I Sometimes Think That I Am Dumb

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I am a junior at a medicore private college prep school. My school compared to other college prep schools in NYS is not really impressive.</p>

<p>At my school, we have a board near the front door noting which senior has been accepted to what college. I have a lot of senior friends who got accepted into top schools (Tufts, Penn [athlete], Rochester, etc.). Sometimes, looking at that board makes me want to feel bad at myself, because I am no where near their level.</p>

<p>Gender: F
Race: Asian
State: NYS
Financial Aid: Yes
Income Bracket: Borderline Poverty</p>

<p>GPA: 95/100 (weighted)
Class Rank: none
Courseload (It’s just rigorous at my school):
AP:
World History (5; self-study)
US History (5)
European History
US Government and Politics</p>

<p>Honors:
World History I
World History II</p>

<p>Regents exam avg: 96/100</p>

<p>SAT: 680 cr, 690 m, 690 w
sat ii: 750 german
ACT: 28
PSAT: 200</p>

<p>extracurriculars (ugh! no leadership postitions. please tell me that the colleges i selected have little emphasis on ecs):
philosophy club (gr. 9-12)
political debate club (gr. 9-12)
national honors society (gr. 11-12)</p>

<p>30 hours of volunteering</p>

<p>intended major: German OR Journalism</p>

<p>Schools applying to (by choice order):
i have visited all of these shcools besides UNI

  1. university of northern iowa
  2. university of hartford (communication major)
  3. suny buffalo
  4. suny albany
  5. buffalo state</p>
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<p>And you can suggest any schools that you think would fit me, too.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p><a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

<p>You are nowhere near unintelligent; in fact, if you follow the link above, you will see that your 2060 SAT score puts you in the 96th percentile of college-bound females!</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I am not terribly familiar with the schools you have listed, but someone needed to assure you that you are a smart girl! If you are looking for a reach school, I migh suggest McGill in Montreal because it does not consider extra curriculars at all- only academics! Good luck!</p>

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<p>How about Syracuse or the University of Michigan?</p>

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<p>You will get into all those schools…but you could much better, like maybe ivy or other top schools.</p>

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<p>I thought I would not have much of a chance, because most of the people who have been accepted to those schools at my school had much better stats than me.</p>

<p>My courseload is just rigorous. It’s not very rigorous or most rigorous.</p>

<p>I love Syracuse and U of M. I hate the Ivy Leagues. I just hate them. I don’t want to go to a school just because of the prestige.</p>

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<p>You are easily in at Syracuse and you have a very good chance at U of Mich.</p>

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<p>I’m quite like you right now, madison!
I often feel like I am an underachieving sophomore.
However, that is only augmented by the overachieving culture of my school- top 50, high % asian (sorry if this offended you, I’m asian too); people are 4.0 UW with 6 AP’s, nationally recognized awards, overall ‘perfect’ students getting into ivies left and right. In fact, you’re considered “■■■■■■■■” if you take non honors math, and English is offered with the only option being honors for frosh years. You’re frowned upon if taking less than 4 AP’s your junior year. Don’t feel like you’re alone, madison… haha!
The overachieving culture can give people like me a depressing sense of lack of self worth, and even with my taking a year up in math and science I still don’t feel like I put up a very competitive app.
A combination of lack of overall <em>effort</em> and a poor english teacher earned me 3 B+'s freshman year, but this year for the first semester I earned all high A’s to increase my UW to around 3.85. I took 1 AP (WH), but honors math, spanish 4 (extremely hard to get an A), and <em>junior</em> physics (regret not taking AP).
I’m going to go more in-depth about my credentials, so to speak, but my EC’s are quite similar to yours. As of right now, my only leadership experience is the treasurer of the fitness/workout club (i help decide on workouts and buy equipment), and hope to hold a position in astronomy club and key club, which I have already started planning a speech for next year! So in terms of clubs I do those three.
I did freshman football and track & field, however competitive athletics aren’t for everyone-I didn’t do any this year but the workout club I mentioned. I assume you didn’t do any?
I also have played piano for 10 years, but aside from small regional competitions I haven’t placed in anything major.
I do have 100 hours of volunteer service through key club and other things, and plan to do a UW medical volunteership at least over the summer.
But yes, on to you :slight_smile:
I believe that the colleges you’re considering are safeties. You won’t get into an ivy league, but good colleges will accept you like previously mentioned. Again, ivy leagues don’t necessarily offer the best experience and smaller, LA colleges can be better. But don’t think for a second that only low tier colleges will consider you!
I also wonder if leadership/EC’s are all that important, but my understanding is that they are only critical if many applicant are similar to you in academics.</p>

<p>Davis</p>

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<p>Well, compare your school to my school and TAH DA!!! instint ego boost</p>

<p>At my public school you’d probably be the val. and you’d have a “most rigorous” courseload. So congrats and quit feeling dumb</p>

<p>And yes, I do feel very out of place here on CC.</p>

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<p>Dude. I attempted to play a sport, but I was rejected at every level I tried out for: modified, JV, and varsity. Almost my entire school played a sport, so throughout middle school to high school, I felt terrible.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>