Chance Me? (I'm applying to all of the schools that I listed)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know that these threads can get annoying, but I'm just another super stressed out Junior who really wants to go to a good college! The schools that I am most like going to apply to are Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, UCLA, Penn State, University of Miami, William & Mary, Christopher Newport, and UVA. Any comments would be amazing. Thank you so much for reading this!</p>

<p>Background Info:
Class of 2015
Male
I live in Northern Virginia
Anticipated IB Diploma
Anticipated Major: American Government</p>

<p>Scores:
Unweighted GPA- 4.0
Weighted GPA- Around a 4.2 but it will be higher after this year
SAT- 2030 (710 Math, 710 CR, 610 Writing)- I am retaking in less than a month
SAT II- I am planning on taken Literature and US History
Rank: 1 out of about 550 (might drop a little, but I will be top 5% definitely)</p>

<p>Classes:
-Freshman Year:
Pre-IBDP English 9- A
Pre-IBDP World History- A
PE 9- A
Pre-IBDP Alg. 2/Trig- A
Pre-IBDP French 3- A
Pre-IBDP Biology- A
Technical Drawing (AutoCAD)- A</p>

<p>-Sophomore Year
Pre-IBDP Chemistry- A
PE 10- A
Pre-IBDP English 10- A
IB Math 1 HL- A
IB French 4 SL- A
AP Comparative Politics and Government- A (5 on the exam)
Spanish 1- A</p>

<p>-Junior Year (Anticipated Grades)
IB English 1 HL- A
IB French 5 SL- A
IB History 1 HL- A
IB Chemistry 1 HL- A
IB Anthropology SL- A
IB Economics SL- A or B+
AP Statistics- A</p>

<p>-Senior Year (Anticipated Classes)
IB World Geography SL
IB English 2 HL
IB History 2 HL
IB Math Studies SL
IB Environmental Systems SL
IB Chemistry 2 HL
Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Leadership:
-French Honor Society – Historian 11th Grade
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) – Secretary 11th Grade
-Varsity Cross Country – Captain 11th Grade
-Varsity Tennis – Captain 11th Grade
-Model United Nations – Historian 11th Grade
-Chemistry Club – Secretary 11th Grade
-Badminton Club – Historian 11th Grade
-SOL Preparation – Tutor 11th Grade
-Specialty Program Parent Night – Usher and Class Representative 11th Grade
-French Honor Society Bake Sales – Organizer 11th Grade
-Chemistry Club Bake Sales – Organizer 11th Grade
-Principal’s Community Planning Council 10th and 11th Grade
-Freshman Orientation – Mentor 10th and 11th Grade
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) – Tutor 10th and 11th Grade
-Junior Class officer elections – Campaign Manager 10th Grade
-Senior Class officer elections- Campaign Manager 11th Grade
-Model United Nations – Secretary 9th and 10th Grade</p>

<p>EC:
-National Honor Society – member 11th Grade
-Valentine’s Day Party for Special Education students 11th Grade
Set up, decorator, and host
-Badminton Club – member 11th Grade
-French Honor Society – member 10th and 11th Grade
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) – member 10th and 11th Grade
-Chemistry Club – member 10th and 11th Grade
-Varsity Cross Country 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Varsity Tennis 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Model United Nations – member 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Water Park Food and Beverage Employee 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Fencing 9th and 10th Grade
-Penn State Summer Fencing Camp 9th and 10th Grade
-Georgetown University International Relations Summer Institute 10th Grade</p>

<p>Community Service:
-International Volunteer in France 11th Grade
-Habitat for Humanity – volunteer 11th Grade
-Elementary School – Mentor 11th Grade
-Middle School Regional Wrestling Tournament – volunteer 11th Grade
-Ballet Studio backstage crew 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Volunteer for local man with physical disabilities 10th Grade
-Teacher’s Aide – summer classroom set up 9th Grade</p>

<p>Awards/Special Recognition:
-Featured in article in Le Parisien 11th Grade
-Varsity Cross Country Coaches Award 11th Grade
-County Award for Academic Excellence 11th Grade
-National Society of High School Scholars – member 10th and 11th Grade
-Cross Country – Varsity Letter 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-AP Comparative Politics and Government award 10th Grade
-IBMYP Certificate 10th Grade
-Spanish I award 10th Grade
-Tennis – Varsity Letter 10th Grade
-Cross Country – Athlete of the Week 10th Grade
-Academic Letter 9th and 10th Grade
-Principal’s Honor Roll 9th and 10th Grade
-USA Fencing All-American All-Academic Team 9th Grade
-USA Fencing National Tournament – competitor 9th Grade</p>

<p>Please chance me!</p>

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<p>I’m sorry that the years that I did each activity are really close to the activities themselves. When I was typing this up, the spacing was better.</p>

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<p>Your GPA and class rank are good, but definitely retake your SAT. Your EC’s are good, especially in showing leadership. Although, it does look kind of like a “laundry list” without clear passion or outstanding recognition. Also, how were you taking actual IB classes like HL Math 1 sophomore year…? Anyways, if you get your SAT score up to 2250+, I’d say you would have a pretty decent chance at most of those schools except for Yale (it’s a reach for everyone).</p>

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<p>Thank you for the feedback! I’ve been taking an SAT prep class, so I hope that my scores go up, especially my writing score. Also, thank you for letting me know that my EC’s look like a laundry list. I definitely won’t be including all of them on my application! Also, to answer your question about me taking IB classes my sophomore year, my school allowed me to take IB French 4 SL because I didn’t test last year. I test this year for that class. For math, I took HL Math 1 because my school has a track for students who are advanced in math. They take HL 1 sophomore year. SL 2 junior year, and then HL 2 senior year. I decided that I didn’t like math that much, so I’m taking AP Stats junior year and IB Math Studies senior year. I hope that made sense and answered your question, but I just want to thank you one more time for responding!</p>