<p>Feel free to skip right down to my stats if you wants the "long story short." </p>
<p>Alright. I am currently a high school senior at a private school. My high school GPA leaves much to be desired, and the best school I got into was CMU. To be honest, I have very little interest in going there, as I am interested in majoring in English Lit. I applied there to appease my dad, who loves the school for whatever reason. I am looking to transfer out after a year, and I've compiled a list of 20+ schools (casting my net wide) in which I'm interested. </p>
<p>My high school record definitely does not show an upward trend. It looks a little like this:
Freshman year: A mix or A's and B's
Sophomore year: straight A's
Junior year: A's first semester, B's second semester
Senior year: A's first semester, B's second semester (I'm a second semester senior...cut me a break! Just kidding, I know this was stupid.)</p>
<p>Infer what you will about me from that.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
HS GPA: 3.63 UW (HS doesn't weight)
Anticipated college GPA: 3.7+, shooting for 3.8/3.9
SAT: 2220 (670 M, 770 CR, 780 W)
SAT II: 730 Lit, 690 Math 1, 690 Latin
EC's: Various internships/jobs, president of three clubs, volunteering, sports - all the bases are covered, trust me. Nothing too special, but definitely not the weak point of my application.</p>
<p>Chance me for:
Penn
Georgetown
Columbia
Duke
Northwestern
Brown
Vanderbilt
UVA
Emory
Dartmouth
Cornell
Williams
Amherst
Swarthmore
Middlebury
Bowdoin
Washington & Lee
Colgate
Trinity
Richmond
Ponoma
Occidental</p>
<p>Maybe some others. Haven't decided yet.</p>
<p>Or perhaps this the question I should ask: What are my chances of getting into ONE of these schools?</p>