Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Going into Junior Year
Average: 96 (quite a few kids in my school have 100+ averages so I don’t stand out too well lol)
SAT: 2050-2150
EC: Band for 4 years, Chess Team for 2 years, Wrestling Team for 1 year, 2 Powerlifting competitions, 2 award winning research projects: the first project was on the dangers of texting while driving and the second one is on the effects of motor imagery in strength gains (QOL, NYCSEF, and going to enter ISEF with a 3rd project), volunteered at a pharmacy, and going to join key club.
APs: 8-9
My school is the 2nd best in NY state, and 22nd in the U.S (based on some arbitrary rankings lol)
On the bass of what you’ve posted here, I think you should have an average to above-average shot at most of those schools, if your SAT score is at the high end of that range (NYU is dicey). NYU is famously stingy with aid so, if you can’t pay full cost, beware.
If you do score 2100 on the SAT and your GPA is the equivalent of, oh, 3.75 or better, I think you’re a good bet for both the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue. They would be matches for you. You can go after some reaches if you like, and pick a true safety – a less selective state school or private school – but if you really love GA Tech and Purdue, hammer that SAT and keep working hard in school for a strong GPA (unweighted…), and you should have good options from which to choose.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Going into Junior Year
Average: 96 (quite a few kids in my school have 100+ averages so I don’t stand out too well lol)
SAT: 2050-2150
EC: Band for 4 years, Chess Team for 2 years, Wrestling Team for 1 year, 2 Powerlifting competitions, 2 award winning research projects: the first project was on the dangers of texting while driving and the second one is on the effects of motor imagery in strength gains (QOL, NYCSEF, and going to enter ISEF with a 3rd project), volunteered at a pharmacy, and going to join key club.
APs: 8-9
My school is the 2nd best in NY state, and 22nd in the U.S (based on some arbitrary rankings lol)
Negatives: Although I should break 2100 on the SATs based on the practice tests and because I’ve been studying for so long, I maintained a C/B in Geometry freshman year and a C in trigonometry that almost turned into an A by the end of sophomore year, I also maintained a B in chemistry throughout all of sophomore year, all my other classes were As for the past 2 years. So as of now I have a 95 average, and i hope to be a straight A student next year and achieve/maintain a 96.
Reach Schools: UCLA, BU, Northeastern, NYU, Georgia Tech
Schools I think I can make: Purdue, Stevens Institute of Technology, CU
What are my chances? Really looking for Purdue or Georgia Tech as of now.
Hopefully my SAT score will allow the admissions staff to overlook my B/Cs in 3 of my freshman/sophomore year classes.
Thanks for the feedback man.
So you have not taken SAT or the AP classes?
There is nothing to chance yet my friend.
Admission to a school you can’t afford is pointless and disheartening. What’s your parents’ budget? Are you expected to focus on need-only schools or on merit-aid schools?
What school do you call CU?
Stevens and Purdue are good, but for Purdue it depends on declared major and dont expect a lot of merit aid while Stevens could well turn out unaffordable if you’re not full pay. You have a good shot at Northeastern (match) but merit is debatable if you don’t reach 2100+.
Gtech is iffy, a definite reach, and of course you’d be full pay so you have to make sure your parents have 50KX4 earmarked for your college costs.
Ok thanks guys. CU is Connecticut University btw. And no, my parents can afford it.
Do you mean UConn?
Have you talked with your parents? The fact they can afford it based on your estimation doesn’t mean they really can or want to. You need to talk with them right now and see how much they’re willing to invest into your college studies. You need to have a firm number, not “we’ll figure it out”. The students whose parents say that inevitably end up learning in March or April that they can’t go to the colleges where they’ve been admitted. You also need to know what your EFC is, whether you qualify for need-based aid, and whether your parents expect you to earn merit awards.