What are the chances of getting in?

Question

My friend from Church is applying to these universities this fall: Princeton, Cornell, University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins university, University of maryland college park and university of maryland baltimore county. She has as SAT score of around 1850 and has a GPA of 3.9ish. She has lots of extracurricular activities from church (playing the Cello and sunday school teaching). What are her chances of getting in?

Answer 1

I think she has a very good chance of getting into the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a reasonable chance at the University of Virginia. Her SAT and GPA are okay, but not spectacular, and Princeton, Cornell, and Johns Hopkins are highly competitive schools, while College Park is a very strong one. All except Baltimore County have national reputations. One thing that might make a difference is her class rank. I've seen people who said they had a 4.5 and were barely at the 50% of their high school class, so apparently their high schools gave REALLY easy grades. I don't know what a 3.9 means at her school, but I'm used to seeing scores over 4.0 and SATs well over 2000 for most of the schools you mention. As to the extracurriculars, they are fine, but will only help if she also has the academic qualifications. No school I know of will compromise their academic standards for a person who is engaged in many extracurricular activities, as much as they want that perfect student who is also well-rounded.

Answer 2

Her chances are pretty good. She seems well rounded and has done well in school as well as done pretty well on the SAT's. I know an 1800 is a cut off for a lot of schools to get into the honors programs, so 1850 should be pretty solid to just get into the school.

Answer 3

Chances are good. These schools like a diverse student with high scholastic aptitude.

Answer 4

excellent