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Hey everyone,
I am a senior and pretty confused on where to apply
and my chances.

My stats:
State: OH (Wadsworth)
School Description: Decent sized suburban school, 99%
white, pretty competitive, offers only 4 AP’s though
GPA: 3.813/4.000 (unweighted, I got 1 B soph year, and
3 B’s my junior year-Spanish 3, Hr. Precalc, Hr.
English…eek)
Rank: 29/386
Sr Courses and AP’s: AP Calc, AP Econ, AP Gov.,Hr.
Physics, Spanish 4, Psychology, Sr. Comp, Website
Design, Euro Lit.
ACT:27 (weak I know, retake on Sept. 25, fingers
crossed)
SAT:1290 (610V, 680M)
SAT II: haven’t taken it yet, will this October
Other: Indian American (Asian), wear hearing aids.

My EC’s and Awards
• Speech and Debate: Policy my 9th, 10th, 11th (made
states this year), and possibly Controversy my senior
year. Debate Secretary of team.
• Neuroscience research (rengeration of zebrafish
cerebellum, cadherin proteins) at AkronU: used this
research to win numerous fairs including 1st place at
Northeastern Ohio Regional Fair, winning Districts,
1st at high school fair. Made State Fair sophomore
and junior year. Numerous money grants. ---Selected to
give video presentation for Akron University Biology
classes on my research.
• Teacher for English and Computer Skills Class for refugees and immigrants in International Institute in Akron--junior summer.
• Volunteered in 2 hospitals 300+ hrs over the 3 years
• Spanish Tutor, 20 hrs.
• 1st and 2nd places in local art show
• Worked in local restaurant junior summer
• NHS – 11th and 12th
• Tennis team – 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (hopefully
varsity my senior year)
• Attended Michigan Debate camp freshmen summer
• Academic Decathlon sophomore year

Good Recs. – one from English, chem., calc, and
International Institute

Prospective Major/study: Neuroscience, or Biology

Colleges looking at:
Cornell ED?
UMich
UPenn ED?
Northwestern ED?
Emory
Washington in St. Louis ED?
Case Western Reserve (CWRU)-safety
Tulane
NYU-legacy, possibly safety
OSU- safety

Well, my scores are bad, I have an average GPA and
average EC’s. Should I early decision Cornell or
should I ED somewhere else for a better chance
(besides Case, Tulane, NYU, OSU)? I still haven't taken the SAT II, so I was thinkin something other than Cornell. The schools with "ED?" beside are all schools that I visited and I love. Each has its own unique characteristic. But I just want to use my ED to stand a good chance. Case, OSU are a matches because i live about an hour from each and they both like me.

What are my matches and reaches? Or am I doomed…?

Should I consider other colleges?

Please help me to finalize my decisions. You can be brutally honest.

Thanks.

By Vinzzy (Vinzzy) on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 04:00 pm: Edit

bump

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 10:11 am: Edit

Your GPA is solid. Your class rank is good. Your SAT/ACT is on the low end and your 3 Bs in your Junior year indicated a downward trend, so that's not good. I would say you should apply by early October at the latest. If you can raise your ACT composite to 30, you have an ok chance. Otherwise, Michigan is a reach.