<p>I've gone through just about every college in the United States- and Ireland- and finally have a list down.
Please help me with where i stand in each of them...please?</p>
<p>Colleges
Emerson(My cousin graduated from here, and is now a writer and listed with their notable alumni)
UChicago(just to see...i know i don't have a chance here)
UIUC
University of Iowa
DePaul
UIC
St. Olaf
Carleton</p>
<p>... i plan on majoring in creative writing.</p>
<p>ACT- 1st time-29, 2nd time- 30... am retaking in September
SAT- Augh. 1800. Not retaking.
SATII- Lit 720
GPA- 3.4ish. I think 3.34 is the official...not too sure. Has steadily gone up, however.
Rank- bad. 200's out of 600's.(My school also just switched to percentages this year, so that's sort of weird. I don't know my exact, but i'm in the top thirty percent.)</p>
<p>Senior Courseload
AP Environmental Science
AP Latin IV
Psych I (Turns into AP Psych next semester)
AP Computer Science
Strength/Conditioning
AP Lit/Comp
Pop Lit (Switches to either Journalistic Writing or Writing Fic n Poetry next semester)</p>
<p>ECs
Drama- four years. Crew and acting. Won 'Sophmore of the Year' and 'Best Cameo'
Newspaper- four years. Fine Arts and Reviews editor for 2 years
Speech- two years. placed in some competitions, nothing notable.
Radio- two years. Had own show, and read school announcements.
4-H- eight years. Treasurer for three. Founded Tractor Club. Ran Heifer International(Raises money to send animals to third-world countries for food.)
Riding- Ten years(not sure if i'll put this down) Won various awards in Cook County 4-H Fairs.
Internation Thespian Society- three years. Three-star member.
Choir- two years.
Piano lessons- six years.
Voice lessons- four years.</p>
<p>Community Service
Taught Sunday School- three years.
Spent a week in Harlan, Kentucky building homes.
Counselor for two weeks at a nature camp for nine to fifteen year olds.</p>
<p>Extra...stuff.
College-credit course in Intermediate Creative Writing at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Got published in two anthologies.
Taught myself drums, and have been in a band for the past four years.(eh..)
Four years of Science, Math, Social Studies, Gym, Language.
'Six' years of English(took extra classes)
Two years of choir, and two of my extra Englishes.</p>
<p>Since freshman year i've had- strep, mono, found out i was anemic, multiple blood tests for leukemia and diabetes, got into a car accident that made me miss three weeks, and... i don't know. Various medical injuries. I can't blame my grades on it completely, but ...should i include it in my optional statement?</p>
<p>...so? What are my chances?
I don't really care about the other schools; Emerson is my main one... And my GPA is below their average, but my ACT is a lot above it.</p>