<p>I am currently a rising junior in Webb. If i were to get an UW of 3.7 and a weighted of 3.9 or something, what colleges can I apply to?
I will be the varsity tennis team captain my senior year.
I will be orchestra concert master my senior year.
I am currently an Orientation Leader, hopefully becoming a Head Orientation leader or prefect.
Thanks</p>
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can i plz get some advice?</p>
<p>your question is very vague, please describe the type of college you would prefer!</p>
<p>I don’t want to list the 6 billion colleges you “can” apply to</p>
<p>What are your PSAT or SAT scores?</p>
<p>i currently thinking about USC (My school has some relationship with them), Northwestern, UPENN (my sister grauduated from wharton), Brown, Carnegie Mellon, U of Chicago
And the safety of NYU?
My SAT score as of right now from practice tests averages out at 2010 (going to take classes and more practice tests)
And my psat score last year was 187</p>
<p>Umm im also considering
Cornell (my dad graduated from graduate school at top of class)
Columbia
U of Michigan Ann Harbor
UCB and UCLA
Pretty much stuff thats above the rank of 30
minus liberal art schools and schools in midwest</p>
<p>what are you thinking of majoring in?</p>
<p>It’s Ann Arbor, and that’s in the Midwest so I don’t know why you’re applying there since you said “minus liberal art schools and school in midwest.”</p>
<p>Not exactly sure yet
but leaning towards more of engineering or med</p>
<p>look at Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>looking at the schools you listed, similar schools include stanford, duke, ucsd, and UVA</p>
<p>what about usc?
im not a particularly big fan of the uc system unless its ucb or ucla…
also does my sister graduating from wharton gimme a boost in applying to upenn?
also what about cornell where my dad graduated from grad school at the top of his class?</p>
<p>i’m not sure if sibling alumni count as legacy, most likely not. your father’s degree from cornell will help you, not his being top of his class though. if you really like cornell, apply early decision.</p>
<p>OP - You really should do some more research. </p>
<p>NYU as a safety? Really? I’d consider NYU a REACH with your PSATs/projected SATs, especially if those you’ve listed are your only ECs. USC and UMich are pretty much the same story. and why would you apply to NYU if you want engineering? There is no engineering there!</p>
<p>The other schools you’ve listed are extremely, EXTREMELY difficult for anyone to get into. Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Penn, Northwestern and Chicago are among the most competitive schools in the nation. And do they offer what you want?</p>
<p>And also, you’re still too young to really give good advice to. Get some actual data up here. I suggest you find some real safeties (NYU is not a safety), cross off at least 6-7 of the schools you’ve listed, and do some more research. Good luck.</p>
<p>I believe the Penn app DOES ask if you have siblings with affiliations to the school, but I think it’s just to see if they wound up crazy or underperforming.</p>
<p>Although if your sister is giving money, then it can’t hurt. They’re always looking for likely future donors</p>
<p>however as of right now
i am currently unsure of my major… my parents are pushing me away from business thats all i know
i have taken the most interest in hotel management (which cornell excels at)
and behind that are engineering and med
i guess that all those colleges are really hard to get into and probably all of them are reaches for me as of right now…
my school does have a decent reputation for college apps so im still going to give a shot at it
also my school is known to be a hard-ass when it comes to gpa grading along with ec’s (im a boarding student so i cant really do much, especially since the school limits your time outside of school)
my ec’s are rolling in starting my junior year and i pick most of them up my senior year because priority of these positions are always seniors.
thanks for all the advice given
it will help me alot</p>
<p>To put a school with 25% acceptance rate, known to be expensive and give little FA as a safety is absurd, and not at all safe.
Suddenly picking up at lot of EC senior year is not the best strategy. It gives college the idea of 1. slacker during the 1st two years and 2. doing EC for college admission or “resume padding”. Also, colleges look at the number of hours you put in plus the duration of your activity. It doesn’t really look good to have multiple activities that all only have a duration of 2 months.
There are a lot of ECs available for non-seniors. Band, choir, sports (I’m sure you guys have junior teams), theatre, any type of club. Does your chess club really require you to be a senior to be a member?<br>
If you want safeties, look at UCI, UCD, UCSB. What don’t you like about the UCs? What about the CSUs? Don’t think that certain universities are “beneath you”. You don’t want to be the person left without any acceptances come April. There has been quite a few stories here about people who had to begin the college search again in April for universities that were still accepting application.</p>
<p>P.S. NYU does have engineering. They merged with some Polytechnic Institution.</p>
<p>yeah but still NYU’s engineering reputation won’t be as good as the school’s reputation overall (not even close)</p>
<p>^Yeah exactly. I don’t know if it’s true, but a friend of mine said that the NYU-Poly (engineering) kids don’t even have the NYU name on their diplomas. It’ll still say Polytechnic Institute or w/e it was.</p>
<p>I think it’s kinda hard to chance anyone at the ivies unless they have outstanding credentials, especially as a junior.</p>