<p>Well, I've sent my application, and there seems to be nothing left to do but agonize over all the things I should have put on it that slipped my mind for months but returned to me minutes after I submitted. What else is there to do but ask you wonderful folks to chance me and see how many safety schools I ought to be applying to?</p>
<p>Basic Stats:
-Suburban, white student from a low-income, single-parent family in a high-income city
-4.564 (cumulative) GPA on a 5.0 scale
-National Merit Semifinalist
-CA Girls State Delegate, elected Majority Floor Leader of the Assembly
-History major, also interested in dramatic arts and computer science</p>
<p>Test Scores:
-2370 on my first and only SAT in junior year (800 on writing, 800 on critical reading, 770 on math)
-750 on SAT II: Biology (M), 750 on Math II, 800 on US History, and 800 on Literature
-5 on AP European History, 4 on AP Chemistry, 5 on AP Language and Comp, and 5 on AP US History
-233 on the PSAT (I'm not sure if this counts for anything but National Merit, though.)</p>
<p>School Info:
-My current schedule is comprised of AP Physics C, AP Calculus BS, AP English Lit, AP Art History, and Drama II
-I took Spanish up to Spanish III and one year of German (I used the additional info section to explain that although I couldn't fit another year of German in my schedule, I'm using my free period to sit in on an AP German class and pick up the language while grading lower-level papers to keep my skills sharp.)
-I'm really, really praying that I won't have a B in physics or Calc at semester. (I never get B's.) Would this kill my chances?
-My class rank at this school (the best in my district, but not a comparitively prestigious school) is #8 of 600, because summer courses dropped my GPA from 4.6 to 4.5
-I have taken three college courses (inc. Macroeconomics) for college/high school credit and gotten A's.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-About 200 hours doing various jobs and programs at two different libraries up until junior year
-Captain of our brand new Speech Team (one first place award) and President of a small service club I have been involved with for two years
-Four years in the Red Cross Service club, but no special distinctions</p>
<p>Art:
-The reason I have no time for extracurriculars!
-Four years in drama--every play since my arrival at the school, including five lead roles
-This can take up to 27 hours per week; the program is not funded by the school at all, and we're really very passionate about it
-Basic stunt work and basic dance
-Currently playing a supporting role in my first professional show at a regional theatre; I'm now part of a repertory company and am earning points toward union membership
-I submitted the Arts Supplement, but I think my audition was kind of weak! </p>
<p>Other Materials:
-Two strong recommendations from teachers: The chair of the social science department wrote that I was one of the best students he had seen in 35 years
-My essay may have been a weak point. I hear that I'm a good writer, but it was long (1,100 words). I wrote about the ways in which I discovered my passion for communication (sharing art through low-budget theatre, stumbling my way through a conversation with a non-English speaker, and working through the hardship of having a disabled, chronically ill parent)
-My Stanford supplement essays were pretty good, but they tended to underscore the fact that I'm passionate about historical research, theatre, and politics.</p>
<p>Do I have any hope of getting in with low math and science scores, weak extracurriculars, and so on and so forth?</p>