**admissions help**

Applying to College
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<p>Okay..well, I'm a Canadian senior...</p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>Reference Letters</p>

<ul>
<li> Kids Help Phone Volunteer Co-ordinator</li>
<li> Mayor of my city</li>
<li> Regional Councillor of my city</li>
<li> Principal of my high school</li>
</ul>

<p>Grade 11 Marks: 89% (average); 92% (top 5 + English); Am in the AP Program</p>

<p>Total amount of volunteer hours: 3,190</p>

<p>Awards
• 40+ soccer trophies
• 35+ baseball trophies
• 50+ medals
• “Leading Girls, Building Communities”, Province of Ontario (2008)
• Accounting Award (2008)
• Business Award (2008)
• Linda Capporella Award (2008)
• Pre-AP History Award (2008)
• Honour Roll awards (grade 9-11)
• Nominated for Junior Citizen of the Year (2008)
• Athletic Council Award (2008)
• Two certificates for participation in Youth City Councillor program
• Was chosen to represent my high school in board-wide election for student trustee
• Nominated for Top 20 Under 20 Award (2008)</p>

<p>Kids Help Phone
• 100+ hours of volunteering (2008-Present)
• Leader at four conferences (2009)
• Attended Issues’ Day (2009)
• Attended workshops (2009)
• Volunteered with large corporate banquet (2009)
• Walk for Kids Help Phone (2008-Present)
• Student Ambassador (2008-Present)</p>

<p>Athletic Council
• Positions:
o Grade 9 – member
o Grade 10 – treasurer
o Grade 11 – vice-president
o Grade 12 – president
• Walk-a-thon (grade 9-12)
• Sporting tournaments (grade 9-12)
• Wrote proposals for various events (sport tournaments, walk-a-thon, other events) (grade 9-12)
• Anti-smoking awareness (grade 9-12)
• Athletic banquet (grade 9-12)
• Horizon Conference (2009)</p>

<p>Increase the Peace Committee
• Grade 9-12
• Anti-bullying presentations to grade 9 classes (grade 9-12)
• Presentations
• Anti-bullying week (grade 9-12)
• OK conference (2007)
• Board conference (2009)</p>

<p>Kids Help Phone Club in my high school
• Founder and president
• Raise funds and awareness for Kids Help Phone</p>

<p>Other, in my high school
• Painted eagle in school gym
• OSAID committee (three years)
• Badminton (three years)
• Basketball (one year)
• Soccer (three years)
• Ultimate Frisbee (three years)
• Homework club (two years)
• Volunteer with food drive (three years)
• Completed Red Cross, Respect Ed Training (2008)
• WHMIS training (2008)
• Peer Mentor (2008-2009)</p>

<p>Sports (outside of school)
• Soccer, recreational (eleven years)
• Baseball, recreational (fourteen years)
• Baseball, competitive/representative (ten years)
• Basketball, recreational (three years)</p>

<p>My city
• Volunteer at Fair (2008)
• On panel; York University/My City Conference (2008)
• Youth Councillor (2008-2009)
o Spent a term in office (meetings, presentations, events, reports, etc.)
• Youth Cabinet (2007-2009)
o Interim chair (2008-2009)
o “Be Heard” conference (2008)
o Youth issues, etc.
• Youth Network (2008-2009)
• Member of the Youth Vote (2008-2009)
• Created state of the youth report
o Presented to council
o Proposed changes for the program, my thoughts, thoughts of improvements, etc.
• Worked on youth strategy with recreation & culture department at the city
• Created proposal for my city’s new website that is currently being implemented</p>

<p>Other Volunteer/Involvements
• COIN contest (2008-2009)
• MS walk (four years)
• Breast Cancer walk (six years)
• Cancer walk (six years)
• St. Francis Table (four years)
• Reading buddy (three years)
• Volunteered in elementary school (two years)
• Tutored voluntarily (five years)
• First Aid/CPR training (2009)
• Red Cross anti-bullying program (2008-2009)
• Drew/painted several pictures that were sold to family and friends (2004-2009)
• Volunteered at Santa Fest Parade (2008)</p>

<p>Sick Kids Toy Drive
• Organized a city-wide toy drive (2008)
o 3 schools + public participated
• Collected 600+ toys
• Was in newspaper, etc.</p>

<p>Book
• I wrote a book that is currently being edited and hopefully published; I plan to donate all of the proceeds</p>

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<p>I'm interested in attending university in the USA but I didn't take the SATs or ACT because I thought I wasn't really good enough...now I'm hearing from people who go to Ivy league schools, teachers, principal, etc. that I have a fair shot at Ivy league schools...
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1) Is it too late to take the SATs/ACT?
2) Would it look bad if I took a victory lap and applied NEXT year...being a year older...so that I have time to take the SATs?
3) Do YOU think I have a chance for high ranked US schools?**</p>

2

<p>What are your grades for 9th and 10th grades which also count here, and what’s your class rank?</p>

3

<p>92% average in grade 9
94% average in grade 10</p>

<p>We don’t have class ranks but I’d say that I’m in the top 5 of 300 students</p>

4

<p>Then with appropriate scores you would certainly have a shot at top schools. Better shot if you’re from outside a major city where they don’t see many applicants from. It’s not too late.</p>

5

<p>How is it not too late?</p>

<p>I haven’t taken the SATs yet :(</p>

6

<p>You can still take the SAT or ACT in October, November, or December.</p>

7

<p>Isn’t there a limit to when you can submit SAT scores - especially to top schools?</p>

8

<p>All three of those dates work for top schools.</p>

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<p>You’ll have to check their websites but I’m pretty sure you can still sign up for October, November, December (possibly even January) and still be OK–just as long as you apply RD instead of ED.</p>

<p>You should realizes also that without the proper SAT scores, you won’t have a chance at top schools. For that reason you may, as your other thread says, want to take another year off if you don’t get the SAT scores you need.</p>