ok my dream schools are:
uc Berkeley
duke
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth
Again, I’m not saying that I have a chance…they are just my dream schools
ok well as in class rank I’m 39 out of almost 500
my weighted GPA is 4.5
(sidenote: I’m confused because on my semester report cards it says 4.5 but on my transcript it says 9-12 WT (all subs) and it says 4.318 and 10-12 WT/NPE 4.177) can someone explain what all this means??
oh and it also says calgrant : 3.83
I have three b’s total two of which were in APeuro and Honors chem(both first semester) my sophomore year which I showed improvement second semester.
Then, a B in APcalc BC last semester…
I’m taking the most rigorous courses at my school
extracurriculars
-fencing for about 5 yrs. couple awards
-nhs for 10-12
-volunteering 200+ hours at a local library
-band for 4 years
(possible internship at a local university this summer)
LITERALLY YALL MY LIFE IS RUINED CAN I EVEN GET INTO ANY COLLEGES WITH THESE THNGS IM LOOKING INTO ACCELERATED DENTAL PROGRAMS AND WOW IM FREAKING OUT BECAUSE I HAVE LIKE NO EXTRACURRICULARS I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO PLEASE TELL ME SOME MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN
WHAT SHOULD I DO IM A JUNIOR AND I LITERALLY CANT START ANYTHING
If anyone has good suggestions of accerelerated dental program schools please let me know?! thank you!!!
Duke is a narrowing crapshoot. I was rejected ED, they mostly admitted 3.9 uw gpa and above. Vandy may be in reach, and maybe Dartmouth… You just need a 32+ on the ACT. I can’t chance for Berkeley becauese I don’t know enough…
Good luck though, and I hope everything goes in your favour!
Your “dream” schools are all reaches. The privates are a roll of the dice even for applicants with near-perfect grades, test scores, essays, and several unique extracurriculars. The first thing you should do when applying to college is find a safety you’d love to attend.
You’re halfway through your junior year, so starting a club just to have “Founder of club fighting discrimination against left-handed midgets” or some equally contrived activity on your resumé won’t do you any favors (not that it would do most freshmen/sophomores any favors either).
Good test scores are a necessity if you want a fighting chance at top colleges. Keep getting strong grades. Write good essays, and ask teachers who know you well for recommendations. These factors matter a lot more than you’d think. Beyond that, you have some extracurriculars, so spare us the hyperbole. There was a kid posting here a while back whose parents don’t allow him to do anything but study. He goes home, studies, watches TV, and that’s it. You’ve invested some time in fencing - it could be an interesting angle to play up in your essays. Volunteering at your local library is a perfectly respectable extracurricular.
The above will make up 90% of any admissions decision. The other 10% - hooks, in-state or out-of-state, billionaire donor parents - stems from factors beyond your control. The odds are against your getting into any of the schools you’ve listed,* so reconcile yourself to that fact right now. That’s why elite-college admissions don’t reflect your personal worth, any more than a coin flip would, because that’s what the process is even for the “perfect” applicants.
@Gumbymom first of all thank you so much for replying! and
1.yes I know that Berkeley does not have an accelerated program but I’m also looking for predental and normal programs as well!
My test scores are not so great; my SAT score was 2120 :( I'm hoping I will do better on the ACTs.
and yes home state is CA. and the income is on the lowest level so yeah.
shoot, I didn't know that! hahah I was just freaking out I had like an existencial crisis I'm sorry I wasnt yelling. If I were, I'd be yelling at myself so... :)))