Hi, I’m a high school junior in an IB program at a public Florida high school. My dream schools are Georgetown and UChicago but I want to know if these schools are in reasonable reach. Simply, I just want to know which schools I have a chance of getting into.
GPA: UW-4.0/W-5.125
ACT: 32
PSAT: 1340 (out of 1520)
SAT: haven’t taken it yet but I’m hoping for a 1450 out 1600
SAT II: haven’t taken it yet
AP: Human Geography (5) U.S Government (5) Literature (4)
IB: 6 courses
Extra-Curriculars:
-Model UN
-National Honor Society
-History Honor Society
-Thespian
-Academic Team
Officer Positions:
Model UN: Secretary
HHS: President (as of next year)
Academic Team: Captain
Community Service Hours: at least 200
Awards/Honors
-Excellent at Thespian One Acts Festival
-Superior at Thespian One Acts Festival
-Excellent at Thespian One Acts Festival
-Best Delegation Model UN Conference 2015
-Best Delegation Model UN Conference 2016
Female/Hispanic
If anybody has any advice I would really appreciate it
Oh and I plan to get at least 200 hours this summer, and am going to take a Dual Enrollment Course. For my senior year I will also be taking AP Stats and AP Art History
What was your SI on the PSAT? Do you think you’ll be NHRP? Are you bi-lingual? Do you do community service in the Hispanic community? Are you first generation college?
Also do you have access to Naviance for your high school?
NHRP is the National Hispanic Recognition Program based on your Scholarship Index reported on your PSAT score report. Your SI will be 192-210 depending on your breakdown. I believe 204 is the cutoff for FL (South Region). NHRP will get you an extra 4K merit aid at U of Chi on top of any need based aid.
Geographic preferences: northeast to mid-atlantic. Budget: I’m looking for almost full if not full financial aid. Size Preferences: not too picky but I’d prefer a medium-sized school
My SI is 204, I am bilingual, I don’t really do service in the hispanic community, I’m from South Florida so everywhere is a hispanic community lol. I am not first generation college, and I don’t know what naviance is
“Budget: I’m looking for almost full if not full financial aid.”
Run the Net Price Calculators (NPCs) for UChicago and Georgetown to see if you will receive the aid you need. The NPCs are really only accurate if you have simple family finances: no businesses, no non custodial parent or remarried parents, etc.
Your stats look good. I suggest you identify your safety schools first (must be affordable).
The fact that your Hispanic and female will definitely advantageously help you in admissions, although no one can be sure by how much.
Your scores are at least competitive with the pools of both schools.
It’s great you have leadership positions in your EC’s. I might say that you’re lacking in quantity, but I don’t know if the Society EC’s you’re a part of are membership only or if you have to actively participate in something.
Hopefully you get some more awards that might help add a nice spin to your application.
I agree with @newjerseygirl98: These are reach schools for many applicants, and we definitely won’t be able to predict with certainty if you’ll get in.
