Chance me: NU, UChicago, Berkeley, Michigan

<p>GPA: 4.00 unweighted
4.36 weighted
Class ranking: Top 10%-decile system</p>

<p>Tests:</p>

<p>SAT: 2160 (single test)
740 Math
730 Writing
690 Reading</p>

<p>AP's:
5 on Calc AB
5 on English Language
4 on APUSH</p>

<p>Senior Course load:
Taking AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, and AP Government this year.</p>

<p>Letter of Rec:
English teacher-amazing
Chemistry teacher-not fantastic but very personalized
Counselor-pretty good</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
Volunteered 200 hours during 2 summers at a local kids' sports camp.
75 hours into an unpaid internship on a Congressional campaign.
50+ current hours into a paid internship on a Congressional reelection campaign.
4 years and 350+ hours of YMCA Youth & Government-helped create a whole new program area
-Statewide officer for the Dept. of Finance
-Sgt. at Arms for my delegation</p>

<p>Sports:
4 years of JV and Varsity baseball-Defensive Player of the Year as a Soph.
2 years of JV Cross Country</p>

<p>Figure to have strong essays</p>

<p>The theme of my application (clearly) is politics/government.
I plan on majoring in Economics and hopefully I have a better chance with my qualitative EC's and not quantitative.</p>

<p>My estimate for acceptance-
UChicago-good reach, 25% chance
Northwestern-little reach, 40-50% chance
Berkeley-good fit, 80% chance
Michigan-good fit, 85% chance</p>