chance a valedictorian with low sats

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<p>-VA, public high school

  • male, persian, 17yo
    Weighted GPA: 4.963
    Unweighted: 4.0
    Rank: 1/418</p>

<p>SAT’s: M-740, CR-640, W-670 (1380/2050)
M-720, CR-660, W-700 (1380/2080)</p>

<p>SAT II
Chem: 780
USH: 780
Math: 760</p>

<p>Sr. Courseload- most rigorous: ap bio, biomedical engineering, spanish iv honors, honors english, ap gov, ap calc, ap environmental, shakespeare studies honors</p>

<p>AP score: stat-5, chem-5, ush-5</p>

<p>Honors: NHS, Beta, Math HS, Spanish HS, most outsanding history student, 9, 11, most outstanding math/science student: 11; research awards (see below); meritorious awards in international math modeling competitions (36hour)- (10, 11th grade)</p>

<p>ECS:

  • NHS President
  • Int Model UN (Hague, Netherlands) - repping Environment Commission (i think only 3 other US delegations are participating)
    -Spanish Club Vice President
    -Math Modeling (team captain)
    -Key Club</p>

<p>Research: my school has a math/science specialty center, so we’re required to do research
9: Effect of sleep on slow wave learning and memory consolidation; 1st place in city science fair, attended state science fair
10-11: worked at Dental school at the medical college of va, role of strep. mutans on plaque conducive biofilms and decay of model tooth enamel; 2nd (07), 1st (08) place in microbio at state science conference (different from state science fair)
12: research as part of medical science internship: MCV dept. of pharm, role of specific receptor in cocaine and morphine addiction in mice</p>

<ul>
<li>deferred from columbia ed, shooting for uva, nyu, and reaches- georgetown, stanford, and penn
-is there anything i can do to be more compelling?</li>
</ul>

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<p>Have you tried the ACT? Is there still time?</p>

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<p>the next ones in feb., scores cant be sent past the app deadline, can they?</p>

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<p>your SATs are SOOOOOOOOOOO low. haha</p>

<p>at least you’re not like the val in my school -> 1780</p>

<p>honestly though, your sats aren’t that low and you have really good SAT II’s.</p>

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<p>haha stephen…i dont think they are low, but 90% of ppl on these boards do…</p>

<p>but thanks…</p>

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<p>This is an increasing trend I’ve been seeing in schools, including mine.</p>

<p>The valedictorian somehow has miraculous scores and is popular amongst the upper tier of the school However, their SAT scores do not, by any chance, reflect their GPAs. </p>

<p>The SAT 2s are easy to land 800s, but seriously… there’s something fishy. I think that most of these valedictorians just cheat their way to a higher score anyways… it shows on standardized tests.</p>

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<p>well baru…i can assure you that i’ve never cheated…i’ve worked my ass off to get these grades, but the sat is just something i cant do well on</p>

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<p>sena5 that is a good question. Anyone cause I wrote to Georgetown, SIUE, and American and asked under circumstances(my brother died and his funeral was on the ACT day) if I could send after Feb. no reply yet so tommorrow I’ll be calling them.</p>

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<p>You have a 1400/1600 which is not low at all. Most people do not score a 1400/1600. I think you are almost definitely into NYU and UVA (Since you are in-state). Have you looked at William and Mary cause you would probably get in there too. </p>

<p>You have a fair shot getting into Columbia from the deferral pool and I think you have a fair chance at Georgetown. Stanford and Penn are going to be difficult but you can maybe do it!</p>

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<p>sorry about your loss tisaak…i wish they would for you, i dont really have an excuse, just really busy…</p>

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<p>thanks ummmm you could try calling and asking They might let you I was told that the actual decision is not until like mid-march.</p>

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<p>There is a very simple way for all to see how a school will view their scores. Look at the common data set. If any stat is not at last year’s class’s median, and you don’t have a hook, admission becomes an uphill battle. When you look at the CDS keep in mind that at top colleges, 40% of every class has a hook–recruited athlete, legacy, URM. That means that the majority below median are hooked applicants.</p>

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<p>persians are a URM right?</p>

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<p>i think a 2050 SAT is top 94% in the nation…that’s pretty damn good</p>

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<p>i don’t think so, to be honest.</p>

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<p>you’re sat score is great. the kids tied for #1 at my school have scores in the 1700-1900 range.</p>

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<p>thanks claire</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>the ACT for Georgetown is too late in Feb. but I was told to contact my admission counselor and let her know what happened and they might allow me to take Feb and it count.</p>

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<p>Yo, brah.
You have a 1400/2100.
That’s not too bad.
Most colleges superscore these days.</p>

<p>The valedictorian of my school last year did worse than you on the SATs and she got into Princeton.
Good luck with everything.
You’ll get Georgetown, NYU, and UVA.</p>