<p>Gender: Female
State: Underrepresented state at schools outside the Mid-Atlantic (I've done research on this)
School Type: Small private, sends ~3 out of 50 to top schools </p>
<p>Test Scores:
PSAT- 200 composite (possible commended?)
SAT- M:740 CR:700 W:720 Composite:2160
AP Euro: 4
AP Art History: 4</p>
<p>Courseload: The HARDEST possible classes I can take. I have the most APs in my entire grade and have had to get special exceptions to take out of grade level courses.</p>
<pre><code> AP Classes: I have taken AP Art History and AP Euro. I am currently taking
AP English Lang, AP Stat, and APUSH. Next year I'll be taking AP Psych,
AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, and AP Bio.
</code></pre>
<p>ECs: I know it sounds like a laundry list so I asterisked my most important activities
-<em>Science Olympiad 9, 10, 11 (captain)
I've won 2 state medals (3rd and 9th)
-</em>Serve as assitant editor and secretary of the board for a political journal
-<em>Published writing in a political journal on education reform
-</em>Interned at the Lieutenant Governor's Office of Delaware
-Tutor at a private school for disadvantaged girls
-*Serve on the Student Advisory Board for that same school
-Serve as a student ambassador for my private school
-Serve as an elementary school science olympiad coach
-Earned 6th in Varsity Academic Bowl Championship
-Invited to Math League Invitational (am on school's A-Team)
-Varsity Swimming - 9,10,11
-National Honor Society</p>
<p>Awards: Seriously lacking
-National Honor Society
-Highest Honor Roll all semesters of high school
-Outstanding Achievement in Honors Latin
-Winner of a sandcastle contest
-Won 2 state medals for science olympiad
-Scholar athlete award
-Earned 14th and 23rd at my swimming state meet (will NOT be recruited, do not want to swim in college)</p>
<p>Summer Stuff:
After 9th: CTY Writing Analysis and Persuasion; Swimming Lessons Instructor
After 10th: CTY History of Disease; Internship with the Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
After 11th: CTY Utopias and Dystopias; Either interning again with the Lieutenant Governor or I will participate in Bank of America Leadership Program (if accepted)</p>
<p>Colleges:
-Swarthmore
-Hampshire
-Oberlin
-Kenyon
-Harvard
-Franklin and Marshall
-Dartmouth
-Case Western
-University of Delaware Honors Program (in state)
-Wesleyan
-Brandeis
-Smith
-Mount Holyoke
-Goucher
-American</p>
<p>ok first i would not knock off athletics, colleges want to see that you are very balanced</p>
<p>you say you take the most AP’s in your school but compared to other schools you are more along the higher norm b/c i know kids in my school taking 5 or 6 and we are a pretty good public BUT since your school is different and they needed to make special exceptions, you are set since they will receive a school report</p>
<p>-Swarthmore - in
-Hampshire - never heard of it
-Oberlin - never heard of it
-Kenyon - never heard of it
-Harvard - you can’t ever predict harvard
-Franklin and Marshall - in
-Dartmouth - if valedictorian, id say in
-Case Western - never heard of it
-University of Delaware Honors Program (in state) - DEFINITELY haha
-Wesleyan - good chance, im from CT!
-Brandeis - tough, but definitely doable
-Smith - in
-Mount Holyoke - in
-Goucher - in
-American - in</p>
<p>you could pick some tougher schools! you have the numbers definitely</p>
<p>Harvard, Dartmouth, and Swarthmore are in question. You have a chance though, you’re not out of it.</p>
<p>Everywhere else you should be in. You have good grades and test scores, and a rigorous course load from an under represented state. Your ECs are very unfocused though, and it does look a bit like a laundry list. DO you come from a financially disadvantaged family?</p>
<p>And finally, you said you’d worship me as a god, I’ll take my sacrifices as lifestock and female virgins > age 18.</p>
<p>There’s no way that I’m in at Swarthmore, that school is like an ivy, haha. I actually may take 5 APs next year, but I’m not certain. My progression will be 9th: 0 10th: 2 11th:3 12th:4 or 5. Most people at my school have 9th: 0 10th: 1 11th:2 12th: 3. So I’ll be graduating with at least 2 more APs than the rest of my class and 3 more than most of the top quintile.</p>
<p>My ECs are primarily focused around educational reform, that’s why I asterisked most of those. I’ll probably knock of academic bowl and math league if I have to just to give myself some more focus. I’m going to package myself on my apps that way. My ECs will look more like:
-Published author on education reform
-Interned at the Lieutenant Governor and served on the selection committee for Models of Excellence in Education
-Student Advisory Board Member at school for disadvantaged girls
-Tutor at school for disadvantaged girls’ school</p>
<p>-Swarthmore - match
-Hampshire - idk
-Oberlin - match
-Kenyon - idk
-Harvard - high reach
-Franklin and Marshall - match
-Dartmouth - reach
-Case Western - high match
-University of Delaware Honors Program (in state) - Match
-Wesleyan - match
-Brandeis - low reach
-Smith - match
-Mount Holyoke - match
-Goucher - match
-American - match</p>
<p>I don’t understand why everyone thinks these top schools are a match for me. Aren’t they high reaches for pretty much everybody?</p>
<p>See, I’m thinking about quitting swimming next year. I really don’t like it even a little bit so I don’t see why I would continue. That’s kind of why I’m deemphasizing sports.</p>
<p>-Swarthmore - match
-Hampshire - N/A
-Oberlin - N/A
-Kenyon - N/A
-Harvard - high reach
-Franklin and Marshall - match
-Dartmouth - reach
-Case Western - match
-University of Delaware Honors Program (in state) - match
-Wesleyan - match
-Brandeis - high match
-Smith - match
-Mount Holyoke - match
-Goucher - match
-American - match</p>