Can I get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>High School Jr., male, white, middle class</p>

<p>Choices:
1. Princeton
2. Penn
3. USC
4. Stanford</p>

<p>From OK, high school sends little if any grads to top schools</p>

<p>Valedictorian
Ranked #1 in class of 300
GPA: 4.0, 4.6 weighted
AP classes I've taken:APUSH, English Lang, Calc AB, Chem, Art History (haven't got back scores) and next year I'm taking English Lit, Gov't, Euro History, Calc BC</p>

<p>ACT- 32, plan to take once more
SAT-2050 (650 CR, 710 M, 690 W), plan to test once more to get scores up
SAT Subjects- haven't taken any yet but plan to take: Math II (800 on practice), US history, and Spanish</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Boy's State delegate
Senior Class President
NHS
FCA
Business Professionals of America
Academic Team
Spanish Club
Youth and Gov't
Model UN
Patriots against world suffering
Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>I also served on the OKC youth council which is like a gov't/leadership program for 18 kids from the whole city</p>

<p>I've volunteered as a political campaign intern and at Feed the Children. I am also set up to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity this summer. </p>

<p>I plan to page at the capitol. </p>

<p>I will be in a mentorship program my senior year in politics or business</p>

<p>I will have college credit for macroeconomics and calculus from OCU</p>

<p>I can get a letter of rec. from the OKC mayor, and possibly my Representative. </p>

<p>My interests include history, politics, government, humanities, literature, music, international studies, economics, business, and volunteering. </p>

<p>Now, can I get in, and if not, what can I do to improve my chances and how can I improve my sat's
Thanks!</p>

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<p>good ECs, nice focus.</p>

<p>just get the SATs up a lot and you will have a pretty good chance in my opinion. you never really know about princeton or stanford though...</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I have a part time job, working 20-25 hours a week.</p>

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<p>What is FCA and Business Professionals of America?</p>

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<p>FCA is Fellowship of Christian athletes which is ironic because you don't even have to be an athlete. I played soccer my freshman year but decided it wasn't for me after that. However, I was able to stay in FCA. It's basically a devotion time. </p>

<p>BPA is really nothing. IT's just a pointless club that I can put on my application that I hold a leadership position in. It's basically a bunch of students who are interested in business who get togther and talk. There is a BPA state, i think, but it's really not that important, just another EC.</p>

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<p>I thought about starting a non-profit, but it's a lot of work. Has anyone here ever started one?</p>

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<p>scores are low for those schools. To improve your chances, i'd try to get 2200+, 750+ on SATII's, and write some good essays. Then you'll have a decent shot.</p>

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<p>How do i improve my reading score?</p>

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<p>reading is the hardest section to improve, but getting writing up is really easy. Seeing as how the essay hardly matters (on some SAT's you can get a 10 essay and 800 writing section), all you really need to do is memorize the grammar rules. The best way to do so is just buy a grammar book for the SAT, read it a few times, take as many grammar practices as possible and then your good to go. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about the essay, unless you have a 7, but if thats the case I would worry about my colleges essays as well...</p>

<p>The reading score as I mentioned is difficult to raise, because its not like someone can reteach you how to read. There are definitely strategies to the reading section though, for instance if its a vocab problem you can blitz vocab (learn over 2000 new words before you retake the test). To improve the actual reading part, start doing what you should be doing on the SAT in your everday reading; ask yourself questions about what you've just read and see how well your comprehension is.</p>

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<p>Do you think it would help if i took a bunch of practice tests or would that just be a waste of time?</p>

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<p>practice tests r a big help, go for it</p>

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<p>Thanks, any more advice?</p>