<p>I posted this on your chance thread as well.</p>
<p>Please read about the Academic Index: <a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm</a>
About one half of your Academic Index (AI) score at an ivy league school will come from your SAT (or ACT) and Subject Test Scores.</p>
<p>Currently your 450ish SAT Subject Test scores in US history, Math 1, and Spanish, is your achilles heel. Input your SAT Subject tests of 450 into the AI with a projected 650 on each section of the SAT, select the top 10% decile and your AI is 177.</p>
<p>Now read this article: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/sports/before-athletic-recruiting-in-the-ivy-league-some-math.html”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/sports/before-athletic-recruiting-in-the-ivy-league-some-math.html</a>
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<p>If a recruited athlete cannot be admitted with a score below 176, they also cannot accept a URM with below 176. Just running the numbers – and holistic colleges do more than that – you’re currently projected to be on the very outside edge of admissibility at an Ivy League school.</p>
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Admission to selective colleges have many subjective factors, but an Academic Index at the low end of the scale tells an Admission Director that you might struggle with the work load on their campus. Colleges never want to set a student up for failure by admitting someone who is on the edge. Therefore, if you truly want to be admitted to an ivy league school, you must do more than “make sure” you study. May I suggest that you stay off of College Confidential for the next 3 months and spend the time cracking those books. Best of luck to you!</p>