<p>Can I get in?</p>
<p>GPA 3.85 UW (approx)
Top 10% Class Rank
750 Math SAT
730 CR
760 Writing
740 Lit
670 US History
690 World History
720 Math 1
750 Math 2
740 Bio
720 Chem
770 Physics
ACT 34</p>
<p>4 Honors, 2 AP, 8 College Credit Courses</p>
<p>Community Service:
Missions Trip to Nicuragua
Missions Trip to New Orleans
Went to Africa and visited w/ kids in orphanages
Free Babysitting/Tutoring
Sponser 2 children with Life and Hope Association
Volunteer in the nursery @ church</p>
<p>Music
Gutair 6 years
Piano 3 years
Church band</p>
<p>Clubs I ACTIVELY participate in
SADD
Kids for Kids
FBLA</p>
<p>CHURCH
Youth (Some other community service projects w/ them)</p>
<p>JOBS
Full Time Summer Job Construction Crestview Bld Inc. 3 years
iTV</p>
<p>If you convey your passion for making those mission trips you have a pretty good shot at making it in.</p>
<p>Also why did you take so many SAT II's?</p>
<p>We had this kinda compitition thing going on @ my school seeing who could get the best scores on the most. I might not put them all on my app because my counsulor told me it would make me look needy.</p>
<p>@Kaye93: What? Nonsense. How is showing knowledge of multiple subject areas demonstrative of neediness? Regardless, sending the score of one will automatically display the scores of the others.</p>
<p>When listing ECs, highlight your mission trips, but be sure to throw in one or two that also shows you are a regular guy as well. That's just my take on it.</p>
<p>For essays, be sure to read the posts (and books) that caution against using the "we're all the same" and other "we are the world/holding hands" type ephiphanies. What you need to highlight while using the mission as the backdrop is <em>you</em> - that you have a good balance between working hard and being likeable. Remember that your essays need to tell the admissions officers that you are passionate - and this passion applies to how you approach life - but that you are also approachable and have just the right amount of humor/humbleness to make you a great classmate for all of the students you will be interacting with on campus. The essay shouldn't be about mission work... it should reveal a slice of your life that makes each admissions officer be interested in meeting you and convinced that you will absolutely shine on the campus. </p>
<p>Annika</p>