app help + chances Stanford, duke, ucla, pepperdine, princeton, washu

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok i have posted before but these are the complete and final stats!
Schools: Stanford EA, duke, ucla, pepperdine, princeton, washu
ACT: 32 (36 english, 34 math)
SAT: Math: 730 Reading: 790 Writing: 730...should I take again to bring up math? or will solid math sat2s and ap calc outweigh ti
SAT 2s: took in october...should be 3 above 750(math 1 math 2 and lit)
GPA:3.86/4.485</p>

<p>Classes: APS: last year: Physics B-4, Calc AB,-5 Lang/Comp-4, Microecon-4
Senior Year: Spanish, honors calc 2 online through u of i, Government, Human Geograph, Lit
Also taking a psychology class at local community college (prospective psych major)
School offers 11 APs (including music theory and french which I can't take anyways) And we cannot take them until junior year
Took three honors math classes my sophomore year</p>

<p>RAnk: Medium Size fairly competitive public in iowa: 7/300
ECs: Varsity Football Cheerleading (3 years) Co-captain/captain(2 years)
VArsity Basketball cheerleading (3years) Co-captain/captain(2 years)
Varsity competition Squad(3 years)Co-captain/captain (2 years)
VArsity soccer (will be 4 years)
JV Soccer(1 year)
Club soccer (11 years)(unsure where to add this)
Marching band (2 years)(one as a soph..should i put this on the app?)
Mock Trial team(Captain)
Social committee
Prom committee
Youth group (5 years)
Library Volunteer(5 years) ( volunteer work has been inconsistent but still has been lots of it..should i lump it all together as community service and put a number on it? i dont know how else to show it on the app, except in the summer section, where i talk about it a little bit)
Younglife
Various mission trips and other volunteer work</p>

<p>Job: Golds gym front desk staff 15 hours/week</p>

<p>Recs: should be great!
Essays: who knows....what should i write the roomate one about? so tough!</p>

<p>Academic Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP scholar with honor, Academic Excellence honor roll (6 semesters) Academic All-conference (4 seasons) </p>

<p>Other awards: State champions at high school cheerleading state my sophomore year, 3 time national qualifiers, 1st at mock trial regionals , 3rd at mock trial regionals once, 2nd in State 4A high school soccer, 3 time varsity soccer conference champions, 2 time state qualifiers. Shrine bowl all star cheerleader</p>

<p>Also: how do i fit the awards on the app? Its important to me that they know that i won state in cheerleading and got 2nd in state in soccer!</p>

<p>There is only so much space for ecs.... which are most important...should i combine all the cheerleading into one, even tho i want to show commitment over time and competition and game cheerleading are separate commitments?</p>

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<p>....bumpbumpbump.....</p>

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<li><p>Don't bother retaking the SATs. Your math score is just as likely to go down as up, and CR+M of 1520 is very, very good.</p></li>
<li><p>You don't try to fit all your ECs and awards on the app. Instead, you put your ECs, in detail and arranged in an easy to read table, on a paper supplement that you mail to admissions. To see how, pick up The Truth About Getting In and/or Rock Hard Apps by Katherine Cohen. Both books will give you good idea of how to arrange and present your ECs and accomplishments and also give you a good idea of what schools like Stanford are looking for in applicants.</p></li>
<li><p>Your chances...Well, it's a bit tough to estimate. You're about an average applicant at Stanford and Princeton, and average applicants have about a 10% chance at both schools. You're an above average applicant at Duke and WashU and above average applicants have about a 30 to 40% chance at both. But, your hook (so to speak) is that you're from Iowa, and I expect applicants from Iowa, especially applicants with appropriate stats, are relatively rare at all four schools, and are especially rare at Stanford, Princeton, and Duke, and these schools do want a good geographic mix. So, given the Iowa thing, I think you actually have a better than average chance at all four schools. My guess is that you'll get into at least two.</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA and Pepperdine should be no problem. I'd be surprised if you weren't accepted at both.</p></li>
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<p>thanks! no one is really giving me advice on how to fill these things out and i wish i had someone who could help me...its tough because i want to do it right and i only have one chance!</p>

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<p>Princeton requires 3 SAT II's. Usually this means from 3 different areas, so only one of the Math 1 & 2 scores would count towards the three required.</p>

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<p>I took physics last year and got a 700 so i really wouldnt want to include that...maybe ill take them again in december and take the spanish one as well</p>

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<p>Sounds good, just didn't want to see your application placed in the round file because you were one test short of their requirement. Good luck!</p>

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<p>spartan - </p>

<p>Small point here. When you ask the College Board to send your SAT and SAT2 scores to a college, they send the scores for all the tests you took. The college may count only the top scoring SAT2s, and the top scoring sections of the SATs, but the admissions office will see everthing.</p>

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<p>Yep yep i read that on the website...i meant i didnt want it to be included as one of the top 3...I'm not really afraid of them seeing it because its not terrible, it just not competitive.</p>

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<p>spartanspirit428:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>