<p>I am in the second decile, with a 4.35. The maximum GPA apparently this year is 4.82–with the top 10% cutoff starting at 4.58 (it was 4.40 last year >_>). I’m applying to top schools. Here are my statistics:
Weighted: 4.35 (will be 4.44 after this semester)
Unweighted: 3.85
SAT: 2320 (780 CR + W, 760 Math)
SAT IIs:
770 Chem
790 USH
660* Math II (not sending in unless required)</p>
<p>APs:
AP USH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Psych: 5
AP English Lang: 5
AP Euro: 5
AP Human Geo: taking this year
AP Physics C: taking this year
AP English Lit: taking this year
AP Gov: taking this year
AP Stat: taking this year
AP Comp Sci: taking this year</p>
<p>ECs: pretty good, I think. Lots of in-school leadership, and I’ll have started two clubs (one in senior year, though, with some issues due to school rules).
Recs: I believe they’re pretty good; I can’t say for sure though (unless I read their minds). Counselor rec will be greatalso.
Essays: I think they’re good, and most others have given me positive feedback as well. So good or great.</p>
<p>Colleges:
UCs:
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Los Angeles
Berkeley</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis
Rice
Stanford (REA)
Claremont McKenna
University of Chicago (EA)
Tulane (EA)
University of Miami (EA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (EA)
NYU
Emory (Emory/Oxford College)</p>
<p>I’m worried because many of the valedictorians (42 this year :o) are applying to similar or the same places. Do you think I have a shot?</p>
<p>Your school must be really competitive, I’m ranked 70/422 which puts me out of the top 15 percent and we are a top-60 school in the country. My GPA’s are similar to yours (3.86, 4.33). </p>
<p>Frankly, I should be ranked much higher but due to weighted vs non-weighted electives I got screwed. I don’t think class rank matters a whole lot (especially when Common Data Sets in some schools claim it is only “considered”) but they do like to see top 10%. It’s just weird that out of thousands upon thousands of schools, we should be held to that same standard being in a top 100 school. </p>
<p>As long as we have a very rigorous courseload and an SAT score that confirms we aren’t dumbasses (I have a 2260) it probably won’t play a major role.</p>
<p>Top 104 in the country, to be exact, and one of the top in the nation. At least 15 people in my grade have scored over 2300 (myself included), and 2 have scored 2390.
I really hope not… I’m not even sure I have a reasonable shot at the top UCs anymore…</p>
<p>My courseload isn’t the most rigorous; I didn’t take Math Honors or Calculus, I could’ve taken Spanish 4 AP last year, and I could have taken Bio AP this year in lieu of Human Geo. >.<</p>
<p>Ah, yeah I hate how small decisions on class schedule can come back and bite you. Fortunately for me, I took enough difficult courses to likely earn that “Most Rigorous” checkbox according to my counselor. </p>
<p>However, I got 2 B’s in honors freshman english when everyone else breezed by (I had a stupid teacher), I took physics instead of ap physics B, didn’t take enough ap’s sophomore year, and the fact that I was a year ahead in math screwed me too because ap calc AB is the devil compared to honors pre-calc. I also stopped at Spanish AP (I still got my 4 years) because I didn’t want to take the AP test… what a dumbass I was. </p>
<p>It is what it is at this point for the class rank, let’s hope holistic admissions understands.</p>
<p>Bump… I would like some more input please. :D</p>
<p>You list a bunch of UCs… class rank is irrelevant for their admissions. However, the competitiveness of your local high school would mean that the top 9% ELC threshold GPA set by previous classes is likely very high.</p>
<p>If you apply to Stanford EA, they don’t want you applying to other private schools like Chicago, Tulane, and Miami EA.</p>