<p>Junior-year, plan to apply next winter-->Fingers crossed, hopefully by then my GPA will bump up and i'll have more under my belt:</p>
<p>White male
GPA: 4.15
AP Classes: Everything available; hardest classes available
Rank: Top 5%
Acceptance and Enrollment in Academy of Science Magnet School (VERY RIGOROUS and selective)
SAT I: 1460/1600,(terrible I know, but I just retook it today to bump my score and im pretty sure i brought it up)
SAT II: Taking Chem, Math II, Biology in spring</p>
<p>ECs:
Varsity Lacrosse: 9th, 10th (im in 11th); varsity letter; all-academic award
Varsity Cross Country: 9th, 10th, 11th; varsity letter
Varsity Track: 11th
Creator and President of Ultimate Frisbee Club (FREAKIN AWESOME! cant wait to play in college)
Winter Running Club
Spanish National Honors Society
Biology Club
Tutoring Developmentally challenged students at Local Middle School
Volunteer at Local Free Hospital
Teach Sunday School Classes
Mission Trips
Church Youth Group
A bunch of other stuff...</p>
<p>State Finalist for Governors School (probably going) for Life Sci. and Med.</p>
<p>Individual Research Work in Nanobiotechnology Field; fabrication of devices for tissue engineering(cool stuff)-->Definitely interested in this field as shown in research opps and other ECs; a definite hook-point in my App</p>
<p>I've applied to a numerous amount of summer programs (pre-college/internships/etc.) so hopefully one of those works out</p>
<p>Nothing too spectacular but there is stuff I havent mentioned Oh well, Ill hope for the best!</p>
<p>My insight is that it looks like a competitive group of statistics, and my question is what you expect to do in your life after high school and college? </p>
<p>Your hook point sounds great and will definitely cut it for schools like Caltech/MIT. Harvard is pretty picky about class rank though. Best of luck---don't forget to apply to schools like Hopkins, Duke, Wustl (assuming you're going into biomed).</p>
<p>haha sorry Arch3r25...its been a long week. Pick about class rank as in.. i have to be a valedictorian? and top 5 is good enough? Oh i'm definitely applying to the likes of Hopkins and Duke and whatnot however horror stories about "grade inflation" affecting medschool admissions. Im not looking for Caltech/MIT. While great schools, the atmosphere/school itself is not quite my cup of tea.</p>
<p>Quoting this from a magazine article I read the other day from awhile ago:</p>
<p>"The perfect Harvard applicant must possess myriad traits that would, to the untrained eye, appear to be polar opposites. They must be at once intellectual and down-to-earth, confident and humble, outgoing and reclusive, athletic and artistic, literary and scientific.
They must be, simultaneously, a bold leader and an easygoing follower. They must consume gossip mags and classic novels with equal ferocity. They must enjoy spending countless hours holed up in the library -- if and only if they spend the same number of hours at a sweaty dorm party afterward in order to forget what they studied."</p>
<p>Your stats remind me of mine, in a sense. But everyone applying to Harvard has around good stats- whether it's their GPA or test scores, or both, or extra curriculars. I think the most important part is character. You have to have passion for something, and you have to be a good person. You have to be both hard-working, and fun, strict, and easygoing, opinionated, but yet a listener. Everyone seems to post their stats, activities, etc. And everyone's stats are so different, but good nonetheless. It is difficult to compare a person when no one is the identical. So when people ask to get "chanced," I would just have to say there is no way to tell. In my eyes, you seem like the perfect applicant; at least competitive. But what is the perfect applicant, really? I would have to go by the quote I posted previously, amongst a few other things.</p>
<p>Mal77: i would NEVER do that...ive done my hw on college essays...i'll probably wright about my burning desire for...ULTIMATE FRISBEE...god its amazing
or my independent research which is amazing and i love it</p>
<p>collegehopeful, i <3 ultimate frisbee too, its the greatest game ever. i discovered it a couple years ago and have played all the time since then</p>
<p>i apoligize in_technicolor i definitely value your posts... more than i can say for other posters!...</p>
<p>YESSSS ULTIMATE FRISBEE!!! cant wait to play in college. harvard has a beast team (#10 i believe) but i doubt ill get accepted. Thats pretty much the second thing i look for in a college...a solid club/intramural teaM!</p>