Hear is what’s up. Many people on this site complain about high scores and getting rejected at schools that are reaches for Einstein. Consequentially, many lesser students feel depressed about their chances. Everyone agrees that the average CCer is way above the average HS student or average college applicant. So I thought I would start a thread to find out just how smart (on average) we all really are. So here’s the formula.
GPA unweighted: 4.0
SAT (subscores if you have them): (haven’t yet taken)
ACT: (ditto)
SATIIs (list which subjects): (ditto)
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 8
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 4
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: IL
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies:
Colleges you recieved admission too:
Hopefully, we can thus find the average unweighted GPA, test scores, etc. I’d also like to figure the average USNews ranking of the top school admitted to and applied to by CCers (even though USNews is crap, I have to use something), and the average number of Ivies CCers apply to and are admitted too. Please don’t approach this like a chance thread, I just want to survey the CC crowd in general. THANK YOU!
<p>GPA UW: 4.0 (1/35)
SAT I (old): 1600 (sophomore)
ACT: not taken
SAT II:
freshman: Math IIC, 800; Bio E, 770; Literature, 700
sophomore: Writing, 800; World History, 780
junior: Physics, 800; US History, 770
senior: Chemistry, 800</p>
<p>AP:
freshman: Calc AB, 5
sophomore: Calc BC, 5
junior: Physics C Mech, 5; US History, 5
senior: Physics C EM, 5 expected; Chemistry, 5 expected; Comp Sci AB, 5 expected; English Literature, 4-5 expected; Spanish Language, no idea</p>
<p>EC Rank: no idea (piano 12 years–semifinalist in nat’l concerto comp.; network admin at my school; program computer games for fun; did 2 research projects)</p>
<p>Course load: 10
Volunteering: see ECs (I’ve been told I help keep the school running…)</p>
<p>Private (no-name) school in CA</p>
<p>Applied to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Olin (and others)
Rejected from MIT, Olin
Waitlisted at Harvard, Princeton
Accepted at Stanford, Caltech (and others)</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 3.95
SAT (subscores if you have them): haven’t yet taken
ACT: 27 (as a sophomore)
SATIIs (list which subjects): haven’t yet taken
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of:
ECs: 9
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 5</p>
<p>Private/Public school: Public
State or country: MO</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 3.9
SAT: haven’t taken it yet
ACT: haven’t taken it yet
SATIIs (list which subjects): nope
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 7
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 1 (I’m not old enough to work yet, and I haven’t done any volunteering…)</p>
<p>Private/Public school: Public
State or country: MD</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 4.0… I’m sure it’s gone down since I applied
SAT (subscores if you have them): 800 Verbal 760 Math
ACT: 34 Composite; 34 Writing, 29 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science
SATIIs: 740 Writing, 700 Bio M, 690 MathIIc
Rank: 5/222… 1/50ish at my old school that closed down
ECs: Varsity Tennis, Cross County, Track, 1 year of Varsity Volleyball; lots of service, including tutoring both children and adults; a job, two jobs in the summer; and then some
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): like twice as hard as other people who get the same credit <em>angry face</em>
Work and/or Volunteering: oh… now I see how this was supposed to go</p>
<p>Private/Public school: Public
State or country: OH
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies: MIT and Harvard (bah Ivies are not the only good schools in the country!)
Colleges you recieved admission too: MIT and Harvard
will matriculate to MIT</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>no APs - school didn’t offer them, but took part of my junior and my entire senior year at a local college.</p>
<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.83
SAT: 750 Math, 690 Verbal
SAT II: 800 Writing, 770 Math IIC, 700 Chemistry
Rank: Not Applicable. School does not rank.
EC’s: Tons of music. I play 4 woodwinds including the Oboe, English Horn, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax. I have played in a junior philharmonic in Los Angeles for the last 4 years, and am a member of 2 jazz bands. I also TA the middle school jazz band at my school. I helped found a teen music for healing program at a local hospital where students can perform music to help heal the sick. Member of FIRST Robotics Team 992 9th-11th, helped co-found a student political group at my high school.
Course Load: One of the most difficult. 6 AP’s- Chemistry, Calc BC, US History, Physics C (both E&M and Mech), Human Geography and Music Theory.</p>
<p>Private/Public School: Private
State: CA
Applied: Columbia ED, Stanford, Yale, Penn, Northwestern, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCD, University of Washington Honors Program
Accepted: Columbia ED, proceeded to rescind all other applications
Matriculating to Columbia</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 3.7
SAT None yet, PSAT = 96th percentile reading and writing, 91st percentile against class ahead of me; can expect 750 reading, 750 writing, 650 math.
ACT: can expect 29-31
Rank School does not rank, but I’d guess top 20%.
ECs: Passionate about theater, music, Simpsons club and gay straight alliance.
Course load: honors/AP english, humanities and arts; regular math, history, sci, foreign language
Work and/or Volunteering: no work, 150+ hours of vounteering.</p>
<p>Private/Public school: Private
State or country: MI
Colleges I plan to apply to: Stanford (ED?), Brown (ED?), CMU, BU, NYU, UMich, UIUC, UMiami, DePaul, MSU, GWU.</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 4.0
SAT: 2280 (800 CR 760 M 720 W) PSAT: 232
ACT: -
SATIIs (list which subjects): 800 Bio M
Rank 1/475ish
ECs: Art (awards ranging from city to state, teaching art, art club), science/medicine (research internship, hopsital internship, volunteering, science bowl), math team (regional awards, competed at state), knowledge bowl, NHS
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): Will max all APs at high school, except for foreign language (which isn’t that phenomenal b/c my school only offers 7 APs)
Work and/or Volunteering: (110 hrs. volunteering, will be working 40 hrs/week this summer as a research intern)</p>
<p>Private/Public school: notsocompetitive public
State or country: the wilds of southeastern WA
Colleges I PLAN to apply to: Harvard (just for kicks), Swarthmore (love it), Stanford, Haverford, Macalester, Oberlin, Grinnell, University of Washington (Honors program).</p>
<p>**Average ACT ** 30.5 (only 2 people supplied definite scores so far) </p>
<p>Average SAT I Subscores
**Math ** 695</p>
<p>**Verbal ** 778</p>
<p>Average SAT II Scores
**Biology M ** 750</p>
<p>**Biology E ** 770</p>
<p>**Math 2c ** 753</p>
<p>**Writing ** 772</p>
<p>**Literature ** 700</p>
<p>**World History ** 780</p>
<p>**Physics ** 800</p>
<p>**US History ** 770</p>
<p>**Chemistry ** 697</p>
<p>Math 1c 540</p>
<p>I only included the definite scores of what everyone had. I didn’t put avg # of ECs because some people didn’t list that and really, it’s not the quantity but rather the quality of the ECs. And for the new SAT, I just counted the Writing score with the other SAT II writing scores.</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 3.4
SAT 700 Verbal, 580 Math
SAT II 720 Writing, 730 World History, 520 Math IC
ACT: n/a
Rank: 8th decile out of 10
ECs: Secretary of speech and debate club, orchestra, auditioned for school plays, Russia exchange, Statewide competition of spoken Russian, NHS
Course load: AP’s in English/Hist, Regular science until 12th grade, when I took AP Environmental. Regular math. Orchestra. Two languages (Russian and Latin)</p>
<p>Work and/or Volunteering: Summer job, Volunteered at cat shelter, did walk for diabetes, I currently have a job</p>
<p>Private/Public school: Public
State or country: NY
Applied to Vassar, McGill, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Binghamton, Emerson College, SUNY Purchase
Rejected from Vassar, my first choice program at McGill
Waitlisted at SUNY Binghamton for fall but accepted to spring semester
Accepted at McGill second choice program, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Purchase w/money, Emerson College</p>
<p>Yes I realize that may be the case, but that is going to spark controversy as people will request Rice and Chicago in the list, which I don’t want. Also MIT and CalTech are tech schools without good programs in other areas. I just think that the Ivies plus Stanford (which REALLY might as well be an Ivy, it excells at nearly everything and beats out half the Ivies in academics) is the best way to compare just because of convenience and at least it is no worse than comparing USNews rankings.</p>
