cashewie

Hi, I'm a junior, and have not taken the SAT yet, but am wondering if my grades and ec's are up to par for this prestigious school.

8th grade:
Spanish 1: 94, 93
(this does count as a credit btw)

9th grade S1:
General Health: 97
9th Lit/Comp Honors: 104
Biology Honors: 102
Acc IntegAdv Algebra Honors: 99
Spanish 2 Honors: 102
Person Fitness: 97
Gifted Participation

S2:
9th Lit/Comp Honors: 103
Biology Honors: 98
Acc IntegAdv Algebra: 99
Intro to Art: 92
Spanish 2 Honors: 99
AP Govt/Pol US: 100
Gifted Participation

EC's (9th)
-Science Olympiad
-Books for Africa
-Frequent volunteering at the homeless shelter
-Tutoring club
-Leadership in Liberty in North Korea
-Key Club

10th grade

S1:
10 Lit/Comp H: 103
GPS Accelerated Geometry Honors: 98
AP World History: 97
Photo Design 1: 88
Spanish 3 Honors: 99
Chemistry Honors: 97
Gifted Participation 10

S2:
10 Lit/Comp H: 103
GPS Accelerated Geometry Honors: 99
AP World History: 100
Photo Design 1: 89
Spanish 3 Honors: 101
Chemistry Honors: 100
Gifted Participation 10

EC's:
Leadership in Books for Africa
Leadership in Liberty in North Korea
National Spanish Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
Gay-Straight Alliance Club
Green School
Tutoring

11th
S1 (currently--NOT on my official transcript)
***Note that since this is not yet on my transcript, I am not adding the extra 7 points added to my other Honors and AP classes.

AP Chemistry: Currently, I have an 89 (unweighted--our school gives us an extra 7 points), but I can bump it up to an A with some hard work
AP Lang: 92
APUSH: 93
Photo Design 3: 88
Physics (regular): 94
Precalc H: 88

EC's
Applied to NHS
President of Books for Africa
Gay-Straight Alliance Club
Tutoring
National Art Honor Society
Green School
Tutoring
Applying to Junior Civitan

What do you think?
My PSAT scores lie somewhere in the high 180 range.

Should I participate in more EC's? Feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time, and have a good day.

cashewie

bump, please help me!

ArtsyGirl13

You don't need more ECs. Though make sure you have a strong amount of leadership and community service. Grade wise you are fine, the big issue I see is your test scores. You want at least a 2100, 2200 would be ideal on the SAT.

Catria

ECs are just fine. 2200+ would be the ballpark for "reach-for-anyone" schools.

cashewie

thanks-- will the b's in my art electives damage my chance of getting in?

Smeeth

Your transcript eerily resembles mine.. By chance, do you go to school in North Fulton County, Georgia?

You're on track, so far. Keep your grades up and take the SAT seriously. Pretty much every school in the country disregards electives in admissions.

ArtsyGirl13

Unlikely. Most schools recalculate your GPA removing things like electives. Obviously it is not ideal (it is an art elective, you should be able to pull an A) and might lower your class rank. But it will probably have no impact on whether or not you will be accepted.

cashewie

oh, and my test scores are indeed low.....

ap gov- 4
ap world- 4
sat II world: 670

i'm just bad at test-taking. do these fours damage my chance?

if i take two sat II tests and score higher than the world one, will they see/consider the 670 during the application process?