volleyball

Senior Year (planning to take)
AP English
AP Chemistry
AP Macroeconomics
Journalism 4
AP Spanish
Volleyball
Statistics*
* = maybe

EXTRA CURRICULARS
Journalism for 3 years; editor of school newspaper since sophomore year (will continue in senior year)
Volleyball for 3 years; in varsity since junior year(will continue in senior year)

SCHOOL CLUBS
KIWIN'S - 3 years, planning all 4 years and will run as President for senior year
National Honor Society - 3 years, planning all 4 years
Debate Club - 2 years

Volunteering
Community service since junior high - 300+ hours

Other
Over summer, I took the following classes:
- Health
- Driver's Ed
- Geometry Honors (8th grade/freshman year)

COLLEGE GOALS:
Pre-Med (Radiologist or maybe pharmacist)

SCHOOLS I'M THINKING OF
I currently live in California...

- UC Berkeley (top choice) <-- might not make it.. T__T
- UCI (top choice)
- UCLA
- USC <-- might not make it.. T__T
- Cal State Fullerton (maybe...)

[YellowRyce]

^yea, that's the reason I'm retaking them

as for nyu cas or stern, I still have no idea. depends on where my interests lie.

and unfortunately, i'm not recruited

but let's just say i was. how much easier do you think that i can get into the college of my choice?

If you were a recruited athlete I say you would definitely get into most if not all of your schools.

[ny-sw / ny_sw.]

to noraesonagi

are you from Plano? b/c your info sounds eerily familiar.

iono about your chances though. I'm searching for mine myself.

lol, no I'm from Houston.

Question: Will a really bad college interview will hurt chances?
I'm getting interviewed next week for Rice, and it was the only spot available

[annelle]

lol, no I'm from Houston.

Question: Will a really bad college interview will hurt chances?
I'm getting interviewed next week for Rice, and it was the only spot available

hi! I'm from Houston too and I'm planning to apply to Rice this year too.
I'm from Alief Hastings H.S., wher are you from?
there are no more interview spots for Rice? uh oh
anyways, good luck with Rice! I looked through your stats and it seems pretty good, especially your involvement in Choir, b/c Rice wanted well rounded students, "not just valedictorians".

[ny-sw / ny_sw.]

Way too cool.
I go to Bellaire.
annd, there aren't any interview spots for Houston students on campus, but you can schedule an off campus interview still, I think.
Call up the admissions office like asap. o__o'
lol, and thanks, good luck to you too :]

[j i w o n.]

...

I refuse to post my stats. Refuse.

seriously me too.
gosh you people are crazy smart.
...
i envy you all.

[Avex]

The reason why I refuse to post my stats is because I'll be given advice that might not suit my needs/not even help me at all. I don't do as much as whats listed, but my advice is that you guys don't have to do so much.

doodette keep working on what ur working on, ur fine. i can't give u any advice on where you have a chance to get accepted, but be focused on what you are doing right now and see what really sticks out from what u do. if u can, try to find something related to the major/career you want to go into so you can better explore ur needs.

[xm1chelle]

thanks akenon for the sat info...as of now, im taking down my stats

[piQ]

How are we to decide if you don't have SAT scores yet? Maybe you can give us your PSAT scores because that and the SAT's are very similar.

[akenon]

^Maybe she wants us to tell her what type of SAT she would need given her stats or something? :T

xm1chelle, the debate club and Kuumdo will look good. Maybe you should try to get some more volunteering hours? I don't know how much you have now. To get into UCLA try to get a little higher GPA because it can be really competitive getting in D: As for SAT I would aim for at least a 2250. Good luck!

[zawmintu]

hi! I'm from Houston too and I'm planning to apply to Rice this year too.
I'm from Alief Hastings H.S., wher are you from?
there are no more interview spots for Rice? uh oh
anyways, good luck with Rice! I looked through your stats and it seems pretty good, especially your involvement in Choir, b/c Rice wanted well rounded students, "not just valedictorians".

hahah found ya an~


so who's the one going to rice? i want to know the whole process`~~

[miss ambrosia x3]

incoming junior. =\

STATS

GPA : 3.86 UW, 4.5 (ishhh) W

Rank : our school doesnt even give this to us, but im definitely within the top fifteen, if not ten.

PSAT : not yet.

SAT I: not yet.

SAT II: not yet.

yea, i know you cant really decide much without scores, but basically, im confident ill get over 2000. ill be taking the PSAT this october though. what stats should i be aiming for?

CLASSES

Soph Year
01 Bio AP
02 Pre Calc H
03 English 2H
03 Leadership/ASB
04 Spanish 3
05 World History AP
05 Model United Nations (MUN)
06Tennis Girls (1st Sem)/Culinary Arts (2nd Sem.)
(i really slacked off this year..)

Junior Year
00 Spanish 4H
01 US Hist. AP
01 Model United Nations (MUN)
02 Calc. AB AP
03 Eng. Lang/Comp AP
03 ROP Vis. & Comm.
04 Leadership/ASB
04 Adv. Orchestra
05 Chem H
05 Psychology AP
06 Tennis Girls
06 Physics H

im doubling up periods (going to half a class, and then.. going to another class, lol.). i realized my mistake last year, when the AP workload was way exaggerated and not even that hard. i could have doubled up those classes, and still survived, so i basically doubled up almost all my periods this year (except for calc, because i suck at math), though.. im thinking of dropping orchestra, since i couldnt take it last year. as for physics, im gonna go to class when we have practice, and go to tennis when we have games.

AP Scores: Bio (5), World (4 ).

EXTRA CURRICULARS

none (outside of school).

School clubs
Key Club 2 Years
Red Cross 2 Years

Volunteering
hahaha, like, fifteen hours. since junior high...
im in volunteer organizations officially, but i dont do much volunteering. almost none actually.

Other
ive been head publicity commissioner for my school, for the past two years in leadership, and thus the school loves me a lot. by school, i mean school administrators. i will probably be able to get a recommendation letter (if needed) from the principal, and maybe even the superintendent of our district. really school spirited i guess...

ive won a district wide art contest.

ive won a district wide poetry/essay writing contest.

ive won a county wide essay contest.

JV Captain for Tennis
MVP for JV Tennis
Most Improved for Tennis (as a whole).
(lets just say i was voted for captain because i was nice, and the oldest, and i improved a LOT (last to first ), and then i won the most sets on the team. =\ i think it was a bit unfair to others actually.)

meh.

SCHOOLS I'M THINKING OF

im thinking of going into visuals communications/web design, but i dont know if that will sit well with my parents, so, im still undecided. if not, then maybe economics, or... biology (what an asian). i might also be moving out of the US and into New Zealand, since i have a house and a dual citizenship there already, and i plan on living there. and plus they allowed work visas, so i can go into other countries like korea or japan for work! or something like that. =\ and school is like, $5000 USDs a year. compared to like $23000 but then, maybe i might not..

Be a Good Girl.
1. UCB/Cal
2. UCLA
3. UCSD
4. Uni of Auckland (out of country, NZ)
5. Stanford (REAAAACH!)

Be a Bad Girl.
1. Otis
2. FIDM
3. Pratt (Out of State!?) (REAAAACH!)
4. UNITEC (art based college in NZ)

yea, two separate lists. because i still dont know what i want to be when i grow up. =[ or shall i say, i dont know whether to comply to my practical asian parents.

[akenon]

miss ambrosia x3, maybe you should try getting more involved in key club meaning volunteer more? The awards are impressive though. About your parents you shouldn't do something you aren't really interested in just because that's the "Asian" thing to do. In the end you won't be happy and you'll have regrets ~. Even if your parents don't like you as much for being a web design they'll have to get over it eventually right? hopefully? lol Uhmm... I don't know but I've heard that with FIDM, be careful about if you want to transfer units because a lot of units aren't transferable. My friend went to FIDM and decided to go back to CSULB but, after taking 90 units worth of classes only 9 were transferable D:

[chocolate.]

thanks

[Korean1111111]

I am a Sophmore

GPA: 3.9
Rank: ?
SAT: Next year in Spring
PSAT: Next year in Fall
SAT II: Next year in Spring
AP: I am going to take my first AP test this year for World History and Human Geography.

Freshman:
Health/ P.E. (Required)
Honors Biology
Honors World History
Honors World Literature
Honors Algebra II
Spanish II
I.T. Foundations
Leadership

Sophmore
A.P. World History
A.P. Human Geography
Honors Precalculus
Honors Human Anatomy
Honors Spanish III
Genetics
Honors Chemistry
Honors American Literature

Junior (Planning)
A.P. Psychology
A.P. Literature
A.P. U.S. History
A.P. Calculus B.C.
A.P. Biology
A.P. Chemistry
A.P. European History
Honors Spanish IV

Senior (Planning)
A.P. Microeconomics
A.P. Stistics
A.P. Physics
A.P. Environmental Science
A.P. Spanish V
A.P. Government
A.P. Composition

Community Serivice: Working in court, 40 hours so far in doing charity and community service for school. (Relay for Life, Tree planting)

Clubs:
Interact Club 1 year
Amnesty International 1 year
Environmental Club 1 year
Model U.N. 2 years
National Honor Society
Beta Club

Outside of school:
Play Violin since 11 and taking lessons stil
Play the Piano since 5.
Have been playing tennis for 4 years and taking lessons.

I am planning on becoming a lawyer, I am not sure about college but I want to major in International Law or Business Law. I want to go to the best school I can get into. Please give me some Advice.

[yongwonhi]

^ Sorry, but how easy are APs at your school for you to be able to take so many? :X I mean, one of the smartest people I know in my grade is taking 5 APs, but only 5 classes, and getting like 4 hours of sleep every night. And you're planning on taking 8.
Well, good luck ^^

(Personally, I'd recommend you to drop some classes and do some more extracurriculars. Private schools really look into extracurriulars).

STATS

GPA: 3.8ish / 4.17ish (including frosh/soph years)

Rank: school doesn't rank

SAT I: R-740 M-760 W-620 / 2120

SAT II: Bio M - 670, Math IIC - 770, retaking bio & taking Chinese

CLASSES


Junior Year
AP Biology - 5 on AP
Physics 1A
AP Stats - 5 on AP
Analysis H (math lol)
US History
Humanities H / American Classics H

Senior Year
AP BC Calc
AP Psych
Living Skills (required haha) - semester
Economics - semester
APES
World Classics H / Film Comp Lit.

If you're wondering about language, I took Chinese for 2 years (I'm Chinese haha), and did French 3H in soph year but didn't continue with it junior year.

EXTRACURRICULARS

Piano - 10ish years, passed CM Level 10 frosh year, getting senior award this year
Badminton/tennis - JV tennis two years, Varsity badminton two years (JV frosh year)
Chinese school - got school credit for this lol

School clubs
Key Club - 4 years (including this year, underclassmen rep back in soph year lol)
Science Olympiad - 3 years (co-prez this year)


Other

Had two jobs, one summer before junior year, another just this summer.

Random awards (like, from our school), and Presidents Award (100+ community service hours in one year)

My SAT writing scores screwed me over. I'm HOPING my essays will be good but knowing my writing..... haha unlikely.

Recs - yeah I'm screwed, my English teacher from last year who was gonna write my write left school, so I need to ask one of my teachers from this year (so I can't apply early wah)


SCHOOLS I'M THINKING OF

I'm going in undecided, but for schools that choose a "college" I'm choosing the engineering school. :]

UCs
NYU
Duke
Northwestern
BU
Columbia
UIUC

Yeah, a lot of reach schools >>