clubs- FBLA Euro challenge, tech club, i volunteer and protest some times, soccer (for a long time) and im starting tennis
@DaDragonKing77 Your SAT are pretty low so focus on that. GPA is fine. Put the scholarship thing in your reward columns. Race is a major factor so yes it will help with your scores.
thank you, what is a desired score?
@DaDragonKing77 I think from 650 or 600 and up is usually the average. IMSA has no standards but this is what a competitive score would be.
“Race is a major factor so yes it will help with your scores.” Although it is still helpful for me, it is disappointing that people get perks for race
@DaDragonKing77 It’s to introduce diversity, but yes it is unfortunate for some students that it may be a factor in admissions.
@kidfood I know, but you would think that diversity shouldn’t matter
@DaDragonKing77 Honestly, it has little to nothing to do with diversity directly. Statistically, a couple races perform on an average well on the SAT around 600s so the pool from those races is more competitive whereas some races are known to on an average perform worse so it’s easier for them to get in.
In other words, diversity is just a cover up thing to use to make them look better cause it works out that way in my opinion.
Well, no actually, you’re wrong AviSaxena33. Here’s why:
Statistically, there is NO major correlation between test scores and race. What there IS a correlation between is test scores and region. If you pay attention to historic data that regard SAT scores and region, you can clearly see that some regions have slightly lower scores. Why is this? Because those particular regions do not stress education or test performance as highly as others, such as the Chicagoland area (which has the highest SAT scores going in to IMSA). However, going by your logic, the Chicagoland area must have no diversity and must be filled completely with the Asian/South Asian population. This is clearly not true so the question is raised as to why they have such a high average when “some races are known to on an average perform worse”. The simple answer is that that is simply not true. I believe that your comment as closed-minded, naïve and quite scrubby. The fact is that everyone accepted to IMSA deserves to be there. It isn’t dependent on test scores or GPA or what you do, but whether or not the Academy believes you have the capability to learn and to excel in their unique curriculum. Many students with superior numerical figures when applying are waitlisted or rejected due to reasons that can range from maturity to bombastic nature. Your stats applying aren’t the most important par since it’s more of what defines you as a good student. Don’t be spreading rumors and false information. You seem to think you know more than you do. Don’t worry, it’s a common IMSA trait.
um… wow, getting away from that topic. How good is IMSA’s speech team?
guysss i just took the last sat and im soo nervous
now we have to waaaiiiitttt
for soooooooooo lllllllllllllooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg
my nerves are killing me i have no patience
Hi, I’m a 9th grader, applying this year.
SAT: 800 Math, 730 CR.
GPA, we haven’t gotten semester grades yet, but somewhere between 3.85-3.95.
Courses: Every Honors class available
Essays: Pretty good, one or two great ones
Teacher Reccs: Should be decent, I’m excelling in all of those classes, dunno if the teachers like me though…
Extracurriculars: Science fair for two years, robotics for one year, mathletes for one year, a junior production of godspell, starting and running a history competition that ran every week for a year, spent the summer after 8th grade volunteering at my local library
Awards: Regional silver and gold medals at the science fair, an award from the science fair for outstanding interest in science, a letter of recognition from the school for outstanding leadership. I have more awards I could fill the gap with, but they’re all from a long time ago…
I’m mostly worried about the awards and gpa portions. For all I know, I tanked all my finals or something and I’m getting straight B’s
Oh yeah, and I’m half white, half asian. Dunno how that would work in the diversity system
@aminorspark You seem to have really good credentials for being accepted into IMSA. All you would need now are some good reccomendations and great essays.
Teacher recommendations should be good, but my counselor doesn’t really know anything about me. Essays are HARD.
@aminorspark You should get in with no problems