Chances for an Ivy--any hope at all?

cooledge
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:20:15 +0000

Yeah, when I took my SAT, I got a 720 math, but when I took the ACT, I got 36 math (and much better overall). It wouldn’t hurt to take them, if they aren’t good then you can just not send them in.
Oh, and I have similar stats to you (you have a better gpa though, but my test scores are a titch higher-but I’m sure you can improve them!) and I’ve already gotten into Wash U, so I think you should be able too, at least. And no offense slipper1234, but from what I can tell so far, it’d be a little bit easier to get into Duke than Wash U, and only a titch harder to get into U Penn (17% admittance vs 16 % admittance).
But since you still have a whole year left (almost, leastways), you can beef up your app a little. You could try to organize some sort of volunteer thing from start to finish (that’s the one thing on my app that stood out). I would keep going with those volunteer hours to show that you’re doing it because you’re devoted, not for the hours.
But either way, your app looks really good right now, you’ll be able to get into some great schools even if you don’t do anything more. But push yourself a little more and the sky’s the limit.