Chance Hispanic girl...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schools I'm interested in:
American University
George Washington U
University of Miami
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Virginia
Northwestern U
UNC at Chapel Hill
Georgetown U
Duke (I know that's a HUGE long shot, but I have nothing to lose, so hey, why not?)</p>

<p>The Basics
Hispanic Female from Florida</p>

<p>Academic Background
Class Rank: Top 25%
Unweighted GPA: 3.70 (estimate-- haven't gotten my report card back for the end of this year)
Weighted GPA: 4.80 (again, estimated)
PSAT: 206
SAT Critical Reading: 800
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 710
Combined SAT: 2190</p>

<p>Magnet School
128 students per class year </p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Yearbook (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, during the school year)
Type: Journalism/Publications
Editor in Chief
4 to 8 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr
Details: Is an actual class but it involves a LOT of hours out of class, as anyone who has ever taken yearbook will know.</p>

<p>French Honor Society (10th, 11th, 12th, during the school year)
Type: Foreign Language
Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, or equivalent
1-2 hr/wk for 40 wk/yr </p>

<p>Quill and Scroll (11th, 12th, during the school year)
Type: Journalism/Publications
Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, or equivalent
2 hr/wk for 40 wk/yr
Details: Honor Society</p>

<p>National Honor Society (12th, during the school year)
Type: Academic
Member
1 hr/wk for 40 wk/yr </p>

<p>Athletics
Varsity Water Polo (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
Co Captain
12 hr/wk for 25 wk/yr (1200 hours total)</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
Co Captain
10 hr/wk for 20 wk/yr (800 hours total)</p>

<p>Jobs
Swimming Instructor (11th, 12th, during summer and the school year)
2-12 hr/wk for 20 wk/yr </p>

<p>Self-Employed-- Babysitting (10th, 11th, 12th, during summer and the school year)
3 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr </p>

<p>Lifeguard (11th, during summer)
20 hr/wk for 4 wk/yr </p>

<p>Internship
Office of Communications with local city
-wrote article for magazine
-worked with film crew
-filed, helped out around office, so on and so forth</p>

<p>Community Service
Office of Communications (apart from Internship)
Various other places, a few hours here and there
(I know my community service is kind of pathetic, but I'm hoping to start a service project this summer, so hopefully that helps).</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>American University - Match
George Washington University - Match
University of Miami - Match
Washington University in St. Louis - Reach
University of Virginia - Reach, very close to match
Northwestern University - Reach
UNC at Chapel Hill - Reach, very close to match
Georgetown University - Reach
Duke University - Reach</p>

<p>Regardless, I think you are headed to a very fine university in the fall of 2010.</p>

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<p>I hope you’re right!</p>

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<p>Duke = match, IMO.</p>

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<p>Vicky, my biggest concern was GPA. Do you think it’s ok?</p>

<p>Also, I’d love to know what I can do, if anything, to seriously improve my chances for Georgetown, which is atm my top choice? (Beside raising SAT scores, which I fully intend to work on as soon as October rolls around). </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>