<p>So I’m a high school junior, and recently I have been wondering how an admissions officer would view me as a student. I’m intensely dedicated, and academically gifted(identified since kindergarten, participated in Duke TiP for four years), but I’m not sure if that shows with my stats.
I’ve taken honors classes whenever they’ve been available (APs aren’t really an option until junior year) and I will be taking three next semester (stats, language, and APUSH). My GPA is the the 3.6-3.8 UW and 4.3-4.5 W range. I’ve taken few electives, only up to theatre two, and French two. Everything else has either been required or academic.
As for EC’s, I’m a very busy person. I’ve been heavily involved in theatre since my freshman year, and have been supporting and lead roles throughout my time at school. I’ve also assumed leadership roles, serving as the stage manager for one show and the unofficial leader of the department (they call me the drama queen). I’ve danced since my freshman year, and my junior year I started participating in color guard, and am currently doing winter guard. I’m also planning on taking vocal lessons this year. I also take classes with the school of math and science online.
My SATs and ACTs are from last year, but I took one in December and am still waiting. I got a 1860 (M-500, W-600, and CR-760) and a 28 last year.
I’m aiming for some top schools (Brown, Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern) and plan to major in political science and theatre.
What do my stats tell you about me? How can I make myself better?</p>
<p>hey i just met you and this is crazy, but here’s some numbers, so comment maybe?</p>
<p>Both your GPA and your ACT/SAT scores are too low at this point to be a serious contender. It you can get your unweighted GPA to 3.8+ (and must be in top 10% of class) plus an ACT 33 or SAT 2200+ then you begin to have a shot. At that point, your ECs start to become a factor and may help you. However, you also need to show some strength in community service work, ideally in a leadership role, to be competitive.</p>
<p>For quick reference, at Brown students who fall below the top 10% in class rank only have a 2% chance of getting in – and you can bet that most of those in that 2% are athletes or have other seldom-seen qualifications.</p>
<p>Take a look at section C of the Common Data Set of each school to see how you stack up against the last freshman class. Here is the one for Brown:
<a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University;
<p>It’s fine to continue to work hard so that you can apply to the schools you mentioned, but you will also need to investigate some schools that are not so difficult to get into. Get yourself a good college guidebook such as the Fiske Guide and start browsing for more schools.
Also, you can experiment with the college search tool here on CC. [College</a> Search - College Confidential](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/)
Be sure to expand the number of results at the top (20 by default) and be sure to select “must have” for any important criteria, otherwise it may come up with some odd matches.
What’s good about this site is that it compares your GPA and test scores against the reported ones for the schools and tries to guess the “fit”. It represents the fit as percentage and when you click on the “why?” underneath the fit number it shows you how you compare.</p>