<p>State: Florida
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian, parents: Russian
Weighted GPA: 5.41
Unweighted GPA: ~3.7/4.0
Major: History
APs: Environmental Science, English Language & Composition, U.S. History, French Language & Culture, English Literature, Biology, Human Geography, Art History, U.S. Government & Politics, Microeconomics
School: EXTREMELY competitive Magnet school - with a focus on mathematics and science (in Top 100 Best High Schools- U.S. News & World Report)
Rank: Top 10 percent of class (not sure the exact number)
ACT: 30 composite, I'll be retaking in February and hopefully they'll take it into account
SAT Subject Tests: U.S. History: 730, French (w/o listening): 760</p>
<p>E-Cs & Awards:</p>
<ul>
<li>Spent the summer in Northwestern Argentina working (community service) at a center for children with cerebral palsy (basically rebuilding within) and at a school in a very small poor town. </li>
<li>I'm trilingual (absolutely fluent in French, English, Spanish)</li>
<li>French Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, National Honor Society</li>
<li>Model United Nations (Univ. of Florida GATORMun)</li>
<li>Investment Club</li>
<li>Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics Honor Society, competitions)</li>
<li>Founding Member of a Recycling Project @ my school</li>
<li>Interact Club (community service club): Sergeant @ Arms, Historian</li>
<li>Varsity Water Polo</li>
<li>Varsity Swimming </li>
<li>Gay/Straight Alliance Member</li>
<li>Published Poetry in a book for outstanding poetry by high school students (you're chosen) and it's all from students all over the U.S.)</li>
<li>AP Scholar Award</li>
</ul>
<p>I tutor kids in French after school (work).</p>
<p>I'll have great recommendations from my A.P. Environmental Science teacher and from my Spanish teacher (who has known me for three years). </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that my essay (CommonApp) will do well because my AP Lit teacher told me it was amazing and told me she forgot that she wasn't reading for pleasure, it's about my moral philosophy. </p>
<p>I know there isn't anything extremely outstanding, but a girl can hope :)</p>
<p>Your ECs look great. Your UW GPA is iffy but given your school and weighted GPA I think it looks good. Your ACT score is low though so get that up ASAP and you’ll have a shot! Ivies are incredibly competitive and getting more and more so each year. You want to be doing anything and everything to up your chances. But I commend you for all your accomplishments so far :)</p>
<p>Agree with JW135167.
Your chances kind of depend on what you’re going to major in… but I’m assuming some type of liberal arts because you didn’t take SAT IIs in math or physics/chemistry?
Yale and Harvard are a bit of a stretch (but they are for everyone… don’t worry ;D)
Northwestern, dartmouth, and brown are low reaches.
You have a really good shot with all the rest of your schools.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Well I was going to say your GPA is a little low, but your rank makes up for it. However, I remember reading that Harvard does not look @ rank? Anyway, I think that you have an okay chance at Harvard, Yale, and Brown…You might want to consider a few safeties b/c you never know :)! Good luck!!</p>
<p>@Waverly I took the SAT before. I just took the ACT in October. I’m interested in knowing in regards to my ACT. Also, Harvard looks at February ACT scores, I checked their website.</p>
<p>@letmein2012 thanks! I do have safeties (UF, FSU, UM) but I didn’t post them because I already got into FSU and I don’t really care for a chance.</p>