nikeballer105

I'm a junior. Black, male, first-gen status. I also reside in VA.
Sophomore Year: 3.57 GPA, 2 Unweighted Honors Courses.
Junior Year(Current): Business/Finance A, Spanish 3 B, Physics Honors A. AP Macroeconomics B, AP Microeconomics A, AP English Language A, PreCalculus Honors B+, US VA History A
Unweighted GPA:3.714 Weighted GPA:3.857 My school doesn't weight honors.
Cumulative GPA: 3.714
I've heard Stanford doesn't look at your freshman year.

EC's: National Business Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America (Vice President), Science Honor Society, Freshman Basketball (Captain), JV Basketball (Co-Captain), Winter Varsity Track & Field, Spring Varsity Track & Field, DECA, Junior Math Team, Senior Math Team, AAU Basketball, Travel Soccer. Teach Kindergarten Sunday School every week. Volunteer at local library. I will probably gain more leadership positions as a Senior.
I have excellent recs, from the hardest teachers at my school.

SAT's: 2100 (going to improve to at least 2200) Math:720, WR:710, CR:670. I still have to take Math Level 2, Physics, and maybe Literature.
I will probably major in Economics or Management Science.
Schools I plan on Applying to: Stanford, UVA, UPenn, VTech, James Madison, William & Mary, Boston U, Northeastern, Cornell, Boston College, Fordham. I got a letter from a group of schools including Stanford, so I thought I should consider. Should I Apply? Thanks

nngmm

Getting letters from schools does not mean much. But unless you apply, you'll never know if you could get in. My estimate is your chances aren't great.

mercruz

Not bad. Good job with your high school career and I can see that you've done quite a bit. I'd say apply and make sure that you are you in your interviews-if that makes sense.

drpepper867

you can't know if you'd get in without applying, so just apply. Be yourself in your essays...etc. you could definitely get in (everyone has a chance of getting in).

kb09026

to be honest, your GPA is a little low...but you def. have a chance. You'll never know if you don't apply, right?

mercruz

Btw, are those GPA's counting or disregarding Freshmen year?

kingmo1990

there are no interviews mercruz (sorry, i couldn't help noticing in your first post)
GPA is a bit low...you need to push all parts of your SAT into stanford's 25%-75% range...being a URM only goes so far...how do you already have recs though?

Chances aren't too bad, but not really good either. Apply and hope for the best.

snooker1

Needless to say, Stanford and Penn are going to be hard. You probably wont get into those two.
But I think you'll be accepted at every other school on your list.