<p>Hello! I actually posted this in the "What are my chances?" forum, but I thought if I posted it here that I might get some feedback from students at Emory and whatnot. I was just wondering whether or not I have a strong chance of being accepted at Emory.</p>
<p>My stats are listed below, and thank you to the people giving responses in advance!</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>Entering college: Fall 2007
Gender: Male
Prospective Major(s): English, Spanish
Current location: Georgia</p>
<p>SAT: 710 cr 600 m 600 w (I'm retaking this very soon, and I feel like I can easily raise my CR and W scores, just from experience, and I can significantly raise my math score since I have now taken trig/precalc.)</p>
<p>ACT: September 2006</p>
<p>GPA: 99.0/100.0 (We don't utilize the 4.0 scale at my school.)</p>
<p>Class rank: 3/140</p>
<p>ECs:
Marching Band (July- January, 20+ hours a week): This is why I have a small list of ECs. - 5 years</p>
<p>Concert Band (November- May, 8+ hours a week): first chair soprano and alto saxophonist- 4 years
Part of my baptist church orchestra (Year-round, 3-4 hours a week): first chair soprano and alto saxophonist- 3 years
National Honor Society
Spanish Club President (sophomore, junior, and senior years)
Art Club- 3 years
SAGE Club (future teachers)- 2 years
Literary Team- 3 years
Pegasus (Honors students)- 4 years
Independent study in linguistics, etymology, and language (hopefully I can work this into an app. essay)</p>
<p>Awards, honors, and achievements:
English excellence award (highest GPA in all English classes)- 3 years in high school, 6 years total
AP U.S. History excellence award
1st place region spelling competition winner at literary meet (soph. and junior)
1st place state spelling competition winner at literary meet (junior year)
Perfect attendance (freshman- junior year)
Who's Who Among American H.S. Students (3 years) [note: I realize this is just a scam, but recognition nonetheless... so there's no need for that to be repeated.]
National Honor Roll [probably the same note as above]
National Society of H.S. Scholars (2 years)</p>
<p>Interests:
Literature
Spanish and other Romance languages
Musical theatre (though I have no previous experience, other than having seen lots of it! )
Grammar, linguistics, spelling, etymology
Graphic/web design- 5 years
Writing
Saxophone performance- 7 years
Art</p>
<p>Classes I have taken:
- Freshman year:
Honors Freshman Lit/Comp.
Honors World Geography
Algebra I & II (I actually got to take Al. I in eighth grade for h.s. credit)
Honors Biology
Intro. to Technology I
Personal Fitness/Health (Had to take this...)
Visual Art/Composition I
Band
- Sophomore year:
Honors World Lit/Comp.
Honors World History
Euclidean Geometry
Chemistry (Gifted/Talented)
Spanish I
Intro. to Technology II
Visual Art/Composition II
Band
- Junior year:
Honors American Lit/Comp.
AP U.S. History
American Government (Gifted/Talented)
Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry
Physics
Spanish II (Unfortunately, only Span. I & II are offered at my school.)
Band</p>
<p>Classes I signed up for:
- Senior year:
AP English Literature
AP Economics
AP Calculus
Honors Human Anatomy
AP Art (Visual Art/Composition III)
Journalism/Writing Workshop
Band</p>
<p>(Unfortunately, our school only offers, AP U.S. History, AP English, AP Economics, AP Calculus, and AP Art.)</p>
<p>And, I'm not sure if this matters at Emory, but I am visiting the campus soon to express interest in attending. (I also ordered the DVD virtual tour/viewbook.)</p>