<p>From the top 50 colleges in U.S, what are my over-all chances of getting into one?</p>
<p>-3.6 GPA and 1800 on SAT (This is the lowest grades I’m aiming for at least)
-Did computer programming at Phillips research and might do something else at IBM over the summer.
-60+ community service hours.
-Did several things with Red Cross, and did a 12 day program with Global Leadership Adventures.
-Referee’d soccer for ninth and part of tenth grade.
-NO SCHOOL CLUBS (Did KEY club and track but I wasn’t really involved)</p>
<p>I’m in eleventh grade so I’ll probably think of more stuff for twelfth grade. I’ll try to get myself a job during this year as well, I just don’t know what…</p>
<p>I disagree with aweatherly. I wouldn’t say you could get into top 30-50 schools with no problem. “No problem” implies that these schools would be safeties for you, which is not the case. </p>
<p>You have a chance at top 30-50 schools, and I would say 40-60, roughly, would be matches, but not safeties. Also, the US News Rankings (which I am assuming you are using to determine top 50 colleges?) are not ordered strictly by selectivity and there are so many other factors that affect acceptance rates that it is difficult to make such broad generalizations.</p>
<p>Also, a lack of course rigor could affect your chances. By your comment above, I’m assuming you haven’t taken any APs? If your schools offers AP courses, and you have not taken advantage of them this could have some effect. The good new is an upward trend looks much better than a “nose-dive.”</p>
<p>Yea I meant that website. Well that’s a bummer, it’s too late to join any AP classes cuz I’m in eleventh grade -.- I mean I’m doing AP physics and AP calculus in twelfth grade but colleges don’t care about twelfth grade so it wouldn’t matter…</p>
<p>I realized I said top 50 in the whole country when in reality I only care about the top 20 or so schools in New York - Computer engineering schools to be exact. </p>