<p>I an african american middle class female applying to UMiami, FAU, Uflorida, NYU, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, and smith </p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 uwd and 5.2 wd
Rank: 4 out of 58 (93%)
SAT: 1270 (taken twice)
SAT II: To be taken in jan.
ACT: 27</p>
<p>ECs
Mu Alpha Theta-Vice prez-11, 12
Watu wazuri (multicultural club)- head of comm. serv. committee- 11,12
Yearbook- photographer and layout design- 12
Internship at Credit Union for one year (applied for psychology but it wasn’t available so I opted to take business b/c at the time didn’t really know what I wanted to study in college)
Black History Fashion Show- Co Coordinator- 11,12
Thespolympics- participant- 11,12 (thespolympics is like the olympics for actors)
I wasn’t really involved in anything in 9th grd. In 10th grd I did participate in the key club, and the NHS club [i wasn’t inducted b/c didn’t have enough hours]
I also should have at least 300 comm. serv. hrs from all over the place [the costume dept., the library, the arts festival, the hospital, and math tutoring]
Summer activities
9th grd: work with mother
10 grd: work with father (as you can see, they’re divorced)
11th grd: College classes w/library volunteering (also trip to philly; visited uPenn)
I also have excellent recommendations</p>
<p>Highschool transcript
C in Algebra I honors
Have taken all honors classes except for electives
Have taken all APs in 11th and 12th grd
at least 60 college credits by the time I graduate
2yrs of Sign lan.
12 college credit hrs of spanish (honors)
Taking AP Biology Online</p>
<p>So does anyone think I have a chance at colleges such as Yale, Columbia or harvard? If not what about NYU? Does is look bad that most of my ECs really begin in the 11th grd?</p>
<p>If your SAT score is improved, I’d say you’d have an outstanding chance at Yale and Harvard. I really think that’s the only thing holding you back, and if you can even improve it to a 1350-1400, those numbers will look very high in the minority pool. But … you still have SAT II’s to take, and your ACT looks weak, so I’m not 100% sure how you’ll improve your testing in time.</p>
<p>wait…how did you get a weighted GPA of 5.2? That’s unheard of…</p>
<p>Anyway I dont know about the IVY’s but I think I can comment on your weak and strong areas. </p>
<p>The “Bad”-
Your SAT 1 scores are on the low end and I think maybe you should try again (personally I think the third time is when you stop). Also it seems kind of weird to me that you’re waiting all the way until January to take your SAT 2 tests b/c doesn’t that leave you much time to retake it if they come out with low scores. Also I hope that C in Algebra 1 was during your freshmen year and that since then Harvard can see you’ve improved.</p>
<p>The “Good”-
Your ACT scores however seems stronger so I’d go with that. Your EC’s are seem pretty good too and I don’t think it matters whether you did it as a freshmen or a senior. The fact that you’ve taken all AP classes in your 11th and 12th grade shows that your a student that likes a challenging curriculum (what are your AP scores btw?). I’m not sure whether taking AP Biology on-line will help you so much though since you won’t be able to translate that into an AP score if you wait till March to take them. Class ranking is good too.</p>
<p>Anyway to RE-EMPHASIZE: I don’t know your chances of getting into Harvard but there are areas you can improve in and improve your chances. Just throwing in my two-cents :-D</p>
<p>Thanks you guys for responding. Are SAT scores really that big of a deal? What if everything else they consider is great will they just give a second look or will they just flat out reject me with my scores? I’m planning to take the writing, lit, and math IC subject test. If those are high will the SAT be regarded less then? Sorry if I sound like I’m asking so many questions, but I really want to go to either NYU or Yale and I’m really working to do just about anything to soften the effect of my SAT scores. What about Stand-by Testing? (i just found out about it) </p>
<p>Once again thank you guys for responding, as well as, anyone who will respond in the future.</p>