Chance me ED?

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<p>I know these threads can be a bit obnoxious, but I would really appreciate some feedback. </p>

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<p>White female, but Latin-American
I'm a Brazilian citizen and have lived in Brazil for 5 years, fluent in Portuguese, et cetera.
GPA: 3.8 uw, 4.5 w?
SATs: 740 cr, 800 m, 760 w
SAT IIs: haven't gotten scores back yet, but I plan to keep taking them until I get at least a 750 on two of them (including latin).
Class rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
- President of the Math Team for 2 years
- President of the Young Democrats club for 2 years
- President of the SAVE club (environmental group) for 1 year, secretary for year before
- ^ with these clubs I do a variety of things such as recycling, math tutoring, canvassing/phone banking during the election, taking care of the school garden
- organized a fund raiser concert for an orphanage in Brazil, raising over 600$
- National Honor Society
- over 200 hours in community service (volunteering at a summer music camp and at an orphanage in Brazil)
Music
- Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at the New England Conservatory
- All-Eastern orchestra (and district/all-state festivals)
- Lowell House Opera, Mercury Orchestra
- a variety of Harvard orchestras (Harvard Pops, Harvard Gilbert & Sullivan players, Harvard Bach Society)
- ringer for the Tufts Symphony...
- generally a very strong music resume</p>

<p>Letters/Recs/Et cetera:
- I think the two teacher recommendations I have will be good, though how can I know? We don't get to see them..</p>

<p>Awards:
Rochester Institute of Technology Award for Creativity and Innovation
Maxima Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam, sophomore and junior year (freshman year I was really sick and missed the exam)
Student end-of-the-year awards in Honors Geometry and Honors Orchestra</p>

<p>Class Rigor:</p>

<p>Freshman Year
- Honors Orchestra
- Honors World History
- Honors Foundations of English
- Honors Physical Science
- Honors Geometry
- Chorus
- Orchestra (regular)
- Honors Latin I</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
- Honors Orchestra
- Orchestra (regular)
- Honors US History
- Honors Biology
- Honors English
- Honors Algebra 2
- Honors Latin II</p>

<p>Junior Year
- AP Language and Composition
- AP European History
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors Precalculus
- Honors Latin III
- Orchestra (regular) (dropped Honors Orchestra)
- Art History independent study (with AP exam)</p>

<p>Senior Year
- AP Physics
- AP Calculus
- AP Latin
- AP Psychology
- AP US History
- Honors Literature of War and Genocide
- Honors Spanish III
(dropping regular orchestra as well)</p>

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<li>my school doesn't offer AP classes until Junior year, I think I can say that I took the most rigorous courses allowed</li>
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<p>any advice or chances?</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>I don’t see how you would not get in.</p>

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<p>thanks! that’s a relief to hear. I’m worried about my grades though…</p>

<p>my grades sophomore year very much hurt my GPA- I got 3 B+s (although one was in phys ed…), a B- (!), and only 4 As/A-s… How much will that affect my chances? My counselor is explaining my bad grades, that I went through minor depression and that they don’t reflect my academic abilities. my grades freshman and junior year are pretty solid, but will they judge me on that year?</p>

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<p>My lowest grade ever was a C+ in the 3rd term of junior year (in physics of all things). I followed it up the next term with an A+ to average out the year at A- level.</p>

<p>I had some fairly major family events that led to my low grade, but I didn’t bother having my counselor write some sob story. **** happens, deal with it; don’t make excuses for yourself.</p>

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<p>I don’t plan on writing some sob story; I understand that I messed up that year and now have to live with its consequences in the college admissions shebang. But nonetheless I want to know whether one year can have such a big effect when they clearly aren’t an indication of me academically?</p>

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<p>Probably not seeing as they were during sophomore year. Keep up your senior year grades and don’t succumb to early term senioritis.</p>