Chance for UMD Honors

<p>Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

<p>I am currently a rising senior
GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.41 W (Honors is +.5, AP is +1)
Class Rank: 18/525ish
SAT: 2340 (only took once)
(Will be taking SAT IIs in Oct)</p>

<p>APs (will include full schedule list at end):
Calc AB/BC: 5
World History: 5
(waiting on scores for the rest, should all be 4+ though, hoping for mostly 5s)
US History
Physics C Mech
Physics C E&M
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Lang
Chem </p>

<p>Also taken Calc III and Linear Algebra at a community college...received As
Took Diff Eq for a week in the summer but then withdrew...it shows up on the transcript as a W</p>

<p>ECs:
NHS (1 yr)
Tri-M (Music honor society, 2 yrs)
Science Honor Society (applied and accepted, will be doing next year, requires a science competition, so probably will be in Olympiad or something)
Orchestra (Violin) (9 yrs)
Concert Band (Horn) (5 yrs)
Marching Band (4 yrs)- Section leader (2nd year)
Take Horn and Piano lessons
Play Horn in local youth symphony orchestra (advanced, has a lot of all-state players)
Senior Mentor (applied, pending acceptance...if I get in the principal will write me a letter of recommendation)</p>

<p>Not much volunteering outside of service reqs...may start looking soon
No work experience yet...currently on a job search</p>

<p>Leadership
Horn and Mellophone section leader
Also led a Horn quartet which received a I at county adjudication
Senior mentor if I get it
NHS (just a member but sort of hope leadership is associated with it)</p>

<p>Senior schedule:
AP Bio
AP Lit
AP US Gov
AP Music Theory (spring only, self-studying fall semester due to schedule conflicts)
Walking Wellness (Grad Req) (fall)
H Spanish III
H Orchestra IV
H Band IV
(free period will be for senior mentor if I get it...otherwise will just be free or I might be an office/guidance aide)</p>

<p>Should have a strong essay if there's enough revision time
Recs will be strong but probably not exceptional</p>

<p>Demographic stuff:
Maryland resident
White Male
Retired parents so lowish income...own 2 houses though
cultural jew....religiously atheist (not sure if it's relevant)</p>

<p>Transcript:</p>

<p>Middle School:
H Algebra I (6)
H Geometry(7)
H Algebra II (8)</p>

<p>Freshman:
H English 9
H US Gov
H Pre-calc
H Bio
Spanish I
Tech Ed
Orchestra
Band</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP World History
AP Calc AB/BC
H Chemistry
H English 10
Spanish II
Orchestra
Band</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Econ
AP Lang
AP US History
AP Chem
AP Physics C (Mech and E&M)
Gym/Health
Orchestra
Band</p>

<p>Got As in everything except a B in Geometry and a semester of freshman english</p>

<p>I'll be applying to UMD and am fairly confident that I can get in...however, I have no idea how selective the honors program is so any insight you can provide would be helpful</p>

<p>Any evaluation or recommendation to improve my application would be appreciated</p>