<h2>I am currently a freshman in college, and I'm just coming back to look at the college chances boards. I remember how I felt then, and I want to see how the CC community would chance me now. I'll post my results after a while, but for now, chance me?</h2>
<p>Colleges I applied to:
Yale EA, UCONN, Drexel, St. John's, University of St. Joseph
(I know, my list of colleges isn't nearly as impressive as some. I had pretty low academic self-esteem.)</p>
<p>School type: Public
Location: Rural Connecticut
Race/Gender: Mixed Carribbean Black and White, Female
Prospective Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Bio, as a Pre-Med
Unweighted GPA: 3.86 (School doesn't weight)
Class Rank: 3/83</p>
<p>SAT I
Math: 710
Writing: 760
Reading: 750</p>
<p>SAT II
Bio E: 710
Bio M: 740
Chem: 750</p>
<p>AP Scores (at time of app)
AP Lit and Comp: 5
APUSH: 3
(end of senior year)
AP Lang and Comp: 5
AP Bio: 5
AP Calc: 3
AP Chem: 5</p>
<p>ECs
4 years in Concert, Marching, and Jazz bands, with first chair alto, sax section leader, and first chair in each, respectively
3 years of Model Congress, 3rd place for best delegate
4 years of indoor and outdoor track, captain of both
4 years in Class Exec board, treasurer, booked and planned Prom as well as other fundraisers
2 Years in National Honor Society</p>
<p>Community Service:
2 Years as an Altar Server
1 Year as a CCD Aide
2 Years as a Lector
(all at the same Catholic Church)</p>
<p>Awards:
-National Achievement Scholarship Finalist ($2500)
-Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
-Journal Inquirer Scholar Athlete
-National Merit Commended Student
-Several school academic awards and sports awards</p>
<p>Essays: My main one was a discussion of my realization of the difference between Religion and Faith, the extra supplemental for Yale was about the social difficulties of skipping a grade</p>
<p>Recs: My teacher recs were fabulous, and my guidance counselor and I had a very good relationship.</p>
<h2>Extras: I spent 5 weeks at Wesleyan in the summer between my sophomore and junior years for Jazz, and I skipped a grade.</h2>
<p>Again, this is a bit of an experiment on my end. I'm very curious to hear my chances, seeing as I never actually had people chance me.</p>
