Which college should I go to???

Question

My description:
H.S. senior. Skipped 1 grade. Want to go into premed/ chemical engineering major (eventually med school). #3 in my class. Community service, prestigious art awards, sports, student theater, art club pres, nat'l honor society, spanish nat'l honor society, national merit scholarship commended student, 4.0 (but this year am taking AP Chem, calc, physics, english, and independent study in art, so grades fall in B to low A range). Lots of awards. SAT's: 720M 710W 700V. Good reccomendations. Do you think the ivy leagues would be accepting of the fact that i'm not number one in my class and am not doing that great in school this year? (expecting a lot of B's... but do you think they'll take into account my gazillion AP classes, and thast I am taking more classes than fit in one school day???) If I already got into Uconn's honors prgrm and Fordham, which college? Yale, Uconn, Fordham, or Brown? How is Fordham, (in comparison to yale?) Uconn?

Answer 1

Apply to all the schools you would seriously consider (since that will increase your options), and then wait for their acceptance before trying to decide which one you should go to (since that will limit your options).
Then evaluate the options based on all the factors that interest you, not just some ranking score they earned. Which will allow you to pursue your majors? Which school offers the clubs and sports and extracurricular areas you might want to explore? Is the housing or physical location of one school preferable? Which school will focus on developing you as a whole person, and which only cares about one quantifiable aspect of you (your grades, your scores, etc)?
These are all good schools, and you'll have many opportunities at all of them, so don't sweat the decision too much. You won't be doomed by making the "wrong" decision - you'll just take the path that seems best at the moment.
good luck!

Answer 2

I have friends attending the UCLA & University of California, Irvine who are doing the major you wish to get into. Currently I'm pre-law so I looked at all the big schools, because I was going to do pre-med. I had a cousin who graduated from UConn and is now a doc. Take it from a college sophomore, Ivy Leagues are nice, but they can be pricey. If you get into them go for it. I'm stuck trying to decided between UCLA or University of California, Santa Barbara, for pre-law.

Answer 3

Your SAT's are kinda low for the ivy league. If your cumulative GPA > 3.6 or so, that should not be a Huge problem. However, your extracurriculars seem to be kind of "cookie-cutter" for the ivy league. You have not listed anything that STANDS out for an admissions board. Uconn is probably you best bet.

Answer 4

confident there some faculties in which you would be able to take those varieties of instructions, yet they are in many circumstances the community college ones. 4 365 days college ones require a type, probable funds to observe, and essays. I had taken a cake adorning type as quickly as at a community college. And confident, I did meet my companion in school. It became our freshman 365 days at Michigan State college. we are meant for another!

Answer 5

With your record of course I'd apply to Ivy League! Even if you are #3 out of your total class that in itself speaks volumes!!!
My friend is just like you she was # 3 in her overall class as well and guess where she got in? Harvard! Be proud that you have taught yourself so well. If Ivy Leagues can not appreciate your application then I don't know what to think... You are soooooo smart!!!!

P.S. A lot of my friends love Brown.

Answer 6

You should apply for Yale but if you don't get accepted you should go to Brown. Brown is in Boston and they have some of the best classes and programs there.

Answer 7

I would recommend MIT for engineering. Stanford is not that bad for it either. I think you should give it a shot, after all applying won't hurt you :))

Good Luck with your application


p.s brown is in rhode island not in Boston