<p>Without considering variables such as SATs, ECs, and GPA, do I have a chance at any good colleges after going to a rural school that offers no AP courses except History, which my gifted class is already more challenging than?</p>
<p>Ok then, to give you something better go on, I’ll give you predicted GPA, ECs, and SAT scores that I’m going for before I send my transcript. I go to a AA school with about 600 people total. The classes offered are mind-numbingly easy. The APs were removed because no one in my school ever got a 5. I’m the smartest kid in my school by a decent margin. I finish tests about twice as fast as the second person and get higher grades on them the majority of the time without studying at all.</p>
<p>GPA - We don’t do GPA, but I had a 97.5% average for first two years and I’m improving a lot.</p>
<p>EC - Baseball, Band, Chess Club, 2 years 3d modeling for Computer Games experience, 3 menial jobs typical of rural life (school is devoid of academic clubs, chess club is the only available one)</p>
<p>SAT I - Probably in the range of 2100-2400 on the new SATs.</p>
<p>SAT II - Math IIc - 750+ Chemistry - 750+</p>
<p>With those numbers, what would you expect my chances to be at the following colleges?</p>
<p>Cornell
MIT - just for laughs
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie-Mellon
Swarthmore
Bucknell
Rose-Hulman</p>
<p>Will schools look at me like a minority type student, or will they just think I took the easy way out when I really took the most challenging courses available?</p>
<p>in your situation i’d say you need to do well on your SATIIs and self-study an AP course if possible. you could probably sit for the test at the nearest school that offers it. dont expect colleges to see that you didnt have many opportunities if you dont at least try to create some for yourself. also, i’d warn you about coasting on your intelligence, as well as its working for you, if even a hint of that mentality makes it into your applications you’ll be rejected for sure.</p>
<p>lol, c0cky huh? nah jp, i always say self-confidence is the best way to go, but um i think you have a great chance at carnegie-mellon, swarthmore, bucknell, rose-hulman, if your prophocies are accurate, the others are more difficult because your ec’s are weak, and the fact that your school doesn’t provide more than one ap course will hurt as well…(unless of course your guidance counselor mentions to the college that there is only one)</p>