<p>Hello guys! I'm a long time lurker... and first time poster on CC :)
Just getting very worried here about college apps, so I thought I'd give this a go.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! </p>
<p>F, Illinois, public school </p>
<p>SAT: 2000 (yeah... y'all can laugh, I did)
ACT: 31 :/
GPA: (UW) 3.8, (W) 4.8
Class rank: 13/465 (top 3%) <--- moved during senior year so my rank was a little bit funny, my school is also dominated by IB kids, a program that my old school didn't offer and I was too late to enroll this year </p>
<p>EC's :
National honor society - 4 years
Spanish honor society - 3 years
FBLA (Website development, ended up in semifinals in nationals)- 3 years
Yearbook (editor) - 3 years
Key Club - 1 year
Orchestra (including All City orchestra, first chair) - 3 years
Cello - 9 years
After school tutoring - 2 hours per week
Started my own online business - 9 years
Website Design (designed for companies overseas, etc) - 9 years
150 or so hours at the local retirement center
Webmaster for nonprofit organization </p>
<p>AP's:
Human Geo, English Lang, Spanish Lang, APUSH, Compsci - all 4s
Taking currently: Eng Lit, APES, Psych (was limited due to my late entry into my new school)</p>
<p>Etc:
AP scholar with distinction
Random awards for website development (FBLA, TCEA)
First place in a national Chinese writing competition 2 years in a row
National Spanish Exam - top 95% in nation</p>
<p>Recommendations are good... dare I say really good? :)
Essays are good</p>
<p>*<em>Applying to *</em></p>
<p>Tulane (Top choice!... love love LOVEE)
SMU (Southern Methodist University)
University of Illinois - UC
Indiana University
Washington University
Carnegie Mellon
University of Michigan </p>
<p>Hopefully I included everything :D
Thank you all in advance! I'd love to hear if any of you are applying to these schools with similar stats - we can worry together! ><;;</p>