My SAT score is a 1470 but I do not have the most rigorous schedule. I will take 5 APs(2 junior year,3 senior year) and took few honors courses. What are my chances at highly ranked public schools, such Binghamton,Stony Brook, and other flagship institutions.
5 AP’s is by no means not rigorous. Your college counselor will most likely place you in the second or third group out of six, (the first category being most rigorous, and the last being “standard”, implying no additional rigor). I think you have a good chance for schools that are fairly highly ranked public schools, but it would depend on what state you live in and what school is your public school.
Personally, I think, rigor of high school preparation is desirable, but that is different from saying either your classes or preparation was inadequate. I assume your GPA is solid.
Right now there seems to be an APoff consuming students, even asking strangers if AP 1 is better than AP 2 is more important. The thing that is less amenable to inaccuracy are scores on standardized tests. Luck may glean a few points, but it is really hard to over performances skills on the ACT or SAT because of the range of content explored in items, the depth of difficulty of questions, the total number of questions and areas. I don’t know how you compare to applicants of you choice schools but that are information is a an!able on the websites of the schools. Hpoe you fit.
@Textbook123 you have a strong SAT score and 5 APs is very good. I’m not sure what your complete transcript looks like but I do know people who have been accepted to those institutions with similar stats.
your SAT scores and number of APs are excellent. if your GPA is in the A/ high B range, Stonybrook is definitely a target school for you. Bing might be a reach if you have a lot of B’s. SUNY Buffalo would also be a target/safety for you.
@ConcernedRabbit Can you explain your statement: “Your college counselor will most likely place you in the second or third group out of six, (the first category being most rigorous, and the last being “standard”, implying no additional rigor).”. This is the first I’ve heard of placements/categories…Thank you 
What my college counselor told me was that when he fills out his recommendation to college, he has to fill out a bit about the student, including activities, a general essay recommendation, and comparison of this individual to others in this school. This would include rank, the average gpa from and school, and how much rigor the student had in the context of this school.
For example:
Most rigorous: Took all AP’s and honors classes possible.
Very rigorous: Took several of the AP’s and honors class
Rigorous: Took some AP’s and a few honors classes
Demanding: Took 1-2 AP’s and some honors classes
Somewhat demanding: Took a few honors classes or more classes than needed to graduated
Standard: Took basic classes (bare minimum)
This is what my college counselor told me at least, regarding what colleges see in terms of course rigor. It should be noted that this will vary from school to school. Some schools are on the IB system, and it would be modified to fit that. Others only offer maybe two AP’s, and so the most rigorous course load would be just those two AP’s + whatever honor classes are offered.
Thanks so much @ConcernedRabbit !!!
You live in NY, right?
What’d you get on the regents exams and what’s your 100 GPA?
Have you considered applying to Geneseo?
Depending on what you want to study, I’d avoid Binghamton. It’s a good school, but there are too many people there and not enough classes. Basically, it takes far too many students 6 years to graduate instead of 4. It only has a 68% 4 yr grad rate.
Bump