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Fri 24 Dec, 2004 01:37 pm
Im a junior and i received a 160 out of 240 on my Psat's and i dont think that i will do much better on my SAT. i take Honors History and Pre-AP spanish 4 but i have taken all intermediate math, and will continue to do so all the way to int. Trig. i have a weigthed GPA of 3.6 and am active in Keyclub, Model U.N. and i play J.V. baseball. i also do recreational sports. i go to one of the best high schools in the state.
my junior year
Int. geometry- A
honors history 2- B not scaled
Pre - Ap - Spanish 4- B not scaled
english 1 writing- B+
int. alg 2 - havnt had the class
AP spanish 5- " "
chemistry- " "
Gym- " "
my senior year i will take advanced writing honors U.S seminar, int. trig and physics for academics and also classes like phycology and probability and stats.
can you tell me if these colleges are out of my reach
Umass ( i live in MA)
Bryant
Boston University
Assumption
UDelaware
NYU
Colby
Uarizona
virgina tech
and if anyone has any colleges they think would be a fit for me please let me know thank you.
i want to go to Bryant that is my first choice. can you tell me the matches and reaches on the list
What I'd suggest is ya get together with your school's guidance and councilin' department - that's what its there for. The schools in which you're interested will provide you their admission standards on request, as well - but there generally are exceptions and "other considerations" which might be a little trickier to ferret out. No time like the present to start lookin' into scholarships and grants, too.
Can anyone tell me if you think these colleges are matches or reaches
You might be amazed by what is within your grasp if you in fact reach for it, as opposed to waiting to have it delivered to you.
UDelaware is probably a safe school. I attended Widener (at Wilmington, DE) for Law School and UDel was always seen as a fairly low level state school by us. But then again, maybe we were just snobs. :-D UMass and Va Tech probably are safe schools, too, but, like timber suggested, contact your school guidance counselor and ask.
I attended BU. My SATs were 640 verbal, 620 math, my HS average was 90.5/100. I got in with no trouble, but there is a College of General Studies wherein they take promising students who don't make the grade numbers. You're given 2 years to prove yourself. My first roommate went there (at the time, it was called the College of Basic Studies, but it's the same thing) and she did just fine, graduated on time and everything. There's no shame in going to that internal school and the designation does not show up on your diploma. So it might be a way to get into BU.
I don't know about the other schools.
Ummm... Don't your choices really depend on what your planned major is? You didn't mention anywhere what area your planned major is or what type of work you'd like to do post-college.
VA Tech is a poor choice if you are going for a degree in English and Colby is a poor choice for Engineering.
Figure out what you want to do and then find the schools that offer what you want.
I'm a junior too, with a lot in common (I want to major in psych, play JV sports, etc) and all I've learned from the guidance at my school is the grades aren't that important, which is good because we don't have weighted grades. Really, whether you are able to make these colleges is up to your SAT score, most likely. Im goin to a Midwest school, probably WashU in St Louis or SMSU, so it's all up to my ACT scores. Just stay involved with those activities, your resume would look really good if you were president of Key Club or in Student COuncil or something like that.
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