Chance an ambitious sophmore?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Macalester College
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<p>Alright. I am a sophmore from the midwest hoping to get a jump on my college search and do whats best for me now to help my odds when it comes to applying. </p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>Freshman Year: Honors English, Honors Geometry, regular rest of my classes</p>

<p>Sophmore Year: Honors English, Honors Biology, honors spanish 3, Honors Alg 2 trig first semester, reg 2nd semester, Ap European History</p>

<p>Junior year registered scedule: Ap english, ap us history, pre calc, Honors chem, honors spanish 4</p>

<p>Senior year projected Scedule: Ap english, ap psychology, Ap statistics, honors physics, Ap spanish 5</p>

<p>ECs: Will be an Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts Scribe, wrote for school paper this year, hopefully obtain some leadership there. Piano lessons since 2nd grade, youth group leadership team, Student council member, Student Board Treasurer(Next year president?), Future Business Leaders of America member.</p>

<p>Volunteer: Peer Tutor for 10 hours, Teen court every month, total of 10 hours, various boy scout and student council activities.</p>

<p>Awards: gave 8th grade graduations speech, Confirmation.(any ideas to make this section better?)</p>

<p>Work Experience: worked at local theme park over the summer, obtained an internship for this summer through a local business that does financial planning, accounting, insurance, etc.</p>

<p>Im on the Boys Volleyball Team. </p>

<p>I will be volunteering over the summer also through a program that helps Immigrants get their applications for citizenship in. </p>

<p>Possibly doing Camp CEO over the summer, which would help tremendously in starting my own business. I hope to become fluent in Spanish and Latin by the end of High school. Ideas for getting into schools like this one?</p>

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<p>You sound like a pretty chill young student, but it's kind of difficult to "chance" you because you lack any sort of academic stats (e.g. SAT results, ACT results, a class rank, a class GPA). </p>

<p>Once you get solid numbers, you sound like you will be a great candidate for admission!</p>

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<p>thanks! My GPA is 3.8584 Weighted, so I will be working to get that up. Thanks a bunch!</p>

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<p>You have had a pretty solid start to high school, but you have to remember that your junior year is probably the most important academically. If you keep up the good work you should have the scores and the stats for a strong application.</p>

<p>As for awards, its hard to give advice on how to accumulate those. Does your school have an annual underclassman awards ceremony? Also, you'll have a shot at things like National Honors Society and National Merit next year. </p>

<p>Mac puts a lot of emphasis on your essays, too. If you can convey how much you really love the school without being trite, and if you show that you genuinely do want to make a difference in your field of interest... that will set you apart more than a GPA. And if you are offered an interview, TAKE IT. I had a really great interview with my regional admissions officer and I think that definitely helped me get admitted.</p>

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<p>Good to know. Ill keep that in mind when I'm writing my essays.</p>

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<p>Mac prizes civic and intellectual engagement and internationalism. Are these your interests as well? Think about if you and the college are a good fit and, if so, how that will be demonstrated in your application.</p>