Chance a Confused Texan surrounded by negative people

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have no idea what my chances are at some of my high end schools, and all the adults are telling me i have no shot at any HYS schools, or any big scholarships what so ever. Sooooo i though i would take it to the experts:</p>

<p>PLEASE CHANCE ME FOR:
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
CalTech
Duke (Robertson and Angus B Duke Scholarships)
Rice
Clemson (National Scholars Program)
Washington and Lee (Johnson Scholarship)
Texas A&M (safety, scholarship?)
Texas Tech (safety, scholarship?)
LSU (safety, scholarship?)
Tulsa (Presidential Scholarship?)
Alabama (University Fellows Program????)</p>

<p>STATS:
Race: White
Sex: Female
FROM TEXAS!!!
Predicted rank: 1/11 (yes, 11. i go to a TINY school)
ACT: 36 composite (36 english, 36 math, 36 reading, 35 science, 9/12 on essay) (1st try)
SAT: 2350 (800 Verbal, 750 Math, 800 Writing) (1st try)
SAT IIs: 800 US History
790 Math IIC
760 Literature
Latin - Yet to be taken
Weighted GPA: 4.58 (4.28 UW)
APs: World History 9th -5
European History 10th -5, Pyschology 10th - 5 (self study)
American History 11th - 5, Human Geography 11th -5 (self study),
English Language & Composition 11th - 5, AP Art 2D Design 11th - 5
To be Taken Senior year:
Calculus BC
Latin (Vergil)
Chemistry
AP Art Drawing
US Government
English Literature
Senior Class Schedule:
all of the senior APs listed above + theology, rhetoric, and political philosophy</p>

<p>I have taken the hardest courses the school has offered throughout my high school career</p>

<p>ACADEMIC AWARDS:
National Latin Exam Gold Medal (9th, 10th), Silver Medal (11th)
AMC 10 Exam - Highest score in 9th and 10th grades
Greenhill Math Competition - 9th in geometry
Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll/Faculty Commendation pretty much every quarter each year throughout high school
1st in State in TAPPS (league of competition my school is in) 1A History and Art History (10th grade), 1st in History and Math at State (11th grade), 2nd in persuasive speaking at district (11th grade)
Outstanding History Student at School (2yrs in a row - 10th and 11th grade)
AP Scholar (Received 11th grade for exams taken in 9th and 10th grade)
AP Scholar with Distinction (Received 12th grade for exams taken in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade)
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>ART AWARDS:
9th grade:
Onsite Drawing (you sit in a room and draw a still life for 2 hrs. pretty boring right?) -
6th at District
Sculpture -HM at District
10th grade:
Drawing Graphite - 1st at District, 6th at State
Interior Exterior Furnishings - 2nd at District
Painting Opaque - 3rd at District, 2nd at State
Onsite Drawing - 6th at District, HM at State
11th Grade
Drawing Graphite - 1st at District, 1st at State
Drawing Ink - 1st at District, 1st at State
Painting Transparent - 4th at District
Seek and Sketch (you wander around a college campus and draw a picture that
responds to a prompt. it may sound boring but it gets interesting when it starts to
rain:))</p>

<p>ATHLETICS:
Varsity Basketball - 9th, 10th, 11th grade
District and Area champs -10th
District, Area, and Region Champs, State Final Four -11th
Varsity Volleyball - 9, 10
Varsity Tennis - 9, 10, 11, 12
State Quarterfinalist in Doubles - 10
Team Best Spirit Award -10th
State Qualifier -11
Girl's Tennis Team Overall State Champions - 11th!</p>

<p>ECS:
Student Council - Rep 9th, VP 12th
Varsity Cheerleading - 9, 10, 11, 12
Spirit Committee -9, 10,11,12
Drumline - 11 (canceled after 1 yr)
Epicurean Club -9, 10 Secretary (founding member
Art Club -11th Treasurer (founding member)
Mu Alpha Theta -member 11th, Prez 12th
National English honors Society - founding member 11th, Secretary 12th
Sophomore Class VP
UTA Bridge to Engineering Camp - 10th
Baylor BBall camp - 11th
CLARK SCHOLARS PROGRAM at TEXAS TECH - 12th. Very selective program. 12 students selected to go do research at Texas tech in different departments for 7 weeks., then you present a report at the end. Researched in Mechanical Engineering
HEAVILY INVOLVED IN YOUTH GROUP AT CHURCH</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE
9th Grade : 6/2005-5/2006 - 212 total hrs
6/2005 - Vacation Bible School Volunteer at FWBF - 15 hrs
Summer 2005 - Mission Arlington for FWBF - worked with low income children - 60 hrs
6/2005 - FWBF Frog Camp counselor - Day camp for K thru 2nd Grade - 20 hrs
4/2006 - Toyota/Dallas Morning News Regional Science Fair - EPA judging aid -
assisted EPA staff working as science fair judges with distributing materials, keeping<br>
scoring records, communication between judging groups, and taking photographs of<br>
projects - 3 hrs
6/2005-5/2006 - FWBF Sunday School Volunteer for K and 1st grade classes - 69 hrs
8/2005-5/2006 - Covenant Academy Volunteer tutor - 25 hrs
5/2006 - Covenant School West Dallas Community Church/School move and service
project - 20 hrs
10th Grade: 6/2006-5/2007 - 61 total hrs
6/2006 - Vacation Bible School Volunteer at FWBF - 15 hrs
7/2006 - FWBF Frog Camp counselor - Day camp for K thru 2nd Grade - 20 hrs
6-8/2006 - FWBF Sunday School Volunteer for 1st grade - 15 hrs
3/2007 - Toyota/Dallas Morning News Regional Science Fair - EPA judging aid - 3 hrs<br>
5/2007 - Covenant School West Dallas Community Church /School service project - 8 hrs
11th Grade: 6/2007 - 6/2008 - 146 total hrs
6/2007 - Grace Bible Church High School summer mission trip to Los Fresnos, TX - taught<br>
Vacation Bible School and performed community service work - 64 hrs
6-8/2007 - North Mesquite Branch Library Volunteer - worked with children’s summer<br>
reading program and reshelving books - 58 hrs
8/28/2007 - 6/3/2008 - Math and Physics Tutoring of Covenant School students for Mu<br>
Alpha Theta - Fall and Spring semesters - 14 hrs (7 hrs - Fall 2007, 7 hrs - Spring 2008)
4/27/2008 - Grace Bible Church High School Summer Mission Trip Spring Carnival
Fundraiser Volunteer - worked carnival activity booths, collected tickets, and helped
with clean up - 5 hrs
5/16/2008 - Covenant School Senior Blessing Banquet Volunteer - helped set up, serve<br>
meals, and clean up banquet area for graduating seniors - 5 hrs
Total Community Service hrs to date: 419 hrs </p>

<p>My essays are pretty good i think. i am worried about the ecs and community service because they are all over the place, but the school ekpt cutting off programs i got involved in.<br>
Teacher Recs should be awesome -
And i am sending the art supplement with a rec letter from my art teacher to HYS, Duke and Rice
Sorry for the overload of information, but i am REALLY REALLY nervous. so what do you think???</p>

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<p>Harvard - reach for everyone, you have good chances though
Yale - same as above
Stanford - same as above
CalTech - low reach/match
Duke (Robertson and Angus B Duke Scholarships) - low reach/match
Rice - low reach/match
Clemson (National Scholars Program) - in
Washington and Lee (Johnson Scholarship) - in
Texas A&M (safety, scholarship?) - in
Texas Tech (safety, scholarship?) - in
LSU (safety, scholarship?) - in
Tulsa (Presidential Scholarship?) - in
Alabama (University Fellows Program???) - in</p>

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<p>hmmm seems like a ■■■■■… how can you have volleyball and tennis when they are the same season. and cheerleading is a sport… so how can you have 4 varsity sports and with a school with about 40 kids i doubt they all do sports</p>

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<p>Probably a freshmen, i’ve been seeing a lot of them making chance thread if “all goes as planned”</p>

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<p>no this is real. we play tennis in the spring, volleyball in the fall. and there are 67 kids in my high school. believe it, i am a senior. and cheerleading well, we cheer at the football games and during basketball i only cheer at the guys games. its true. thats a benefit of a small school. i know one senior who does volleyball, cheerleading, tennis, and track. we all play a ton of sports.</p>

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<p>buuuuuummmmmppppp</p>

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<p>if it is true, dont use LSU as a safety if you want to go to a LA school</p>

<p>use Tulane</p>

<p>it is ranked 50th nationally in all schools, and it is an amazing school, plus you would probably get almost a free ride
.
as for the others, you are probably getting in to at least 1-2 of the best schools in america, especially if ur essay doesnt just suck</p>

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<p>is tulane really that good? i hadnt considered it before</p>

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<p>LOL…You’ve taken the hardest schedule available…in a class of 11! How could you not? How many people do you have in your Calc BC class, or is that a self study? </p>

<p>Anyway, joking aside, the bottom line is that you have outstanding stats, and I’m sure that at the very least, you’ll get into a few top schools. The fact that you’ve self studied APs shows your dedication to higher learning despite the limitations that you no doubt face in such a small school. Plus, you’ve got a 36 and a 2350, what’s not to like. And it looks like you have a slew of impressive awards and ECs.</p>

<p>Harvard - reach for everyone, but you’ve got as good of a shot as anyone
Yale - same
Stanford - same
CalTech -same
Duke (Robertson and Angus B Duke Scholarships) - in, high match
Rice - in, mid-high match
Clemson (National Scholars Program) - in (I don’t know anything about the scholarships)
Washington and Lee (Johnson Scholarship) in
Texas A&M (safety, scholarship?) - in
Texas Tech (safety, scholarship?) - in
LSU (safety, scholarship?) - in
Tulsa (Presidential Scholarship?) - in
Alabama (University Fellows Program???) - in</p>

<p>My guess is that you’ll get scholarships at most of them because you truly are an outstanding applicant, and I have no idea why everyone around you is shooting down your chances.</p>

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<p>well actually there are three ppl in my BC class (used to be 4 but one wouldnt do the homework and dropped down to AB). I just wish my school offered spanish:(</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>dont worry, there are 3 people in my algebra 3/math 101-112 dual enrollment class</p>

<p>and as far as tulane goes, yes it is very good</p>

<p>they also have a lot of opportunites for people that love to help others, since they are still rebuilding after katrina</p>

<p>i would give it a shot, check it out on the web if anything</p>

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<p>tulane would be good, but i dont think that they have mechanical engineeering, which is what i am gonna major in. in addition to history.</p>

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<p>I think that all of the schools on your list are very realistic, you can get into all of them, depending on what admissions thinks about you as a person (it’s very random). You have a shot at really any school in the nation. Congrats, you’re awesome! :)</p>

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<p>“the adults are telling me i have no shot at any HYS schools, or any big scholarships what so ever.”</p>

<p>they must be insane. you could get into any school out there</p>

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<p>Anyone that says you have no chance is completely wrong. Also, for things like the AMC, you should probably put your actual score instead of your rank for your school, since the score itself will say more than the rank in your school (especially considering its size). The fact that you’ve done so well with what you have is going to look great in the eyes of all the colleges you apply to.</p>

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<p>thanks! i’ll definitely do that.</p>

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<p>Too long, I just looked at your community service list, it’s too spread out, you’d want to have dedicate all your team to one place or two, three at most…I don’t think volunteering hours count if you add them up like that but if they do, colleges will just know that you did a bunch of random projects instead of focusing on one mainstream area. According to my quick glimpse over your academics, everything looks fine so you should shoot high. Here’s some advice, making a really long thread turns people off, one way to make it shorter is to just post the things that are significant to you like the main extra curriculars such as basketball or something.</p>

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<p>yeah, i figured that my community service would hurt me. Sorry for the really long post. i didnt know what all to include. But the reason for my weird community service and ecs was that my school kept cutting off programs after 1 year. So i couldnt do them for multiple years. i got very frustrated.</p>

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<p>thanks for chancing me! </p>

<p>ur stats r really good! im not too sure abt the scholarships. i got into tulane with a 20k scholarship b.c of my uw gpa was > than 2.7. maybe u might want to give it a try?</p>

<p>Harvard- reach
Yale - reach
Stanford - reach
CalTech - low reach
Duke - high match
Rice - match
Clemson - safety
Washington and Lee - safety
Texas A&M - safety
Texas Tech - safety
LSU - safety
Tulsa - safety
Alabama - safety?</p>