Another chance threaddd!!! WOOO HOOO!!! :)

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

<p>White male</p>

<p>South Florida</p>

<p>ACT - 31 (29R, 29E, 34M, 30S)</p>

<p>Major: Math</p>

<p>Past Work Experience
- September ’07- December ‘07 AP Statistics tutor
Reason for leaving: It interfered with extra curricular activities and school work.</p>

<ul>
<li>June ’08 – November ’08 Lifeguard</li>
</ul>

<p>School
IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Rank: 8/324 as of 5/7/09 </p></li>
<li><p>GPA (unweighted): 3.89</p></li>
<li><p>GPA (weighted): 4.975</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Classes Semester 1 Semester 2
Pre-Calculus A A
Pre-IB Biology I A A
Journalism II A A
Pre-IB English I B B
Pre-IB World History B A
Research I/II (Physics H) A A
Pre-IB French II B A
AP Calculus AB A A
Pre-IB Chemistry I A A
AP Statistics A A
Pre-IB French III A A
AP U.S. Government and Politics A N/A
Volunteer Public Services N/A A
IB Computer Studies I A A
AP English Language A A
IB Math Methods II A A
AP Computer Science A A A
AP English Literature A A
IB Chemistry II A A
IB French IV B B
IB American History A A
Research VI A N/A
IB Theory of Knowledge N/A A</p>

<p>College Classes:
MAC 2311 Calculus I with Analytical Geometry Grade: A</p>

<p>MAC 2312 Calculus II with Analytical Geometry Grade: A</p>

<p>MAC 2313 Calculus III with Analytic Geometry Grade: A</p>

<p>MAP 2302 Differential Equations: A</p>

<p>ECO2013 Principles of Macroeconomics: A</p>

<p>Online Classes:</p>

<p>AP Art History - Semester 1: A
Semester 2: A
AP Microeconomics – A </p>

<p>Projected Senior Schedule:</p>

<p>IB Math Higher Level
Discrete Math/Graph Theory
IB English Higher Level
IB French B Standard Level
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB History of the Americas Higher Level
IB Chemistry Higher Level</p>

<p>AP Exam Scores</p>

<p>AP Statistics – 3
AP U.S. Government and Politics – 3
AP English Language – 4
AP Art History – 4
AP Calculus AB - 5</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:
- Group head in Freshmen Class Council: In charge of creating the float, which placed 3rd.
- Sophomore Class Council - Sergeant-at-Arms
- Junior Class council
- Group head in Project Earth- Recycling Program.
- Delegate for Mu Alpha Theta.
- Envirothon Captain
- Treasurer for Leukemia Inspired Fundraising Events (L.I.F.E.) club
- Treasurer for National Honor Society
- Created and President of ACE (Anti-Cheating Effort)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars/Other
- Big Brother and Big Sister Program participant (10): purpose of program is to motivate potential drug abusers, potential gang members, etc. under the age of 12 to use the alternative path and encourage him or her to be a good student along with an all around good person.
- Varsity Swimmer (9,10,11): accomplishments: qualifier for district and county meets
- Varsity Water polo (10,11)
- Mu Alpha Theta (Math team/honor society) (9,10,11): accomplishments- attended state competition, received top score in the pre-calculus individual round at the state competition, qualified for team round at the state competition.
-Subjects competed in: 9th- Pre-calculus, 10th- Statistics and Calculus, 11th- Calculus
- Volunteer Tutor (Algebra 1 (H), Geometry (H), Algebra 2 (H), Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, Calculus H, AP Statistics, and Statistics H) (10,11)
- French Club (10)
- Project Earth (9,10,11)
- Florida Math League participant (9,10,11)
- AMC 10 participant (9,10)
- AMC 12 participant (11)
- Envirothon (10,11) – Won 5th place overall in 2008.
- Money collector for a school competition- Class that collects the most change in 2 weeks wins. All money went to help poverty in Africa. Sacrificed my lunch period for 2 weeks collecting change. (9)
- Accepted to Law Week 2008 – Selected students were accepted to have a tour of the West Palm Beach court house and learn more about the way trials work.(10)
- Invited into the National Society of High School Scholars
- Nominated for the National Honor Society (10,11)
- Lifeguard (10,11)
- AP scholar with distinction since 2008- average AP score of 3.5 or higher and have at least 5 AP exams with a score of 3 or higher (10)
- Recruited onto the Palm Beach Community College math team (11). Won 3rd place individually at the State Competition.
- Top singer at Freeform (11) – A local talent show in the county that has been recognized for displaying the most talented performers.
- Princeton Book Award (11)</p>

<p>Schools- Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, UF, Duke, Georgetown, MIT</p>

<p>unrealistic expectations. lol AMC participant as EC</p>

<p>Are they really unrealistic?? We get top 10 into ivy/ivylike every year… Plus, I’m working on my essay now. Its not good enough yet, but it’s getting there.</p>

<p>Oh I forgot to say that I placed 3rd in the state at the Math Olympics. It’s a college math competition from colleges all around the state. I competed with the CC I took my math classes at.</p>

<p>Your numbers are little low but I don’t think you’re too far off.</p>

<p>Your gpa doesn’t match up well with your AP scores…
Lang and art history are supposed to be some of the easiest ones (most students with C’s in those classes at my school get 5’s on the AP)
and you should definitely retake the ACT; you also need at least 2 SAT 2’s for the lower Ivies and 3 for HPY and Georgetown</p>

<p>Ivies: all mid-high reaches
Stanford: high reach
Georgetown: mid reach
Duke: mid reach
Northwestern: mid reach
UF: match
MIT: high reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735819-i-cant-believe-im-actually-doing-but.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735819-i-cant-believe-im-actually-doing-but.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I agree your GPA and test scores are definitely on the low side for the Ivies and other top schools. Your ECs are good if a bit scattered but they show passion for math and volunteer work, so bravo there…but I think your test scores will hold you back
For the most part I agree with bobdylan, they’re all going to be mid to high reaches (esp Ivies/Stanford/MIT) except for UF, which I’m guessing is your safety school</p>

<p>Chance me back if you have time? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>thanks for the replies so far. I agree with the reaches, but it’s been my dream for ivy so i’m not gonna give up! lol. My school sends about 20-30 to ivies and other top schools every year. hopefully im one of those. For my AP scores, it was my schools fault! lol. my school didn’t order my AP exams (they forgot!) so I took all 5 in 3 days. One of these days was on the same day as my brother’s graduation and I missed his val speech (statistics and US govt. same ones I’ve gotten 3s on).</p>

<p>I can’t comment on your ACT scores because I know nothing about that test haha sorry >.< But your GPA is pretty good~ You’ve got quite a few math-related ECs and accomplishments and thats a plus~
I don’t agree that all the ivies are reaches though… Theres quite a big difference between the ivies.</p>

<p>Ivies: low-ish reaches/high matches – Cornell/Brown/UPenn. The others are reaches tho
Stanford: Reach
Northwestern: low reach/high match
UF: don’t know, sorry hehe
Duke: Reach
Georgetown: Good chance
MIT: High Reach</p>

<p>thanks or the responses!! bumpp :)</p>