Chances/Suggestions? Smith, RPI, etc.

kittypryde
Thu, 21 May 2015 23:31:18 +0000

Hi! I’ve been worrying about colleges for a while now and just got my subject test scores back, so I figured it was finally time to sign up and post this. Any advice would be much appreciated. Although I do have a list, I’m still open to finding new colleges that have what I need–I’m interested in either double majoring in Sociology and Cognitive Science/Neuroscience or doing a 5-year BS/MS in CogSci or Neuro. I’m having an especially hard time finding safeties with these traits, since I would prefer a smaller school!

Colleges:

Smith College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Brown University (already know this would obviously be a reach, but want to know if it’s possible)

UCB (I’m a California resident)

Scripps College

Carleton College

Agnes Scott College

Occidental College

GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.55 W

Class Rank: 3/102

SAT: 2290 (800 CR 690 M 800 W)

Subject Tests: 800 Bio M and 760 Math 2

Courseload: I’ve been in a dual enrollment program through my school for all of high school so far, so I feel like it would be a little ridiculous to list all of my college credit classes. I will have an AS in Mathematics and an AA in Liberal Arts (Math & Science concentration) by the time I graduate high school, meaning that I will have at least 60 units with all general education done and math through Calc 3.

ECs:

Leadership program at a summer camp for gifted children that I’ve been going to since i was about 11 (10, 11, will hopefully continue in 12)

Co-founder & co-president of school newspaper (11, will continue in 12)

Co-founder & co-president of Rainbow Club/GSA (11, will continue in 12)

Secretary of Poli-sci club (11)

Secretary of Fandom club (will be in 12, got the position at the final club meeting of the year)

NHS member (10, 11, will continue in 12)

Girl Scout Bronze & Silver Awards

7-time winner of National Novel Writing Month

Won two competitive cover contests based the synopsis of 2 novels from the above, kinda hard to explain so I might not include it in my app

Self-published a novel from the above, not very successful though

Student tutor at my school

Not sure about recommendations and essay yet.

Other:

Female

White/Jewish

Income bracket 120k+, but my parents are divorced and I’ve heard that RPI only counts noncustodial income, so it would likely be closer to 40k+ there

Taught self to draw & sew (I cosplay)

Will get some form of National Merit (got a 231 on the PSAT)

Hoping for an actual tutoring job soon (my interview is tomorrow!)

Thank you so much! Sorry this is so long!