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S.A.T.: 1400
SAT II: 760, 660, 610
G.P.A. 3.55 unweighted; 4.7 weighted
Top 16 %; very competitive public school
I live in Florida

AP Tests:
Human Geography = 3; English Language = 3; U.S. History = 4; Biology = 5; Psychology = 5, Environmental Science = 3

Academic Information:
9 years social studies (5 history); 8 years science; 3 years Spanish; 4 years math

11th Grade
AP English Language
AP U.S. History
AP Art History
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Environmental Science
Honors Algebra II
Honors Marine Sci
Honors Anatomy
Honors Spanish III

(Yes, I took A LOT of night classes. Hope that helps me.)

12th Grade
AP English Literature
AP World History
AP European History
AP Economics
Honors Physics
Pre Calculus
Fine Art

EC’s
Community service: 200 hours hospital; 500 hours science research lab; TOTAL = 700
Clubs: Biology club (10th-12th); Key Club (10th-12th); Ecology Club (11th-12th); Science Honors Society (12th)
Leadership: Treasurer of biology club (11th-12th)

Rate my chances (1-100) for:
-Johns Hopkins
-U of Michigan
-Cornell
-Emory
-University of Chicago
-University of California - Berkeley
-University of California - Davis
(I LIVE IN FLORIDA)

I know my chances at the ones above are slim, but I want an idea of just how slim.

By Redox (Redox) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 06:44 pm: Edit

bump

By Axfeaver (Axfeaver) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 07:40 pm: Edit

Start from lowest to highest:

Berkeley: 15% - its nearly impossible if you are not a UC resident
John Jopkins: 40% - some of your status are not goin to be as great as others, but than again, it looks like you will beat many of them with you APs.
Emory, University of Chicago, and Cornell: 40-50%
UC Davis: 75% - least competitive of all, but like Berkeley, its harder for nonresidents
U Mich: 80% - Your status are just better than many of their applicants

By Slayer (Slayer) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 08:04 pm: Edit

Axfeaver, you seem to know a lot about admissions, etc. What do you know about UCLA? Do I have a shot?

white female, North Carolina resident
1350 SAT I (700 Math, 650 verbal)
SAT II - Writing 730
Math IIC - 700
Literature - 620
GPA (Unweighted) 4.0
Weighted by my schools scale 4.667, i dunno about UCLA's
Jr year AP -stat (5)
Sr year - calculus, english, gov't

EC's
Varsity cross country- 10
Varsity track - 9
Varsity swimming - 10, 11

national honor society president
french club vice president
student gov't- 9th, 10th, 11th grade class secretary, 12th student body secretary
Broadcast journalism/film PRODUCEr/director
volunteered 300+ hours with YOUNGLIFE, including 3.5 weeks at camp in canada summer after jr year
kids voting -4 yrs volunteer-+ 12th grade school precinct captain
4 yrs as regular nursery volunteer

By Pgs1300 (Pgs1300) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 08:17 pm: Edit

You have a good shot at UCLA(Slayer, if you are in state you are definitely in.

By Pgs1300 (Pgs1300) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 08:20 pm: Edit

Reddox I think you have a deceny at all the schools. Berkely will be a reach, the rest are matches, and you should be able to get into half of them.please eval my stats under

Help Me,
You to slayer.

By Redox (Redox) on Monday, December 22, 2003 - 07:23 am: Edit

More opinions please!

By Pwiddles (Pwiddles) on Monday, December 22, 2003 - 07:59 am: Edit

Can someone quickly evaluate my chances at UCONN and Fordham My high school average is a 88. Got an 1100 on my sat(took it again 2 days ago)! Hoping to go up! Got a 4 on one AP EXAM and a 2 on the other. The only problem I am having is that I failed math for the first quarter of my senior year with a 63. I got above an 85 in all other classes though. I am taking 3 AP Courses! Please give me your input!!!

By Axfeaver (Axfeaver) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 07:58 pm: Edit

Slayer, I appreciate your opinion.
Your status are good enough for many colleges. However, since you are not a resident of California, I don't think that you will have a good shot at it. But UCLA does not have the best program. plus, the school is simply filled with just residents of California. Not to say there is anything wrong with Cal residents, they are great. But which ever college you would apply, you may feel uncomfortable to find out that you might be the only one not from the state, at least I would.
I also considered going to UCLA at first, but really if you are not a resident, you must be perfect(exageration) in order to get in. But since I like LA or simply just California, I am applying to USC, which is just as equally good as UCLA, the only problem is that UCLA sounds a bit more of a named school than USC. But their program is great, and although about third of the students are from out of state, its nothing comparing to one out of fifty of the nonresident population in UCLA. If I were you, I would apply to some school in NC, there are many once that are good out there