<p>Weighted GPA: 4.01
Unweighted gpa- 3.75
SAT II’s- Bio-660, US History=690
SATI: 2160 composite
AP scores: US history=5, lang and comp=5
Senior year advanced courses (my school has a unique curriculum): Advanced Seminar in History (year-long course Trimester 1: Modern Presidency, Tr.2: Comparative Revolutions, Tr.3: Modern Middle East, Advanced Calc AB, Honors English 12, Japanese IV, Advanced Art, Advanced Global Systems, Independent Senior Inquiry Project (about the endurance of protest music)
Clubs: Head of Spanish and Japanese Club, School tour guide, Student Librarian, Head of Big Sibling Program, JV Tennis, Varsity Softball, Sculpture, Guitar, Rock Music Club, Congressional Internship during summer, Journalism (writer for features and news), writer for Psychology Forum
Service: 400+ hours of tutoring children, Head of Service trip that goes to Mexico,
Awards: National Hispanic Recognition Program, A Better Chance Scholar, Questbridge College Prep Scholarship,
I am a Hispanic female. Family income less than $25,000. First gen middle school graduate (immigrant parents only finished elementary school)
Attend one of the best high schools in the country (with a tuition of 50,000+ on a full ride)
I’m applying to Georgetown College, Brown, Williams</p>
<p>What are your non-reaches? You’re set on the reach side…</p>
<p>Non-reaches: Bates, Franklin and Marshall.
I applied for all-expenses paid fly in trips to Williams and Bates. Getting into the fly in for Bates is tougher than getting into the school itself. They basically told us that we were in. I got accepted to both fly-ins. </p>
<p>Also I think I should mention that my school is one of the most academically rigorous in the country. Acceptance rate is less than 20 percent and it is consistently ranked in top 10 nationwide. I came to this school from a bad neighborhood public school with 2000+ students and went away to boarding school with 270 or so students. </p>
<p><em>Also planning on applying to JHU, UPenn, Wellesley, Tufts, UVA,</em>*</p>
<p>i dont know… with that SAT score, JHU, UPenn, Wellesley, Tufts, UVA seem kinda hard</p>
<p>what SAT score do you think I would need to be a competitive candidate? </p>
<p>A 2200 SAT will improve your chances</p>
<p>It doesn’t seem to me like a 2160 and a 2200 are so different… why are those 40 points so important? Also, how much do you think these colleges take SAT scores into account? </p>
<p>I appreciate everyone’s advice! I’m just trying to reassure myself of my chances of at least getting into one school… </p>
<p>Hi dragon97. I think your GPA, while it could be improved, is definitely a solid number. If your school really is that rigorous then I am sure the colleges will take that into account. That being said, your SAT score is a bit troubling. Yes a 2160 may not seem that different from a 2200 but that argument could go on and on. A 2120 is not so far from 2160, a 2080 is not so far from a 2120 etc etc. Basically if you could, you should try and improve that SAT score. Colleges often have to have a SAT score cutoff point and for many of the top colleges, 2200+ is the cutoff point. </p>
<p>In terms of the rest of your application you have a great variety of activities you do. But I hope you can pinpoint on one specific one (sometimes colleges see a variety of interests as being not focused). Possibly your Mexico ventures along with your Hispanic identity is ideal. </p>
<p>I think your chances of getting into your reaches will be tough with that SAT score. But if you can improve it then the rest of your application should be a strong support.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Accepted to gtown!! My SAT II’s were awful too, and I have a friend who got into Georgetown with a 1760 SAT I (composite). Test scores aren’t everything apparently. </p>