Upcoming senior
3.95 UW gpa approximately (4.7 weighted)
2300 on the SAT (800 reading 760 math 740 writing)
SAT II USH: 800 Lit: 770 Math I: 730
Will maybe take math II and mandarin in nov…
APs
Euro (5)
US history (5)
Lang and comp (5)
Senior year course load
AP mandarin AP calc BC AP stat AP bio AP Lit plus Econ honors and criminal law (school required)…oh yeah and band
Awards: approximately 15 in-school academic and athletic awards (i.e. Departmental award in modern languages)
In the running for national merit scholar (221 on PSAT)
Ecs:
Varsity three season runner
Played high level soccer in China for my international school there (ACAMIS champions three years in a row; broke a school record)
Played JV volleyball
Founded charity and raised over 5,000 USD to build a school in rural China
Youth rep on the board of trustees of my church
Board member of NHS
Feminist discussion group
Acdec (did not really compete so idk if it even counts)
Internship at Columbia university working on a clinical trial for children with CP
Wrote and directed my own short film which competed at competition
Select and jazz band which traveled throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific Northwest
Tutoring
Around 250 hours of volunteering
Hooks?
Lived in China for 2.5 years speak mandarin and all that…also traveled a lot to Australia and Bali and Tibet and Japan etc…a LOT of countries
(But I moved back so I’m applying from the US)
Concerns? Ranking (barely in top 5% due to the transferring schools before junior year)
Parents make 400,000 dollars a year so colleges might think I’m just a privileged white kid
Chance me?
All are matches except Columbia and Yale. Columbia is a medium reach, depending on your intangibles and essay. Yale is a reach for everyone. Good luck!
Hi I am a rising senior and I would really appreciate if someone could rank me and tell me if they think i would get accepted into Macaulay Honors College. At the moment my number one choice for my college would be Queens College. And please feel free to be completely honest and tell me if there is anything I can do to improve my chances of getting accepted. I know it is highly competitive but I have worked really hard throughout my high school years; My PSAT score estimated my SAT score to be a 1390 but I worked extremely hard to get it up to a 1930 so please feel free to give me any advice you think would be helpful. Also, do you think I have a good chance of getting accepted into Sophie Davis?
And I would like to go into Medical so if anyone has any recommendations that would be great as well.
GPA:
Unweighted: About a 90 I believe
Weighted: 94.6
Class Rank: 25/300
SAT Score: 1930
Reading Comp Score: 620 (I plan on retaking the SAT but I don’t think my score will improve too much on this section honestly)
Math: 680
Senior Year Classes:
-AP Biology
-AP Gov
-AP Calc
-AP English
-Anatomy and Physiology
Other AP Courses I have taken:
-AP World History
-AP US History
-AP Literature
-AP Human Geography
Please not that my school only offers two other APs other than the ones I have listed above I have been in all advanced classes since the seventh grade
I have worked at a summer research program for two summers and plan on doing my own independent research this summer.
I volunteer for a non-profit organization since the 6th grade.
I speak two langues very fluently and am studying Spanish and Arabic
Extra Curricular:
-Math Honor Society (I tutor)
-Science Honor Society
-Junior/Senior Honor Society (This is the general Honor Society at my school we also have Honor Societies for specific subjects)
-Stage Crew
Awards:
-Participated in LISEF (Long Island Science and Engineering Fair) in 8th grade and was placed as Highest Honors in the Junior Division
-Participated in NYSEF (New York State Science and Engineering Fair) in 8th grade and was awarded 3rd place in Biology
-Received Student of the Year when I was in 3rd grade if it makes a difference
@catsplease Welcome to CC! You probably didn’t know, but in the future, please start a new chance me thread of your own.
As for general admissions at Queens College goes, you’re pretty much in, as you meet the requirements of an 1150 CR+M SAT and 85 average (uw).
Regarding Macaulay:
For starters, your GPA is low for Macaulay. You need a 90 unweighted to even be considered, and the average UW-GPA at Macaulay is a 94.
For your SAT, Macaulay only counts your CR+M (out of 1600), so you’d have a 1300, which is average for Lehman, Staten Island and John Jay Macaulay campuses, but low for Queens Macaulay, for which most applicants have around a 1400 CR+M. Unfortunately, your GPA and SAT don’t make you a competitive applicant for Queens Macaulay.
ECs and essays play a pivotal role as well. Where did you do your research? What field was it on? Volunteer work looks good as well. However, you are lacking leadership in your ECs, such as being president of a club, captain of a team or editor of a publication. Regarding awards, colleges don’t care too much about elementary school achievements for college admissions.
Overall, Queens is a safety school for you, whereas Macaulay would be a reach school.
I’ve got my fingers crossed