A balanced final list? You tell me.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Personal Info:
Senior at large, pretty uncompetitive PA school, though it sends maybe 2-3 to top schools (usually Penn) every year
White male
Hoping to major in bio (perhaps a bio/marketing double major)</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 4.0 UW, 103.71 W (not sure how that converts onto 4.0)
Rank: 1/488
Courseload: most difficult available, taken every AP of the 7 my school offers and all other classes are honors throughout all 4 years
SAT I: 760CR 710M 730W, 2200 total
SAT II: 740 US History, 690 Math I
APs: 5 US History, 4 Bio, 3 Chem (taking 4, possibly 5 more tests at the end of this year)</p>

<p>ECs:
--greatly involved in my church for my whole life and have racked up 1000s of volunteer hours in all sorts of activities--altar server, usher, volunteering at bible school, setting up for the church picnic, anything possible really--I can get a great rec from my priest
--United States Senate page for Sen. Arlen Specter in summer 2007...I'm most proud of this, seeing as I applied and got accepted on my own merits and without connections
--internship at the World Aerobic/Hip Hop Championships in Los Angeles for three weeks two summers in a row (Hip Hop Championships will be featured on upcoming NBC reality series World Moves!)
--chosen as "Scholar of the Year" from my school, where each district in the area picks the most well-rounded student for a newspaper piece and radio interview
--Scholastic bowl team (12); my school does things backwards and ONLY chooses seniors...we won states and went to nationals last year, hoping to live up to that!
--National Merit Commended Scholar
--AP Scholar
--National Honor Society
--Spanish club (9,10,11,12)
--school golf team (10,11); nothing special here, just something I enjoy
--school bowling team (9,10,12); won most improved in the scholastic league in 10th
--won photography contest in our decently large local newspaper (100,000+ circulation)
--pretty extensive world traveler...don't know if this really counts as an EC, but it did help to shape my world outlook and thus my essay, which I think came out great!</p>

<p>Work experience:
--job as dietary aide at local hospital from Oct 2006-August 2007, about 15 hrs/wk
--job as dietary aide at nursing home from August 2007-present, about 10 hrs/wk</p>

<p>Recs are glowing!
I wrote my essays. I think they're good. Most others do as well...so we'll see!</p>

<p>School List:
Stanford SCEA
Duke
Pepperdine
William and Mary (OOS)
Davidson
Pomona
Rice
Cornell
Emory
Tulane</p>

<p>Thank you for checking this out!</p>

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<p>Academically qualified for all schools in the country. Stanford can waitlist, or even reject, seemingly highly qualified applicants. Your application essays and recommendations are the only factors that can hurt you. Be careful to use a modest "voice" when writing your application essays.</p>

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<p>yeah you definitely sound liek what they are looking for! you never know what will happen with highly selective schools though. my friend just got into stanford though im so happy for her! shes playing lax there so thats why she found out so early, but she really is a stellar student</p>

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<p>you look great, your list looks awesome.
I really wouldn't worry in the slightest about your chances, except for that stanford really is notorious for waitlisting like mad.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

<p>I'm actually expecting a Stanford rejection, even though I put so much time into their app. Figure that the best that can happen is that I'll be surprised. Honestly, I'd even be happy with a deferral! We'll see what happens when Dec. 15 rolls around, though.</p>

<p>Anyone else want to give me a chance?</p>

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<p>_______________________(bottom line) = your in.... </p>

<p>Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, satscholar! I'm surprised that my feedback has been decent. For CC at least! Haha...I see people with 2350 SATs get a "well, you could do this..." </p>

<p>Someone must want to knock me down a few pegs!</p>