I think my friend really has the potential to get into Ivy League schools but shes only aiming for state universities. Since she’s an international student, she’s not taking the SATs which could help her even more so if you think she has a chance, ill try to convince her.
GPA: 4.00 (5.00 weighted)
AP Math, Science, Grammar, Filipino
Class standing: 2/260
Awards: Top 10 honors (freshman-senior), Fidelity to Duty award (4 years),
First percentile in NAT (National Achievement Test), 3rd place for WNCAA volleyball
ECs:
Volleyball varsity (4 years)
Other sports: badminton, swimming
Wrote an article for Living with Christ magazine
Host for annual Shakesfest (Shakespeare festival)
Making the Band club
Part of a band (sings, plays guitar, piano, kahon)
Math enrichment course at Ateneo (a prestigious university here)
Wrote a song about Philippine culture which won in a contest
Church soloist
Soloist in school’s theatre club
Uh…as in US state universities? Pretty sure they require the SAT or ACT anyways.
No, there a lot of SU’s that don’t require ACT or SAT
What is SU?
On the contrary, lots of US colleges require SAT/ACT, or some sort of college entrance examination results.
Does she need financial aid to attend?
Lets just say IF she were to take it (possibly with a score of 2100+), what would her chances be with these grades aswell? Because if the only thing holding her back is the SAT/ACT requirement, then ill definitely have to convince her. Thanks for all the comments btw!
The thing with ivies is that once you’re above a certain level, you have just about as good a chance as anyone else. That is, someone with average scores might have a 0.0000001% chance of getting into Harvard, whereas someone with a 2400 and a 4.0 has a 6% chance (the overall acceptance rate), since there are so many other applicants with very high scores. I do think your friend is capable of getting in, however. She should definitely take the SAT or ACT.