<p>White Male
Cincinnati, Ohio
Public high school of under 1000 (Top school district in state & nation)
GPA: 3.5 (I got straight Bs Freshmen and Sophomore year, B+s Junior, and this year I expect to get As)
Rank: 68/170
SAT: CR: 590 Math: 570 Writing: 600
SATII: Math Level 2: 520
US History: 610 (Should I send this? Can I send only one?)
ACT: Composite 27 (Eng: 26 Math: 25 Read: 32 Science: 25 Combined Eng/Writing: 24 Writing: 7 out of a possible 12)</p>
<p>Math (F/S/J/S):
Planes & Solid Geometry/Algebra II/Trigonometry(aka Precalc)/AP Statistics</p>
<p>English(F/S/J/S):
Honors 9th, 10th, 11th, AP English 12</p>
<p>Foreign Lang:
Latin I/II/Spanish I/none</p>
<p>Science (F/S/J/S):
Biology/Chemistry/none/Anatomy</p>
<p>History(F/S/J/S):
World History I/II/AP US History(AP Score 2)/AP Government and Politics</p>
<p>Other:
Psychology half year Junior Year (AP score 1)
Sociology half year Junior (Didn't take AP)</p>
<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:</p>
<p>Football 9th & 10th grade
The Forum (political discussion group) 10th & 11th grade
School Newspaper columnist 12th grade
School Literature Magazine 11th & 12th grade
Robotics 10th grade (We finished 2nd place, but didn't have the funds to continue and the program was then shut down)</p>
<p>Work Experience:</p>
<p>Worked for a semester for the Middle School After School Care Program as a counselor. I worked for 2 days a week, for 2 hours after school.
Also worked as the football scoreboard animator for 3 friday night games</p>
<p>That's mostly it. I go to a really small school that has been continually ranked as one of the top school districts and top high schools in the country (public) and I'm in the top half. I take APs, so far haven't done well on the AP tests, and I'm looking at a few schools.</p>
<p>Ohio State University (OSU)-Main Goal</p>
<p>Cincinnati University (UC)-Safety</p>
<p>Stanford University-Long shot</p>
<p>I'm hoping my essay will help make Stanford and OSU more realistic, but I'm not sure. My counselor told me that Stanford was a long shot and that OSU was a maybe, and that UC was a "slam dunk". I'm not sure what other schools to even look at applying to. I'm interested in a CS major and so OSU and Stanford excel in those. All other colleges aren't really that well known for their CS (Other state schools and such) so right now It's only 3 main schools that I'm looking at. </p>
<p>Would appreciate any comments, advice, constructive criticism and suggestions.</p>
<p>It's my first time posting on this website but I'm no stranger to forums (hence my computer interest) and it seems most of this threads are by people who are amazing students with straight As, 5s on their APs, and with hours upon hours of extra curriculars and community service. It's really intimidating, and quite frankly I'm really scared that if I don't get accepted at OSU (a relatively cheap yet amazing in state school) then I'll be forced to go to some other school that is of much less quality because I simply can't afford to go anywhere else (UC). </p>
<p>I'm also scarred about my essay, have encountered some confusing issues with the OSU application, and overall am looking for some serious guidance here...</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>