justlooking24

The colleges I'm interested in are Cornell (definitely a reach), Georgetown (definitely a reach), Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Northeastern U, Boston U, Lafayette U, Lehigh U, U of Miami, Trinity College, University of Maryland at College Park, Bucknell, and Amherst (not University of Mass)

My SAT scores:
CR: 640
Math: 670
Writing: 730

SAT II:
Chemistry: 750
US History: 750
Math 2: Taking in October

Average:
94.8 unweighted/100.3 weighted
I looked up the 4.0 scale equivalents, but it said a 94.8 was a 4.0 so I wasn't sure.

All honors/APs
10th grade: AP World- 4
11th: AP Chem- 4
APUS- 5
AP Lit- 3 (but I'm taking AP Lang next year, which might make up for it)
Took college-offered Spanish, Algebra, and Trig, with As in all of them.
12th: Will take AP Bio/Lang/Gov't/Calc, Physics Honors, and conversational Spanish

ECs:
-Varsity Track for 9th/10th/11th/12th (going into 12th)
-Debate Club for 9/10/11/12
-Yoga Club in 11th
-Diabetes Fundraising for 11th, possibly 12th
-Being An Informed Student club 9/10
-Math Honors Society for 10/11/12
-I have at least one job this summer that will likely continue through the school year

I plan on going into Chemical Engineering (maybe a minor in Comp Sci, depending on if I find any clubs/classes to teach me the basics this year) and I'm a white middle class female in NY.

I'm retaking the SAT in November and I'll probably take the ACT as soon as I can.
My sister is also joining the military, which may or may not be relevant.

Thank you!!

justlooking24

Whoops! Just realized some stuff I forgot to add-
-At the end of my sophomore year, I was 11/360, but I'll be emailing my guidance counselor tomorrow to see if I can the updated ranking.
-I'm getting letters of recommendation from my chem teacher (had her for honors and AP), my college alg/trig teacher, and my 9th grade English teacher (she loved me)
-I'll be running for president or vice president of Debate Club early senior year and I'll almost definitely have an important role in Diabetes Fundraising
-I tutor some people on occasion, but it's not exactly documented.
-Math Honors Society requires at least 10 hours of service, which includes some tutoring/food drives/etc. I will probably run for secretary or treasurer early senior year

Sorry for not mentioning it.

justlooking24

Bump.
I'm honestly unsure about my chances of getting in. Any help is very much appreciated!

hockeydude95

I would say for the first few schools you listed up to John Hopkins are definitely reaches because your SAT reasoning test score is low. But subject tests are fine. Just work on getting your SAT score up. Everything else seems to be impressive.

yankeesfanatic

Georgetown, Brandeis, and Amherst don't have engineering.

UC Berkeley, Trinity College, Boston U, and Miami have engineering but do not have ChemE.

Just a heads up.

LC82

^^^ UC Berkeley does have ChemE (offered under the College of Chemistry, not the College of Engineering).
Colleges & schools - UC Berkeley

However, point well taken. Easiest initial screening for colleges is to determine whether they offer the major in which one is interested.

Agree that CMU, Berkeley, and JHU are reaches. I would say that Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell are matches. Northeastern and UMd should be safeties. If $ is important, don't forget to include a financial safety, maybe UBuffalo since you are a NY resident.