Are These Credentials Enough for the Top Schools?
Question by Sean D: Are these credentials enough for the top schools?
I have a 4.6 GPA, and will finish high school with 7 AP classes taken in school, as well as being a certified EMT through a state program sponsored by the local community college (which counts for 8 hours of college credit..so almost 2 more AP’s technically.)
Also, I am Lieutenant Governor for North Carolina State in the YMCA based Youth and Government program, as well as VP of my school’s club chapter Junior year, and President of the club as a senior.
I started my own service club called the Mediation Advocacy Sacrifice and Service (MASS) club at my school. We’ve done service projects such as collecting over 135 coats for the homeless in Raleigh, NC as well as creating over 65 toiletry kits for the Raleigh Rescue Mission’s homeless families.
I also am in National Honors Society and got as follows on the SAT: Reading: 650 Math: 620 Writing: 640. A total score of 1910.
I also work around 18 hours a week at Starbucks and have been working there for over a year. I worked at Chick Fil A before that and worked there for 2 years.
I currently intern at Duke University in the neurotoxicology department under the guidance of Dr. Edward Levin P.h.D. Hopefully he will be writing one of my recommendations for the colleges I apply to.We study memory, cognition, and learning on rats in various studies pertaining to nicotine addiction, prenatal exposure to nicotine, drug therapies to combat addiction, etc.
I will be applying to UCLA, UVA, UNC-CH (where I am in-state), U.S. Naval Academy, UCONN, and I was thinking Duke as a reach school. I thought it would help having a recommendation from a distinguished professor when applying to Duke as I’ve heard they value it highly. What do you guys think are my chances of getting into these schools?
I was thinking of maybe adding either Emory or Cornell to my list. Suggestions on those schools or others? I would like to major in Neuroscience or a related field. Thanks!
As previously asked, I have not recieved my AP exam grades yet. They come mid july. As for my unweighted GPA, it is a 3.72 out of 4.
Im sorry, I forgot to add Cross country and Wrestling to my portfolio as well as I have been a youth minister at my church all four years.
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Answer by Anonymous
Based on your SATs, I would say that UNC-CH is your best bet since you are in-state, or UConn. The rest are all reaches, and I would NOT add Emory or Cornell to the list. It would be a waste of time. Also, at many of these schools you NEED SAT II subject tests, which you didn’t list.
As for the Naval Academy, you have a decent shot, though I’m not super-familiar with what they look for for acceptance.
Good luck!
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