Any chance?

[Brownnim]

<p>I'm a junior at the moment with a 4.0 unweighted GPA.</p>

<p>Classes
Freshman year
-Algebra 2
-Honors Civics
-Honors English
-Honors Chemistry
-Spanish II
-Freshman Band</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
-Honors English 10
-AP European History
-IB Chemistry SL
-PreCalc
-Journalism
-Spanish III
-Wind Ensemble (the top band)</p>

<p>Junior Year
-IB Biology HL
-IB English HL
-IB History of the Americas HL
-Wind Ensemble
-AP Calculus
-Spanish IV
-The school newspaper which is nationally ranked
-Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Senior Year I plan on taking
-IB Bio HL
-IB English HL
-IB History of the Americas HL
-Wind ensemble
-IB Math SL
-IB Spanish HL
-Theory of Knowledge
-school newspaper</p>

<p>-I am completing the IB Diploma which is the most rigorous course in my high school</p>

<p>Sports
-Soccer
-Cross country skiing
-lacrosse</p>

<p>Clubs
-I started the Quidditch Club at the High School
-member of National Honors Society
-Quiz Bowl Team
-Member of Roots and Shoots
-Member of H.E.R.O. volunteer club</p>

<p>Volunteering
-I volunteered at a camp/school for children from troubled homes or homes where their families couldn't take care of them. I gained 40+ hours of volunteer work from this experience.
-I volunteer at a food shelf and at my nature center
-I am going to volunteer a lot more this year with NHS
-This summer I plan on volunteering at a hospital and am going on a program for 2 weeks to help build orphanages/play with the kids in a Latin American Country</p>

<p>**I know I am lacking a little in volunteering, but I plan to work on that</p>

<p>The two things I am most passionate about are writing and medicine.</p>

<p>I have won national awards for writing and my stories/poems are displayed in several magazines. I will continue to pursue writing and send in my stories to new competitions.</p>

<p>I took the ACT for the first time and scored a 30, but I plan on retaking it and my tutor says I can get a 33. </p>

<p>I took the PSAT, but haven't received my score yet. </p>

<p>Do I have a chance?</p>

[shimmer]

<p>You look good. Keep your grades up and you’ll be golden.</p>

[mnm619]

<p>If you can get the ACT up to a 33, or score that equivalent on the SAT, you should be a pretty competitive applicant. There’s some degree of randomness to the whole thing… but with the higher ACT/SAT score, you’d be totally qualified.</p>

<p>You obviously have a great academic record with a 4.0 with a fairly legit course load. You’re active in extracurricular activities. It’ll help to keep working on the test scores, but otherwise, I wouldn’t worry about the admissions stuff too much beyond what you’re doing. If you’re planning on getting more involved in things outside of school, like increasing volunteering, remember to make it something that’s important to you. That should look better for admissions purposes but, more importantly, you’ll enjoy it more.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>