<p>Stats:
White male, KY
4.0 unweighted, 4.81 weighted, hard classes all 4 years. Basically 10/423 I think
SAT
Cr: 800
Math: 780
Writing: 710
SAT II's
US Hist: 800
World: 770
Math II: 770
Lit: 630
ACT: 35 (retook, scores not back yet)
National merit semi-finalist
National French exam high placement (1-4ish I think)
APs
Calc AB: 5
US Hist: 5
English lang: 4
World: 4
Classes, all pretty good classes, all AP's this year, plus a mentoring project at a local university, working on superconductors.
EC's Beta club (leadership) NHS, U.S.S. Swimming (since I was 7), HS Varsity Captain, I was an exchange student for a month in France (speak French (not fleuntly)) Varied community service
I worked as a lifeguard, play bassoon, took band for three years, dropped because of scheduling conflict
Umm, Dartmouth, UC Berkely, Princeton, Stanford, MIT (I've applied elsewhere)
My common app essays are good, my UC berkely ones suck,</p>
<p>If you pulled out some great essays showing your passion and you've got it made.</p>
<p>Good shot everywhere. You might want to add a couple schools in the Dartmouth range like Brown, Penn, or Amherst. I see you being successful in that category of schools.</p>
<p>Sweet. my common app stuff is good, but my UC berkely essay isn't good at all.</p>
<p>Why would you possibly re-take a 35 ACT? Especially when you also have a 1580 SAT.</p>
<p>...retaking a 35 act...insane...i seriously doubt a 36 would give you any better chance....anyway, i think you have a good shot.</p>
<p>macs720:</p>
<p>UCB: Safe Match (out of state)</p>
<p>oops, I'm certainly not retaking the ACT or SAT, I finished my SAT II's on saturday, answered "C" on the last question and contemplated the idea that I was done with standardized tests for at least a couple of years. (excluding AP's)</p>