<p>I'm currently in my junior year. I am wondering if I will have a shot at either Northwestern or Swarthmore. I know both of them are kind of reach schools for me but there is no one around me that can tell me these things so I really would like some opinions. </p>
<p>-I attend a small private school near Chicago.
-Our GPA scale is kind of weird. It is out of 5.0 but we don't know our unweighted GPA.
Weighted GPA 5.85 in freshman and sophomore year, 5.88 in junior year (in 5.0 scale)
-2230 SAT. I took it again this January but I don't know the results yet.
-34 ACT
-AP exams: AP US History (5), AP Chemistry (5)
-AP classes this year: AP European history, AP Lang, AP Calculus AB
-AP classes taking senior year: AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Language, AP Government, and AP Physics
-SAT II: Chemistry (800), US History (780), Math II (800) I am planning on taking literature this June. </p>
<p>Honors and Awards
- Illinois state math competition: 1st place in state individual (9th), 3rd place in state 2-person team (10th)
- WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering): 5th place in chemistry state competition (10th)<br>
- National Spanish Exam: Level 1 Silver medal, Level 2 Bronze medal<br>
- National Social Studies League: 1st place in US History (10th)<br>
- The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2012: Silver Key in Chicago regional (10th), gold key in Chicago regional (11th)<br>
- 2012 Chicago Metro History Fair (National History Day): advanced to city finals and state in the paper division (The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Illinois Award for Superior History, 10th) </p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities<br>
- Local library Book Club Volunteer (10th)<br>
- School Ambassadors Club (11th)<br>
- School peer tutor in math and chemistry (10th, 11th)
- Volunteering in Compassion (non-profit organization, 9th, 10th, 11th)<br>
- Student Leadership Committee (11th)
- National Honors Society (11th)
- 1st flute orchestra, school musical pit orchestra 1st flute (9th)
- Debate club (student congress, 10th)<br>
- School Literary magazine staff (11th)
- Local magazine student reporter (student editor, 11th)<br>
- Summer internship at local magazine (11th summer)
- currently enrolled in journalism class, planning on joining school newspaper staff next year
- school math and science teams (9th, 10th, 11th)
- Took classes in literature and ethics in Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern University
- 2012 and 2013 Chicago Metro History Fair
- Submitted a research paper to The Concord Review (don't know the results yet. If I don't make it I am thinking about sending the paper to National Writing Board)<br>
- I am looking for internship opportunities relating to research/law/journalism in the summer after my junior year. </p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone!</p>