Another Chance Thread

<p>I have been lurking around the forums for a while and I just got my scores back :(. Thanks for any help.</p>

<p>Class: Rising Junior</p>

<p>Freshman Classes
English B
Hnrs. Geometry B
Hnrs. Geography A
Hnrs. Integrated Sciences A
Latin I A
PE/Health A
Typing B (I broke my arm that year and I still have poor motor skills in that arm)</p>

<p>Sophmore Classes
English A
Hnrs. Algebra II A
Hnrs. Bio A
Hnrs. World History A
French I A
Latin II A</p>

<p>Future Classes
Junior
English III (I won't take Honors or AP b/c the department sucks)
AP US His. *
AP Physics B *
Hnrs. Pre-Cal *
Hnrs. Chem
Latin III *</p>

<p>Senior
College English *
AP Gov
AP Stats
AP Latin Virgil (I may not be able to take it; the class maybe phased out)
Global Issues
Humanites (The last two classes are part of my crappy major I can't change)</p>

<p>Sat I: Math: 690, Verbal:660 Writing: 630 (I will retake next year and get this one hand scored)
Residence: Louisville, KY
Rank: School does not rank, but I will likely be a Salutorian
School: Male High School; Top public school on KY(ranked always 1 or 2), 95% go to college, 2 people will go to a service academy, We sent one person to Harvard and MIT this year
Race: White
Socio-Economic Status: Poor (Household income <25,000) I will be the first in my family to go to college except for my cousin who is on Athlectic Scholarship at a NAIA school.</p>

<p>Activities:
Student Senate (I will be an officer next year) Soph-Senior
Civcs Club (Liberal) Group of Founding Members
Beta Club
Latin Club Treasurer
National Junior Classical League
Riflery&Hunting (A possible hook? I am trying to become a competitive shooter)
I am also working on creating a Debate Team, and a JSA chapter at my school.
Participant in 2004 University of Louisville/Bellarmine Summer Law Forum</p>

<p>Awards:
National Latin Exam Gold (Exams I& II)
KY World Lang. Association 1st place Latin Derivatives 2nd place culture/history
National French Exam: Ranked 13th in State of KY
Governors Cup Regionals (Only sophmore in the Varsity Regionals)
Departmental Awards (Social Sciences and Languages)
Academic Letters</p>

<p>College Description: I would like a school strong in Political Science and in Classical Languages/Latin. Catholic School would be a plus. Becuase I live in a large city and visit the country often, school location and size makes no difference.</p>

<p>Colleges
Definite Reaches:<br>
Cornell (Apply Ed?)<br>
Brown<br>
U Penn<br>
Notre Dame (dream school)<br>
Northwestern<br>
Georgetown<br>
UVa<br>
Duke </p>

<p>Possible Matches<br>
Vanderbilt (Dream School)
Brandeis (Justice Louis Brandeis graduated from my HS
Michigan
Boston College (I like Boston; the city seems like my kind of place)
Boston U
Cooper Union
WUSTL (Only 5-6hrs from home)
NYU (match/reach)
American U
GW
Willam & Mary
USC (match/reach)</p>

<p>Safties:<br>
Transylvania
University of Kentucky (accepts 90% of applicants)
Bellarmine U
Murray St.</p>

<p>Suggestions are welcome for other schools that could be a match.</p>

<p>Bump My post</p>

<p>i think georgetown could be a match if you raise the SAT</p>