<p>User Name: NJDS
Gender: M
URM: Kenyan origin
Location: NJ
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 104.01
Class Rank: top 1-2% (my counselor estimated. the official rank is only decile, but his unpublished record said top 1%. school doesnt rank)
Class Size: 530</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT: 2340
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 800
ACT: 35 (june), 34 (february)
SAT II U.S. History: 800
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Student Steering and Advisory Committee
Model UN
Key Club: hundreds of hours of community service
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society</p>
<p>Leadership:
Key Club: Distinguished Lieutenant Governor for 08-09, Outstanding NJ Board Member 08-09
Currently hold the #5 position in Key Club International (out of 245,000 members). I won't specify my position because it is revealing, but if you are in Key Club, it won't be hard to figure out.
World Affairs Council: Student Steering and Advisory Committee
Model UN Committee Chairperson, Head Delegate
Model Senate Committee Chairperson</p>
<p>Community Service
hundreds of hours of community service through Key Club & volunteering at a local hospital
$2000 raised for a childrens hospital
$1000 raised for UNICEF</p>
<p>Hooks:
Governor's School (I am also not going to specify which one but you can figure it out from my ECs)
Presidential Volunteer Service Award: Gold Level for community service
I am running a leadership conference at my school to train the officers of all our school's clubs.
Under-represented minority: Kenyan origin</p>
<p>Schools I am applying to:
Stanford (Early Action)
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Georgetown SFS</p>
<p>Please give me as detailed a chance as possible!</p>
<p>Honestly… Short of curing cancer or being an olympic caliber athlete, idk what else you can do.
You’re good.</p>
<p>The one thing I would say is apply to places you want to go because you like the feel of the university… Not because it’s an ivy.
I’m not saying you were gonna do that but I assumed it based on yhe colleges you listed</p>
<p>I agree wth what most peopel are saying. I mean you basically are the “well-rounded” applicant top schools like to see, and you have a passion. You’re as solid as can be academically, great volunteer work, and you have the SAT & rank working for you. Just be sure to not slack off in the coming months, and have distinguishing essays + good recs. Best of luck! :)</p>
<p>PS: Be sure that you are not interested in schools only for “prestige.” I mean it’s fine by me when people apply to several amazing schools, but make sure that you are truly intersted in the locations of the schools. I mean New York (Columbia) vs. New Hampshire (Dartmouth) differ greatly! I’m not accusing you of only applying to elite schools because of their name, it’s just you need to need to make sure that you’re happy at all of those schools in case you don’t get into the one(s) you really want. </p>
<p>I say in at least 7 of them (who knows, maybe there’s a Kenyan w/ a 2400 SAT?!?), but that’s still selling you short! Wish you the best! :)</p>
<p>BTW: post this in the “Chances” forum to get more people to look at this, if you so desire (unless you already did this)!</p>
<p>aluminum_boat: i completely agree: the only ones I don’t love the atmosphere of on there are columbia and dartmouth and i am probably removing them from my list soon</p>
<p>^Totally agree with that statement ;)! 100% true for most people; can’t wait to visit my fav colleges soon! </p>
<p>You sound to be as perfect as one can be w/o curing a disease, winning Nobel Prize, or making millions on your own (and donating this to dream schoosl)! ;)</p>
<p>International Relations with a Public Health concentration (of course its different for different colleges but that general area)
possibly for med for grad school</p>
<p>I am very interested in International Relations or political science, but medicine seems like a possibility as well. Whats your first choice from your college list?</p>
<p>Good choice, California is a beautiful state! Your SAT scores are quite impressive, students in my school usually take prep classes, but the most intellegent kids just self study. I hope you dont mind me asking, how did you study for your SATs and what you would recommend?</p>
<p>yea…
but for the record:
Stanford-Accepted REA, matriculated and love it
Harvard-rejected
Princeton-accepted
Yale-waitlist–>rejected
all others-didn’t apply</p>
