<p>Hey CC readers, I was just wondering if anyone could offer some input on my realistic chances at these schools and also recommend some other schools I might be interested in, and would be a good match for?</p>
<p>Schools:
University of Miami
University of Florida
NC State
UNC Chapel Hill
Elon University
Duke (reeeeeeeaaach)
Northeastern</p>
<p>Possible major: Civil/Environmental Engineering, possibly double major in Marine Biology if possible</p>
<p>I'm a rising senior, at a medium-large public school in Florida</p>
<p>White Female
Upper-middle class. Both parents went to college & earned bachelors degrees.</p>
<p>GPA:
Unweighted: 3.7
Weighted 4.7
Rank: 10/535 (Top 2%)</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT (May of 11th grade)
CR: 660 M: 660 W: 660
**These are relatively low, I know. I took the exam without any prep, but I am prepping for the October SAT, so I am retaking with hopes of increasing the total score (hopefully) 200 points</p>
<p>SAT II (June of 11th grade)
Bio: 770
U.S. History: 710
Math 1: 660</p>
<p>ACT (December of 11th grade)
Composite: 31
Reading: 34
Science: 33
Writing: 30
Math: 27</p>
<p>Past AP Classes & Exams
AP Government (5), AP English Lang (4), AP World (2), AP Biology (5) AP U.S. History (4), AP English Lit (2)</p>
<p>Past IB Exams
IB Business & Management SL (5)</p>
<p>I'm an IB student, and my class is actually going to be the first graduating class of IB students in our school. Because we're a new program, we don't have many options on our IB classes. However, all of my classes junior year were IB classes, and some of them were also overlapping AP's. Additionally, all of my academic classes as a freshman & sophomore were honors/Pre-IB (if they weren't already AP)</p>
<p>When I graduate, I will have 5 years of high school spanish, including AP/IB level work</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
IB Spanish SL (will also be taking AP spanish exam)
IB History of the Americas SL
IB Statistics & Integrated Differential Calculus SL (what a mouthful haha) [for other IB students, this is just the regular math SL class that our district gives a weird name to]
IB Biology HL
IB World Literature HL
IB Theory of Knowledge
Band V</p>
<p>I've taken 3 dual enrollment courses at our local community college as of this summer, I will also likely take Anatomy & Physiology (Lecture and lab) during the fall semester as well.</p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>Four years of marching band
Assistant section leader (10th, 11th)
Captain (12th)
*Competitions, football games, 15+ hours of rehearsal & performances per week, for the entire fall semester</p>
<p>Four years of winter colorguard
*10+ hours of rehearsal per week, from Late November through April. For those who don't know, this is basically an indoor performance group with flags/rifles/sabres etc. Unfortunately I can't hold leadership in this activity because my school does not have a team and I have to participate with a neighboring school, but it is something I am very passionate about.</p>
<p>Science Honor Society (11th-12th, its only for upperclassmen)
Selected as president for 12th grade)
Monthly beach cleanups and service projects, as president I help form and execute a big yearly service project with all the members of the club</p>
<p>IB Student Union (10th, 11th, 12th)
Vice President (11-12th)
A group for the purpose of uniting and creating a helping community for the IB students of my high school. We help with tutoring, arrange enrichment activities such as field trips to museums, etc. About 20 hours a month.</p>
<p>Spanish Honor Society (11th, 12th)
Service-based club, plans a holiday party for underprivileged preschoolers in the area, yearly fundraising projects. About 5-10 hours a month.</p>
<p>Community Service:</p>
<p>Palm Beach Gardens Concert Band (9-10th)
A concert band & performing ensemble dedicated to encouraging elderly citizens to continue their pursuit of music while raising funds to help fun local music students' musical endeavors (basically funding musical scholarships for local students through concert sales, etc). I performed with this ensemble for two years, 3hrs/week during the normal school year, so I earned about 150 hours over the course of two school years.</p>
<p>Marinelife Center - Counselor in Training
During the 2011 summer, I earned about 170 hours with a local sea turtle hospital educating campers about ocean conservation, sea turtles, etc.</p>
<p>During the 2012 summer, I currently am working with the education department, giving tours for field trips and education the general public about sea turtles, ocean life, & conservation. I will probably finish the summer with an additional 100 hours</p>
<p>Anything I missed? I appreciate any constructive criticism, etc, any weaknesses, strong points, etc.</p>
I think you’ll be fine in all the others.