<p>i know these things are cliche and a bit obtuse, but i’ve been anxious for an objective opinion. my SAT scores are not great, but i hope to improve them this fall. i’d really just like to know whether i should even bother applying.</p>
<p>unweighted GPA - 3.96
weighted GPA - 4.2
unweighted class rank - 20 out of 407
weighted class rank - 10 out of 407</p>
<p>sophomore year -
honors precalculus
college english
honors british literature
AP u.s. history
health (required)
honors english 10
honors chemistry</p>
<p>junior year -
AP gov. & politics
CIS composition (tougher than AP, through U of M for college credit)
CIS literature
AP world
AP calc ab
AP biology
AP macro/microeconomics
french exhausted, so a french class at the U of M</p>
<p>senior year -
honors physics
AP calc bc
everything else exhausted, so advanced french, english, and history classes at macalester college</p>
<p>AP scores - five 5s, five 4s</p>
<p>SAT I - 2100 (math - 600, reading - 760, writing - 740, essay - 12)
i took it sophomore year and plan to improve this time around
SAT II - french - 720 (this done sophomore year)
literature - 730 (sophomore)
u.s. history - 740 (sophomore)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS, etc.</p>
<ul>
<li>co-president of the french club (2 years)</li>
<li>co-president and founder of the HEEK club, organizer of group events and apparel; the group glorifies diversity and bringing together different groups into a quirky community (3 years)</li>
<li>volunteer at earth corps</li>
<li>teach piano (4 years) - 7 students since freshman year, arrange for students to play at nursing home, organize triannual student recitals</li>
<li>diversity committee board member</li>
<li>piano (12 years) - finalist in several competitions, passed superior-level jury exam (2006), level 8 in crescendo program, play for church youth group</li>
<li>soccer (11 years) - JV b team, indoor winter soccer (i’m not too good)</li>
<li>work experience at pizza place (3 years)</li>
<li>published a book called “things i’ll never say” as a junior</li>
<li>volunteer at nursing home</li>
<li>volunteer french tutor (2 years)</li>
<li>national honors society</li>
<li><p>national AP scholar</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford Summer School</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard Summer School 2006 -
Beginning Fiction - A-
20th Century American Poetry - A-</p></li>
<li><p>excellent recommendations from english teacher and APUSH teacher. was only the second sophomore ever allowed in college english (and achieved the best grade of more than 120 students) and the first ever junior in CIS composition.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>if i manage to write killer, interesting essays, do i stand a chance at all?</p>