<p>So I am a chinese guy living in mississippi about to attend my senior year. I have started applying for colleges, and of course my parents are wanting me to apply to the top colleges. I have a perfect 36 on my act, an SAT of 2210 (plan on retaking), SAT II Chemistry of 790, SAT II Math 2 of 780. I have a GPA of 4.0, and i’m vice president of SGA of my school among other things. I plan on majoring in something chemistry related and going on to medical school. What are my chances of getting into those upper tier colleges? And what are some good backup colleges that I should look into applying to? Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>A bunch of other applicants will have similar stats as you do, so it’s hard to tell. Colleges look not just at test scores. I think that in top schools, things like interviews and personal essays are increasingly important, since so many people do well on the SAT’s and have high GPA’s. In other words, nobody on this board can tell you what your chances are of getting into the prestigious universities.</p>
<p>Don’t forget to choose a solid safety school that you can pay for.</p>
<p>With your GPA and your test scores, you should be guaranteed admission to your home-state public U (this is assuming that you are a US citizen or have a green card), and possibly to an honors program there. Attending a cheap place for four years, doing interesting research with professors who are delighted to work with a smart kid like you, and collecting excellent letters of recommendations (along with a good GPA) can be a smart move. Save the big expenses for grad school. Med school is particularly expensive.</p>
<p>Don’t take the SATs again. Please. You already have a perfect score on the ACTs. Colleges usually look at the better of those scores. It’s completely a waste of time/money to take them again. Spend that time doing something more interesting.</p>
<p>^^^my thoughts exactly.</p>
<p>Okay thanks for the advice! However, should I send in my SAT score then? Some people have told me no because it would only hurt me while other people have said yes because it shows that I’m more well-rounded. What do you think?</p>
<p>Who has told you these things? Sending the SAT scores will not make you look any more well-rounded. Your SAT score won’t hurt you, when you’ve already gotten the highest ACT score possible. Send them if you want. Colleges will probably focus on your ACT score, because it is higher.</p>