| Chances for ND, Stanford, Yale, Brown?
ND is my #1
I'm applying to the first 3 through QuestBridge so I don't know if this would belong in that thread? But in general what do you feel my chances are (if I was just applying RD)?
Hispanic female from a pretty good public school in Southern California, but it's not particularly competitive or anything.
First generation
I plan on majoring in either Psych or Finance
Testing/Grades:
-SAT: 2050 (760 W 650 R 640 M) - not good, especially since a lot of schools just look at R + M, but I think I can break 2200 in October
-SAT II: 790 US History, 690 Lit, 650 Math II (retaking Math/Lit)
-ACT: 31 (retaking as well)
-GPA: 4.62 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
-Rank: My school doesn't do rankings but I am definitely in the top 1% (probably top 3-5 in a class of 500-600)
-AP: 5 on Human Geography, European History, US History, Psychology, Spanish (taking Biology, Calculus AB, US Gov't/Politics, English Lit, and possibly French this year)
-IB: 6 on Psychology SL; I'm a Diploma candidate so I'll be taking Bio, English, and History of the Americas HL; French and Math SL
Extracurriculars:
-ASB (10-12): Vice President (10, 12), Parliamentarian (11, 12)
-California Scholarship Federation (10-12)
-East Meets West Club (10-12)
-Speech and Debate (10, 11, 12?)
-Quidditch Club (11-12)
-French Club (11-12)
-Spanish Club (11-12)
-Gay-Straight Alliance (12)
-Junior Statesmen of America (12)
-National Honor Society (hopefully this year; didn't get in last year probably because I didn't have enough community service)
Awards:
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
-National Merit Scholarship Commended (I know I won't make it to semifinalist round)
-Academic Achievement Award (10-12; given to people with 4.0+ GPA)
-Principal's Honor Roll (9-12)
-Most Dedicated ASB Member (11)
-French Student of the Month (9-11)
-Math Student of the Month (11)
Volunteering:
-Centro Rehabilitacion Infantil Teleton (charity in Mexico; I work with physically disabled kids) - 70 hours during the summer
-Church volunteer work - 70 hours
-School Food drive (doesn't sound that important but it's a huge event at my school) - 36 hours
-ArtMiles (UN organization; decorate shoes to send to 3rd world countries) - 12ish hours
-Peer tutoring - 10ish hours (I will be doing a lot more this year)
-Help for Brain Injured Children - local charity, I'm going to start there in a few weeks for my CAS so I'll have ~80 hours by the end of the year
Other Stuff:
1 of 40 selected for Cultural, Racial, and Scientific Discovery Leadership Seminar at ND this summer
Applying to:
-Notre Dame
-Stanford
-Yale
-USC
-Boston College
-Brown
-Williams
-UCLA, UC Berkeley, handful of other UC schools
-Whittier College (backup school)
Sorry this is so long and if you actually respond to this, thanks so much!
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