<p>Stats: (school does not rank)</p>
<p>Strength of High school: decent (wealthy) public school. Out of the 240 seniors, 30 got 30+ on ACT. School usually sends most students to in-state University of Michigan.</p>
<p>Race: Sinhalese-American (does this make me a minority? I'm not indian, but Sinhalese. My siblings say I'm not because I'm asian)</p>
<p>G.P.A uw: 3.93. Our school converts A-'s to 4.0s, but duke takes what you have, so they will see 3.93 on my transcript</p>
<p>8 AP classes by graduation. Rigorous schedule.
Senior Year course load includes 5 APs</p>
<p>ACT:
32 composite 10 essay (March testing)
34 composite 8 essay (April testing)
(i assume they'll look at the 34 composite and 10 essay)</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: should be sufficient, not stellar. both have known me for three years.
Counselor Recs: should be really good. She knows me better than most students, so I believe she'll write a pretty good one. She got a job at my school when I was a senior, so she's seen the mature side of me.</p>
<p>Academic honors:
National Honor society
Middle Years Programme (its like a mini-IB award) (i put it as an international award :P)
OAA Scholar Athlete
(this list is very slim, i know.)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Member of three varsity teams (cross country, tennis, track)
-Tennis team placed 2nd and 3rd in the state (09/10)
-Captain of the Track and field team for two years
-Drum Major of the Marching Band
-Eagle Scout
-Section Leader of 4 ensembles (Symphony Band, Full Orchestra, Jazz Band, and the Pit band (for the musical)) and a sidenote: Our band played at Carnegie Hall last year.
-Member of a Quartet that consistently receives Division I ratings. The Quartet also received a nomination for the State youth arts festival.
-4 Years in Science Olympiad (durr... what CCer doesn't have this lul)
-4 Years in Quiz Bowl</p>
<p>Essays:
Common application essay was a personal statement. I feel it is very compelling because I talk about watching my older sister die and the lessons that I have learned from my experiences with her mental disabilities.</p>
<p>Duke/Penn/Northwestern supplemental essays: Not written yet :/</p>
<p>so what do you think? What areas should I hit upon in my Why Duke essay? (duke is my #1 reach school).</p>
<p>P.S. I won "Worst case of senioritis" in the senior mock election... my first semester senior year GPA is falling. I currently have three B+'s. What will they think of this? First quarter, I was booked with two varsity sports and leading the marching band, so my grades couldn't go any direction except down. I am now committing myself to raising these grades. These B+'s are in AP classes.</p>