White female from NJ
Public School
Higher income background
GPA: 3.95 W but this Q1 of my senior year I got a 4.35
No ranking school doesn’t do that
SAT: 1340 (670 WR) (670 M)
APs: AP Physics, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Psychology, AP French, AP Computer Science Principles, AP World History
Awards: National French Honor Society, National Honor Society, and National Art Honor Society.
Also I do MUN and have won an award at a conference
High Honor Roll
ECs:
President and Founder of my school’s debate team (wrote my common app on this)
President of Girls Learn International
Secretary and Historian of Model UN
French Honor Society Secretary
Varsity Softball
Member of other clubs but I figure that’s not really important.
Jobs:
Hostess at restaurant, lifeguard for 3 years, counselor for kids recreation, and babysitting
Volunteer:
Member of Girls Club which is a community service club, I have volunteered for over 100 hours.
Summer Activities:
ACLU social justice program
Northwestern debate institute (my dad went to northwestern)
Essays:
Common app is pretty good I think… wrote about debate
Supplements are really good and I worked really hard on all of them. I ED to Cornell ILR because that is where my interests align the most and that supplement is my best one.
Reccomendations:
I waived my right to read them but I had three: history teacher who I loved, English teacher who I had a great relationship with, and my softball coach.
I think that is all but if you have questions just ask.
GPA and class rigor are sufficient but SAT is low, especially for NW and WashU. Reaches for those 2 and UVA OOS.
Best chances are at Tulane and Vermont. I would suggest 1 more SAT if you are doing RD.
I have taken the SAT 4 times 
I know it is low but I am applying for majors mainly in the social justice realm. For NW I am applying to school of education and social policy and making my essay about the fit for the major and my dad is a legacy. I know WashU is also a reach but might as well, I visited it and I am considering EDII but I am not sure yet.
I would save the ED2 for somewhere else other than WashU, as it loves high standardized scores and 1340 SAT isn’t even in the 25th percentile of accepted students.
I would suggest Rutgers as your match/safety.
What is your unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, core classes only?
Was just going to ask for unweighted since Michigan only looks at unweighted. Also sat for out of state is to low for them and Washu and Northwestern and Cornell. Wisconsin can be hard also for OOS. Michigan does look at senior grades and getting all “As” will help. Most kids seem to get deferred also.
My school does not report UW gpa @Knowsstuff @Mwfan1921
@Knowsstuff the school I ED to in Cornell’s middle 50% starts with a 1340
You can convert your core courses to A=4,B=3 and so on. No +/-… Michigan will do it automatically. It’s hard with instate chances with the Sat. Score. OOS is hard for the kids with the best scores. Michigan doesn’t superscore technically but will look at the highest scores of each one.
Washu is very touchy /Feely like Michigan. Were you able to visit /set up an interview? They are also all about the highest grade point /scores. They both want to know you want to go there. Same with Northwestern.
Sometimes the sat is not the way to go. Some kids just do better with the Act. That is what happened with both of my kids.
I think you have a great chance at these schools, but Cornell and Northwestern are reach schools. Pls chance me back.
As @knowsstuff suggested, most schools will look at unweighted grades, and will also take course rigor into account. Please calculate your unweighted GPA thru junior year on a 4 point scale, core classes only.
I am not sure what this means, or the source for the data. The class of 2022 middle 50% SAT scores were 1410-1530, so 1340 is well below the 25% mark. Typically students with test scores below the 25% percentile are hooked (e.g., recruited athletes, development cases, professor kids, etc.) http://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Profile2018-Freshmen2.pdf
You’ve got to know it’s about unweighted. You’ve got to be able to convert your letter grades to a 4.0 scale, especiailly when aiming so high. If you’ll say your main interest is social justice/social policy, you sure should show more than a summer program. Or hs debate. Do any of the ECs get you directly involved with local advocacy in the community? Does this essay show the attributes the competitive holistics will look for? I can’t tell, but it the essay really isn’t about “the fit for the major and my dad is a legacy.”
Competition is still high among females thinking an education major. No particular advantage or break in applying for that. Yes, the SATis lower. Yes, we would need to know AP scores.
WashU and UVa are very unpredictable. They, Cornell, and NU are going to be cherry picking (with the exception that UVa is lookng for instate geo diversity, which affects many top performers’ chances.)
Go back to the target colleges’ web sites and learn all you can. To make your best presentation in the app/supps, you need an understanding of what they want.
It’s really impossible to predict with many of these schools because there are so many factors, but in my experience going through this last year with my D, your numbers seem to be on the low end for cornell, NU, WashU, UVA and Mich. I think WashU loves demonstrated interest. If you are really interested, I would go visit and participate in their on campus interview. You have really good numbers and I’m sure you will end up in a great school. Good Luck!
Thanks for the responses everyone. If there’s one thing I’m good at— it’s research. I’ve made sure to demonstrate interest at every school and visit all that I could. I have also researched the types of applicants they are looking for in the different programs I’m applying to to make sure I align. I understand I have reaches but I’m trying my best to maximize my chances. For the social justice comment, as president of GLI, I organize community advocacy events and fundraise for our sister school in India. I’m mainly applying for international studies though.
I also haven’t completed my NU or WashU supplement yet since I’m applying regular
@Mwfan1921 I’m applying to cornell’s School of industrial labor relations. All of cornell’s Schools do their own admission process and the middle 50% of ILR students have a 1390. Sorry for the weird capitalization I’m typing quickly.
I also haven’t got a chance to directly calculate it but I believe my UW is a 3.6 for the 3.95
Not sure about the 4.35
@testlacker we are all just tying to help. Sometimes CC can seem harsh.
But I would look for more matches /safeties since the best students get regected by like every school you listed. Good luck.